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Noozhawk Article
by WILLIAM TALANIAN 11 Oct '25

11 Oct '25

To: All Board and membership Several months ago, Rollin Gartzke stopped by my house and handed me a $5000 check for SBARC on behalf of the Gartzke Family. Rollins father, Fred Gartzke, K6YD, and I worked side by side at Raytheon for many years. We collaborated on navigation systems long before GPS where I had skilled myself with the Boston Police Department using phase ranging techniques of UHF transmissions for vehicle location systems. Fred passed away rather young. He was a brilliant mathematician and mentor in amateur radio. I never forgot his guidance and support with establishing a tri-county VHF net for the SB Section of the ARRL. His legacy lives on. Bill Talanian Cue for Success: 805 Pool Table Services Brings Billiards Back Into Style Owner Rollin Gartzke started his business to fill a local need; since then, his business has expanded around the stateby Daniel Green, Noozhawk Staff WriterOctober 10, 2025 | 9:46 pm - - - - Rollin Gartzke stands in his workshop where he runs 805 Pool Table Services. He started his company during the COVID-19 pandemic after he purchased his own table. Daniel Green / Noozhawk photo Many people started new hobbies during the COVID-19 pandemic, but few turned them into a business. Even though Rollin Gartzke, the owner of 805 Pool Table Services, had an interest in pool and played in a local league, his first real step into reconstructing pool tables came during the pandemic, when he bought a table from a neighbor for $500. After moving the table to his house, Gartzke and a friend discovered there are no local installers. He said many of the local vendors either retired or were dealing with medical issues. Some local shops were using a team out of Los Angeles. The distance created an issue for people who had to wait for the LA installers to travel up to Santa Barbara every few weeks to work on a few tables. However, despite saying that describing the trade of servicing tables as a dying industry, Gartzke believes the popularity of pool as a hobby is growing. “I feel like since COVID it is really taking off again,” Gartzke said. “That’s kind of where this whole business spawned from. I got a table, my friend got a table and my uncle got a table. All three of us needed to have them done, and that’s when we realized nobody did it.” That hole in the local scene inspired Gartzke to begin his company, 805 Pool Table Services, which offers cleaning services, repairs and alterations. As a self-described self-starter, Gartzke said the process of starting the business was fairly easy for him. He watched videos on how to repair tables on YouTube and figured out which techniques worked best for him. “There was a lot of R&D at home, never at the customer’s house, but it’s a learning curve,” Gartzke said The first pool table that Rollin Gartzke restored and that piqued his interest in repairing pool tables. Courtesy photo He said learning how to apply new felt or put together a table was more time-consuming than difficult. Every table also comes with its own unique challenge. Gartzke had to learn how to know when to stop stapling and leave enough room for the pockets, as well as how to work with tables that require glue instead of staples. He repairs tables in his garage or on-site, depending on what is needed and the type of table. Since starting the business, 805 Pool has rapidly expanded to cover a significant portion of the state. Gartzke became a certified installer for Costco and for Jack Game Room. The company now serves customers in areas including Bakersfield, Cazadero and parts of Los Angeles. For now, Gartzke said he has no plans to expand his business, adding that he takes pride in his work and is concerned that having more people will make it harder to ensure that all the work is done to his standards. “It’s one of those things that’s keeping me busy enough that I don’t feel the need to expand this early yet,” Gartzke said. “I’m not having a backlog of people on the schedule.”

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California QSO Party - this weekend
by Dave Schmidt 03 Oct '25

03 Oct '25

California QSO Party - is this weekend 1600Z on Saturday, October 4th and ends at 2200Z on Sunday. That's 9am Saturday to 3pm Sunday our time. From Jacques KN6VQ: You may be asking yourself, "Why is the CQP so fun, Jacques?" Well, I have answers! Most of the time in contests, CA is not that desirable. Getting a CA state or CQ Zone 3 multiplier is really pretty easy, so operators don't search for us like they would an elusive South Dakota or Wyoming station. During the CQP, however, we finally get to be the hunted! Every single North American station who participates in this contest is specifically looking to make a contact with *you*! They really, really, really *need* to call you. That's why I suggest that anyone who operates this year, regardless of contest experience or station size, try calling CQ at least for a little bit. It can seem daunting, especially if you end up with a mini pileup of callers, but the only way to learn is by doing it! If you are even considering giving it a go this year, I would suggest you register your participation here: https://www.cqp.org/register.html Once you sign up as being an operator from Ventura County (or another county if you want to operate mobile), you'll be more likely to get on the air when the contest starts. I'll have a few more posts about the CQP in this thread over the coming weeks. If you would like to take a look at the rules now, they can be found here: https://www.cqp.org/Rules.html Feel free to ask me any questions you may have about this contest, either in this thread or directly. I look forward to seeing some of your names on the County Tracker Spreadsheet! See you on the air! Jacques KN6VQ

