The Salvation Army

Before there was SATERN, there was SAROF – the Salvationist Amateur

Operators Fellowship. Lt. Colonel Carl J. Lindstrom, W9JSF, was the

Founder and Coordinator of SAROF. As early as December 1959, ham

radio operators were joining together to aid others in service with SAROF.

We then come to June 1988; SATERN is the

brainchild of Major Patrick McPherson, WW9E

Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) coordinator for

central Illinois

and Eastern Iowa in the Heartland Division.

SATERN’s first network consists of Pat; EDS

volunteer Arthur Evans and two Canadian

Salvationists. The possibility that the fledgling

network could accommodate international emergencies begins to dawn on its founders.

In June of 2011 Maj. Pat (SK) retired from his position in SATERN and The Salvation Army.

In his absence Maj. Rick Shirran, VE3NUZ assumed the position where he served until 2016.

Late in 2016 Bill Feist, WB8BZH was named as the National SATERN Liaison. Bill created

and submitted a new strategic plan for SATERN. The plan was approved in Dec. 2016 and a

national committee was formed to implement it. Satern.org

August 2017 - The strategic plan implementation committee meets for the first time in a

teleconference. Sub-committees were formed to address

major points in the strategic plan.

Warren Andreasen (K7CWA), Host Manager and Ken

Standard (AD5XJ), WebMaster, begin to revise the

SATERN.org website to fulfill one of the goals of the

Strategic Plan.

Satern.org began a relaunch in October 2017. Major

enhancements were undertaken and a new style was

introduced. The WebMaster and Host manager also

updated and consolidated much of the hosting

equipment and software.

In the National Leadership Council meetings, a plan was created to launch a celebration of

SATERN 30th

anniversary. Satern.org

SATERN is an all-volunteer organization made up of currently licensed amateur radio

operators. We volunteer time and efforts toward aiding The Salvation Army Emergency

Disaster Services ministry. Many of us are also volunteers in such all-volunteer organizations

as SKYWARN, ARES, and others. Some have completed the FEMA online training, or EDS

Incident Command training, SKYWARN training, or ARES Emergency Communications

training.

SATERN has local organizations in all 50 states and Canada, as well as many other parts of

the world. The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network has demonstrated its

effectiveness by providing essential radio communication services in countless disaster

situations

Our Vision

The future SATERN will bring together communications and technical expertise to aid the

Emergency Disaster Service EDS in order to further enhance the disaster response, increase

effectiveness and timeliness of the aid provided, and to better support EDS in the effort to “Do

The Most Good” as we serve those in need.

The purpose of the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) is to acquire

and train personnel skilled in emergency communications and message handling, who will

support Salvation Army operations in local, regional and international disaster situations.

Satern.org

Contact Jim Andera

jandera@embargmail.com for details .

Location: 26325 West 135th

Street, Olathe, KS.

Jim, KØNK, was the featured speaker at the Johnson Country Radio Amateurs Club meeting on

Friday, February 23. Jim’s presentation was "A Practical Look at Batteries". During the program,

Jim provided information about the common battery technologies that are used in amateur radio. He

discussed such subtopics as the history of batteries, cost comparisons, life span of common battery

types, discharge rates, “C” ratings, battery voltages, battery construction, amp hour ratings, reserve

capacity, cold cranking amperage, cycle life, battery maintenance, battery chargers/tenders, etc. The

informative program was well received by the approximately 50 persons present.

Jim Andera, KØNK, is shown pointing during his PowerPoint presentation to the JCRAC members and

guests.

The Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club (SFTARC) has been conducting ham-radio classes at The Salvation

Army Olathe Corps throughout January and February 2018. SATERN member Jim Andera, KØNK, advised

they took advantage of the extra manpower that was available from the club on Saturdays to make some needed

improvements to the HF antenna system at the Olathe Corps. Jim reported those who helped included Greg

Wolf, KIØKK (SFTARC President); Larry Hall, KDØRIU (SFTARC Vice President); SATERN/SFTARC

member Joe Krout, KRØUT and Jim Andera, KØNK.

Jim reported:

The 40-meter section of the 40/75-meter trap dipole has been shortened to pull the resonance up from

6.9 MHz into the ham band. It still tends to favor the lower portion of 40 but should be usable across the

band. Jim noted they had to add capacity hats to the 75-meter section to get it to resonate in the middle

of the phone band. The lowest SWR is at about 3.86 MHz.

