SBARC-list June 2025

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N6KTH & KD6OVS VHF Contest Set Up
by n6kth n6kth.com 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

Hi folks: Cali and I operating the VHF contact this weekend from East Camino Cielo. My vehicle is on the let and it has two, 28 element 1296 MHz yagis, one 10 element 2-meter yagi and one 10 element 440 yagi. Callie worked 220 from a hand-held and he used a 6 meter dipole for voice and FT8. Ken Owen, N6KTH https://www.qrz.com/db/N6KTH

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Wings Over Camarillo Airshow Aug 17-18 call for volunteers
by Avi Carmi 15 Jun '25

15 Jun '25

Hi All, The 2024 Wings Over Camarillo Airshow is coming up Sat-Sun August 17-18 If you have volunteered in previous years, there should be no (or minimal) changes from last year. As in previous years, I am acting as the volunteer coordinator, and Mike Felio will be the comm lead during the show Each day is divided into two shifts, a morning shift and an afternoon shift There are two main types of jobs, the roaming color teams (and rovers), and the net control (and comm lead / asst comm lead) jobs Plus a show director "shadow" job, which should be a very exciting close-up assignment, you will have two radios: a commercial show radio and your ham radio. The Shadow will follow the show director and provide communication support to the show director. You are welcome to sign up for two consecutive Shadow shifts and stay with the show director for the entire day. The net control (and comm/asst comm lead) will be based in the comm trailer, slightly longer shifts to ensure overlap between morning and afternoon shifts The showgrounds is divided into four sectors A/B/C/D (maps showing the four sector and grids will be provided) There are four two-person color teams (blue/green/purple/red), each two-person color team will cover one of the show sectors for an hour and then move to a different sector (as instructed by net control), allowing each color team to enjoy all sectors of the show. The rover position is similar to color teams, but roves solo and not limited to single sector at a time and can rove over the entire show, also acting as a "gofer" and as backup for any color team member who might need to take a break The color teams and rovers will stroll through the showgrounds enjoy the static displays and the airshow above, while providing eyes/ears/comms Plan on four hours of walking in the hot August sun. Bring your HT, headset/earpiece, a yellow shirt, communications vest (if you have one), hat, sunscreen, food/snacks, water, etc Free entrance to the show, parking, t-shirt, pancake breakfast, lunch, and all the water and soft drinks you can drink If you volunteer for a morning shift, you may stay and enjoy the show in the afternoon, and vice versa come early enjoy the show in the morning then work your afternoon shift You may sign up for both morning and afternoon shifts and/or for both days or for different job types. This year's volunteer registration requires multiple steps and forms to fill in and submit 1- to start the registration process, please go to: https://woc.volunteerlocal.com/ 2- Click on "sign up now" button 3- Enter your first name and email on the first form The volunteerlocal site does not use passwords, instead it sends a unique login link to your email address, please double check your email address If you enter a wrong email address, you will not get the confirmation message with the login link (if this happens, please contact me) 4.a - If the profile associated with the email you entered is already in the system you will be taken directly to the sign up page (step 5) 4.b- Otherwise, it will prompt you to enter more profile details on the next form Enter the rest of the required details (for group select "Ham Radio Operators") and click "Complete Application" 5- The ham radio jobs/shifts are password protected, therefore, on the sign up page you will NOT see the ham radio jobs unless you enter the password *ham73* 6- once you enter the *ham73* password, you will see a yellow "Ham Radio Operators" button but both days and all shifts will be in a "collapsed" mode 7- click on the yellow button, then click on the date(s) to expand the list of available jobs/shifts for each day 8- Select the jobs/shift(s) you would like to volunteer for. If you do not see a job/shift, it means that it was already taken 9- scroll to the bottom of the page and click to check the disclaimer acceptance checkbox and fill in your name, then click "sign up to volunteer" 10- You should receive a confirmation email from Robert Bush who is the new administrator of the Wings Over Camarillo volunteerlocal website Please keep this message handy since it includes an "Open your profile" button at the bottom. if you do not get a confirmation email, or if you have any q uestions/concerns/problems, please contact me directly at avi(a)carmi.us or 805-616-2636 (do not reply to Robert) but wait, there's more... This year, the volunteer details form (step 4b above) does NOT include your call sign, even though it is a required field... To enter your call sign, you have to go to "your profile" page: A.1.a- click on "open your profile" button (from the email at step 10 above) and it should take you directly to your "volunteer application" page (step A.2 below) A.1.b- or go back to https://woc.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/ and click on "View your profile and check your shifts" button then, if you are already "logged in" it should take you directly to your "volunteer application" page (step A.2 below) otherwise, if you are not "logged in", the "View your profile and check your shifts" button will take you to "Access your profile" page, fill in your email address and click submit the system will then send you an email message from Robert Bush, click on the profile link in the email message, which should take you directly to your "volunteer application" page (step A.2 below) A.2- the "volunteer application" page will show your name and current shifts A.3- finally, to enter your call sign, click on the "Your profile" button next to your name, which should pull down a form with your current information A.4- fill in your call sign, check the rest of your information for accuracy and then click "save information" you can repeat step A.1.a/b at any time to get back to step A.2 where you can view your current shifts, sign up for additional shift(s), cancel existing shifts, or update your profile. Please contact me directly if you have any question or issues, or if you enter a wrong/typo in your initial email address (since this will send confirmation to a non-existing email address... ) More details about the event, such as the location of comm trailer, map, parking passes (and where to park), entrance procedure, how to get the breakfast tickets, etc, will be sent to registered volunteers via the volunteerlocal website as these details become available. Since I might not have sent this to every possible mailing list that I have access to, please feel free to forward this to any other ham radio operator, and/or any other ham clubs/groups/organizations that you are a member of. Thanks, -avi -- avi(a)carmi.us 805-616-2636 K6AVI https://avicarmi.com

