SBARC-list June 2011

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Current Technician Class study materials
by Marina King 19 Jun '11

19 Jun '11

Hi: My nine-year-old son Justin is serious about earning his Technician class license this summer. Might any of you have current study materials he can borrow to study for his test (which he hopes to take at Hamfest)? Please let me know at marinaking(a)gmail.com. Thank you! Marina King KA6JWL

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SBARC Field Day
by Tom Saunders 19 Jun '11

19 Jun '11

SBARC Members Field Day 2011 is Saturday, June 25 to Sunday, June 26. We still need operators and other helpers for this event. The Santa Barbara Radio Club has been invited to the Camino Real Marketplace (Costco / Home Depot Mall) for this event. We will be located about 50 yards south of Starbucks. The schedule is: Friday, June 24 1 PM to 5 PM Setup Station(s) 5:30 Pizza Party at Ginos Saturday, June 25 9 AM to 3 PM Public Information and Demonstrations 11 AM Start of Field Day Sunday, June 26 9 AM to 2 PM Public Information and Demonstrations 11 AM End of Field Day 12:30 PM Club BBQ at Girsch Park Note that Field Day runs continuously for a 24 hour period. The Camino Real Marketplace is a great location to show ham radio in operation to the public. The public location will not compromise our Field Day operation. We will continue to operate in 'contest mode', getting as many points and making as many contacts as possible. Camino Real Marketplace is planning on having an Emergency Preparedness / Technology Fair. They want to invite the Red Cross and the City of Goleta for Emergency Preparation education. SBARC will make signs to attract the public and have brochures available. We need club members, family, and friends to help with this event. The positions needed are : Station Setup Assemble Force 12 antenna and test station operation Friday afternoon. Radio Operators Operators needed to work two hour shifts. More than 1 operator per shift is recommended. Contact Loggers Work with operators to log contacts. Public Information Answer questions, hand out information, etc. We need members to help with this. Public Demonstrations Present ham radio topics to public. Examples are Satellite Communication, Amateur Television, Disaster Communications, etc. Demonstration schedule will be posted. Station Takedown Disassemble antenna Sunday at 11:30 AM BBQers Cook meat and serve food for 12:30 BBQ at Girsch Park (500 feet south of Marketplace) You do not need contest experience in order to participate as an HF operator. We can provide training in this area. The Schedule for the Phone + CW Station is currently : Sat 11 AM to 1 PM Tom Saunders + ? 1 PM to 3 PM 3 PM to 5 PM 5 PM to 7 PM Dave Milton / Jim Allen 7 PM to 9 PM 9 PM to 11 PM Night Crew 11 PM to 5 AM Jim Feldman / Chuck Gould Sun 5 AM to 7 AM 7 AM to 9 AM Dave Milton / Jim Allen 9 AM to 11 AM Please email or call me if you are available to participate in SBARC's Field Day. Tom Saunders Mobile (805) 452 - 0840 Home (805) 967 - 7351 tsaund(a)cox.net

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Santa Maria Swapfest & BBQ -- June 18! -- this Saturday!
by Darryl Widman 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Santa Maria Swapmeet & BBQ -- June 18! Began about 30+ years ago attendance is usually in the 300- 500 range. We were forced to abandon the Newlove Picnic Grounds about 7 years ago New owners allow us to return SO HERE WE ARE: 1.8 miles S of Clark Ave on HWY 101. This year features a Catered BBQ, T Hunt workshop, T hunt on premises. Vendors: HRO Sunnyvale, Grand Awards, Arlan Communications, Svsco, Argent Data Systems, More each day! Special Motel rate. (see webpage). 3 tiers of grand prizes and lots of small prizes as well. No parking or attendance fee. See web pages for specials: http://satellitearc.com/swapfest.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Santa Barbara Section Section Manager: Robert E Griffin, K6YR k6yr(a)arrl.org ____________________________________________________________ Groupon&#8482 Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dfae3fa8200d6149abst01duc

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SBARC equipment shelter
by Bill Talanian 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

To: SBARC membership From: Bill Talanian Subject: Building Permit signed off Today the brand new SBARC equipment shelter final inspection was signed off by the City Building Department. The shelter is equipped with six 7 ft racks in a environmentally clean temperature controlled space. There is still a lot of work to accomplish with outfitting the equipment into the new rack space but we are on our way. Meanwhile don't fret over frequent outages as we reposition equipment. After installation of the legacy equipment we plan to bring on-line a full up Motorola Quantar repeater sometime in the near future.

