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SoCal radio-orienteering on Feb 16
by Marvin Johnston 19 Jan '02

19 Jan '02

I just received this from Joe Moell, K0OV. If anyone needs a ride down, you are welcome to ride with me. I will leave Santa Barbara some time close to 9:30 am and expect to get back into town about 7:00 pm. We usually get together for dinner with Joe and April after the hunts. Hmmmm, since this is the third Saturday of the month, The Fullerton T-Hunt will take place that night. Anyone interested in participating in both? ************** The first southern California on-foot "foxhunt" of 2002 has just been scheduled: Date: Saturday, February 16 Time: 12:30 to 3:30 PM Place: Hillcrest Park, Harbor and Valley View in Fullerton Talk-in (optional): 146.97(-) PL136.5 This two-meter direction-finding practice/demonstration is sponsored by the Fullerton Radio Club. All ages are welcome. There is no charge for participation. A ham radio license and/or knowledge of radio equipment is not required. Several models of domestic and imported hand-held RDF sets as well as commercial and home-built antennas will be available to view and try out. Basic equipment, such as hand-held receivers and "scanners," can also be successfully used. Free maps will be available, but since this event is in a relatively small area (40 acres), maps and compasses will not be a necessity. ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding), also called foxhunting, foxtailing and radio-orienteering, is the most popular kind of transmitter hunting in Europe and Asia. It is quite similar to orienteering in that it takes place in the woods with orienteering cards, punches, controls, and maps. A typical course has 5 transmitters ("foxes") to be found. Each one operates for 1 minute and is then silent for 4 minutes, during which the other 4 transmitters take turns operating for 1 minute each The hunt will begin in the Lower Picnic Area. The closest parking lot is just north of Valley View, midway between Harbor and Lemon. Some radio-orienteering enthusiasts will be using this event as a training session for upcoming competitions, including the USA ARDF Championships in April and the World ARDF Championships in September. For more information about ARDF, plus detailed directions to this event, go to http://www.homingin.com Joe Moell K0OV USA ARDF Coordinator

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Southwestern Division e-COMMUNICATOR
by Marvin Johnston 15 Jan '02

15 Jan '02

For you non-ARRL members, this was just sent out by Art Goddard (W6XD), our Director for the ARRL Southwestern Division. ******************* January 14, 2002 The e-COMMUNICATOR Southwestern Division - American Radio Relay League Director - Art Goddard W6XD Vice Director - Tuck Miller NZ6T Dear League Member... Welcome to the first edition of the Southwestern Division's electronic newsletter, The e-Communicator. As your newly-elected Division representatives, Tuck and I want to thank you, the members, for your confidence and support. We want to assure you that we will uphold the high standards that you have come to expect. And we want you to know that two-way communication between the membership and your elected team is one of our highest priorities. We hope it's a high priority for you, too. One of the ways we can communicate is electronically through this Division Newsletter. (The Division encompasses Southern California and Arizona.) Please be assured that feedback through e-mail (or any other media) is always appreciated. A Debt of Gratitude We're sure we speak for all the members in the Division when we recognize 18 years of dedicated service of past Director Fried Heyn, WA6WZO. Over the years, Fried has worked tirelessly to protect and promote Amateur Radio both in the Division and in the nation. Within the ARRL Board, Fried has served with distinction on virtually every committee and has initiated many improvements and recognition for our accomplishments. To his credit, he has consistently worked for the betterment of Amateur Radio even when the proposed actions were unpopular at the time. Here in the Division, Fried has developed strong ties with each Section (Arizona, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and Santa Barbara), with radio clubs, councils, and organizations. These relationships have strengthened Amateur Radio in the Division and have delivered outstanding Division Conventions that many of you have participated in over the years. Finally, there's the personal side. Many of us know Fried personally and consider him a friend. Fried has set the standard for accessibility at club meetings, hamfests, swap meets, and any other venue where two or more hams congregate. Of course, no recognition of Fried's accomplishments would be complete without recognizing his partner and spouse, Sandi, WA6WZN. Always there to support, organize, coordinate, arrange, schedule, arbitrate, encourage, reach out,... well, we could go on, but you get the idea. So, folks, let's all wish Fried and Sandi the best in their new endeavors - and let's commit to maintain and build on the wonderful legacy left by Fried and Sandi Heyn! What Direction are We Taking? As you can see from the article above, we have a great legacy and point of departure for the future of the Southwestern Division. Our primary purpose is to protect and promote Amateur Radio on behalf of the ARRL membership and all Radio Amateurs. We must work to maintain Amateur Radio as a cohesive force in the diverse world of telecommunications. We must keep in mind that there are those who covet our frequency bands. To meet these challenges, we must stick together. We will maintain strong ties with our ARRL Sections, clubs, councils and other organizations. We will appoint Assistant Directors to act as liaison with clubs and organizations, to help us keep the two-way communications flowing. The Vice Director, Assistant Directors, Section Managers, and Advisory Committee Reps will constitute your Director's Cabinet to be consulted for guidance on critical issues. Given recent events, we will encourage the growth and training of emergency communicators in the Division. We will be proactive in retaining and recruiting new ARRL members. You will hear from us frequently via The e-Communicator or other appropriate media to keep you informed of issues, problems, solutions and accomplishments. You can expect us to be responsive to your requests and ideas. Remember, that being responsive doesn't always mean that you will get the answer you want, but you will get a reasoned reply. ARRL Board Meeting Jan 18 & 19 The 2002 Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors is fast approaching. Art and Tuck are busy preparing to represent you. Two of the hot topics are: 1) Alternative publishing of QST Section News and Contest line scores on the ARRL Web, and 2) Refarming on the Novice frequency sub-bands. On item 1, we have not given you enough time to compare the two methods of publishing. We should run the two approaches side by side to let you compare them. On item 2) more than 4,000 members have made their input via surveys. A summary of the proposal can be found on the ARRL web at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2001/12/21/2/ Next Issue of The e-Communicator The next issue of our electronic newsletter will be headed your way soon after the Board meeting. In the meantime, please don't hesitate to contact Art and Tuck on any topic of interest to you. Remember, only those members who signed up for Division bulletins are receiving this newsletter. Please inform your friends and fellow club members that we will be increasing our use of electronic communications and encourage them to sign up to receive Division bulletins. To sign up, go to the ARRL web site www.arrl.org, log on to the members-only area, and select the Member Data page. At the bottom of your member data page, modify your e-mail notification options to receive Division/Section notices. Our Web Site... Please visit our web site at: http://www.qsl.net/arrlsw/ This site will take you to the ARRL Section web sites and other sites of interest. Happy surfin' In Closing... We hope this newsletter has been informative and worth your while. We look forward to serving you for the next three years of our terms, and hopefully beyond. Again thank you for your support and confidence - we take our volunteer jobs seriously and look forward to working together for the betterment of Amateur Radio. Art Goddard, W6XD w6xd(a)arrl.org 714-556-4396 Tuck Miller, NZ6T nz6t(a)arrl.org 619-434-4211

