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SBARC Hamfest this Sunday -- Don't miss it!
by auditron 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club Hamfest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamfest 2008 SBARC Hamfest Flyer (includes schedule, map, and registration) THE GREAT SBARC HAMFEST AND FAMILY REUNION FOR 2008-UPDATED by Dave Hackleman, K6VML, Hamfest Chair This year the Hamfest is Sunday, August 10, which is this Sunday, 8:30 am to 2:30 pm, outdoors on the grounds of Elks Lodge #613 in Goleta, located at 150 N. Kellogg Avenue, just off Calle Real between Patterson and Fairview. The parking lot has abundant space for our swap tables, as well as lots of parking space. When you arrive, please park on the mountain side of the building. The other side is reserved for Elks members. Overflow parking will be readily available on nearby streets. Vendors and swappers, we want you! Come as early as you like and take all the time you need to set up. Call Dave K6VML at 805-967-9313 or e-mail me to reserve parking spaces in the swap area. The first space is free, additional are $10 each. If you don't reserve a space we may not be able to put you in the swap area, but you can still sell from your tailgate anywhere in the parking lot. The Elks Grove offers a beautiful, shady area for eyeball QSO's with lots of picnic tables, a barbecue pit for the tri-tip and chicken barbecue, a drinks station, and games for young and old including-of course!-the Transformer Toss and QLF Contest. As always, bring your QSL card-plain, fancy, or whatever-and fill up Darryl KF6DI's bulletin board with them. Our expert panel will judge them, and game and QSL card contest winners all get nice prizes. We will have a Transmitter Hunt open to all to participate-novice and veteran T-hunters alike. The winner gets an especially nice prize. And as always we will have a VE Session, after which you can enjoy the Hamfest!-contact Darryl at 805-969-2326 to preregister. See the flier on our website for more details. An ARRL representative or two will be on hand. Get to know them and let them know your views. And check out what's new at the SBARC Bookstore. We are very glad to welcome back Eric Christensen K6EJC from Ham Radio Outlet in Burbank. Check out the store's catalog at www.hamradio.com. You say you wish you could buy various lengths of coax with the PL-259 connectors already installed? They've got 'em in the store waiting! Roger KD6CNY and Kim Deane of Wired Communications in Scottsdale, Arizona will return with their wide assortment of connectors and cables. Chances are they have adapters you never knew existed! Look for them at www.wiredco.com. Sal N6SPD and Dorothy De Franco from Avanti Activewear in the Monterey area will also return and provide personalized mugs, T-shirts, caps, and badges with your call or whatever you like on them. A cap is waiting with your name on it hi hi! Look them up at www.avantiactivewear.com. Niel Borden of Global Imports in Orange County is returning with his LED flashlights, including a 5 watt LED and 7 watt rechargeable light, batteries, high quality green laser pointers (useful for the stargazers among us), magnifiers, toys, and so much more! We enjoyed having him last year and so did the kids! A big welcome this year to Jim of the DX Store, coming from out Whittier way. You've heard of it before. Check out their website at www.dxstore.com where you will find antennas, wattmeters, Vibroplex keys, plus a whole lot more for DXers, and who isn't one?\ NDF Computer Surplus, from Garden Grove, will be here with great bargains including popular educational, children's, and game software. Not to mention DVD movies for all ages, accessories, and more. See them all at www.ndfcompsurplus.com. Swiech Communications Systems comes to us from Temecula. Some of you may remember Gene Swiech was our guest speaker at a club meeting some years back. One of his offerings is a very affordable VHF beam, and he also makes excellent DF'ing antennas. Tell him what you need and he may have it or he'll make it for you! And now for something completely different-the Alternative Craft demonstration. Santa Barbara's own Jeanne Sayre will demonstrate how anyone can paint surprisingly beautiful flowers or other objects using single brushstrokes. (Guys, if you want to try it, it's okay.) Continuing with demonstrations, Pat and Chuck McPartlin and others from the local astronomy club, the Astronomical Unit (www.sbau.org), will return with their solar telescopes set up for public viewing. Come by and see what ol' Sol is up to. This time you just might see sunspots in the upper latitudes from Cycle 24. Dan (N6PEQ) and Kristin (K6PEQ) Dankert will be on hand to demonstrate the newest ICOM HF rigs. He will put them on the air and let you have at it. Will he bring the IC-7000? The IC-756 Pro III? Or even the IC-7800? Stop by their booth and find out! You'll find Dan's product reviews and some very interesting links at www.n6peq.com. Rod Fritz WB9KMO will again have our ever-popular Amateur Television and Robots demonstration. There's always something new in ATV, whether it's repeaters, equipment, or just finding better ways to do things. Rod will tell you how you can do ATV whatever your budget. For more info and to watch some interesting videos Rod put together go to www.youtube.com/user/wb9kmo. And back by popular demand, AMSAT Area Coordinator and SBARC's own Ken Owen, N6KTH, will demonstrate making satellite contacts on his handheld during actual satellite passes. We get requests for this every year and Ken's enthusiasm for it is contagious. Check out his website at www.n6kth.com and click on the Satellites link for more information. Come and see what's new with the ARES Van used for emergency communications and our nimble Rover vehicle that we use for public outreach. Both will be on hand for our antenna and alternate power needs during the Hamfest. Along with the delicious barbecue, see the flier for neat prizes again this year including the Grand Prize ICOM IC-7000 HF to 70cm all mode transceiver. Buy your tickets for the Grand Prize and Secondary Prizes, and the barbecue, using the order form on the back side of the flier. The first 100 orders will be entered into the Early Bird drawing for a Grundig G5 AM/FM/SW/SSB receiver, which is popular among hams for casual listening on the bands. Buy your prize and/or barbecue tickets by mail and you won't have to wait in line, and the ticket orders help us determine how many people to expect. When you arrive, we'll have your tickets ready for pickup in your preregistration packet. Come a day or two before the Hamfest and enjoy a weekend in beautiful Santa Barbara. Make your room reservations early. Take in a show at the Gladwin Planetarium in the Natural History Museum. See the shops on the wharf, or walk along the breakwater at the Harbor. Or stroll the peaceful grounds of the Stow House and Goleta Depot Railroad Museum. We hope you'll take away some nice prizes from our Hamfest. After you've had dessert and the prizes are all raffled and the Grand Prize is drawn, you'll be all set for the drive home. Do drive carefully. We'll see you in August! Dave Hackleman, K6VML 2008 SBARC Hamfest Chair -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ It's never too old to date. Senior Dating. Click Here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oiHqImT0l0uvPmWEBlGdQLkF…

