SBARC-list January 2023

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2022 Wings Over Camarillo - Call for volunteers.
by Avi Carmi 11 Jun '23

11 Jun '23

Hi all, Sorry for the delay in setting up the volunteer registration, I had to deal with a confluence of health and technical issues. 2022 Wings Over Camarillo I have not heard anything to the contrary, so I assume that everything will be the same, i.e. free entrance to the show, parking, hat, pancake breakfast, lunch, and all the water and soft drinks you can drink Stroll through the show and provide eyes/ears/comms Same as last year, we have the show director shadow, which should be a very exciting close-up assignment, you will have two radios: a commercial show radio and your ham radio. The Shadow will follow the show director and provide communication support. You are welcome to sign up for two consecutive Shadow shifts and stay with the show director for the entire day. Unless you are stationed at the comm trailer, plan on a lot of walking for four hours in the hot August sun. Bring your HT, headset/earpiece, a yellow shirt, communications vest (if you have one) hat, sunscreen, water, etc The Ham Radio assignments are password protected, click on the following link which includes the password: *https://woc.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=63328&&job_password=ham73* <https://woc.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=63328&&job_password=ham73> If you somehow end up at the top-level public landing page https://woc.volunteerlocal.com click on the "Sign up now" link, which will take you to the signup form, then enter *ham73* in the password field and click Submit Please do not share the password publicly as there are lots of nasty disruptive people out there :-( But do feel free to forward this to any ham operator club or group (SBARC, ARESLAX, etc) The instructions on the signup site are "generic", most do not apply to us, so please follow these instructions to sign up: 1- *MAKE SURE* to click on the "*view description*" as there are important assignment specific notes in there! Please do not sign up for a walking assignment if you cannot walk in the hot August sun. 2- Check off your desired assignment (or assignments, as long as they are not both AM or PM shifts, note that I disabled "overlap check" since schedules do overlap by an hour, you may still sign up for both AM and PM shifts) *NOTE: *only the currently* OPEN AVAILABLE *assignments are shown by the system, if you do not see a desired assignment, it means that it was taken If you cannot sign up for any other time slot/assignment, please contact me, and I'll see if I can arrange a swap. *NOTE: *the "gate" position can be an "add on" assignment for a color or a rover, it entails coming in early and sitting at Gate 7 for about two hours to check-in ham volunteers, then over to the comm trailer for the briefing and to your primary assignment 3- Scroll down to the bottom or the form 4- Fill in your email, name, phone 5- The *call sign* field should automagically show up after you check a "Ham Radio" job checkbox (and other unrelated fields should disappear) 6- Select "*Avi Carmi K6AVI*" for Job Captain and "*Ham Radio Operators*" for the Group/Organization from the respective pulldown lists. These are required fields, but not enforced, so please be sure to select. 7- Fill in your birthdate if under 18 (don't you wish?) 8- Then check the box and fill your name under the waiver 9- And finally, click the "*Sign Up To Volunteer*" button You should receive a confirmation email, unfortunately, it will come from Stephen, the show's volunteer coordinator, not me. (also I do not get any notification that anyone signed up, only he does...) A generic map, our sector map, and the parking permit *WILL SOON BE* available on your volunteer profile page which is accessible by clicking the "Check your status here" button on https://woc.volunteerlocal.com or go to https://woc.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/self_check.php I will send more detailed directions/instructions prior to the show, but if you have any questions/concerns/comments, please let me know 73, -avi -- avi(a)carmi.us 805-616-2636 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B18056162636> <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B18056162636> <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B18056162636> K6AVI https://avicarmi.com

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10M get together Wednesday 19:00 PST 28.400 PST
by Dave Schmidt 02 Feb '23

02 Feb '23

Just a reminder that me and a bunch of other VCARC folks are going to meet up on 10M Wednesday evenings at 19:00 PST on 28.400 USB. If you're available, join us! Dave AI6VX

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10M get together Jan 29, 15:00 PST 28.400 USB
by Dave Schmidt 30 Jan '23