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Code is still useful!!!
by Marvin Johnston 15 Jan '02

15 Jan '02

This was posted on http://www.qrz.com **************** posted by wpeloqui on Monday January 14, @02:03PM from the communication dept. Steve (kc5tha) writes "This happened to me! On June 16th I was diagnosed with Guillian Barre Syndrome and spent 3 weeks on a ventilator. I was totally paralized. One night about 11:30, I was having a bad time, not being able to talk or communicate. I thought if I could get my elmer(Mel Oubre n5jcg) of Meridian, Ms. to come to my room, I just might be able to communicate by the means of cw. I moved my lips to my wife and tried to say"get Mel Oubre now". Finally after three tries my nurse understood what I was saying. About 30 minutes later Mel appeared at the foot of my bed. I could only wiggle my toes and move my head. When I wiggled my toes, Mel grabbed them and I began sending him a message. I sent his call then mine. He understood everything I was saying and after a short qso I signed with him and went back under the medication and was happy to be able to finally talk with someone. While many hams that do not like cw or use it for what ever the reason, I am living proof that even in the worst of situations, when tubes are in your throat and every where else, you can always count on cw for a great way to communicate. Thanks Mel for the many hours spent teaching me the code. I never new it would mean so much to me. If you know it, use it. If you know someone that you can be an elmer to, teach them. -- ... ...-- Steve"

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Cute Joke
by Marvin Johnston 14 Jan '02

14 Jan '02

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in business we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following: 1. Buying a stronger whip. 2. Changing riders. 3. Say things like, "This is the way we have always ridden this horse." 4. Appointing a committee to study the horse. 5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses. 6. Increasing the standards to ride dead horses. 7. Appointing a tiger team to revive the dead horse. 8. Creating a training session to increase our riding ability. 9. Comparing the state of dead horses in todays environment. 10. Change the requirements declaring that "This horse is not dead." 11. Hire contractors to ride the dead horse. 12. Harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed. 13. Declaring that "No horse is too dead to beat." 14. Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance. 15. Do a Cost Analysis study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper. 16. Purchase a product to make dead horses run faster. 17. Declare the horse is "better, faster and cheaper" dead. 18. Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses. 19. Revisit the performance requirements for horses. 20. Say this horse was procured with cost as an independent variable. 21. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position