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A blast from the past
by Jay Hennigan 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

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Tower Dogs (on now)
by kc6nah＠juno.com 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

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Ham Radio and the 7-29-08 SoCal Earthquake
by kc6nah＠juno.com 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

FYI from a newsgroup: "There were many ham nets up yesterday. LA DCS, LAFD ACS, DARN (ARES) etc. You can look up DCS, ACS DARN on the web for info and freqs. I did not see it but heard KNBC even stated yesterday when all the cell networks went down, that ham radio was still working. When all else fails, ham radio still works." Hubert ____________________________________________________________ Take a break - you deserve it. Click here to find a great vacation. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/Ioyw6iifjEtb1q147YTcdJN3PEbfp3v…

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ARDF Practice at Mt Pinos, August 23, 24
by Marvin Johnston 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

If anyone here in Santa Barbara would like to help out, please let me know. This last weekend was a lot of fun for everyone, and the tri-tip BBQ provided a great opportunity to talk and get to know each other better. The one thing I can use some help with is getting the transmitters put out as well as retrieved after each event. Because of a conflict with one of the US ARDF Team members, the dates have been changed for the next Mt Pinos ARDF practice to the fourth weekend in August, August 23 and 24. Because this conflicts with the all day hunt frequency, the 2M frequency will be changed to 145.565 MHz. Sorry for the duplicate/triplicate notice for those of you on several lists. It will be the same format as we used this past weekend ... but the courses will be different :). As we did on Saturday evening, we will have a tri-tip BBQ after the 2M Sprint. The cost will again be $5.00 for the maps and use of epunch equipment, and depending on how many people show up, $5.00 or so for the tri-tip BBQ. The schedule for the August 23, 24 events are as follows: Saturday, August 23 10:00AM - 2M Course (145.565 MHz) Saturday, August 23 3:00PM - 2M Sprint Practice (get one transmitter on each minute ... hopefully. 146.565) Saturday, August 23 6:00PM - Santa Barbara Style Tri-tip BBQ Sunday, August 24 9:30AM - 80M Course (3.579 MHz) There will be a 3 hour time limit for both the 2M and 80M courses. The starts for all courses will only be open long enough to get everyone started (about 35 minutes) so please, DO NOT BE LATE. We will be using epunch for both the 2M and 80M courses, and pin punch for the sprint practice. Unlike this last weekend, we should have beacon transmitters at the finish line. The 2M and 80M start location on Saturday and Sunday will be near the top parking lot, and the finish will again be at McGill Campground. We will meet at the Ski Patrol building at the top parking lot and walk to the start location. The Saturday afternoon 2M sprint so that each of the five transmitters would be found in each minute worked out pretty well, so we'll do that again. Only this time, the flags will be numbered and we'll probably use pin punch ... to help everyone get close enough to the flags to see what number they are :). If anyone needs an estick, there won't be any additional charge for borrowing one except for a $30.00 charge if you should lose or damage it. The Tri-tip BBQ will be held at the same location (Frazier Park County Park.) If the ban on charcoal/open fires is lifted (unlikely), we can hold it at McGill Campground. The people who have contacted me so far who plan on attending are: Jay Hennigan (US ARDF Team member) Jay Thompson (US ARDF Team member) Bob Cooley (US ARDF Team member) Scott Moore (US ARDF Team member) Bill Smathers Richard Thompson Brad Weyers If you are planning on attending the ARDF practice, please make sure I know you will be coming. The results from the July practice at Mt Pinos are up on the homingin web site at: http://www.homingin.com/.

