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Fwd: Six Meter SSB Net Tuesday
by n6kth n6kth.com 28 Aug '24

28 Aug '24

Hi folks! I thought I would try my hand at promoting two of our local nets again, so: Please join us on Tuesday evening for the monthly six meter SSB net starting at 20:00 hours local of on 50.125 MHz SSB and then migrating up to 50.145 MHz for the rest of the net. Give your radio a little exercise on six meters and join us! As a reminder, the weekly two meter SSB net happens ever Wednesday starting at 8:00 PM on 144.210 MHz. These nets have been running continuously for around 15 years, so come join the conversations!

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Fwd: [SCCC] N6AA ARRL Presentation at Pasadena Radio Club Tonight - Tuesday, August 27, 2024
by WARREN MYERS 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

Dick Norton is the South West representative on ARRL’s Board of Directors. I heard him speak at a recent SoCal DX Club meeting. And, while he can go on a bit, he does provide insight into current ARRL issues and dynamics. He also solicited input during that meeting. Zoom link below. Warren > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Richard J. Norton" <richardjnorton(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [SCCC] N6AA ARRL Presentation at Pasadena Radio Club Tonight - Tuesday, August 27, 2024 > Date: August 27, 2024 at 9:29:06 AM PDT > To: SCCC <sccc(a)contesting.com> > > I'm giving an ARRL update to the Pasadena Radio Club tonight. The meeting > starts at 7 PM, and is at the Kaiser Permanente facility at 393 EWalnut > Street, corner of Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena. Enter the parking lot from > the southernmost entry on Los Robles. You may have to tell security at the > gate that you are there for the radio club. Go in through the south side > entry and sign in at the security desk. The meeting is in room 1C. > > There are usually a few contesters present at PRC meetings. > > Alternatively, you can attend by Zoom > > Join Zoom meeting: > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83990472845?pwd=bnl4dC90SFk4bXZJbmR5S2JIN3FiZz09 > > Meeting ID: 839 90472845 > Passcode: 345971 > > 73, > > Dick Norton, N6AA > (310) 430-8050 cell > _______________________________________________ > SCCC mailing list > SCCC(a)contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/sccc

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ARRL member bulletin detailing the network ransomware attack they suffered.
by Dave Schmidt 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

ARRL IT Security Incident - Report to Members 08/22/2024 Sometime in early May 2024, ARRL’s systems network was compromised by threat actors (TAs) using information they had purchased on the dark web. The TAs accessed headquarters on-site systems and most cloud-based systems. They used a wide variety of payloads affecting everything from desktops and laptops to Windows-based and Linux-based servers. Despite the wide variety of target configurations, the TAs seemed to have a payload that would host and execute encryption or deletion of network-based IT assets, as well as launch demands for a ransom payment, for every system. This serious incident was an act of organized crime. The highly coordinated and executed attack took place during the early morning hours of May 15. That morning, as staff arrived, it was immediately apparent that ARRL had become the victim of an extensive and sophisticated ransomware attack. The FBI categorized the attack as “unique” as they had not seen this level of sophistication among the many other attacks, they have experience with. Within 3 hours a crisis management team had been constructed of ARRL management, an outside vendor with extensive resources and experience in the ransomware recovery space, attorneys experienced with managing the legal aspects of the attack including interfacing with the authorities, and our insurance carrier. The authorities were contacted immediately as was the ARRL President. The ransom demands by the TAs, in exchange for access to their decryption tools, were exorbitant. It was clear they didn’t know, and didn’t care, that they had attacked a small 501(c)(3) organization with limited resources. Their ransom demands were dramatically weakened by the fact that they did not have access to any compromising data. It was also clear that they believed ARRL had extensive insurance coverage that would cover a multi-million-dollar ransom payment. After days of tense negotiation and brinkmanship, ARRL agreed to pay a $1 million ransom. That payment, along with the cost of restoration, has been largely covered by our insurance policy. From the start of the incident, the ARRL board met weekly using a continuing special board meeting for full progress reports and to offer assistance. In the first few meetings there were significant details to cover, and the board was thoughtfully engaged, asked important questions, and was fully supportive of the team at HQ to keep the restoration efforts moving. Member updates were posted to a single page on the website <https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems-service-disruption> and were posted across the internet in many forums and groups. ARRL worked closely with professionals deeply experienced in ransomware matters on every post. It is important to understand that the TAs had ARRL under a magnifying glass while we were negotiating. Based on the expert advice we were being given, we could not publicly communicate anything informative, useful, or potentially antagonistic to the TAs during this time frame. Today, most systems have been restored or are waiting for interfaces to come back online to interconnect them. While we have been in restoration mode, we have also been working to simplify the infrastructure to the extent possible. We anticipate that it may take another month or two to complete restoration under the new infrastructure guidelines and new standards. Most ARRL member benefits remained operational during the attack. One that wasn’t was Logbook of The World (LoTW), which is one of our most popular member benefits. LoTW data was not impacted by the attack and once the environment was ready to again permit public access to ARRL network-based servers, we returned LoTW into service. The fact that LoTW took less than 4 days to get through a backlog that at times exceeded over 60,000 logs was outstanding. The board at the ARRL Second Board Meeting in July voted to approve a new committee, the Information Technology Advisory Committee. This will be comprised of ARRL staff, board members with demonstrated experience in IT, and additional members from the IT industry who are currently employed as subject matter experts in a few areas. They will help analyze and advise on future steps to take with ARRL IT within the financial means available to the organization. We thank you for your patience as we navigated our way through this. The emails of moral support and offers of IT expertise were well received by the team. Although we are not entirely out of the woods yet and are still working to restore minor servers that serve internal needs (such as various email services like bulk mail and some internal reflectors), we are happy with the progress that has been made and for the incredible dedication of staff and consultants who continue to work together to bring this incident to a successful conclusion. *This information was shared with ARRL Members via email on August 21, 2024. * Dave AI6VX _._,