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US ARDF Team Now Forming
by Marvin Johnston 13 Jan '02

13 Jan '02

I received this from Joe Moell a couple of days ago. The classes he refers to are: D 15 ____ M 15 ____ D 20 ____ M 20 ____ D 35 ____ M 35 ____ D 50 ____ M 40 ____ M 50 ____ M 60 ____ D - Female, M - Male The numbers are the ages of the competitors to the next highest catagory, i.e, M 50 are males between the ages of 50 and 59. Currently, SBARC members Scott Moore (KF6IKO) and myself (KE6HTS) are planning on attending the championships (if we make the team!) ************** The World Championships of Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) take place in even-numbered years. Slovak Amateur Radio Association (SARA) will host the Eleventh ARDF World Championships during the first week of September. The site is Tatranske Matliare in the High Tatras of the Slovak Republic, at about 900 meters elevation. Here is the schedule of events: September 2 - Monday - Arrival of the Participants September 3 - Tuesday - Training on Both Bands, Opening Ceremony September 4 - Wednesday - 2 Meter Band Race September 5 - Thursday - Free Day with Cultural Program September 6 - Friday - 80 Meter Band Race, Awarding Ceremony, Closing Ceremony, Hamfest September 7 - Saturday - Departure of the Participants Competitors are divided into five categories for males and four categories for females, in accordance with newly approved ARDF rules of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). Each country may have up to three persons per category on its team. Two Slovak hotels will be taken over for the exclusive use of competitors. The entry fee of US$300 per person includes hotel accommodations (double occupancy), meals, local transportation to the Championships events, and fees for the Cultural Program. As an alternative, entrants may camp in their own tents and provide their own meals, in which case the fee is US$150 per person. Each participating country must submit a Letter of Intent with tentative team size by the end of January. (Note that these letters are submitted only by the countries' national societies -- such as ARRL -- and NOT by each individual competitor.) For USA's Letter of Intent, I need a preliminary "head count" of interested radio-orienteers right away. If you are interested in competing at the 2002 ARDF World Championships on Team USA, please let me know by e-mail immediately. If you have not been on Team USA before, include your full name and mailing address, home phone number, and date of birth. Entry fees are due in full to the organizers by July 15, 2002. If more than three persons apply for Team USA in any age/gender category, selection will be made on the basis of performances in the First USA ARDF Championships (Albuquerque, August 2001) and the Second USA ARDF Championships (Atlanta, April 2002). For more information on the World Championships, including travel information and sample maps, see the Championships Web site: www.ardf.sk For more information on Team USA, radio-orienteering in the USA, and the upcoming USA Championships near Atlanta, see the "Homing In" Web site: www.homingin.com 73, Joe Moell K0OV USA ARDF Coordinator

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Hamfest 2002
by Marvin Johnston 11 Jan '02

11 Jan '02

Hi all, Hamfest this year will be held on Sunday, August 11th at the Elks Lodge in Goleta. The SBARC Board approved the committee for the 2002 Hamfest at the January Board Meeting and the current members are: Marvin Johnston, KE6HTS - Hamfest Chairman Dennis Schwendtner, WB6OBB Darryl Widman, KF6DI Tom Saunders, N6TX Bernie Wright, W9ROH Steve Hammer, KG6ENA At this point, we do not have anyone to lead the cook crew and are looking for someone to lead that team. If you know of someone who would be interested in that position, please let me know. Along the lines of a cook crew, one thing that might to help keep it as a team is to do cooking events for other events. We used to have a BBQ after the teardown at Field Day. This would be a wonderful way to start bringing club members together in a way that can help to build club spirit and participation. Having an event once per year makes it difficult to keep any team together, so a thought is to perhaps have the team also volunteer to do BBQs for other clubs/organizations similar to what the Elks do. One of my main Hamfest concerns (as it was when I was co-chair and chair in 1995/96) is to build not only for this year, but for the future as well. Working only on this years event is a sure formula for failure next year. "Re-inventing the wheel" each year is not good management. As such, we need to have a vision for not only this hamfest, but also for the future. Where would we like the SBARC Hamfest to go? My original vision was to see this event evolve into a major West Coast event. For something like this to happen takes vision, people working together ... and most importantly, a desire. Another of my main concerns is people getting burned out at Hamfest and not being able to enjoy the event themselves. This is not right. Hamfest is supposed to be a fun event for everyone and we will be working to make this an enjoyable event for everyone *including* the volunteers. First please realize the Hamfest Committee is here to organize the event and we will need YOUR help! A rough schedule leading up to Hamfest will be: Initial Planning Meeting Form sub-committees to take care of the individual events. Publicity campaign Hamfest Critique meeting - What did we do that was good, and what needs to be changed!!! While the initial planning meeting will only be open to committee members, that does not mean we do not want input!!!!! In any planning/brainstorming session, more than about 6 - 8 people becomes non-productive. Future meetings will be open to everyone. Questions that will be discussed at our first planning session include: What are the goals for Hamfest, both this year and in the future? What types of prizes and drawings will be most effective in building Hamfest? What type of events/activities will draw Hams from out of the area? What type of events/activities do OUR club members want? How can you help? Let us know your ideas, what YOU liked about previous Hamfests, and what you would like to see at this Hamfest. Let us know what you DIDN'T like about previous hamfests as well. Publicity is important: tell your friends about Hamfest and ask them to attend! Volunteer to help!!! I'm certain things have been left out above and comments sent either privately or to this listserver are welcome. I've copied the email addresses of the committee on this email if you want to repond to anyone privately. One of the major advantages to this listserver is that people can keep informed and get active at a time convenient to them! So please respond!!! I envision this listserver as one of the major ways of communication with respect to Hamfest. The more people we get involved, the more successful this event will be!!! And of course, we will keep the latest information available on the SBARC web site at www.sbarc.org; that information will become available after our first planning meeting. Again, Hamfest will be August 11th, 2002 at the Elks Lodge, 150 N Kellogg Ave, Goleta, California. I am looking forward to hearing from you!!! Marvin, KE6HTS Hamfest Chairman, 2002

