SBARC-list January 2022

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Winter field day going on this weekend.
by Dave Schmidt 29 Jan '22

29 Jan '22

For those that want to fire up your HF rigs, Winter Field Day is happening right now. Good time to see what you can hear and who you can hit. https://www.winterfieldday.com/_files/ugd/1c7085_0ef813621655469ca73adfb542… Dave ai6vx

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Joe Heumphreus of Santa Barbara, 1932-2021
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 28 Jan '22

28 Jan '22

This was published this week, I believe: https://www.noozhawk.com/article/joe_heumphreus_of_santa_barbara_1932_2021 LCM Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM www.levimaaia.com +1.805.604.5384

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Any old timers remember this? (SBARC field day from the mid sixties)
by Dave Schmidt 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

I was reading new posts on 'Antique Radio Forums' and saw this post from someone that used to be an SBARC member back in the mid-sixties. The thread question was "What was your funniest moment in ham radio?" OK, you asked for it. This happened about 1964 or '65 and takes place at the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club field day site which was in the hills above the town: Because of the location that was chosen for the Field Day site, the two meter station had to be located a few hundred feet West of everyone else in order to get a line of sight shot into LA where all the contacts were. One of the hams drove his pickup truck down there and set me up as the two meter phone station. I had a borrowed Gonset Communicator III on the transmission hump of the truck, and a four element beam used for "T-Hunting" rigged to the driver's door where I could "armstrong" rotate it as needed. I worked about a hundred contacts for the club station and so contributed something to our overall score. However, I was the only operator for the two meter station. Therefore, as the wee hours arrived and the band was about "worked out", I was getting pretty sleepy. As I got sleepier and sleepier in my operating position behind the wheel of the pickup truck, I would nod off and my head would fall forward, coming to rest on the horn ring on the truck steering wheel. The resulting blast would wake me up and I would tune around hunting for a station I hadn't worked for awhile, and then boredom and weariness would overtake me, causing me to nod off again and the process would repeat. The next day, the camp was full of people grumpily enquiring what idiot kept blowing a car horn about every fifteen minutes around four o'clock in the morning !? People were trying to sleep! Once the cause became generally known, it became the joke of the camp. Fortunately for me, field day hams were a good-natured and tolerant lot in those days. 73, _________________ Jim T. KB6GM

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Order Free Covid At-home Tests
by Brian Milburn 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Our generous US government is taking orders for FREE at-home COVID tests. Sales are being handled through the US Postal Service. Each household is eligible to receive 4 tests. They will begin shipping later this month. It is totally free, and you can get your order in by visiting this website. https://www.covidtests.gov 73, and stay healthy! -- Brian - K6BPM

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SBARC mentioned in QST
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

See page 70 of the January 2022 edition of QST for a mention of QST (pdf attached). LCM Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM Director at Large | K6TZ Trustee Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation www.levimaaia.com | www.k6lcm.com +1.805.604.5384

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Free Commemorative Reissue of 1915 QST as a PDF file
by Ken Alker 04 Jan '22

04 Jan '22

If anyone is interested, ARRL has a digital reissue of the 1915 QST for free here (you can download it as a PDF): <https://www.arrl.org/qst-reissue> Ken KA6KEN

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Web cam components
by Bill Talanian 02 Jan '22

02 Jan '22

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SBARC-list January 2022