SBARC-list October 2013

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Specialized Modes Presentation at UCSB, Friday November 8 at 1pm...
by rod＠sbatv.org 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Hello SBARC Members and Friends, SBARC ATVSIG promotes the use of specialized modes. Here’s an opportunity to learn about them... We support Steve Long and the UCSB Amateur Radio Club in their endeavors this school year. I’m sure they’d enjoy you stopping by for this interesting meeting. - Rod Fritz, WB9KMO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an announcement from Steve Long... We will have the first meeting of the ARC at UCSB on Nov 8, Friday, 1-2pm. Location: Harold Frank Hall, room 4164 (ECE conference room). Jon Suen is our presenter. Title: Ham Radio Digital Modes Digital communication has been a part of ham radio from the very beginning, with the use of Morse Code. However in the past few years, the power of computers and the Internet has led to an explosion of digital modes and activity. Simply by connecting a computer's sound card to a radio and downloading a program, one can experiment with a new digital mode, like PSK-31, or easily use an older mode like RTTY or SSTV. Modes exist that transmit text, digital voice, images and binary files. A novel mode is WSPR, which transmits at rates of seconds per bit, and enables milliwatt-level communication over HF. In this talk I discuss the many types of digital modes found in HF radio, what is necessary to get started, and will conduct a live demo at the [UCSB] club station.

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Generators and comm display
by Bill Talanian 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

Emergency Communications Trailer to Help During Natural Disasters Trailer Developed Jointly by Marborg and Price Management <http://www.keyt.com/news/emergency-communications-trailer-to-help-during-na…>Jim Murray, NewsChannel 3 Reporter, <mailto:jim.murray@keyt.com>jim.murray(a)keyt.com POSTED: 09:36 PM PDT Oct 14, 2013 UPDATED: 10:36 PM PDT Oct 14, 2013 The Central Coast is no stranger to natural disasters. In 2008, the Tea Fire destroyed 210 homes and burned almost 2000 acres. And problems getting accurate emergency information during the fire was one of the biggest issues that people faced. That's where the Emergency Communications Trailer comes in. Derek Carlson, Business Manager for Marborg, said "This trailer was first conceptually designed after the Gap and Tea and Jesusita fires. Mario Borgatello, the President of Marborg, and John Price of Price Management, sat down and came up with the idea of this Communications Trailer to increase our emergency preparedness footprint in the community." The trailer is a joint venture between Marborg Industries and Price Management- it's designed with two 55-inch High Definition television's which can stream press conferences, weather conditions, and other valuable information. Carlson added, "The trailer was designed to get information to people that otherwise couldn't get it." Goleta is the first city in the area to have access to the technology because of their agreement with Marborg. Marborg also spent over $150,000 dollars on generators to keep the Price Management gas stations operating in case of a major catastrophe. Roger Aceves, Mayor of Goleta, said "Goleta is the center as far as getting the message out. We only have 30,000 people here but we might have over 60,000 with people working here." Improving the flow of information and devising ways to communicate in an emergency is the focus of these new tools. And it's never too early to start preparing. Aceves says, "I always say, when it's raining you prepare for the drought. When it's a drought, you prepare for rain. So we are preparing for our next disaster so we can respond immediately so we can keep our people safe."

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Santa Barbara Century Bike Ride
by Rick Whitaker 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Greetings, The next event that the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will support is the Santa Barbara Century Bike Ride. This event is on Saturday, October 19th. It starts and finishes at Leadbetter Beach. There will be a Beer Garden at the finishing area. This is a tough one with a timed hill climb from the base of Gibraltor Road all the way to the top. Those who choose that route will be part of the 100 mile Century Ride. There is also a 100 kilometer ride (66 miles) and a low lands ride within Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria that is referred to as the "Foothill ride". All in all we need several ham operators to help out for this event. This is the 4th year of this event. The first two we did not support. The Race Director did not know of our services. Since then he has been in constant contact with me and he thinks we are invaluable. He is all too happy to have us. There will be T-shirts. For more information please visit the event website: http://www.santabarbaracentury.org/ The ride starts between 700 and 800 in the morning and the course closes at 1800. If you are available for all or have, please get back to me and let me know if you can do mornings, afternoons or all of it. Please get back to me even if you have already said you would be there. 73 Regards, Rick Whitaker SBARC- Operations rickwhtr(a)cox.net

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SBARC WebCam on Santa Cruz Island Rev C
by Bill Talanian 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Folks: I inadvertently left off two key persons in this release, Shaw Takeuchi, AE6BL and Steve Nelson, KD6VEX. That's what happens at 0600 :-) :-[. Bill NEW SBARC WEBCAM MAKES IT'S DEBUT The core team by call sign prefix: Shaw Takeuchi, AE6BL Bill Talanian, W1UUQ Kevin Browne, KB6IDY Steve Nelson, KD6VEX Adam Houser, KK6AXY Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE Andy Seybold, W6AMS Matt Lechliter, W6KGB Bill Theeringer, W8PEY

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Re: SBARC-list Digest, Vol 123, Issue 1
by Dorothy Oksner 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