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SBARC Bazaar
by Marvin Johnston 12 Jul '08

12 Jul '08

Hi everyone, Just a quick note of thanks to all of you who showed up today and helped to make this years Bazaar a success. We still need to double check the figures, but it looks like we cleared somewhere over $1000 today. Thanks again!!! Marvin, KE6HTS

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by mike＠jogoleff.com 12 Jul '08

12 Jul '08

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Sunspot cycle
by Dennis Gibson 12 Jul '08

12 Jul '08

Something interesting from NASA regarding the sunspot cycle: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/11jul_solarcycleupdate.htm?list1355…

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Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club 2008 Bazaar
by Darryl Widman 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club 2008 Bazaar This Saturday This is the event that many of us have been waiting for. The Bazaar is where we play a great game of Musical Garages. Everyone has a chance to finally clear out all that wonderful junque that has been piling up. Even with all of our good intentions, we just never got around to building it, repairing it, modifying it or getting rid of it. Here is our chance. This event is a once-a-year happening and it is going to take place this Saturday morning, July 12, in the front yard of Marvin, KE6HTS. Marvin says that because of logistics, he just doesn't want to move all that great stuff from his place over to the Elks Lodge where we have held our Bazaars in the recent past. Marvin lives at 408 Grove Lane in Santa Barbara. His Zip code is 93105. Here is a link to a Google Map for you to easily find how to get there. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=408+Grove+Lane,+Santa+Barb… Just what sort of stuff can you expect to find at the Bazaar? How about just about every kind of radio related thing you can think of -- things like antennas, tower parts or complete units, radios that work, radios that almost work or used to work, all sorts of parts to build things with such as electronic components, wire, coax, insulators, telephone equipment, semiconductors, vacuum tubes, test equipment, computer related stuff, software, printers, memory, books and magazines, hardware, surplus military equipment, power supplies, soldering irons, older amateur radios and on and on. There is also a Red Tag table where you may bring along a piece of gear that you don't particularly want to just toss on the pile but would prefer to ask a price for. The rules are that you or someone you appoint must be near your goodie to sell it for you and remove it after the event or any time before. Also, you get to keep 90% of what you are asking for it and SBARC gets to keep 10% of it. Hey, that's a pretty good deal. The Bazaar runs from 8:00 am to noon. Be advised that the earliest bird gets the longest worm. So here is your chance to keep the little woman happy. Either she will be delighted that you have finally decided to clean out all that wonderful junque or she will be dancing up and down when she sees what trinket you have brought home with you! Yeah, sure. Bring all your friends. The club needs the money. Speaking of which, we will have several of our favorite people acting as salesmen and you can make such a deal with them. Go ahead, insult them with a ridiculous offer. They'll bargain with you. Bring green or checks. We're not set up to take plastic. And another thing, don't be shy about taking home a whole bunch of stuff. What you don't use you can always bring back to next year's Bazaar. That just enhances the Musical Garages idea. I plan on getting all the good stuff so if you really are thinking of taking home something special, better get there early. In the beginning of the event, you can look it all over and keep in mind what you can't live without. Then when the bell rings, run over to it and grab it and take it to one of our salesmen. They'll be obvious there. Another thing, after you pay for your item, take it over to your vehicle and lock it up in there and come back and shop some more. It's a terrible thing when something you paid for is then bought again by someone else and taken home. See you all on Saturday. 73, Darryl, KF6DI

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contact Tim Meredith KG6TAT
by NEV 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Does anyone have Tim Meredith's (KG6TAT) email or phone number, or can go on his repeater (147.075+) and contact him ? He lives up by Painted Cave and I wanted to make sure he's OK. If so, please email me directly, or pass this message and my email along. TIA, :-) neil ke6dcj(a)sbarc.org

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