SBARC-list April 2000

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Fw: (4/28-5/01) Satellite Pass Predictions
by Rodney S Fritz 28 Apr '00

28 Apr '00

Satellite Predicition ReportThought some of you non-ATVSIG folks might also be interested in this... ----- Original Message ----- From: Rodney S Fritz To: Walt Haake ; Tim Johnson ; Rod Fritz ; Paul Sheffield ; Mike Peddicord ; David Jacobs ; Darryl Widman ; Carl Stengel ; Bruce Wilson ; Bruce Gordon ; Joe Heumphreus Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 3:59 PM Subject: Fw: (4/28-5/01) Satellite Pass Predictions ATV SIG Members, If you have trouble sleeping and are up early in the morning, try listening for MIR SSTV during the passes below. There is no guarantee that there will be transmissions and doppler effects may shift the 145.985 MHz freq up to 5 KHz, but some of the best things in life are a crap-shoot after all. These are also good times to visually see the space station since it is sunlit and the sky will be quite dark. It will appear to be the fastest moving "star" in the sky. Have fun! 73s, Rod WB9KMO ----- Original Message ----- From: Liftoff to Space Exploration To: rfritz(a)west.net Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:18 AM Subject: (4/28-5/01) Satellite Pass Predictions This prediction report was generated by NASA's Liftoff to Space Exploration web site NASA News Liftoff Explorer News * Space Station Mission Media News * Apr 27: U.S. Space Foundation honors NASA Marshall program manager * Apr 25: Chandra shows new way to measure cosmic distances * Apr 25: NASA scientist: Lightning strike patterns may improve early tornado warnings Get the latest launched / decayed satellites from the April Space Warn. Satellite Prediction Report by Liftoff to Space Exploration Help reading this report is available on the J-Pass web pages. Start Time: 4/28 Latitude 34.445262 End Time: 5/01 Longitude -119.802509 Time Zone: UTC-8.0 MIR approx. visual mag = -0.5 Date (mm/dd) Rise Set Duration (mm:ss) Sun Lit (mm:ss) Max. Elevation Aprox. Image 4/29 05:01:00am NW SE 09:45 09:45 78 SSW 4/30 03:45:07am NW ESE 09:15 09:15 22 NE 5/01 04:03:41am NW SE 09:45 09:45 75 ENE This free report is sponsored by the Science Directorate at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Though we make every effort to provide accurate information, these predictions are for educational and entertainment purposes only. To update your satellite selections or unsubscribe visit: http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JPass/PassGenerator/

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Antennas in the Park - May 6, 2000
by Marvin 27 Apr '00

27 Apr '00

This information along with directions can be found on the HomingIn Web Site at: http://members.aol.com/joek0ov/tricitymap.html This will be a really fun event as it has been in the past. Maybe we can get a group of people to car pool down. I will be going down early to help with the event put on by the Los Angeles Orienteering Club for National Orienteering Day at Schabarum Park, but plan on being at Tri-City Park about noon. -------------------------- Tri-City Radio-Orienteering May 6, 2000 This two-meter direction-finding practice/demonstration is sponsored by the Fullerton Radio Club as part of its annual Antennas In The Park picnic. All ages are welcome. A ham radio license and/or knowledge of radio equipment is not required. There is no charge for participation. If possible, bring a handi-talkie, receiver, or scanner covering the two-meter band for each person who will be going ARDFing. If you have directional antennas, attenuators, or other on-foot RDF equipment, be sure to bring it. Make sure all batteries are fresh. For those with no radio gear, few extra ARDF receiver/antenna sets may be available. As usual, there will be six cycling 2-meter FM hidden transmitters on 146.565 MHz. There may be a bonus transmitter on 80 meters (3580 KHz). If you have RDF equipment for that band, be sure to bring it, too. The 80m fox will be optional, and not counting for the final standings. Practice 2-meter transmitters will go on the air around noon, and the main 6-fox hunt will begin at 1:30 PM. (Note the later-than-usual time.)

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US TEAM ARDF Fund Formed
by Marvin 27 Apr '00

27 Apr '00

Some email just sent out to US Team members from Joe Moell, K0OV. It is wonderful to see this kind of support coming from the ARRL!!! ------------------------ 1. As some of you have noticed on the ARRL Web site, the ARRL Executive Committee voted to establish a fund for the promotion of ARDF and to seed it with $2000. Additional funding is being sought from the ARRL Foundation. I just learned that Barry Shelley N1VXY, ARRL's Chief Financial Officer, will oversee administration of this fund. Some team members are ac0tively soliciting additional donations to this fund right now. If someone you know wants to donate, have the check made out to "ARRL ARDF Support Fund" and then hold the check until we get official word where to send. I am presently unsure as to the tax deductibility of donations to this fund.