Wish I had this sooner for Key-Klix, but it will go on the agenda as a report. Dorothy SBARC.org On Oct 7, 2013, at 12:00 PM, sbarc-list-request(a)lists.netlojix.com wrote: > Send SBARC-list mailing list submissions to > sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sbarc-list-request(a)lists.netlojix.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sbarc-list-owner(a)lists.netlojix.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of SBARC-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. SBARC WebCam on Santa Cruz Island (Bill Talanian) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 06:19:32 -0700 > From: Bill Talanian <w1uuq(a)cox.net> > Subject: [Sbarc-list] SBARC WebCam on Santa Cruz Island > To: sbarc list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> > Message-ID: > <20131007131929.WFPJ3846.fed1rmfepo203.cox.net@fed1rmimpo209> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > NEW SBARC WEBCAM MAKES IT'S DEBUT > > Three months ago the UCSB-SBARC WebCam at Diablo Peak failed after > several years of operation. The fragile wireless link from Diablo to > the home of Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE, was also on its last legs. > The nearly 30 mile hop was something that many said could not be done > consistently over water at 2.4 GHz but it did. However, it was time > to boost ourselves into the next level of technology. The opportunity > arose when Channel Islands Aviation and Aspen Helicopters sponsored a > new camera and provided the transport trips to Diablo via helicopter. > A second chance opportunity occurred when we learned about a wireless > link that was being established by the UC Natural Reserve System to > support their west end operations on the Island. This was the start > of a crash program to link Diablo with another hilltop in the central > rift called Centinela via a 5.8 GHz link. This project took four > helicopter trips and hundreds of man-hours of planning, design, > engineering, procurement and installation by a great team of > dedicated technology minded individuals. On 26 September 2013, > everything came together. > > The 360 degree panoramic picture view is taken every 10 minutes. To > receive the current weather at Diablo click on the APRS link provided > on the web page. > > <http://diablo.voneicken.com/imageview.cgi> > > The core team by call sign prefix: > > Bill Talanian, W1UUQ > Kevin Browne, KB6IDY > Adam Houser, KK6AXY > Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE > Andy Seybold, W6AMS > Matt Lechliter, W6KGB > Bill Theeringer, W8PEY >

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SBARC WebCam on Santa Cruz Island
by Bill Talanian 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

Folks: I inadvertently left off a key person in this release, Shaw Takeuchi, AE6BL. That's what happens at 0600 :-) :-[. Bill NEW SBARC WEBCAM MAKES IT'S DEBUT Three months ago the UCSB-SBARC WebCam at Diablo Peak failed after several years of operation. The fragile wireless link from Diablo to the home of Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE, was also on its last legs. The nearly 30 mile hop was something that many said could not be done consistently over water at 2.4 GHz but it did. However, it was time to boost ourselves into the next level of technology. The opportunity arose when Channel Islands Aviation and Aspen Helicopters sponsored a new camera and provided the transport trips to Diablo via helicopter. A second chance opportunity occurred when we learned about a wireless link that was being established by the UC Natural Reserve System to support their west end operations on the Island. This was the start of a crash program to link Diablo with another hilltop in the central rift called Centinela via a 5.8 GHz link. This project took four helicopter trips and hundreds of man-hours of planning, design, engineering, procurement and installation by a great team of dedicated technology minded individuals. On 26 September 2013, everything came together. The 360 degree panoramic picture view is taken every 10 minutes. To receive the current weather at Diablo click on the APRS link provided on the web page. <http://diablo.voneicken.com/imageview.cgi> The core team by call sign prefix: Shaw Takeuchi, AE6BL Bill Talanian, W1UUQ Kevin Browne, KB6IDY Adam Houser, KK6AXY Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE Andy Seybold, W6AMS Matt Lechliter, W6KGB Bill Theeringer, W8PEY

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SBARC WebCam on Santa Cruz Island
by Bill Talanian 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

NEW SBARC WEBCAM MAKES IT'S DEBUT Three months ago the UCSB-SBARC WebCam at Diablo Peak failed after several years of operation. The fragile wireless link from Diablo to the home of Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE, was also on its last legs. The nearly 30 mile hop was something that many said could not be done consistently over water at 2.4 GHz but it did. However, it was time to boost ourselves into the next level of technology. The opportunity arose when Channel Islands Aviation and Aspen Helicopters sponsored a new camera and provided the transport trips to Diablo via helicopter. A second chance opportunity occurred when we learned about a wireless link that was being established by the UC Natural Reserve System to support their west end operations on the Island. This was the start of a crash program to link Diablo with another hilltop in the central rift called Centinela via a 5.8 GHz link. This project took four helicopter trips and hundreds of man-hours of planning, design, engineering, procurement and installation by a great team of dedicated technology minded individuals. On 26 September 2013, everything came together. The 360 degree panoramic picture view is taken every 10 minutes. To receive the current weather at Diablo click on the APRS link provided on the web page. <http://diablo.voneicken.com/imageview.cgi> The core team by call sign prefix: Bill Talanian, W1UUQ Kevin Browne, KB6IDY Adam Houser, KK6AXY Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE Andy Seybold, W6AMS Matt Lechliter, W6KGB Bill Theeringer, W8PEY

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SBARC-list October 2013