They turned the 40/75-meter trap dipole into a fan dipole by adding a set of 20-meter elements that

include a 10-meter pair of traps, giving the system 75, 40, 20 and 10-meter capability. The new elements

are configured as an “inverted-Vee,” so it should be more-or-less omnidirectional. On 20 meters the

SWR is good across the band; on 10 meters the SWR is best around 28.9 MHz and they were not

successful at getting it pulled any lower. The trap makes the 10-meter bandwidth narrow.

The tuner in the Icom IC-746 radio at the June Jeffers Memorial Radio Room does a real good job of

making the SWR look good to the radio, even where the antenna SWR is well above 3:1, according to

Jim.

One of the “sealed” 40-meter traps had water in it. They added a drain hole to drain it but that may

require some more attention. The 40-meter traps may need to be replaced before too long or maybe the

entire antenna may need to be replaced as it is all showing signs of old age.

With the antenna wire being so close to the metal building and in a non-symmetrical fashion, getting it

properly tuned was “a bit of a headache,” according to Jim. However, he reported what they have

should be useable for now.

We appreciate the efforts of Greg, Larry, Joe and Jim (all representing the Santa Fe Amateur Radio

Club) in making the antenna system at the Olathe Corps workable on additional bands and more

efficient.

Welcome Warren KDØPAO to the SATERN Newsletter editorial staff. Warren will compile

the Monthly Net Reports so Net Controllers please send Warren your reports promptly each

month. For security, controllers please request Warren’s email address from Rich Britain or

Mike Asselta.

CALLSIGN 1/2/2018 1/9/2018 1/16/2018 1/23/2018 1/30/2018

2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31

2M HF PSK31

AA0AX X

AB0UY X X X

AD0CP X

K0NK X X X X X X

K0PB X X X X

K0PG X

K6FLY X

K6TBJ X X X X

KA0CDR X X X

KA8MMI X X X X

KB0YUV X X

KC0HI X

KC0NUG X NCS X NCS X X X X NCS NCS X NCS

KC0YSH X X X X

KC0YUV X

KC7RSL X X X X

KD0CDQ X X X X X X X X X X X X

KD0GAU X X X X X X X

KD0PAO X

KD0VZN X X

KE0CGR X X

KE0GEY X

KE0GHU X

KE0JXL X X X

KE0KJM X

KE0PKU X

KE0PPU X

KI0CT X X X X X X

N0ENO X X X X X NCS X X NCS X X X X X X

N0FMO X X

N0RYM X X

N0SWX X X

N0THC X

N0ZZN X X

ND0K X X X X X X X

NR0R X

W0GLN X

W0JWT X

W0KC X

W0RCT X

W5ECJ X

WA0DTH X X X X X X X X

WB0CNK NCS

NCS NCS

X X NCS X X X NCS

WB0RRK X X X X X

WB0ZPW

X X X NCS

NCS

WD0DPB NCS

CALLSIGN 2/6/2018 2/13/2018 2/20/2018 2/27/2018

2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31 2M HF PSK31

AB0UY X X

K0LBR X

K0NK X X X X X

K0VAB X

K0YSH X

K9LQZ X

KA0CDR X

KA0DJR X

KA8MMI X X X X

KB0WET X

KB0YUV X X

KB0YUV X

KC0NUG NCS NCS NCS X X X X NCS NCS X X X

KC0YSH X

KD0CDQ X X X X X X X X X X X X

KD0EKS

KD0GAU X X X X X

KD0PAO X X X X

KE0ECY X

KE0JXL X

KE0KJM X

KE0PKU X

KE0PVI X

KEOPKU X X

KI0CT X X X X X X

N0ENO X X X X X X X X NCS

N0SWX X X X

N0ZZN X

N2VHZ X

ND0K X

NW0I NCS

NZ0F NCS

W0BR X

W0JWT X X

W0RCT X X

WA0DTH X X X X

WB0CNK X X NCS X X X NCS

WB0RRK X X X

WB0ZPW X NCS X X

WD0DPB X X X

WX4STM X

SATERN Sedgwick County Nets February 2018 by

Henry Monton WØIE

1/28/2018 2/25/2018

Members:

AB0RC

KB0HAZ

KD0CSL NCS X

KE0CXR X X

KE0ORN

KG0WQ

W0AJM X X

W0IE X NCS

W0REM

Guests:

KE0OSK X

K0SJG X

Sedgwick County SATERN Net: W0VFW/R 145.270 (-) @ 7:30 PM

SATERN February 2018 Volunteer Hours by Henry

Monton WØIE

Name Call Sign Hours

Alexander, Jim KI0CT 9

Asselta, Mike KD0CDQ 20

Britain, Deb AB0UY 1

Britain, Richard N0ENO 29

Clark, Lee ND0K 1

Dunham, Neil KA8MMI 2.5

Haber, Derek KE0ATV 2

Hollar, Mike KE0CXR 4

Lester, Steve KD0EKS 7

Loper III, Charles KC0UYR 2

Martin, Darren N0MZW 3.5

Martin, Robert N0RDM 5

McCarville, George WB0CNK 3.5

Monton, Anna W0AJM 4

Monton, Henry W0IE 13

Okeson, Warren KD0PAO 5

Scott, JB KD0CSL 3

Selsor, Debra KE0ORN 4

Short, Brian KC0BS 12

Simpson, Chuck KC0NUG 11*

Volunteers reporting: 20 Total hours this month: 141.5

Twelve month total: 2,159.1 (Mar 2017 – Feb 2018)

Twelve month average: 179.9

*Includes 11.0 hours submitted

too late to include in the Jan

2018 report.

The INTERNATIONAL SATERN SSB NET is on 14.265.0 MHz on Monday through

Saturday at 11:00 AM (ET) / 10:00 AM (CT), 0900 (MT), 0800 (PT).

The INTERNATIONAL SATERN DIGI-NET is on 14.065.0 MHz on Saturdays at 1:00 PM

(Eastern) / 12:00 PM (Central). Default mode is OLIVIA 8/500 (8 Tones, 500 Wide) offset by

the standard 1000 Hz.

The CENTRAL TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET is on 7.265.0 MHz on Wednesday at

09:30 AM (CT). New time

The EASTERN TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET will be reactivated in the near future.

The SOUTHERN TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET is on 7.262.0 MHz on Saturdays at

11:00 AM (Eastern) / 10:00 AM (Central).

The WESTERN TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET is on 3.977.7 MHz on Sundays at 1600

Z / 10:00 PM (Mountain) / (9:00 PM (Pacific). The pre-net begins two hours earlier and

stations can use Net Logger on the internet to check-in and monitor the net.

Title: SATERN KC Metro 2 Meter Net

Date: Tuesday’s

Time: 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Central Time (US & Canada)

Location:

145.130 MHz (Negative Offset) 151.4 tone Ararat Shrine

Repeater

Notes:

Please join us for the SATERN KC Area Metro 2 Meter Net.

It is on the Ararat Shrine Repeater.

Title: SATERN Divisional HF Net

Date: Tuesday’s

Time: 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm Central Time (US & Canada)

Location: 3.820 MHz Plus or Minus 10 KHz for QRM

Notes:

Please look for the net control station George, WB0CNK, or

Chuck, KC0NUG.

Title: SATERN Divisional

PSK-31 Net

Date: Tuesday’s, 2018

Time: 9:00 pm –9:30 pm Central Time (US & Canada)

Location: 3.579.5

MHz

Notes: Please look for the net control station, Chuck KC0NUG.

The Wichita Area SATERN 2 Meter Net is held on the W0VFW Repeater at

145.270 MHz (- offset) on the fourth Sunday of the month at 7:30 PM local

time (0130 UTC).

Nighttime Drill at Prairie Center, Monday,

March 12th

come early at 6:30pm…Join us! ,

Olathe, Kansas 66061. (Picture left) Contact Jim

Andera jandera@embargmail.com for details .

Location: 26325 West 135th

Street, Olathe, KS.

SEDGWICK COUNTY SATERN meeting on the

2nd Thursday of each month, in the City Command

building, at 6:30 PM local time. The address is 350 N. Market, Wichita, Kansas 67202

WYANDOTTE COUNTY SATERN meeting - On the

third Thursday of the month at the Harbor Light Village

Salvation Army Corps, 6721 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS.

The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in conjunction with the

Jayhawk Amateur Radio Society. (picture left)

Mike Asselta kdØcdq@arrl.net

Kansas & Western Missouri Divisional PIO Editor Volume Year 8 Number 3 March 2018