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Field Day Planner
by WARREN MYERS 15 Jun '25

15 Jun '25

Hello Friends, Attached is an Excel workbook with sheets showing our equipment plan, bonus activities, food & beverage plan, and budget. Please review the equipment plan noting items for which you have volunteered to supply and, or transport items. Please let me (or the group) know if you can think of anything we may be missing. Thanks, Warren

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Do you want to help the Dos Pueblos Radio Club?
by Malachi Cottrell 05 Jun '25

05 Jun '25

Hello SBARC members, If I haven't met you, my name is Mac. I am a student at Dos Pueblos High School, and I got my Tech ticket (which is now a general) about six months ago. The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club has been exceptionally welcoming, and I've learned a great deal about how much I don't know from you all. I write to you on behalf of the Dos Pueblos Radio Club–this is a club that I started this spring at Dos Pueblos related to radio and radio-adjacent topics. So far, we've built the "head" for a dipole, talked about how propagation varies across frequencies, done some studying for the Technician exam, made simulated QSOs, and spoken with several of you via the linked repeater system. Thank you to all who answered with your stories and advice! Also, we've received a $150 grant from the Santa Barbara Education Foundation for radio equipment and to cover the cost of licensing fees from the FCC (combined with the Youth Grant program from the ARRL). Right now, the school year is coming to an end: we have 1.5 meetings left. In August, when school starts, there is a "Club Day" where all the clubs have tables set up for the incoming freshmen, and I was thinking it could be good to have a portable HF station set up (maybe some of you would be able to be monitoring on a pre-agreed frequency in case the bands go downhill?) to generate interest. Sort of like a Field Day, but on a much smaller scale. With that in mind, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in helping out the DPRC in any way. Anything is appreciated, e.g., wise words, time, cables you have lying around. Some things that I've thought of: Wise words: What do you think we should spend the grant money on? How did you become a ham? What do you find interesting/exciting about the hobby? Why is radio relevant? Time: Do you have a focus that you want to share with the club–digital modes, foxhunting, emergency communications, etc.–and would be willing to talk a little about it to some high schoolers? Things lying around: Do you have cables that you don't need? An antenna (especially if it is portable–this could be very useful for our Club Day) that won't see the light of day? Some fun maps! Or masts/pole supports? All of these things and more could be useful and very much appreciated by students interested in amateur radio, especially as we try to figure out our antenna/station/radio situation. Sorry for the long email, and thank you for reading if you got this far down! With gratitude, Mac Cottrell – KO6HBP P.S. My phone number is +1 (805) 895-3660 if you want to give me a call about any of this.

