SBARC-list November 2010

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SBARC Equipment Sale
by WB6WCW＠aol.com 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Seasons Greetings: SBARC has quite a bit of miscellaneous equipment that is for sale........Some items have the prices marked, others are open for your $$ offer: Bill Gross W6FF Email to W6FF(a)sbarc.org (805) 968-4227, starting Thursday Cell-Phone (805) 452-6496 =============================================================== Kenwood TM-21A, 2 Mtr FM Mobile, and microphone $100 Astron RS-35 power supply $80 Astron RS-12A power supply $40 Tripp-Lite, PR-40A, 40 Amp p.s. $100 Heathkit IP-27 Bench Supply, 5-50 Vdc, 1.5 Amps $30 Hitachi V-1050, 100 MHz Scope, 2 Channel $50 Samlex, RPS-1204, 13.8 Vdc & 4-6 Amps, has cigarette Lighter Plug $20 (Really Neat) Cobra Model 20 Plus. CB & Microphone $10 Cobra Model 29LTD, CB, Antenna, Mag Mount $10 Triplett 63-APL VOM, 5 Kv Max $30 CU-1280/FRD-10A, antenna multi-coupler, 0.1-50 MHz, will feed output to up to 32 receivers $50 Harvey-Wells TBS-50D AM/CW Transmitter, 160-2 Meters, with Power Supply, External VFO, and Manual $100 Radio Shack HTX-202, 2 Mtr HT, AA Battery Pack, Looks brand-new, $60 Bell & Howell (DeVry) VTVM $ 10 OptoElectronics Handi-Counter, Model 2810, 10 Hz-3.0 GHz, with WallWort $40 Icom IC-3AT, 220 MHz HT....Probably does not have tone, $40 U.S. Army I-126 Signal Generator Precision E-200-C Signal-Marking Generator Turner Expander 500 Desk Microphone $25 2 Icom IC-125 VHF Radio Telephone Sencore YF33 Yoke/Flyback Tester Sencore CG153 Deluxe Color Generator Sencore CR161 Cathode Ray Tube Tester EDL Instruments 230 Oscilloscope Para Dynamics PDC-600 RF Power Scanner 2 Sencore SM-152 Sweep/Marker Generator Tram D62 AM/USB/LSB CB, Microphone Realistic TR-52 23 Channel CB & Microphone EFJ Messenger 191 23 Channel CB & Microphone Fluke 803 Differential AC/DC Voltmeter Simpson 315 Signal Generator HP 212A Pulse Generator 500 Ft Cable TV Coax Homemade 1920's Regen Rcvr (4) UX-201-A Tubes $75

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No Technical Elmering Net Tonight
by Michael Reynolds, NO6O 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Please disregard the earlier notice sent this morning. There will be no Technical Elmering Net tonight, due to Thanksgiving. ---Michael, NO6O

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Technical Elmering Net
by Michael＠NO6O.com 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Come Join the Technical Elmering Net ------------------------------------ Thursday, 7:30 pm until 9:30pm On the following repeaters: 146.79 MHz (La Vigia Hill) 223.92 MHz (Santa Cruz Island) 224.08 MHz (La Cumbre Peak) Minus offset, PL 131.8 Hosted by Dave Milton, K6HWN All Amateur Radio-related topics are welcome. Bring your questions, experiences, and/or expertise. ---Michael, NO6O

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We need a camera man
by Darryl Widman 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