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ARRL Web Page Disruption
by Marvin 26 Apr '00

26 Apr '00

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Orienteering Training - April 30
by Marvin 26 Apr '00

26 Apr '00

Doing well at ARDF *requires* a knowledge of orienteering skills. Here is a chance to learn and hone your map and compass skills! -------------------------- Join us on some small but good color maps used by the Hi-Tech Adventure Racers. We'll learn, then try some navigation techniques starting at 10:00 & 11:20ish. Part I (40 minutes) is on last year's map, and part two (40 minutes) is on an older map, then Bridget takes over to lead some exercises and then a trail run, while I go back to start part I again at 11:20. Those who miss 10:00, and can't wait until 11:20 or are later than 11:20 can start part II, but it sort of builds on part I, so that may not be the best choice. Topics: Orienting your map, simple bearing, simplify the map, attack point, catching feature, aiming off, collecting feature, pace counting, thumbing to keep map contact, parallel features, route choice, planning ahead, finding the bathrooms when you really need to, learning on the run, green/yellow/red light, SIMON SAYS ;>), and more!!! Clothing: Shorts and t-shirt should be fine. Wear a lightweight shoe with good tread. Bring a light windbreaker in the car. Bring your lunch and join the rest of us after the training... the swimming beach MAY be open. Warning: I don't think we'll have any extra compasses to rent. So bring your own! Fees: $1 per adult... We start at 10:00 AM and 11:20ish. Directions: Take I-5 N. to Parker Rd. E. Past Lake Hughes Rd. (No closer free parking). Turn Rt the stop sign (NEW INTERSECTION! ROAD ON MAP USED TO GO STRAIGHT AND NOT REQUIRE A RIGHT TURN) onto Castaic Lk Rd, and then enter at the kiosk. $6 parking. So, carpool. From the kiosk, take left at the far road, down the hill, then right. Follow the O signs to my car (look for an O flag hanging from the car). Sign in there, and wait there if you're there for the 11:20 start. Contact Joel Thomson for details (310)978-4595.

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To ATV SIG: Re: MIR SSTV
by Paul Sheffield 26 Apr '00

26 Apr '00

Below is info on MIR SSTV frequency and times. MIR visibility times can be found by using the J-PASS generator found at: http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/JPass/PassGenerator/ >Hello Paul, > Pleased to learn of your interest in Mir. They trnsmit on a freq of >145.985 MHz FM but allow for doppler. Start about 3 to 5 KHz higher on AOS >and follow them down past center freq by 3 to 5 KHz. If you have a >receiver like the 736 just keep the discriminator reading centered. The >SSTV mode is Robot 36. I was one of the 3 of us who built the Mir SSTV >system and we chose R36 to keep transmissions short and eleminate the >effects of doppler during the 36 sec transmission. Keep watching, the crew >is very busy now but keep checking on weekends. > Do you know Jerry Jandt, KD6YPB? I worked for BEI in Goleta. > Re ATV see ATVQ magazine Fall 1999 >73, Farrell, W8ZCF, Cincinnati, O. ------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Sheffield W6VLM QA Engineer/Systems Administrator eFax.com Phone: (805)692-4180 eFax: (630)604-0063 Get your faxes through email, FREE! Sign up now... http://efax.com! Email your documents or pictures with HotSend. Get it at http://hotsend.com ----------------------------------------------------------

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GDTPUG Meeting
by Marvin 25 Apr '00

25 Apr '00

The issue of good pictures in Key-Klix has come up several times. This looks like it would be a very good meeting to attend! ------------ >>> Goleta DeskTop Publishing Users Group Meeting <<< 7pm Thursday May 4, 2000 Goleta Public Library 500 N. Fairview Ave Goleta, CA >>> Printing Pictures, Part 2 <<< Last time we talked about why when you scan a print you may find it looks a lot different on the monitor (darker, lighter, washed-out, muddy, colors wrong), then after you correct those problems so it looks good on the screen you print it, only to discover the print looks wrong again, but in a different way. This time we will use a flatbed scanner and a 35mm scanner (Polaroid 4000) to demonstrate some of the issues of getting photos and other images into the computer in preparation to reprinting them. We will use the popular Epson 1200 color printer to show some of the consequences of earlier decisions. We will see the difference between doing a 24-bit color scan of a print at 300ppi (pixels per inch) on the flatbed and a 36-bit scan of the negative at 4000ppi on the Polaroid. The Polaroid gives us much more information, but that is not an unmitigated advantage: the Polaroid is much more expensive than the flatbed, and the files are much bigger (110MB per picture) which means they are more expensive to manipulate or store. We'll see that there are some conditions under which the flatbed really is the better answer. We may have another scanner or two as well, to get a better idea of the range in price and capability available. ------------------- Remember, the meetings are free and open to the public. Please bring a friend. Visit our web site at <a href= "http://www.troutcom.com/gdtpug" > http://www.troutcom.com/gdtpug </a> for future meeting dates and other information.