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33 cm / 900 MHz Petition by NextNav Inc.
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 13 Aug '24

13 Aug '24

NextNav Inc. (NextNav) filed a petition for rulemaking requesting that the FCC initiate a proceeding to reconfigure the 902-928 MHz band (Lower 900 MHz Band) and adopt new rules to enable the deployment of a 5G terrestrial positioning, navigation, and timing network. This proposed allocation would make radical changes to the band and reduce or eliminate to the ability for hams and Part 15 users to utilize 900 MHz in many (most?) ways. This post by N1WBV in Massachusetts explains it. Consider reading up and filing comments with the FCC: https://www.n1wbv.net/response-to-the-nextnav-fcc-petition.html Despite several articles in telecom and legal trade publications, I have yet to see any comment from the ARRL on the matter. Hopefully they are planning on addressing this with their membership soon as the deadline to submit comments is Sept. 5. Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM Director at Large | K6TZ Trustee Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation

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TZ Repeater Coverage
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 02 Aug '24

02 Aug '24

A quick update on the K6TZ repeater situation … We are aware that the move of the K6TZ 146.79 repeater to TV Hill / KEYT-TV Studios has had a significant impact for some users. Some who had reliable coverage using a handheld transceiver in the past have been unable to make reliable contact now using the same. Others, particularly on the Riviera and in Montecito have experienced improved coverage with the repeater move. With this in mind, we have begun a search for a solution that can preserve the best of these changes while improving usability for those who are experiencing a degradation in service. For the time being, the K6TZ 446.400 (minus shift | 131.8 PL) repeater has been restored to service at Vic Trace (aka La Vigia aka Talanian Communications Facility) and linked to the SBARC Hub network until we can find a more permanent solution. I encourage you to try this linked repeater if you have difficulties using 146.79 or any other linked repeater from your location. Signal reports are appreciated. Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM Director at Large | K6TZ Trustee Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation

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Wings Over Camarillo Airshow Aug 17-18 call for volunteers
by Avi Carmi 26 Jul '24

26 Jul '24

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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Has solar cycle 25 peaked?
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 10 Jul '24

10 Jul '24

Saw this on a Facebook group with comments that we may have peaked. What do you think? Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM Director at Large | K6TZ Trustee Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation

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Anyone ever use the Parallax Propeller?
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 08 Jul '24

08 Jul '24

I’m wondering if anyone in the club has ever played around with the Parallax Propeller chip. I know it is a little long in the tooth but I am building a project that requires it and I can’t seem to figure out how to flash it without getting errors. Since the Propeller is older and was never as popular as Arduino or other microcontrollers, there is scant discussion about it online. Anyone here have experience who might be willing to lend a hand? LCM Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM k6lcm(a)maaia.com www.levimaaia.com

