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THE ARRL 600 METER EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

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K0JO - WD2XSH/13 (SK)

We regret to report the loss of one of our members.

John G.Oehlenschlager,K0JO, WD2XSH/13, has become a Silent Key.

OEHLENSCHLAGER, JOHN GARY - 1940-2009

John Gary Oehlenschlager, born in Wadena, Minnesota on September 28, 1940 to Alice Elizabeth (Marshall) Oehlenschlager and Archibald Hans Oehlenschlager. He was the oldest of four children and grew up on the family farm near Nimrod. John attended country school (55 N.) through the seventh grade. He graduated from Sebeka High School in 1958. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August 1958. During his enlisted time in the Navy he attended E.T. School, Submarine training, Nuclear Power School, Qualified as a nuclear reactor plant operator, spent four years at Purdue University as a N.E.S.E.P. student. John graduated from Purdue with a BSEE and Postgraduate minor in Nuclear Engineering. After Purdue John attended O.C.S. in Newport, R.I. and was commissioned as an Ensign. He was EMO on U.S.S. MacDonough DLG-8, E.M.O. on Staff of DESRON 6 in Charleston, S.C., CIC Officer on U.S.S. Sellers DDG-11, a Surface Ship Supt. at Charleston Naval Shipyard. John attended the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA for his MSEE. John worked as an E.M.O. at NAVELEX, was OIC for JUSMAT Det., Golcuk, Turkey for 18 months, then returned to NAVELEX. He was honorably retired from the US Navy after 20 years 7 months. John then worked for Sperry Univac (under their many names) in Arlington, VA and Eagan, MN for 20 years as a Staff Engineer, Applications Analyst, Senior Staff Engineer, and Systems Engineer, retired from Lockheed Martin (Current name) in 1999, and moved back to land near Nimrod.

John married Judith Kay McKinney in 1962 in Delphi, IN. They adopted two children, Mary Alice Stiles (Jim) of rural Nimrod and John Jr. of Farmington, MN. John is survived by his wife (Kay), mother (Alice Oehlenschlager), 2 children, 5 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, two brothers, Steve (Dionne) Alexandria, MN and Richard (Margaret Mary) Mounds View, MN, a niece and nephews and his special son, Klaus Kronschnable. John's father (Archie Oehlenschlager) and sister (Carolyn Oehlenschlager Koskiniemi) preceded him in death.

John began a hobby of working with radios, electricity and electronics as a youngster that led to his career in electronics and his prolific hobby in Amateur Radio. John had many call signs from K0MOC to his final K0JO. John experimented in designing and building his own equipment and he enjoyed being one of the pioneer HAMS who were allowed to operate at 500KC. His home became an antenna farm and he enjoyed every facet of the hobby. John was involved in helping the Hospitals and Public Health communicate in preparation for disaster. He was a qualified weather watcher for Skywarn. John kept bees, and enjoyed working with the resulting beeswax. During the years in Washington, D.C. area John founded the Virginia Van Pool Assoc. with over 200 member vanpools. He received a National Energy Efficiency Award for his work with Van Pooling.

John was a member of the Sebeka United Methodist Church, Nimrod Board Member of the West Central Telephone Co-op, President of the Nimrod Lions, President of the Wadena Ham Club, member of the Old Crows Organization, a life member of the ARRL. President of the Nimrod Hall Assoc., Co-Secretary and hard worker for the Sebeka Area Food Shelf, he served on various Committees to help Wadena County grow.

December 2008 Status Report

The WD2XSH quarterly report has been released. We now have over 31,000 interference-free on-the-air operating hours.

Click HERE for a PDF copy of the report.

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Want to know how many hours we have accumulated on the air and how many QSO's have been made? Read about it all here in the November 08 Log Summary Report by Rudy Severns,N6LF.

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I have an article about my new 500 Watt output 4-400A linear amplifier for the ARRL 600 Meter Experimental Project. It is posted on my other web site, W5JGV.COM. The direct link to the article is HERE. Please use the BACK button on your web browser to return to the 500KC.COM web site.

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KC3OL, Ted Holdahl,has set up the Kansas Grabber.

This is in addition the other ARGO Grabbers that are available on the Grabber Page

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Please check the NEWS ARCHIVE for all previous happenings.

RECEPTION REPORTS

You do not have to be a member of this group to send us a reception report.

Reception reports are welcome for ANY 600-meter station - not just WD2XSH stations. Multiple reports on the same station on different dates and times are encouraged as they allow us to see that communication is repeatable

The entire Amateur Radio community stands to benefit from your assistance!

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Ever wonder what happens to your Reception Reports?

Take a look at these excellent RECEPTION REPORT maps for the WD2XSH stations as compiled by Ralph Wallio, W0RPK.

If you have anything to contribute - news, construction articles, data files, interesting links or whatever - please email w5jgv at w5jgv dot com. Thanks from the 500 KC Experimental Group!

Operational Specifications

Frequency of Operation - 505 to 510 KHz
Maximum ERP - 20 Watts
Emission Modes - CW - PSK / FSK / MSK-31
Number of Stations - 21

The permitted Modulation Modes are:

CW / QRSS - 150HA1A

PSK-31 - 62H0J2B

FSK-31 - 62H0F1B

MSK-31 - 62H0G1D

Part 5 Experimental Station WE2XGR joins in experimental project on the 600 Meter band.

The license for WE2XGR was issued by the FCC on September 5 with the following specifications:

Power 200 Watts ERP, Frequency 505-515 KHz , Modes CW, SSB, and data, Term 5 Years (expires Sept 1 2012)

For information about individual WE2XGR stations, click HERE. For the WE2XGR license, click HERE.

Additional information about Amateur Radio and Part 5 Experimental Operation may be found on my other web site at W5JGV.COM