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W6RJN
by Paul Cronshaw, D.C. 12 Dec '01

12 Dec '01

Does anyone know this gentleman? His name is William Gordon and this is his call sign.... -- Paul Cronshaw DC SBARC-list Administrator KF6TRT

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Magnetic Declination
by Marvin Johnston 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

Magnetic declination is the difference between true north and magnetic north (important when using a compass.) Here is a URL that will talk about it in some detail. MAGNETIC DECLINATION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS by Chris M. Goulet, Alberta, Canada Version 4.4, October, 2001. http://www.geocities.com/magnetic_declination/

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SECOND REMINDER OF THE OBB/SBARC CHRISTMAS PIZZA PARTY!
by Dennis Schwendtner 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

Subject: Third Annual Pizza Party... Let's get together for the Holidays. We need some Christmas cheer and some great company. Everyone is welcome to attend. It won't be Christmas without seeing our friends. Sooooooo let's take some time out for each other. **********************PIZZA PARTY************************** Non-Host Pizza (buy your own) They also have a salad bar and sandwiches. Place: Rusty's Address: 270 Storke Rd. Goleta, CA Time: 1 PM to 4 PM. Date: 12/16/2001 Bring someone or come by yourself. Let's make the last party in 2001 a good one. HAPPY HOLIDAYS This get together will be in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club and the WB6OBB repeater system. SEE YOU SOON WB6OBB and KA6RPN Call for more info 966-7060 _________________________________________________________________ ***** Remember, an out of tune piano makes noise, not music! ***** call, (805) 966-7060 . E-MAIL: dennis(a)rain.org . *** Bye from the Paradise Playground of the Pacific Beaches. *** Dennis Schwendtner *** WB6OBB *** *** http://www.rain.org/~dennis *** *** Schwendtner Piano and Service *** WB6OBB repeater web-site ***

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"THE BIG PROJECT" SEEKS LOGO
by Marvin Johnston 01 Dec '01

01 Dec '01

Here is an opportunity to gain some recognition for your creative talents!!! *************** The ARRL Letter Vol. 20, No. 47 November 30, 2001 *************** ==>"THE BIG PROJECT" SEEKS LOGO Now that the Amateur Radio Education Project-- "The Big Project"--is under way, it's looking for a logo. "The theme is using Amateur Radio in education," says The Big Project Coordinator Jerry Hill, KH6HU. "This is your opportunity to show off your creativity." The deadline for entries is December 28, 2001! All entries should incorporate the ARRL diamond, portray the proper image in both black-and-white and in color, and be the same size as other standard patches, such as ARES--typically 3.5 inches in diameter. Entries should be submitted electronically at a resolution suitable for QST publication (at least 300 dpi when the image is sized at 4x5 inches or larger; see The ARRL Author's Guide , <http://www.arrl.org/qst/aguide/>). The creator of the logo selected as a permanent symbol for The Big Project will receive a handsome wall certificate, and the winner's name will be announced in QST, in The ARRL Letter and on the ARRL Web site. Remember, the deadline for entries is December 28. E-mail entries to The Big Project Coordinator Jerry Hill, KH6HU <kh6hu(a)arrl.org>. (Resubmit your entry if it's not acknowledged within two business days.)

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