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Looking for a stainless antenna whip, 2.5mm in diameter and 38" long at least
by Dave Schmidt 28 Jun '24

28 Jun '24

The dual band antenna on my truck, the whip snapped near the base. Second time it's happened with this brand (Tram), on two different vehicles, and both snapped at the same spot. Since I'm only using 2M on the truck, I've stuck a welding rod in there and trimmed it for 2M for now, but I'd like to replace it with a stainless steel whip as the welding rod is going to rust away quickly. Replacement whips cost way too much to ship once they get over 36" long and I need around 38". Does anyone have an old antenna laying around that still has a good stainless steel whip that is 2.5mm (0.098") in diameter and at least 38" in length? If so and you're willing to part with it, let me know. Thanks, Dave AI6VX

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Field Day Objectives Achieved
by WARREN MYERS 26 Jun '24

26 Jun '24

Clayton and Field Day participants: Indeed, SBARC achieved or exceeded its Field Day objectives which were: 1) Enjoy the camaraderie of SBARC friends. 2) Practice emergency radio operations, especially given that many in the club have not activated an amateur radio station in the field recently. 3) Engage the public, raising awareness of our club and the many ways we serve the Santa Barbara community 4) Sharpen our operating skills and station capabilities by competing in the Field Day QSO exercise (more on our performance in this regard soon). 73s de KN6ZZI Warren > On Jun 26, 2024, at 7:34 AM, Clayton Nall <clayton.nall(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Warren, thanks for the amazing job organizing Field Day. It seems like the club met all of its goals, and then some! > 73, > NF1R > Clayton Nall > http://www.nallresearch.com <http://www.nallresearch.com/> > Cell: (617) 850-2062 > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 8:50 PM Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM <k6lcm(a)maaia.com <mailto:k6lcm@maaia.com>> wrote: >> This is great. Sounds like he squeezed this in despite a busy news weekend in SB. >> >> LCM >> >> Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM >> >> www.levimaaia.com <http://www.levimaaia.com/> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 21:54 WARREN MYERS <wwmyers(a)me.com <mailto:wwmyers@me.com>> wrote: >>> Here is John Palminteri’s take on our Field Day event. John arrived as we were starting to take down the gear - seems he can from a gas station car crash (roll over), story. A fun, if brief story, none the less. >>> >>> Warren >>> >>> >>> Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club members enjoyed a weekend of cross talk with others far and wide >>> keyt.com >>> <https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2024/06/24/santa-barbara-amate…> >>> Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club members enjoyed a weekend of cross talk with others far and wide <https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2024/06/24/santa-barbara-amate…> >>> keyt.com <https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2024/06/24/santa-barbara-amate…> >>> >>> >>> This email came from the SBARC Field Day mailing list >>> - To post new messages to the list, send a normal email to fleldday24(a)sbarc.org <mailto:fleldday24@sbarc.org> >>> - To reply to a message posted to this list, simply reply like any other email >>> - To unsubscribe, send an email to fieldday24+unsubscribe(a)sbatc.org <mailto:fieldday24%2Bunsubscribe@sbatc.org> >>> >>> New members can subscribe by sending an email to: fieldday24+subscribe(a)sbarc.org <mailto:fieldday24%2Bsubscribe@sbarc.org> >> >> >> This email came from the SBARC Field Day mailing list >> - To post new messages to the list, send a normal email to fleldday24(a)sbarc.org <mailto:fleldday24@sbarc.org> >> - To reply to a message posted to this list, simply reply like any other email >> - To unsubscribe, send an email to fieldday24+unsubscribe(a)sbatc.org <mailto:fieldday24%2Bunsubscribe@sbatc.org> >> >> New members can subscribe by sending an email to: fieldday24+subscribe(a)sbarc.org <mailto:fieldday24%2Bsubscribe@sbarc.org> > > > This email came from the SBARC Field Day mailing list > - To post new messages to the list, send a normal email to fleldday24(a)sbarc.org > - To reply to a message posted to this list, simply reply like any other email > - To unsubscribe, send an email to fieldday24+unsubscribe(a)sbatc.org > > New members can subscribe by sending an email to: fieldday24+subscribe(a)sbarc.org

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