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Field Day and Balloon Launch - Make Them Happen!
by rod＠sbatv.org 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Hello SBARC Members and Friends, Two major events are coming up and we would like you to help MAKE THEM HAPPEN! These are great opportunities to support the club, participate with friends, have fun and learn something new. FIELD DAY will be at Camino Real Marketplace on June 24, 25 and 26. BALLOON LAUNCH is planned for July 2, probably from the beach near Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara. FIELD DAY OPERATORS - Field Day operators should contact Tom Saunders as tsaund(a)cox.net. Early birds will get the best operating times. If you're new, jump in anyway because this is a great opportunity and you can learn from the veterans. Even if you only operate a short time, this will be a memorable experience. FIELD DAY PUBLIC AWARENESS - Field Day offers a chance for us to make a big public splash for amateur radio. We need you to come and talk to the public about, and maybe demonstrate, what you enjoy about amateur radio. Bring a friend. I would hope that all of us would spend at least some time at the booth promoting SBARC and amateur radio. We need to secure people for specific times, so please contact me, Rod Fritz at wb9kmo(a)sbarc.org . BALLOON PROJECT - A balloon launch is being sponsored by the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum with lots of support from SBARC. This is a rare opportunity to participate in a world class event to touch the edge of space with amateur radio and other science experiments. We need task leaders and helpers in lots of areas, some very technical and some, not so much. All are important. We are already working on this and need help from now until we recover the payload after the launch. I'll send out a task list and other project documentation to you if you contact me, Rod Fritz at wb9kmo(a)sbarc.org . "SBARC, where there's always something exciting going on!" Rod Fritz, WB9KMO SBARC OUTREACH Chair wb9kmo(a)sbarc.org 805-964-8074

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Two-Meter SSB Breakfast Saturday!
by Ken Owen 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

Hi folks: The Santa Barbara Two-meter SSB Roundtable will be holding our semi-annual breakfast at Codys Café this Saturday! Join us starting at 8:00 AM, but please note: we will be in the main dining area, NOT the back room. Get their early to get a good seat! Here are the details: Saturday June 4 8:00 AM Codys Cafe4898 Hollister Ave Goleta The SSB Roundtable has been held each Wednesday evening since December 2007! We meet at 8:30 PM on 144.210 MHZ. We hold an anniversary breakfast in December, and a semi-annual get together in June. Join us this Saturday! Ken Owen, N6KTH

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SBARC Wednesday Nets
by Michael＠NO6O.com 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

SBARC Wednesday Nets -------------------- Beginning at 7:00 pm on the following linked repeaters: 146.79 MHz (La Vigia Hill) 223.92 MHz (Santa Cruz Island) 224.08 MHz (La Cumbre Peak) Minus offset, PL 131.8 ---------------------------------- 7:00pm - 7:30pm -- Amateur Radio Newsline (www.ARNewsLine.org) 7:30pm - 8:00pm -- Weekly Club Net 8:00pm - 8:30pm -- Swap Net, hosted by Dave Milton, K6HWN ---------------------------------- Then, at 8:30pm, on 144.210 MHz, is the VHF Single Side Band Roundtable, typically hosted by Ken Owen, N6KTH. This popular roundtable is now in its fourth year. Some People start checking in early between 8:00pm and 8:30pm. For details, visit www.n6kth.com/vhf. ---Michael, NO6O

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SBARC Wednesday Nets
by Michael＠NO6O.com 25 May '11

25 May '11

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Fwd: Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Equipment Liquidation!!
by ajsoenke＠aol.com 24 May '11