30 Jan '23

Going to try a 10M get together tomorrow (Sunday) at 15:00 PST. 28.400 USB (so techs can join if they want). If that freq is being used, go 10Khz lower until you find us. We can coordinate on 145.160 if you can't find where we are. No set topic or duration. Please come with a topic if you'd like! Dave AI6VX

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Winter Field Day 2023 is this weekend!
by Dave Schmidt 28 Jan '23

28 Jan '23

Winter Field Day 2023 is this weekend! Details here: https://winterfieldday.com/ and the rules https://winterfieldday.com/rules.php Highlights from the website above: Please don't take below as the ONLY rules - please go and read them yourself. Dave AI6VX Eligibility: All licensed amateur radio operators are encouraged to participate. Radio operators in the United States and Canada will use the designated location identifiers set up by the ARRL and RAC field organizations. Operators in Mexico will use MX as their location identifier, and all other operators outside of North America will use DX as the location identifier. All participants are encouraged to submit a log of stations worked. Objective: To set up an amateur radio field station and successfully make multiple contacts. Successful participants are those who can set up their equipment and correctly log the designated exchange during the operational period explained below. Operational Period: Winter Field Day is always held the last full weekend in January. For 2023, it will be held on January 28th and 29th. The 24-hour operational period starts at 1900 UTC on Saturday, the 28th and ends at 18:59 UTC on Sunday, the 29th. Stations may begin setting up no earlier than 19:00 UTC on Friday before. However cumulative set-up time shall not exceed 12 hours. Bands: All Amateur bands except 12, 17, 30, and 60 meters. To qualify as a band worked, at least 1 valid, two-way QSO must have taken place on the said band during the contest. Modes: CW, Phone (includes SSB, AM, FM, DMR, C4FM, etc. If the end result is voice, it's Phone), and Digital (includes PSK, RTTY, Olivia, Packet, SSTV, ATV, JS8Call and other soundcard modes. If the end result is text or a picture, it's digital). QSO Points: Phone contacts count as one point each, and all CW & Digital modes count as 2 points each. Busted exchanges will be penalized by one additional point for each missed exchange or call sign. Duplicate contacts (same call, band, and mode) will not be counted nor penalized.

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Diablo Peak / Santa Cruz Island repeaters
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 25 Jan '23

25 Jan '23

The SBARC Hub voice link to the 146.655 repeater on Santa Cruz Island has been restored thanks to the efforts of the Telecommunications Services Committee. In order to conserve battery life at this remote, solar-powered site, the 223.920 repeater is on the air but is not linked to the SBARC Hub. 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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10M is hopping, CQ contest going on
by Dave Schmidt 21 Jan '23

21 Jan '23

I was playing with 10M just now and there's a contest going on. Exchange is call sign, name and state. Lots of mid US - East coast stations. Dave AI6VX

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Fwd: A new kind of ham contest - I need volunteers
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 18 Jan '23

18 Jan '23

Though you might be interested in this new kind of ham contest for HT owners. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Geoffrey Mark <km6tvj(a)geoffmark.com> Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 10:55 AM Subject: A new kind of ham contest - I need volunteers To: <brian(a)k6bpm.com>, <k6lcm(a)maaia.com> Hello, My name is Geoffrey Mark - call sign KM6TVJ. I am writing to you because I am looking for ham radio operators within grid square DM04 to help me develop a new kind of contest. One designed for all hams, but especially brand new hams using low cost HT's. I designed this contest to show that hams working together could send a message across America, using only 5w HT's and no repeaters or internet. The idea is that each one would hear a verbal message and send it on with as much accuracy as possible. So - using good mic techniques, holding their HT vertical - the basics. All those basics will count in this contest! I call it "HT's Across America." Here's a link to more information about me and the contest. https://www.qsl.net/km6tvj/ I would like to ask you to tell your membership about this experimental contest. The more hams involved, the more likely it is to work. Also - I am still developing the rules and parameters for this contest, so the more input I receive, the better. Feel free to forward this email, with my email address and link to that web page, to any ham that might be interested. Thank you and 73, Geoffrey KM6TVJ

