SBARC-list October 2000

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[Melb-ARDF] China opens with fanfare ! (#2)
by Bruce 14 Oct '00

14 Oct '00

Well here's the 2nd installment. I can't make this long as we have to arise early (well 5am sounds early to me!) for the 2m competiton tommorow. Only Bryan actaully starts anywhere near the first groups. He is in group 6. I am in group 26 (so that's 26 * 5 minutes wait for me) and Adam starts last in 43. Well this morning was a relaxed start.The other two were able to do a decent amount of 2m and 80m practice. I was held up in the team leaders meeting (only some of the team leaders actually compete as well) with interminable questions which did seem to go on for hours. I was able to establish that the distances between transmitters will be adhered to in this comp. 750m from the start minimum, and 400m between minimum. What seems a long time limit of 130 minutes has been set. Might be a long course ! Now I did promise pictures. Well I do have them all ready to upload, but for some reason I seem to be having ftp difficulties. So not tonight. This afternoon I had a chance to at least test my equipment worked on two tranmitters just outside the hotel. After that it was all into a huge queue of buses (22 buses at least) to get to the Opening Ceremony which was on the island in the middle of the lake outside the hotel. There are over 350 competitors at the world championships from 26 countries, plus team leaders, trainers, referees and organisers. This is a BIG event to stage. I have some good photos of the amazing dancers and acrobats. Some so young (almost pre-school) it seems hard to imagine it is possible. You will just have to wait for the pictures I'm afraid. (If I can't get ftp to work, I might look for a kind volunteer to put them up for me somewhere, tell me where, and I'll send them by email.....anyone ?). As far as I know the link from here is fast. The team leaders were presented with floral arrangements and the whole thing was like a mini-olympic opening ceremony (complete with marching band). This evening after some preparation for the event tommorow, I had to go to the team leaders banquet (the others had a normal plebebian banquet -:) Actually the hotel food is very good.) Team Leaders banquet was a lavish affair with that evil rice wine, bottomless drinks and a seemingly endless processions of delicacies. Very nice indeed. I have got to know Maurice, the Belgium team leader quite well (you see, Belgium is next from Australia in the alphabet !) since we end up sitting next to each other. Also a university student sat at our table to help translate. She is studying languages, in particular English, so with so many different English accents it would be a good test of her new abilities. Anyway, I must go to bed. Don't want to disturb Kurt too much -:) Cheers, Bruce, VK3TJN ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------- ***** Remember, an out of tune piano makes noise, not music! ***** call, (805) 966-7060 . E-MAIL: dennis(a)rain.org . *** Bye from the Paradise Playground of the Pacific Beaches. *** Dennis Schwendtner *** WB6OBB *** *** http://www.rain.org/~dennis *** *** Schwendtner Piano and Service *** WB6OBB repeater web-site ***

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Hello from China (fwd)
by Dennis Schwendtner 13 Oct '00

13 Oct '00

Hi All, Here is a note from Marvin from China, I have just forwarded his message. Skip all the signature from my e-mail. Thanks, ***** Remember, an out of tune piano makes noise, not music! ***** call, (805) 966-7060 . E-MAIL: dennis(a)rain.org . *** Bye from the Paradise Playground of the Pacific Beaches. *** Dennis Schwendtner *** WB6OBB *** *** http://www.rain.org/~dennis *** *** Schwendtner Piano and Service *** WB6OBB repeater web-site *** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:32:18 EDT From: Freyra(a)aol.com To: dennis(a)rain.org, johnston(a)sbcc.net Subject: Hello from China Hi Dennis and Barb, I am using Bob Freys AOL account to send this as it seems much quicker than telneting into my account. All went well for the trip over, and it could not have been a smoother trip! We got into Nanjing about 1:00 PM and got to bed about 2:00. After getting up at 6:15AM or so, we went for Breakfast and am sending this from Bob's room (he has a computer and Internet connection in his room! The schedule for today is a practice session to check out our equipment at 10:00 AM, lunch from noon to 1:30 and the opening cerimonies at 3:50 PM. All for now, and I'll fire off more as it becomes available. Marvin