24 May '11

This looks like a great opportunity, if you don't mind the drive. Aaron was a student in my electronics technology course at DPHS several years ago. He will be graduating BSEE from Cal Poly in a couple weeks. He told me last month that he has been hired by a local aerospace and electronics co. 73, Al, WA6VNN -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Berk <kj6kry(a)gmail.com> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 1:41 pm Subject: Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Equipment Liquidation!! The Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club is clearing out some storage space, raising funds for a new repeater controller, and has a bunch of equipment that needs to find a good home. Everything must go! Items are for pickup only at the Cal Poly University Campus in San Luis Obispo. A listing of the available items and various pictures can be found here: http://bit.ly/jkbm3c Please email calpolyradioclub(a)gmail.com to arrange a visit. Thank you for looking! -Aaron Berk KJ6KRY CPARC Member

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The Makers Faire
by Marvin Johnston 23 May '11

23 May '11

This could be a way to help get kids involved in ham radio: http://makerfaire.com/ Marvin P.S. Anyone who says this is not ham related really needs to get some imagination :).

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A Few Keith Coulter Estate Items
by WB6WCW＠aol.com 18 May '11

18 May '11

Hey: Probably not very many of you have heard the name of, let alone met, Keith Coulter. He wasn't a ham but he loved old antique radios and vacuum tubes....in essence (I believe) he collected for the sake of collecting. His interests were many: o Vacuum tubes, the older the better, probably 2,500 tubes or more. o Spark Plugs.....from 1904 onward. o Bullets.....from Civil War onward. o Antique guns, from WW-II back to somewhere in the 1800's. o Bullet molds.....Individual molds for black powder guns. o Atwater Kent type radios, including two Model 10's, that go for about $1,400 each. o Test Equipment in "Suitcases"..i.e., typically wooden boxes with a handle for carrying. o 15-20 Tube Testers, I will list them as I am able to sort them out of the piles. o Probably 50-75 Miscellaneous really old meters, test sets, etc. o About 15-20 Triplett/Simpson VOM's The list is virtually endless.........Below are some of the items that are ready to sell, and they will go the Chino Hills Swapmeet Saturday (5/21/11)......So speak up if you are interested in anything. Radios Atwater Kent Model 10 "Breadboard Radio" using 5 type 01A tubes. $1,000.00....You can see its 'brother' on E-Bay..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50595& item=160588895705 Zenith Transoceanic 1949 "Portable" radio....The last units of the era, and restored to fully functioning condition with the original battery (for display purposes only), unit also runs off of 120 VAC. $200.00. http://cgi.ebay.com/ZENITH-VINTAGE-TRANS-OCEANIC-AM-SHORTWAVE-RADIO-B-600-/… Hallicrafters SX-25, $125.00. http://www.rigpix.com/hallicrafter/sx25.htm Hallicrafters SX-28, needs work (probably) and cleanup, $225.00 http://www.rigpix.com/hallicrafter/sx28.htm Hammarlund HQ-145X, $200.00. http://www.rigpix.com/hammarlund/hq145.htm Radio Shack DX-302, $90.00. http://www.rigpix.com/rs-realistic/realistic_dx302.htm Oscilloscopes Bell & Howell (DeVry) 5", one channel, $25.00. Eico Model 425, 5", $25.00. B&K Precision, Model 1470, Dual Trace, Very Nice, $50.00. Hitachi, Model V-680, Dual Trace, 60 MHz, $75.00. Tektronix (maybe Telequipment) Model T-921, One Channel, 15 MHz, $40.00. Tektronix Model 454, with matching front cover, manual, $175.00. Leader, Model LBO-310A, 3", One Channel, Very Small (Cute), $25.00 Tube Testers Hickok 539A, a top notch tester, without external adapter box, $450.00. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557& hash=item20b9620da2&item=140549164450&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc& si=3fQL1bEoFLsq3zzXC8%252BOynq6LQM%253D Hickok, AN-USM-118B, Test Set, Electron Tube. No knobs to turn, just insert one of the programmed cards and it is set up automatically. Still looking for copies of the manual, etc. $800.00. http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Hickok-AN-USM-118B-USM-118B-Valve-Tube-Tester-/12068… Bill Gross W6FF Home: (805) 968-4227 Cell: (805) 722-0070