November 24, 2010 Ladies and Gentlemen, The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club finds itself in need of a cameraman (or woman). Our good friend, Bill Hepp, K6TZP, has served our club well for the past several years taking nice pictures of us either posed or candidly and we have seen them in Key-Klix and wondered how they got in there! He finds that he would like to move on now and do other things for awhile. That leaves a very fun position open for someone who loves to click photos whenever the mood strikes. Do you find yourself toting your nice digital camera around with you almost everywhere you go knowing that the perfect shot will be out there just waiting for you to take? We're not especially looking for a professional photographer. We're looking for someone who loves snapping pictures because the particular subject simply needs to be snapped either for now or for posterity. Perhaps you have had a feeling that you are quite good at your camera skills but no one has 'discovered' you yet. Let this be your official invitation to give us a bit of your time at our club functions or those that our club serves, usually with communication services, and let us make you famous. You could be the eyes of those who missed an event or didn't catch all those wonderful scenes that one with a camera sees. You would always get full credit for your wonderful work (play) in Key-Klix and in other documents we print out. So what are you waiting for? Simply give me a call at 805-969-2326 and let me know that you are interested. Easy. Thank you and 73, Darryl Widman, KF6DI Exec. Vice President Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club ____________________________________________________________ Go Back to School Grant Funding May Be Available to Those Who Qualify http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4cedf9bfd4657380bb2st04duc

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SBARC Wednesday Nets
by Michael＠NO6O.com 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

SBARC Wednesday Nets -------------------- Beginning at 7:00 pm on the following linked repeaters: 146.79 MHz (La Vigia Hill) 223.92 MHz (Santa Cruz Island) 224.08 MHz (La Cumbre Peak) Minus offset, PL 131.8 ---------------------------------- 7:00pm - 7:30pm -- Amateur Radio Newsline (www.ARNewsLine.org) 7:30pm - 8:00pm -- Weekly Club Net 8:00pm - 8:30pm -- Swap Net, hosted by Dave Milton, K6HWN ---------------------------------- Then, at 8:30pm, on 144.210 MHz, is the VHF Single Side Band Roundtable, typically hosted by Ken Owen, N6KTH. This popular roundtable is now in its third year. Some People start checking in early between 8:00pm and 8:30pm. For details, visit www.n6kth.com/vhf. ---Michael, NO6O

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Not HAM, but Free Classical Concert, Mon 29Nov
by Tony 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Thought some of you might be interested. Enjoy! 73, Tony, AD6ID ad6idham(a)gmail.com 805-264-1132 Tony Armendariz (Horn) ad6idham(a)gmail.com 805-264-1132

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Technical Elmering Net
by Michael＠NO6O.com 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

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SBARC Wednesday Nets - Trivia Night!
by Michael＠NO6O.com 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

SBARC Wednesday Nets -- TRIVIA NIGHT! ------------------------------------- Beginning at 7:00 pm on the following linked repeaters: 146.79 MHz (La Vigia Hill) 223.92 MHz (Santa Cruz Island) 224.08 MHz (La Cumbre Peak) Minus offset, PL 131.8 ---------------------------------- 7:00pm - 7:30pm -- Amateur Radio Newsline (www.ARNewsLine.org) 7:30pm - 8:00pm -- !! TRIVIA NIGHT !! Hosted by Dave Milton, K6HWN 8:00pm - 8:30pm -- Swap Net, hosted by Dave Milton, K6HWN ---------------------------------- Then, at 8:30pm, on 144.210 MHz, is the VHF Single Side Band Roundtable, typically hosted by Ken Owen, N6KTH. This popular roundtable is now in its third year. Some People start checking in early between 8:00pm and 8:30pm. For details, visit www.n6kth.com/vhf. ---Michael, NO6O

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SBARC's 1st Annual Homebrew Night -- Friday November 19
by Darryl Widman 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