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* MESSAGE FROM THE AUSTRALIA ARDF TEAM FROM CHINA!
by Dennis Schwendtner 13 Oct '00

13 Oct '00

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Fw: JOTA - Satigny Scout Centre, Geneva
by W6YN Don Milbury 13 Oct '00

13 Oct '00

Hi! Jamboree on the Air for the Scouts takes place next weekend (20-22nd October). There will be many stations active around the world, many now using slowscan. One such station will be the World Scout Bureau, operating from the Satigny Scout Centre, on the outskirts of Geneva. callsign will be HB2S and the station will be active from 2200GMT on the Friday night. Equipment is likely to be an FT920, 100watts to either a 3 ele tribander, or G5RV, depending on band and who gets to the aerials first! The station will be active on voice around the Scout freqs on all bands from 80mtrs to 2mtrs. All calls appreciated. Look forward to seeing you all next week 73 de Frank, M0AEU ______________________________________________________ Amateur Radio - If you're not having fun, you are not doing it right! The Official ARRL Santa Barbara Section Web Site: http://www.qsl.net/arrlsb E-mail your questions to: ad6ad(a)arrl.net __________________________________________________________

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[ARDF] Team Ozzie Lands in China
by Bruce 13 Oct '00

13 Oct '00

Hi all, Bruce here from the Australian ARDF team in China. If you'd like to see future installments of this bulletin, I'll ask you to subscribe to the melb-ardf for the duration (only this first posting will go to foxlist). This is because this is likely to be an very biassed account of events, with dollops of parochialism, so I'm noy going to subject everyone to it if they don't want to ! (Hey, is it a co-incidence my name is "Bruce" also ??) You can subscribe to melb ardf by sending message (in the body) containing subscribe melb-ardf to majordomo(a)planet.net.au There will be pictures too ! They will be uploaded to a web-site somewhere and the reports will point at them. Coming soon...... [My ICQ seems to have died temporarily, but when I get it going again you can message the Australian team direct on 32015991] Anyway, on with the story; I have just got back from the team leaders meeting. Australia is first alphaetically so I was first to pick a number out of a paper bag to determine our team start positions for the 2m event. It also meant I was last (had no choice!) for the 80m competition draw. We got 8 and 18 respectively. This doesn't mean a great deal at the end of the day since it only determines the start group for the first competitor of a country. The others are spread through the field. By the way, there are 26 countries in this world competition. Only the USA team didn't seem to be at full strength, still missing their team leader Dale and some others. There are varying numbers of competitors for each country. We have only a team of 3 in the Senior (Open division). Some of you may recall my mention of Kurt, from Belgium, in my previous missives from Korea. Well it turns out I'm rooming with Kurt. Today it was warm, with occasional rain. We travelled by Bus from Shanghai to Nanjing, a distance of about 400km by bus with the Yugoslavians and Bulgarians (and a couple of Yanks). There will be some photos later, but one thing becomes obvious as you travel: you never really get out in what we'd call the country. Near Shanghai it is dead flat, and only late in the journey did we start to see some hills which surround Nanjing. There is almost always a building (usually a block of flats) to be seen, and ususally a continueous row. Otherwise there are rice fields, canals and dams and occasional other crops. Very little ground is left to waste The Hotel in Nanjing is excellent, and after some teething troubles we now have permenent ethernet (hey this is better than at home!!). After our arrival here we went out for what turned out to be quite a long walk around the nearby lake. There is an old city wall which circled old Nanjing which borders the lake (see photo soon -:)) Caught up with some friends from Korea and Townsville. Yes, Jack, madam Butterfly is back. At the meeting we were shown the electonic tagging system they will be using for the ARDF events. Each competitor has to carry a Smart Card around and insert in the reader when they find a transmitters. The times are stored on the card. They aren't too worried about rain, but point out sweat might cause problems with the reader. Hmmm, not quite up to Sport-Ident standards, but we'll see how it goes ! Tommorow we have what is called a Model event. It isn't really, since it will be on completely differnet terrain to the actual events, but it does give a chance to make sure our gear still works. They have scheduled a team leaders meeting at the same time !! Obviously there aren't too many team leaders like myself who also compete, so I hope there will still be enough time after for me to test my gear. That's all for now. Feel free to ask any questions. Cheers, Bruce, VK3TJN ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------- To un-subscribe from ardf-list, send requests to: majordomo(a)planet.net.au with the body of the message stating: unsubscribe ardf- list Please send postings to: ardf-list(a)planet.net.au Problems to: owner-ardf-list(a)planet.net.au ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------- *****.*****... ***DS!*****... ***** Remember, an out of tune piano makes noise, not music! ***** call, (805) 966-7060 . E-MAIL: dennis(a)rain.org . *** Bye from the Paradise Playground of the Pacific Beaches. *** Dennis Schwendtner *** WB6OBB *** *** http://www.rain.org/~dennis *** *** Schwendtner Piano and Service *** WB6OBB repeater web-site ***