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Heil order Thursday morning
by Ken Alker 04 Jun '25

04 Jun '25

SBES is placing a Heil order Thursday morning. We'll be splitting shipping costs between everyone who orders. Please let me know by Wednesday evening (if possible) but no later than Thursday late morning-ish if you'd like to participate in the order. 73, Ken

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Re: Do you want to help the Dos Pueblos Radio Club?
by Ken Alker 04 Jun '25

04 Jun '25

Hi Mac, I think it is AWESOME that you started a ham radio club at DPHS (actually re-started!). I think you should spend the money on licenses, first. Then I'd say a radio(s) and antenna(s). I'm sure I can dig up something used to meet the budget. Ideally it would be an HF radio and a VHF/UHF radio. Is DPHS supplying a room where you can set up semi-permanently? I can answer all your other "wise words" things (my perspective) in person or during a meeting; I won't expound here on the list. I'd also be happy to devote some time to talk to some high schoolers. I'm sure I have some cables and things laying around that you can borrow for the Club Day (and some you can keep for the shack). SBARC has some items that are used for Field Day and I'm certain SBARC can put some stuff together for you from the club for your Club Day if I come up short. I have some masts and associated hardware that I can loan out. 73, Ken KA6KEN --On Sunday, June 1, 2025 9:03 AM -0700 Malachi Cottrell via SBARC-list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> wrote: > Hello SBARC members, > > > If I haven't met you, my name is Mac. I am a student at Dos Pueblos High > School, and I got my Tech ticket (which is now a general) about six > months ago. The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club has been exceptionally > welcoming, and I've learned a great deal about how much I don't know from > you all. > > > I write to you on behalf of the Dos Pueblos Radio Club–this is a club > that I started this spring at Dos Pueblos related to radio and > radio-adjacent topics. > > > So far, we've built the "head" for a dipole, talked about how > propagation varies across frequencies, done some studying for the > Technician exam, made simulated QSOs, and spoken with several of you via > the linked repeater system. Thank you to all who answered with your > stories and advice! Also, we've received a $150 grant from the Santa > Barbara Education Foundation for radio equipment and to cover the cost of > licensing fees from the FCC (combined with the Youth Grant program from > the ARRL). > > > Right now, the school year is coming to an end: we have 1.5 meetings > left. In August, when school starts, there is a "Club Day" where all the > clubs have tables set up for the incoming freshmen, and I was thinking it > could be good to have a portable HF station set up (maybe some of you > would be able to be monitoring on a pre-agreed frequency in case the > bands go downhill?) to generate interest. Sort of like a Field Day, but > on a much smaller scale. > > > With that in mind, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in > helping out the DPRC in any way. Anything is appreciated, e.g., wise > words, time, cables you have lying around. > > > Some things that I've thought of: > Wise words: What do you think we should spend the grant money on? How did > you become a ham? What do you find interesting/exciting about the hobby? > Why is radio relevant? > Time: Do you have a focus that you want to share with the club–digital > modes, foxhunting, emergency communications, etc.–and would be willing > to talk a little about it to some high schoolers? > Things lying around: Do you have cables that you don't need? An antenna > (especially if it is portable–this could be very useful for our Club > Day) that won't see the light of day? Some fun maps! Or masts/pole > supports? All of these things and more could be useful and very much > appreciated by students interested in amateur radio, especially as we try > to figure out our antenna/station/radio situation. > > > Sorry for the long email, and thank you for reading if you got this far > down! > > > With gratitude, > Mac Cottrell – KO6HBP > > > P.S. My phone number is +1 (805) 895-3660 if you want to give me a call > about any of this.

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SteppIR To Discontinue Consumer Products
by WARREN MYERS 02 Jun '25

02 Jun '25

Sorry to see this. SteppIR Antennas are good performing, if complicated antennas.

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