SBARC-list February 2010

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New 6 meter repeater
by Bill Talanian 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

NEW 6 METER REPEATER IN TOWN Effective this date a new 6 meter repeater was installed at the K6TZ site on La Vigia Hill. All operational coverage reports should be sent to W6AMS or W1UUQ. Repeater: 51.82 MHz Output 51.32 MHz Input 131.8 Hz PL Power is 25 watts into 3 db collinear antenna Controller is an RLC-4 Thanks to Andy Seybold, W6AMS, and John Thornton, W6HD for their personal effort and contribution with providing the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) residuals. And, special recognition to Shaw Takeuchi, AE6BL, for providing a remote access through the Internet for RLC-4 programming. Great job everyone! PS. For those with 220 you can get on the 223.92 MHz Santa Cruz Island repeater remote base on 6 meters and link it to the new equipment. If in doubt about how to operate the remote then contact the training crew on .79 who would be glad to help you out.

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Technical Elmering Net
by Michael＠NO6O.com 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '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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Free access to Royal Society papers
by Greg Waldref - W6DMJ 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

A friend I used to work with at Tektronix found this. Thought I'd pass it on - Greg The (British) Royal Society has made the Proceedings of the Royal Society (Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences) available to read and download for free to celebrate its 350th anniversary. This offer is good through February 28th. After that, the pay wall goes back up. The papers go back to the time of Isaac Newton. As just one example, if you've struggled with applications of Maxwell's equations, the following paper is where it all started: A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field J. Clerk Maxwell, Proc R. Soc. Lond. 1863 vol. 13 531-6 The first announcement of Maxwell's discovery that light, electricity and magnetism can be understood in a single framework, underlying radio, television, and our whole communications technology. According to the site, there are about 65,000 papers available. If you're interested, go to the following URL: http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/ Under the heading "Free Content" (toward the bottom of the page, about in the middle) there are several links: All content is currently free to access in celebration of the Royal Society's 350th Anniversary. * EXiS Open Choice * Review articles * Proceedings A 2010 Series * RSP commemorative initiatives * Historical articles * Podcasts

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SBARC Wednesday Nets
by Michael＠NO6O.com 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

Wednesday Evening SBARC Activities ---------------------------------- 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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Ernie Stockero, W6SB, SK
by WB6WCW＠aol.com 08 Feb '10

08 Feb '10

Sad news: Ernie Stockero, W6SB, passed away early Thursday morning. You probably never ran across Ernie unless you operated extremely high speed CW on the low end of 40 meters. He moved here from Milwaukee with the influx of Delco employees in the early 1970's. He really loved his original call....W9HI.....but he had to trade it in for a W6 callsign after moving here. The FCC assigned him the call K6BS...which I thought was a very desireable callsign, but Ernie didn't see the humor in being K-6-Brown-Sugar (Hi). So he traded it in and ended up with W6SB......which is a great call for a Santa Barbara resident. Illness curtailed Ernie's ham radio operations several years ago........ Ernie is survived by his wife Shirley and 5 sons. I believe that services are scheduled for Saturday at St. Raphael's Catholic Church. Rest In Peace Ernie Bill Gross W6FF

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ATN-CA News - January 2010
by Rod Fritz 06 Feb '10

06 Feb '10

ATN-CA Members and Friends, I hope you enjoy this newsletter. The highlights are. . Winter Meeting - Saturday February 20 at Denny's in Irwindale . President's Report - Winter Meeting agenda and the year at ATN-CA . Membership Application Link - Your continued support is very important . Technical News - What's happening at each repeater site . Introducing Tom Board - Your VP's background . The Fisch Net - What Mark's been up to . Happy Birthday ATN! - The first 25 years . ATV 101 - Beginners tech article from Bil Munsil . So Many ATVers - ATN-CA Summer Meeting and Convention . ATN Website - Links to all kinds of good ATV info As you read the newsletter, be aware that you can. . Click on underlined phrases to link to more information . Click on Membership <http://atn-tv.org/MembershipApplication/MEMBERSHIPAPPFORM.htm> Application for info to join or renew your membership . Zoom in on pictures and maps to get more detail . Click on email addresses to send questions and comments to your ATN-CA reps . Send the newsletter to anyone who you think would like to read it . Submit an article for the next newsletter - 100-500 words with 1-2 pictures or so. I look forward to seeing you on ham radio and at the Winter Meeting. Hope you can be there. Regards, Rod Fritz, WB9KMO ATN-CA Trustee and Newsletter Editor

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223.92 Co-channel
by Bill Talanian 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

To: SBARC Listserver From: Bill Talanian, W1UUQ Subject: 223.92 co-channel I received confirmation that the Lemon Heights Repeater, KD6HK, has officially moved to 224.32 on 30 January bringing to close the long debated issue of co-channel interference to the Island input. When you have the opportunity please THANK the Catalina Amateur Repeater Assn. folks and the 220 SMA who cooperated with us in this effort. In particular Dan Corth, AD6HK and Frank Shannon, KF6RAL, for their personal attention and resolution.

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Technical Elmering Net
by Michael＠ReynoldsOffice.com 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Tune in to 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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Seeing Hustler Parts For A High School Ham
by Alain Michel 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Hi All, I am sending this to you to assist my friend Dennis, N6KI. If you have what he is seeking or know where he might find it, you can reach him through the following email: N6KI73(a)gmail.com Many, many thanks for any help you can provide! Alan...N6HPO...San Diego Anyone got a spare Hustler RM-15 15 mtr mobile coil they want to sell cheap or donate to Tim KJ6BWX, newly licensed General ( High School Student ) who is trying to get on HF at home station which is antenna restricted so I suggested use mobile antenna after school in evenings for now and he will use a chain link fence and maybe a couple wire radials and a Quick Disconnect system I have found all other band coils except for 12 mtrs which is no biggee these days with propagation bad up there. He also needs the Male part of the QD-1 disconnect that is typically screwed into the ball on a vehicle as I have the Female part that goes on bottom of mobile mast

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antenna coupling via proximity ?
by Neil VillacortaBuer 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Greetings guys-n-gals, I have an over-the-air television antenna question. I have a 4-bay bow-tie UHF antenna that has a beam-width of approx. 45-degrees. About 10-feet in front of it, is a UHF yagi. The antennas are 100-degrees offset from each other (e.g., bow-tie faces North-West, yagi faces East) and I was planning to use a Channel Master Join-Tenna to join the two antennas together onto a single 75-ohm coax. However, I get a BETTER signal level not only the far-away North-West channel (45% vs. 23%) if I don't use the Join-Tenna, leave the yagi in front of the bow-tie, and just connect directly into the bow-tie. I was assuming it was the loss of the Join-Tenna, however, when I had the yagi face NW to the far-away channel, and the bow-tie face East to the local channels, the results were not better on ANY channel. I'm thinking that the Yagi pointed at the strong local channels is coupling the strong local channels in front of the bow-tie antenna, thus giving the bow-tie a 90-degree side-lobe. This WITHOUT the loss from the Join-Tenna is giving me the better signals. Does the make sense ? Comments ? Ideas ? Thanks, :-) neil KE6DCJ

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