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[Fwd: Fw: 4TH GRADE S.STUDIES PROJECT]
by Michael P. Jogoleff 10 Oct '00

10 Oct '00

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SK - Bob Palmer
by Marvin 10 Oct '00

10 Oct '00

For those of you who haven't heard yet, Bob Palmer (KC6PCG) passed away on Monday, October 2 from an apparent heart attack at the age of 76. Bob has been one of the regulars down at the club station for many years. His wit, sense of humor, and wisdom will be sorely missed.

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Fw:] SB-1714 Vetoed by Governor Gray Davis:
by W6YN Don Milbury 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

The Official ARRL Santa Barbara Section E-mail List Server ______________________________________________ SB-1714 Vetoed by Governor Gray Davis: We have just learned that Governor Gray Davis vetoed California SB-1714 over the weekend. In vetoing, he wrote "To Members of the California State Senate: I am returning Senate Bill 1714 without my signature. This bill would require the Office of Planning and Research to: (1) prepare and publish a technical assistance bulletin for use by local planners in the preparation of local ordinances regulating amateur radio antennas; (2) prepare a model ordinance suitable for local regulation of those antennas; (3) and report by July 1, 2001, regarding any recommendations for changes to the state statutes regarding regulation of amateur radio antennas. This bill may encourage local officials to accommodate the needs of amateur radio operators when adopting ordinances. The cost of this bill however, is not included in the Budget Act of 2000. Additionally, this is a local rather than a state issue. Sincerely, GRAY DAVIS" We are disappointed, to say the least, of this decision by the Governor. We are also puzzled, for SB-1714 was passed unanimously by both the Senate and Assembly, and to the best of our knowledge had no organized opposition. Our "1714" Steering Committee will be reviewing the decision and deciding on a course of action over the next few weeks. 73. Fried Heyn, WA6WZO, ARRL Southwestern Division Director Jim Maxwell, W6CF, ARRL Pacific Division Director ______________________________________________________ Amateur Radio - If you're not having fun, you are not doing it right! The Official ARRL Santa Barbara Section Web Site: http://www.qsl.net/arrlsb E-mail your questions to: ad6ad(a)arrl.net __________________________________________________________

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[Fwd: [CAham] TORRA (Tournament of Roses Radio Amateurs)]
by Michael P. Jogoleff 30 Sep '00

30 Sep '00

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Key-Klix Deadline
by Mack Stanton 30 Sep '00

30 Sep '00

Hi all, Just a reminder that the deadline for the October Key-Klix is this Monday, October 2, and I'm editing this issue, Submissions can be e-mailed to me or to keyklix(a)sbarc.org, faxed to the number below, or dropped off at my house by prearrangement. Thanks, Mack Stanton, KD6NBZ 2015 Santa Barbara St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Ph: 569-1152 FAX: 569-1846

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