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Ham set up
by Mark Caswell 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Looking for a complete ham set up. Doesn't have to be fancy. Getting ready to take my general. Thanks Mark Caswell KF6FFV

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Technical Elmering Net
by Michael＠NO6O.com 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Come Join the Technical Elmering Net ------------------------------------ Thursday, 8:00pm until 9:00pm 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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SBARC Wednesday Nets - Trivia Night!
by Michael＠NO6O.com 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

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 fourth 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/ATN Tech Question of the Day...
by rod＠sbatv.org 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

I know Sundays are lazy days, but I bet some of you are up to this challenge. As a practical matter, we have a problem with 990KHz energy getting into out cameras and video inputs at the ATV Repeater site. We can't filter out the interference since it falls right in the middle of the video spectrum. We're quite sure the energy is coming in on the coax, functioning as an excellent antenna, and couples into the equipment. Everything is bypassed properly, but that's not good enough. So here's the problem for you to solve. (We've tried torroids (even tuned to freq) and "hum" filters and they don't work!) 1. We want to loop the RG-59 (not RG-58) coax (look up the specs online) several times to provide 750 ohms of inductive reactance. Assuming we make several loops in the coax that are 4-inches in diameter (side-by-side), how many loops do we need? (Hints: The conductor diameter is the outside diameter of the shield and the spacing between turns is twice the thickness of the insulation on the coax.) When you have that figured out, try this. 2. We want to loop CAT5 cable (look up the specs online) several times to provide 750 ohms of inductive reactance. Assuming we make several loops in the coax that are 4-inches in diameter (side-by-side), how many loops do we need? (Hints: The conductor diameter is different than for coax. The pairs are twisted. The spacing between turns is a little different than for coax.) Have some fun with this and I wish you luck. Answers can be tested at the ATV Repeater site this afternoon. Rod Fritz, WB9KMO rod(a)sbatv.org 805-637-0985 P.S. Other ideas for solutions are welcome.

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ATV Repeater - Spring Cleaning Tour and Work Session Today at 1pm.
by rod＠sbatv.org 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

ATV REPEATER - SPRING CLEANING TOUR AND WORK SESSION TODAY AT 1PM AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT - If you want to do something a little different today, consider a trip up Gibraltar Road this afternoon to check out the ATV site and help with a few construction and cleanup projects. We need your help and it might even be fun. TRANSPORTATION - If you need a ride, call me ASAP at 637-0985. If you're driving on your own, contact me on the 146.19/79 repeater between 12:45pm and 1:00pm to coordinate access to the site. SHOWTIME - We'll be hooking up a trailer at Dave K9KBX's house at 1pm and then we'll drive to the repeater site, arriving around 1:30pm. OBJECTIVES - Build, learn and enjoy. Depending on the size of the crew, we'll try to accomplish these tasks. . Raise the 5.8 GHz receive antenna, peak it up and install the preamp . Install a 5.x GHZ WiFi Access Point pointing downtown . Install a 2.4 GHz WiFi Client Bridge pointing downtown . Install a Local Area Network Switch and Wireless Router . Get all of the computers talking to each other on the LAN/WLAN . Install an "on-the-air" Waveform Monitor so we can all check and adjust our ATV signals . Test and install our Tower Cameras . Load the Outdoor Rack onto the trailer and take it to Rod WB9KMO's house . General Cleanup of the building and surrounding area If you want to learn about these things or just want to pitch in and help, check in on 19/79 at 1pm. We may work until 5pm or so, but you can leave anytime you want. Even a little bit of your time will be a big help. Your participation is greatly appreciated. Rod Fritz, WB9KMO rod(a)sbatv.org 805-637-0985 "We look forward to seeing you on Amateur Radio real soon."

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Re: SBARC-list Digest, Vol 95, Issue 10
by mst56 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Rod, Here's what comes up when I click on the link, get this a lot................ http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/private/sbarc-list/attachments/20110610/a… Michael WA6RQV On 06/10/2011 03:05 AM, sbarc-list-request(a)lists.netlojix.com wrote: > Send SBARC-list mailing list submissions to > sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sbarc-list-request(a)lists.netlojix.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sbarc-list-owner(a)lists.netlojix.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of SBARC-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. SBARC Field Day 2011 Presentations - We Need You to Volunteer > (rod(a)sbatv.org) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:03:46 -0700 > From: "rod(a)sbatv.org"<rfritz(a)merida.sbcoxmail.com> > Subject: [Sbarc-list] SBARC Field Day 2011 Presentations - We Need You > to Volunteer > To:<ajsoenke(a)aol.com>,<aseybold(a)andrewseybold.com>, > <bgordon(a)rain.org>, <cyrillj(a)verizon.net>, "Darryl Widman" > <auditron(a)juno.com>, "Dave Jacobs"<k9kbx(a)hotmail.com>, > <K6QD(a)cox.net>, "Ken Owen"<n6kth(a)n6kth.com>,<rickwhtr(a)cox.net>, > <rod(a)sbatv.org>, <rpizzi(a)physics.ucsb.edu>,<tsaund(a)cox.net>, > <w1uuq(a)cox.net> > Cc: sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com > Message-ID:<016a01cc2755$b8a22800$29e67800$(a)sbcoxmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Skipped content of type multipart/alternative

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