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Technical Details: ARISS Contact on July 3
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

SBARC Members: As you may have seen, SBARC is assisting the SB Public Library with a live and direct ARISS contact on Wednesday, July 3 during which 12 local Santa Barbara children will speak with Astronaut Nick Hague via amateur radio. The 10-minute contact will begin promptly at 10:54 AM on Wednesday, July 3. The 2m downlink (astronaut-to-library) will be on 145.800 MHz and should be able to be heard with an outdoor omnidirectional antenna throughout the region. I hope you will be able to attend this exciting event. If you are unable to come to the library in person, I encourage you to tune into the downlink frequency and/or tune in to the live streams Live Streams (try both): SB City TV Live Stream | SB Library Facebook Live Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM View this email in your browser Join us on July 3 for a live contact with Astronaut Nick Hague, KG5TMV aboard the International Space Station When: Wednesday, July 3rd. Doors open at 10:00 AM 10-minute contact will begin promptly at 10:54 AM Where: Santa Barbara Public Library Faulkner Gallery 40 E Anapamu St, Santa Barbara Children and families will be given priority access to the event, and attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Capacity for the Faulkner Gallery is 175 people, but overflow viewing and listening will be available. NASA Astronaut Nick Hague will answer questions from 12 local children as they make a live 2-meter amateur radio contact from the Santa Barbara Public Library to ask him about life on the space station, careers in STEM, experiments in space, and more. Children and families will have the opportunity to explore space through virtual reality, create rocket ships, and more before and after the contact. This experience is made possible by Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) in cooperation with NASA. The contact will be coordinated by SBPL youth services staff, Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club volunteers, and ARISS mentors. All ages have enjoyed space-themed programs and events at the Library over the last few months, including learning about astronomy, an introduction to amateur radio, hands on engineering and technology projects, and more. Related programming will continue through the month of July. A full calendar, including two additional amateur radio-related events, is available at SBPLibrary.org/summer. Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM Amateur Radio on the International Space Station ARISS-US Education Committee About ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.

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New 406 beacon receiver
by Bill Talanian 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

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2m amateur radio band endangered? | | F4FXL
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

I'm in Montreal this week for the ARISS-International conference. I'm just learning about this important issue from the European delegation ... Apparently there is a recent (June 2019) proposal in Europe to allocate *worldwide* the 2-meter amateur band to the exclusive use by aeronautical stations. It is not a global issue yet as it will take agreement of several European CEPT nations in order to advance this at the ITU World Radio Conference in August. The initiative to takeover the 2m band is being driven by Thales Group, a French manufacturer of unmanned aircraft. This has happened very quickly and there is not a lot of information available about this but here is a good summary: https://www.f4fxl.org/2m-amateur-radio-band-endangered/ Obviously, the loss of the 2m band would be catastrophic for radio amateurs worldwide. The ARISS program's use of the band not withstanding, 2m is the most popular frequency band in use in amateur radio and the gateway for most new operators to the hobby and service. At this point, I don't think there is much that we can do as U.S. amateurs other than follow this closely. I will update SBARC membership as I learn more. We should all stay tuned into this issue and be ready to voice our vocal opposition. I welcome anyone's comments on this issue. *Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM* *Co-Chair, Telecommunications Services Committee* *Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club, Inc. <http://www.sbarc.org/>* *a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation* www.levi.maaia.com +1.805.604.5384 <//+1.805.604.5384>

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Weed wacking
by Bill Talanian 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

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Weed whacking
by Bill Talanian 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

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Field Day starts SATURDAY
by Ken Alker 21 Jun '19

21 Jun '19

Field Day is THIS SATURDAY (tomorrow)! I need a few more operators (CW and SSB) and a couple more PR persons to help with the public information table. Be sure to attend and hang out for a bit even if you can not stay for long, or operate. Everyone should bring plenty of water and food to eat (unless someone wants to volunteer to help out with group meals, especially Saturday lunch). It would be fun to go to a restaurant Sunday after we break down and clean up, so I'd like some suggestions before then. I need a couple more people Saturday morning at 10:00am, and a couple more to help pack everything up at 2:00pm Sunday. Saturday morning we will be installing the SteppIR antenna atop the mast on the Rover van (the mast telescopes to almost 50-feet high)! We will also be running a second station with a di-pole so we will need help putting up the awning and setting up the fiberglass masts. We'll be running 100% on emergency power. Field day is not only a contest, but a way to show the public what we, as the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club, are all about. More than 40,000 amateur radio operators throughout North America will be partipating in field day this year. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in amateur radio. Check out the ARRL Field Day intro https://sbarc.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20ad12752ef7c4ea02b61f481&… and the ARRL Field Day Rules https://sbarc.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20ad12752ef7c4ea02b61f481&… for more information. If you want to follow along closely with field day activities, please subscribe to the field day mailing list found here: https://sbarc.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20ad12752ef7c4ea02b61f481&…. For more information, including directions to the SBARC Field Day site in the South Park area of Elings Park, visit http://www.sbarc.org. Please RSVP to ken(a)alker.net (or call my land line at 685-2030) today (or any time this weekend) and let me know exactly how you can help out. Please come out and help us prove that "when all else fails, amateur radio works!" When you RSVP, please let me know what time-slot (or SLOTS) would you like. Let me know if you want to be an operator (and if you want to do morse code or voice), or do public outreach (or both) for the shift(s) you choose. Keep in mind that we are running two stations. It is proving to be hardest to fill the 11pm-7am shifts, so I need night owls too! Let me know if you want to do multiple shifts or two half-shifts, etc. If you want to create your own time slot, please do - I'll work everyone into the schedule one way or another! Also, be sure to let me know if you can help set up and/or break down. TIME SLOTS: Sat/Sun (4-hour slots; but you can make up your own): 11am- 3pm 3pm- 7pm 7pm-11pm 11pm- 3am 3am- 7am 7am-11am 11am- 2pm Ken Alker Director at Large ka6ken(a)alker.net