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Restored: AllStarLink Connectivity
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 17 Jan '23

17 Jan '23

Terrestrial network connectivity has been restored to the Talanian Communications Facility on the Santa Barbara Mesa. As a result, AllStarLink nodes 43763 and 43764 are once again accepting incoming connections. I will remove the temporary conference on my personal node 42437. If you are using your own node, please reconnect to 43763 for SBARC Hub traffic. LCM *Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM* *Director at Large | K6TZ Trustee* *Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club* <https://www.sbarc.org/> *Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation* <https://sbwireless.org/> a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation www.levimaaia.com | www.k6lcm.com +1.805.604.5384

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AllStarLink Restored
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 17 Jan '23

17 Jan '23

Terrestrial network connectivity has been restored to the Talanian Communications Facility. As a result, AllStarLink nodes 43763 and 43764 are once again accepting incoming connections. I will remove the temporary conference on my personal node 42437. If you are using your own node, please reconnect to 43763 for SBARC Hub traffic. 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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Two Simple Tricks to Expand Club Membership
by Marvin Johnston 17 Jan '23

17 Jan '23

I saw this article in the ARRL Newsletter and what it speaks about resonated with me immediately. I still remember the first SBARC event, field day, I ever attended, and it was a "lonesome" event. As a former officer of SBARC, one thing I always tried to do at SBARC meetings/events was to keep my eye open for people who looked like they were being ignored, and 1) introduce myself, and 2) try to put them in touch with others who had similar interests. And then say Hi to them when I saw them again. I might add SBARC grew when I first joined to over 500 members mostly thanks to others doing the same thing I did. The other really important thing SBARC did was have events... field day, Bazaar, Hamfest to name a couple, that provided members (and others) a chance to get involved with SBARC activities. Another major factor in growing SBARC was to actively involve many others in SBARC activities. The most recent similar activity I'm thinking about was Levi (and others) and his work involved with our new Carpinteria Ham station. Another person almost all of us know is Bill Talanian, W1UUQ, and his consistent work (mostly behind the scenes) with building a first class repeater system. For me, Darryl Widman, KF6DI, was a major factor in SBARC growing as did back then. He was ALWAYS asking members to get involved. His push to grow SBARC resulted in a membership of over 500 people (including one dog that rumor has it.) These are just a couple of my thoughts on building an organization to be more than just a club name. Marvin, KE6HTS Two Simple Tricks to Expand Club Membership As an ARRL official, I talk with hundreds of hams each year, many of whom are newly licensed or returning to the airwaves after a long absence. I ask them if they belong to a local club. To my surprise, many reply no, and cite two reasons why they don't join. First, no one responds to a call from them on the club's repeater, and secondly, they feel awkward at club meetings because few members wear badges to identify themselves. Both situations can easily be remedied. Make it a club policy for members to monitor the club's designated repeater for at least 1 hour ahead of meeting times, not only for regularly scheduled meetings, but also for any informal events, such as breakfasts, lunches, or dinners. Answer unfamiliar calls, and invite the caller to your event, confirming the location. This is not only appreciated by new hams, but also operators returning to our hobby after many years. Remember that VHF/UHF FM equipment sold 30 years ago is still fully functional, so lots of returning hams still expect repeaters to be the primary conduit to communicate with members before meetings. Many hams have gotten out of the habit of wearing a badge. While most members may know one another by sight, a visitor does not. Wearing a badge at a gathering helps associate a name and call sign with a face, and makes the visitor feel at ease. An easy way to make sure everyone is identified is to have blank adhesive name badges from an office supply store and a marker by the entrance to the meeting room. Another suggestion is to have your club work out a bulk order arrangement with an amateur radio badge maker. The club could even offer to pay a percentage of the price per badge to encourage members to buy one. Monitoring the club's official repeater and wearing a badge are two simple ways to make nonmembers feel welcome and part of your club, with the hope they will join. -- ARRL Roanoke Division Vice Director Bill Morine, N2COP

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