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Fwd: [K6MEP] 2025 CA QSO Party Thread
by Dave Schmidt 12 Sep '25

12 Sep '25

For my SBARC hams. Dave AI6VX From: Jacques KN6VQ via groups.io Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM Subject: [K6MEP] 2025 CA QSO Party Thread Hello all, We are now three weeks away from one of the most fun contests of the year: the California QSO Party (CQP)! It starts at 1600Z on Saturday, October 4th and ends at 2200Z on Sunday. That's 9am Saturday to 3pm Sunday our time. You may be asking yourself, "Why is the CQP so fun, Jacques?" Well, I have answers! Most of the time in contests, CA is not that desirable. Getting a CA state or CQ Zone 3 multiplier is really pretty easy, so operators don't search for us like they would an elusive South Dakota or Wyoming station. During the CQP, however, we finally get to be the hunted! Every single North American station who participates in this contest is specifically looking to make a contact with *you*! They really, really, really *need* to call you. That's why I suggest that anyone who operates this year, regardless of contest experience or station size, try calling CQ at least for a little bit. It can seem daunting, especially if you end up with a mini pileup of callers, but the only way to learn is by doing it! If you are even considering giving it a go this year, I would suggest you register your participation here: https://www.cqp.org/register.html Once you sign up as being an operator from Ventura County (or another county if you want to operate mobile), you'll be more likely to get on the air when the contest starts. I'll have a few more posts about the CQP in this thread over the coming weeks. If you would like to take a look at the rules now, they can be found here: https://www.cqp.org/Rules.html Feel free to ask me any questions you may have about this contest, either in this thread or directly. I look forward to seeing some of your names on the County Tracker Spreadsheet! See you on the air! Jacques KN6VQ

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ARRL September VHF Contest, 1800 UTC Saturday, 9/13 - 0259 UTC Monday, 9/15
by Dave Schmidt 09 Sep '25