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From our Division Director
by Donald L Milbury 25 Apr '00

25 Apr '00

FYI: 73, Don Milbury, W6YN ---------------------------------------------------- From: "Fried Heyn (SW Dir)" <wa6wzo(a)arrl.org> For those of you with clubs in California, please help get the word out on SB 1714 (the update below was written by Pacific Division Director Jim Maxwell, W6CF): SB 1714 has been assigned to the Local Government Committee of the California Senate for hearings. The chair of the Local Government Committee is Senator Richard K. Rainey, of Contra Costa County. Senator Rainey is the former County Sheriff, and was responsible for establishing the Sheriff's Amateur Radio Reserve. A committee hearing on this bill will be held on May 3, in Sacramento. A favorable report by committee, as well as future enactment, requires vigorous support by the amateur community. Vigorous support means letters and telephone calls to your State Senator, your State Assembly Member, and Senator Rainey, asking them to support the bill and explaining why you feel that way. The various Senate and Assembly members in California are unlikely to know much about Amateur Radio. They need to learn two things: how many of us (who vote) there are and what we do for the community. An avalanche of letters will help them understand better on both points. The first step is for all interested California hams (and all hams in California should be interested!) to write to Senator Rainey. In your letter note any local ordinances in your City or County which stop you from getting a permit for an antenna or make it more expensive. Discuss how that antenna would be valuable for emergency services, and discuss the fact that antenna regulations, high permit fees and the like hurt all of the amateur service as a disincentive to activity. Where it exists it should help to make a point of cooperation with other services, such as REACT, and to note specific participation in emergency service situations. MARS participants should point out the emergency support role of that service and the fact that it relies extensively on HF frequencies assigned by the military for that purpose. Senator Rainey will understand without being told what RACES is. Letters to him should be addressed to Honorable Richard K. Rainey, Chair Local Government Committee State Capitol, Room 410 Sacramento, CA 95914 If you wish to comment by email, Senator Rainey's address is senator.rainey(a)sen.ca.gov Please also write to your own State Senator and Assemblyman and ask them for their support of SB 1714. Provide them with information similar to that written to Senator Rainey, with one exception: Senator Rainey already knows a great deal about ham radio, so it won't be necessary to explain to him who we are. The procedure for sponsoring bills is somewhat different in the State of California than in the federal Senate and House. Rather than "cosponsoring" a bill, the procedure is to "co-author" a bill, and co-authorship may cross the line between the Senate and Assembly. In your letters, therefore, please also ask that they sign up as co-authors of SB 1714. Don't forget to include your name and return address on all your letters! You may follow the progress of this bill by going to http://www.leginfo.ca.gov and following the links to "subscribe" to the bill by number. You will then receive email notice whenever any action takes place. If you're not certain who your Senator/Assemblyman are, go to http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html to locate them.

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For Sale
by AD6EZ＠aol.com 25 Apr '00

25 Apr '00

Fellow SBARC Members - I have decided to sell my Kenwood TS-680S. It is in great shape with only one minor scratch on the top near the back. It covers 160M-6M - all modes and has full CW breakin. It was my first HF rig and I really like it but I have a Yaesu FT-990 and if I want to go mobile HF then I have to sell the 680S. Please call me if you are interested in checking it out - we can put it on the air and take it for a "ride"! Asking $550.00 The VHF/UHF that I also want to sell is my mobile Kenwood TM-642AD - ("First Prize" at 1997 Hamfest). It is a current model tri-bander with 2M and 220 modules installed. You can also purchase a third module - 440, 1.2ghz or 6M. The triplexer goes with the rig. This devise matches the individual antenna outputs of each module to a single antenna. The unit is almost 2.5 years old and works great! I plan to replace it with a new Icom IC-706IIG or the new Yaesu FT-100 - both of which handles 160M to 6M plus 2M and 440. So I won't need two 2M rigs in my truck. I have the original mic plus the upgraded mic that has the backlit keypad , box, manual, etc. Asking $550 ($750 New.) Home - 968-0221 Cell - 886-3817 73 es God Bless de Denny AD6EZ <>< Goleta, CA

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Frequency - The Movie
by AD6EZ＠aol.com 20 Apr '00

20 Apr '00

Hi All - Below is a FB movie review of the new flick Frequency. Check it out. Also a very good suggestion how to get some great PR for Ham Radio and Local Clubs! 73 es God Bless de Denny AD6EZ <>< Goleta, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- "Frequency" is an imaginative fantasy based on the complex relationship between fathers and sons.

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