SBARC-list February 2013

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Another Silent Key- Lee Ruzicka KG6KKT
by Rick Whitaker 22 Feb '13

22 Feb '13

It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Lee Ruzicka (KG6KKT). Lee battled with many strokes and became a silent key on February 7, 2013. If anyone out there has a story to share please send it to me at rickwhtr(a)cox.net Thank you Rick Whitaker

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AMERICAN RED CROSS TO PHASE OUT EMERGENCY, COMMUNICATION RESPONSE VEHICLES
by Marvin Johnston 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

From: ******************************************** The ARRL Letter Published by the American Radio Relay League ******************************************** ==> + PUBLIC SERVICE: AMERICAN RED CROSS TO PHASE OUT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION RESPONSE VEHICLES The American Red Cross has made the decision to phase out and decommission its Emergency Communication Response Vehicles (ECRVs) due to changes in technology, as well as a new satellite system and other factors regarding the vehicle fleet. "Retrofitting the decade-old vehicles with new equipment is not a good use of donated funds, as the long-term strategy is to move to more portable systems," American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology Manager Keith Robertory, KG4UIR, told the ARRL. "This is consistent with the trends in the telecom and technology industries." The American Red Cross will be removing the Amateur Radios from the ECRVs as part of the decommissioning process. These radios will either become part of the deployable inventory or provided to the local American Red Cross chapter to build local capacity. Robertory explained that from a radio perspective, the American Red Cross has a variety of different kits for amateur, business and public safety bands covering HF, VHF and UHF with portable radios, mobile units and base stations: "Two-way radio remains a valuable tool, providing communications in the initial days or weeks of a disaster, until normal communications is restored. Each American Red Cross chapter should continue with -- and improve -- the relationship with their local Amateur Radio operators. In a disaster, Amateur Radio will be the fastest deployed radio network because operators already live in the impacted communities." Read more here <http://www.arrl.org/news/american-red-cross-to-phase-out-emergency-communic…>.

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RE: Special VE Session of February 23
by K6QD 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

We have an "un-scheduled" VE session on Feb 23 as the culmination of the General Class which is currently in-process. It will be held at the "regular" location; County Health. Please let me know if you can support this. Michael (NO6O) & Jay: Please identify Feb 23 VE session on the SBARC web site and Web Server. Tks es 73 de, Mike K6QD -----Original Message----- From: Tom Saunders [mailto:tsaund@cox.net] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:54 PM To: 'Darryl Widman'; David Larson; 'Ed Leska'; ICE; jimrallen(a)aol.com; 'K6QD'; 'Michael Jogoleff'; Walt Harasty; 'Ziebell, Michael J.' Subject: Special VE Session of January 26 Mike and VE Team I will be there for this session. Please indicate the location and time. If you want it at the Red Cross we should reserve a conference room. Tom Saunders Mobile (805) 452 - 0840 Home (805) 967 - 7351 FAX (805) 308 - 0347 tsaund(a)cox.net We have a "special" VE session scheduled for Jan 26 for the students in the current Tech class. I know of at least three people who want to take the General exam as well. Please indicate if you can support this exam session or not. Thanks. Mike Wapner, K6QD

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Antennae and Tower anyone?
by Dorothy Oksner 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

I have knowledge of an unused antenna tower that once was 60' tall. The property owner had to lower it to around 25 feet or so. It has guy wires holding it up and it looks like it may have been telescoped down to reduce its height. If anyone has an interest in this tower (it also appears to have antennae still attached), I could put you in touch with the owner. Dorothy Oksner KJ6UGL sbarc.org

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RE: SBARC-list Digest, Vol 114, Issue 9
by K6QD 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

Thanks Bill! Mike Wapner -----Original Message----- From: sbarc-list-bounces(a)lists.netlojix.com [mailto:sbarc-list-bounces@lists.netlojix.com] On Behalf Of sbarc-list-request(a)lists.netlojix.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:00 PM To: sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com Subject: SBARC-list Digest, Vol 114, Issue 9 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. 223.92 back on (Bill Talanian) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:52:55 -0800 From: Bill Talanian <w1uuq(a)cox.net> Subject: [Sbarc-list] 223.92 back on To: sbarc list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> Message-ID: <20130131025250.GLAM30259.fed1rmfepo103.cox.net@fed1rmimpo110> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: QST To All From: Bill Talanian Subject: 223.92 Island repeater The Island 223.92 repeater was taken off the air a few weeks ago due to the repeater transmitter becoming activiated without any signal on the input. Today we made a trip by helicopter to Diablo Peak and did some troubleshooting. The problem was traced to the two meter and six meter remote base controller. The remote base controller and transceivers have been removed and are now permanently decommissioned from the repeater. The 223.92 now functions normally. The 121.5 ELT remote receiver is still part of the system. Thanks to Matt, w6kgb and Paul wd6eby from Ventura County who helped out with technical issues at the peak.

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SBARC-list February 2013