09 Sep '25

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Peter Heins N6ZE via groups.io <http://groups.io>* <n6ze= aol.com(a)groups.io> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 Subject: [K6MEP] ARRL September VHF Contest, 1800 UTC Saturday, 9/13 - 0259 UTC Monday, 9/15 ARRL September VHF Contest About Objective: For amateurs in the US and Canada (and their possessions) to work as many amateur stations in as many different 2 degrees x 1 degree Maidenhead grid squares as possible using authorized frequencies above 50 MHz. Stations outside the US & Canada (and their possessions) may only work stations in the US (and its possessions) and Canada. Dates: The second full weekend in September (September 13-15, 2025) Contest Period: Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 0259 UTC Monday. (11am pdt Saturday until 7:59 pm pdt Sunday) Notice: Participants in the FM Only category can now count contacts made on 902 MHz and 1.2 GHz toward their scores. Previously, only contacts on the four lowest VHF bands (50, 144, 222 and 432 MHz) counted toward participants' scores in this category. Click Here for Complete ARRL September VHF Contest Rules (PDF) For contest information contact contests(a)arrl.org or (860) 594-0232 All legal modes are permitted. For Cabrillo file mode definitions, Digital modes should be represented as "DG" (for all things digital), SSB Phone as "PH", FM voice as "FM", and CW as "CW". Stations in KH0-9, KL7 & KP1-KP5, CY9 and CY0 count as W/VE stations and can be worked by DX stations for contest credit. Log Submission Deadline Logs are due within TEN (10) days after the event is over. Logs may be submitted either online or via mail, but electronic Cabrillo logs are the preferred method. Electronic logs must be submitted via our web app at contest-log-submission.arrl.org/ Logs that have been submitted electronically are listed on the Logs Received page. Click the contest name to see a list of submitted logs sorted by call sign and club name. Online Log Submission - Cabrillo formatted logs must be uploaded via our web app at contest-log-submission.arrl.org. Submitting Paper Logs By Mail - Be sure to mail your completed Summary Sheet and Log Sheets postmarked before the log submission deadlines. Paper Entry Forms: September VHF Summary Sheet VHF/UHF Log Sheet Send completed Summary Sheets and logs to: ARRL - September VHF Contest, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111 If submitting a paper log, it is strongly suggested you use a delivery method that offers a tracking number. If you wish to convert your log into a Cabrillo formatted log for electronic submission, visit www.b4h.net/cabforms/ and select the event of interest. You can input your log data which will be converted to a Cabrillo formatted log for you (it will generate a log and return it to you), and then you can in turn submit your Cabrillo log online via the web app at contest-log-submission.arrl.org/. Awards: Downloadable Certificates will be awarded in the following categories at https://contests.arrl.org/certificates.php Single Operator: - Top Single Operator in each ARRL/RAC Section for high and low power. - Top Single Operator on each band (50, 144, 222, 432, 902, 1296 and 2304-and-up categories) in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Note: Since the highest score per band will be the award winner for that band, an entrant may win a certificate with additional single-band endorsements.) For example, if KA1RWY has the highest single-operator all-band score in the CT Section and her 50- and 222-MHz scores are higher than any other CT single operator’s, she will earn a certificate for being the single-operator Section leader and endorsements for 50 and 222 MHz. - Top Single Operator Portable in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Single Operator Portable entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) - Top Single Operator, 3-Band in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident.(Single Operator, 3-Band entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) - Top Single Operator, FM Only in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Single Operator, FM Only entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) Rover: - Top Rover, Limited Rover and Unlimited Rover in each ARRL Division and Canada where significant effort or competition is evident. (Rover entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) Multioperator: - Top Multioperator score in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Multioperator entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) - Top Limited Multioperator in each ARRL/RAC Section where significant effort or competition is evident. (Limited Multioperator entries are not eligible for single-band awards.) DX: - Top DX stations where significant effort or competition is evident. Club Competition: There are ten ARRL-sponsored contests that are designated as Affiliated Club Competitions (ACC) for ARRL and RAC affiliated clubs: - RTTY Roundup - January VHF Contest - International DX Contest - International Digital Contest - June VHF Contest - 222 MHz and Up Distance Contest - September VHF Contest - November Sweepstakes - 160-Meter Contest - 10-Meter Contest For full club competition rules, please see the link below: - Club Competition Rules ver 1.2 (rev 09 Feb 2022) - Additional Information - Cabrillo Templates for the new SO3B and SOFM Categories- The September VHF Contest now includes two new categories: Single Operator, 3 Band and Single Operator, FM Only. Here are examples of Cabrillo log headers to enter the new categories. If you are going to copy/paste these templates into your own Cabrillo log, please be sure to substitute your own station info! Single Operator, 3-Band: START-OF-LOG: 3.0 CONTEST: ARRL-VHF-SEP CALLSIGN: W1AW LOCATION: CT OPERATORS: W1AW CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED CATEGORY-BAND: VHF-3-BAND CATEGORY-MODE: MIXED CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-POWER: LOW CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CLAIMED-SCORE: CLUB: SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: NAME: W1AW ADDRESS: 225 Main St <https://www.google.com/maps/search/225+Main+St?entry=gmail&source=g> ADDRESS: Newington, CT 06111 QSO: 50 PH 2013-09-14 1900 W1AW FN31 WD5USA EM04 QSO: 144 PH 2013-09-14 1922 W1AW FN31 WD5USA EM04 QSO: 432 PH 2013-09-14 1924 W1AW FN31 WD5USA EM04 QSO: 144 PH 2013-09-14 2220 W1AW FN31 AF5Q/R EM14 QSO: 144 PH 2013-09-14 0043 W1AW FN31 AF5Q/R EM04 QSO: 432 PH 2013-09-14 0043 W1AW FN31 AF5Q/R EM04 QSO: 50 PH 2013-09-14 0359 W1AW FN31 AF5Q/R EM04 END-OF-LOG: Single Operator, FM Only: START-OF-LOG: 3.0 CONTEST: ARRL-VHF-SEP CALLSIGN: W1AW LOCATION: CT OPERATORS: W1AW CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED CATEGORY-BAND: VHF-FM-ONLY CATEGORY-MODE: FM CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-POWER: LOW CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CLAIMED-SCORE: CLUB: SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: NAME: W1AW ADDRESS: 225 Main St <https://www.google.com/maps/search/225+Main+St?entry=gmail&source=g> ADDRESS: Newington, CT 06111 QSO: 50 FM 2013-09-14 1900 W1AW FN31 WD5USA EM04 QSO: 144 FM 2013-09-14 1922 W1AW FN31 WD5USA EM04 QSO: 432 FM 2013-09-14 1924 W1AW FN31 WD5USA EM04 QSO: 144 FM 2013-09-14 2220 W1AW FN31 AF5Q/R EM14 QSO: 144 FM 2013-09-14 0043 W1AW FN31 AF5Q/R EM04 QSO: 432 FM 2013-09-14 0043 W1AW FN31 AF5Q/R EM04 QSO: 50 FM 2013-09-14 0359 W1AW FN31 AF5Q/R EM04 END-OF-LOG: Full Contest Details Click Here for Complete ARRL September VHF Contest Rules (PDF) _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting(a)contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting _._,_._,_ ------------------------------ _._,_._,_