REMINDER FOR YOU. DON'T MISS THIS! SBARC's 1st Annual Homebrew Night by Darryl Widman, KF6DI Early "homebrew" Amateur Radio transmitter (Snatched from Wikipedia) In the early years of Amateur Radio, long before factory-built gear was easily available, most hams built their own transmitting and receiving equipment, a process that came to be known as "homebrewing." In the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, hams handcrafted reasonable-quality vacuum tube -based transmitters and receivers which were often housed in their basements, and it was common for a well-built "homebrew rig" to cover all the high frequency bands (1.8 to 30 MHz). Homebrewing was often encouraged by Amateur Radio publications. In 1950, CQ Amateur Radio Magazine announced a ''$1000 Cash Prize 'Home Brew' Contest'' and called independently-built equipment ''the type of gear which has helped to make Amateur Radio our greatest reservoir of technical proficiency.'' The magazine tried to steer hams back into building by sponsoring such competitions and by publishing more construction plans, saying that homebrewing imparted a powerful technical mastery to hams. In 1958, a CQ editorial opined that if ham radio lost status as a technical activity, it might also lose the privilege of operating on the public airwaves, saying, ''As our ranks of home constructors thin we also fall to a lower technical level as a group." In the 1950s and 60s, some hams turned to constructing their stations from kits sold by Heathkit, Eico, EF Johnson, Allied Radio's Knight-Kit, World Radio Laboratories and other suppliers. Today, only a minority of hams own and operate completely homebrew or kit-built amateur stations. However, there are many new ham radio kit suppliers, and the "art" of homebrewing is alive and thriving. How true that is! There are many among us who absolutely love kit building. Many others of us love putting pencil to paper and coming up with a new idea on how to improve our stations or just design something that has never been seen before. And what a hoot that is. Building something that is unique or making something work in some fashion that it was not designed for -- that is a "kick in the head." Being able to improve or modify a piece of equipment designed by someone else to serve another purpose is really fun. Those engineers who came up with the original concept might have never considered what you might want to do with it. So what's stopping you from doing just that? NOTHING. Go for it. Just don't tell your YL or OM about what you have in mind for that lovely radio in the kitchen. Anyway, this November 19 SBARC club meeting, in addition to having our annual election of officers, will give everyone the opportunity to bring along one of their neat homebrew gizmos, write up a short story on what they did and put it on one of the tables and show it off. We hope that this will be the first of a traditional event and even create a desire to get out there in the shop and do something novel. Do some research, come up with a new design or concept, modify someone else's model or just throw something together yourself and we'll give you a big pat on the back for doing it. You have over a year to get ready for next year's event but for the meeting next week just bring along something you made or modified and show it off. This is going to be a lot of fun. I am looking forward to it. Your Board of Directors has even agreed to come up with a prize for the one who garners the most votes for his or her gizmo. Perhaps you will be that lucky winner. Now go write up your little article and get ready. Oh, please bring with you some goodies for the dessert table! ____________________________________________________________ $350,000 Life Insurance Coverage as low as $13.04/month. Free, No Obligation Quotes. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4ce1d8badccfb2b03c5st02duc

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FCC Inquiry
by Bill Talanian 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

11 November 2010 To: SBARC List-server From: Bill Talanian, Trustee K6TZ Subject: Club station operations A week ago, as Trustee of K6TZ, I received an email inquiry from the FCC legal staff at the Enforcement Bureau relative to operations on the repeater. The inquiry requested information about on-the-air requests for donations to support the club station. The first step was to have everyone back-off this issue until the we could get all the facts together. An immediate response was sent to the FCC with a return reply received in 3 days. After a review of all the facts in this case it is apparent there was no violation of FCC rules by David Milton, K6HWN. The FCC was satisfied that the issue is resolved by not placing the Bureau in the position of passing judgement or issuing a ruling. In other words the FCC is satisfied that we have responsible people at the helm in keeping petty issues under control. Each repeater system takes on an individual persona which is why there is more than one system for any person or group of persons. While the style of any one operator may not suit all the ultimate power is within two fingers to listen or simply turn the radio off. Like it or not David has brought back vibrant life to the K6TZ repeater and certainly has a large following. The Board is mindful that not everyone agrees with all styles and substance and has offered suggestions on how to achieve better cohesiveness in daily operations. As your Trustee for more than 25 years this is the first inquiry or complaint we have ever received from the FCC. What is most distressing is that an individual complaint was made directly to the Enforcement Bureau of the FCC without knowing all the facts. As Trustee I report directly to the Board of SBARC as well as the FCC. My job is to resolve any differences be they operational or technical. If an issue requires further counseling we have a 13 member Board of Directors and the Regulatory Branch at the ARRL. Anyone is welcome to seek out an individual Board member or if necessary bring the issue before the full meeting of the Board which meets once per month. In this regard the complainant failed to meet the first test. By going directly to the FCC the complainant only get's one shot. This person has now lost all credibility in their argument. Back to Net Control !

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