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Santa Maria Swapfest
by Brian Milburn - K6BPM 05 Jun '19

05 Jun '19

June 15, 2019 Saturday of Father's Day Weekend Sorry, NO BBQ offered this year Please note the alternate location Main Raffle Prizes Grand Prize TBD 2nd Prize TBD 3rd Prize TBD 4th Prize TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Elk Lodge 1538, Santa Maria 1309 N. Bradley Road, Santa Maria, CA 93454 See driving details below Talk-in 145.14 (neg offset) tone 131.8 Admission & Parking FREE Sellers 6:00 AM No selling or swapping before 7:30 AM $15 per seller, must provide own table and chairs $15 per tail-gate, Only 1 vehicle allowed Fee's collected on site Public 7:30 AM No purchasing before 7:30 AM Prize Drawings $1 each at the fest 12:00, Noon Main raffle prizes, winner need not be present, if ticket has name and contact info Lesser raffle prizes, winner must be present Food & Drink In the morning, coffee and donuts provided by West Santa Barbara County ARES as a fund raiser ARRL National Division - South Western , Dick Norton N6AA TBD Section - Santa Barbara , John Ketchens NS6X TBD Swapfest listing On site radio(s) If someone wants to bring their HF station There should be a couple of generators running. Please ask before plugging in. Please stay with your rig, no one else is responsible for your rig Are you doing anything exciting on the day before Fathers Day? Come join a bunch of us from SBARC as we drive up to Santa Maria for the Annual Satellite ARC Swapfest. A bunch of us stop by Ellen's Danish Pancake House in Buellton around 7:00 am for the best breakfast in the world! Then we head up into Santa Maria. Driving directions to the Elks Lodge follow: Take Hwy 101 North into Santa Maria. Go past the Main Street turnoff. Take the next turnoff to E. Donovan Rd. Turn left onto E. Donovan Rd. Turn left onto N. College. Dr. Make an immediate left turn onto N. Bradley Rd. The Elks Lodge will be on your right. Driving direction to Ellen's Danish Pancake House in Buellton follow: From Santa Barbara take Hwy 101 to the first turnoff to Buellton, turn left to Santa Rosa Rd., and then right. Santa Rosa Rd. becomes Avenue of the Flags. Continue to Ellen's which will be on your right just before the intersection of Hwy 246. Park on the street out front or pull into their parking lot. There will be a Transmitter Hunt so bring your stuff. Always bargains galore. Bring some $$$ FCC Ham License Testing possible by W6NBC All Classes, inquire at ticket booth or John W6NBC

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K6TZ Stream
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 02 Jun '19

02 Jun '19

The broadcastify.com stream of the 146.79 repeater will be offline for the next week or so. This stream originates at my home QTH on the Mesa which is moving 1 mile East. This downtime does not affect echolink nor All Star services. Levi, K6LCM

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tower trailer
by Ken Alker 29 May '19

29 May '19

I found a nice and reasonably priced used 50' crank-up tower on a TRAILER that would be perfect for the club, especially for field days (solar powered battery, electric winches, etc.). The problem is, it is in North Carolina. Is anyone heading out that way any time soon who wouldn't mind trailering this back? Or do you know of anyone heading in this direction who has an empty trailer hitch? It's actually not very large or heavy when collapsed, so I suspect even a light car could tow it comfortably. Please keep it in mind. He's had it for sale for quite a while, so even if you aren't traveling until later this year, it may still be available for sale. Conversely, is anyone aware of any entities/persons in town who may have such a beast already laying around that they want to dispose of, or loan out? Ken KA6KEN 685-2030

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ADS-B flight
by Bill Talanian 22 May '19

22 May '19

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