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The Second Annual Ham Radio µExpo to be held on September 13, 2025! – The BORED Net Group Home
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 02 Sep '25

02 Sep '25

Thought members might be interested in this event coming up. The Second Annual Ham Radio µExpo to be held on September 13, 2025! – The BORED Net Group Home http://www.theborednet.net/index.php/ham-radio-expo-to-be-held-on-september…

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(no subject)
by Harbach Electronics 27 Aug '25

27 Aug '25

Please remove this post as it false Harbach electronics is not closed It was offered to and purchased by me Kb1sel We have added and will continue to add more items and provide parts to the radio community for many many years to come. I am currently 43 so hopefully that is a long time. 😀😀 73 Scott Kb1sel

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⚠️ Tsunami Watch Issued 1719 PDT ⚠️
by Levi C. Maaia 29 Jul '25

29 Jul '25

⚠️⚠️⚠️ ...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA FROM THE CAL./MEXICO BORDER TO CHIGNIK BAY ALASKA... If you are located in this coastal area, stay alert for further updates. Tsunami watches are an advance notice to areas that could be impacted by a tsunami at a later time. Watch areas may be upgraded to a warning or advisory status, or canceled, based on new information. At 425 PM Pacific Daylight Time on July 29 an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.7 occurred 80 miles southeast of Petropavlovsk Kamchatka. FULL DETAILS: https://www.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lox&wwa=all LCM Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM Director at Large | K6TZ Trustee Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation

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Fiber Cut Details
by Levi C. Maaia 23 Jul '25

23 Jul '25

Independent is reporting that City of SB work downtown was the cause. https://www.independent.com/2025/07/23/citys-excavation-work-caused-9-1-1-o… LCM Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM levimaaia.com

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Two-Meter SSB Net Tonight!
by n6kth n6kth.com 23 Jul '25

23 Jul '25

Hi folks: Join us for two-meter SSB fun tonight starting at 8pm on 144.210. In addition to local folks, we are joined by people from all over Southern California. Everyone has different capabilities which gives you a chance to try out your equipment. Our net has been operating continuously since 2006, and we would love to have you join the fun! Ken Owen, N6KTH https://www.qrz.com/db/N6KTH https://www.qrz.com/db/N6KTH

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Comms Restored
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 23 Jul '25

23 Jul '25

From City of Santa Barbara <https://ytp4oshab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001B459WGDjy7ZoC9WkhjKRW4LGIPCZozlasF…> 9-1-1 Service Restored As of 9:00 a.m., 9-1-1 phone lines to local dispatch centers' service are fully restored countywide. Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are working to resume flight operations. SBA passengers should check directly with their airline for the latest flight status. We extend our gratitude to all affected agencies for their prompt response and collaboration in maintaining emergency reporting channels. Public safety and the continuity of critical services remain our highest priorities. On July 22, 2025, between approximately 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., a fiber optic line was cut, causing a temporary disruption to countywide emergency services and communications at Santa Barbara Airport. We are actively investigating the cause and taking steps to ensure similar incidents do not occur in the future. Immediate repairs were initiated to restore emergency communication capabilities as quickly as possible. The City recognizes the seriousness of the service interruption, and we apologize for the inconvenience and concern this incident may have caused.

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