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SBARC Old Timers Night Friday, May 20, 2011
by Darryl Widman 17 May '11

17 May '11

SBARC Old Timers Night Friday, May 20, 2011 by Darryl Widman, KF6DI 500-watt Spark-gap transmitter/receiver from the S.S. Carolina Now, celebrating its 91st year of existence, the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club invites you to attend its annual Old Timers Night on Friday, May 20, at our usual meeting place -- the Goleta Union School District, 401 N. Fairview Ave, right across the street from the Goleta Library. The meeting begins at 7:30 pm but come earlier and have a good look around and see what our members have dug up from their cellars, their dungeons, their dingy abodes where they have been storing their precious treasures for all these past umpteen years. You do know that hams never throw anything away! Let this be an invitation to you to bring along your oldest radio-related objects and set them out on the tables and let us enjoy what you have been hanging on to for all these many years. Let this get-together be the reason you have been keeping them -- so you could eventually show them off and get all that attention you have been seeking! See how many oohs and aahs you can collect. What would be even better would be if you would put down on paper what these wonderful things are, how they were used, if you used them, where they came from and all that sort of thing. Bring radios, transmitters, receivers, transceivers, old photographs, bathtub capacitors for goodness sake. There is virtually no limit to how many things you can bring. Just remember to take them home with you at the end of the evening. Someone might even want to relieve you of something you brought for, let's say, a handsome figure! But knowing the frugality of us hams, don't expect to retire just yet. Traditionally, Old Timers Night gives us the opportunity to see and meet some of the oldest hams still around and ask them what it was like back in the 'Good Old Days.' We ask those present to stand and introduce themselves, give their callsigns, when they got their first license and what they like best about Amateur Radio. Guaranteed you will hear some fascinating stories. Perhaps you have one of your own. We would like to hear all about it. The longest licensed ham will, indeed, be recognized. The year is a third gone, already. You still have time to renew your membership and participate in all that SBARC will be doing this year. Don't be left out. Much fun to come! Our membership chairman, Harry, K6PDQ, will be delighted to sign you up and shake your hand at our club meeting. The club will bring coffee and soda and a scrumptious carrot cake for our birthday. Yummm! See you Friday! ____________________________________________________________ Groupon&#8482 Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dd30916c82ff4a2076st03vuc

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When all else fails, there's Amateur Radio (in a balloon?) - Just for the Fun of It!
by rod＠sbatv.org 16 May '11

16 May '11

I'm not sure how long it will be featured, but an Amateur Radio balloon is being used as a prop in a National Geographic special, WHEN ALIENS ATTACK. Check it out. - Rod WB9KMO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:47 PM, <wb8elk(a)aol.com> wrote: National Geographic TV filmed us flying a balloon from the NSSTC building in Huntsville, Alabama last September as part of a show about defending Earth against alien attack....one way we demonstrated was to use high altitude balloons to re-establish communications between isolated cities and communities with an onboard repeater relay system. Announcing the premiere of our latest 2hr special... WHEN ALIENS ATTACK on The National Geographic Channel Premieres SUN MAY 22 @ 8pm (check your local listings) http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/when-aliens-attack-5357/Overvi ew http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/tout/5357-show-credits - Bill WB8ELK

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DO NOT MISS THIS! The JPL Open House is This Weekend and it's FREE...
by rod＠sbatv.org 15 May '11

15 May '11

SBARC Members and Friends, And now for something really different... This may be the best event you attend this year. Check out their flyer (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/openhouseflyer.pdf) and GO. I'll probably go on Sunday, maybe Saturday. If you want to ride with me, let me know. This is very cool. You'll see things that are familiar and things you've never seen before. Robots galore. World class demonstrations of what JPL has done, is doing and hopes to do. They pull out all of the stops for this one. And did I say it's FREE? Yes, free admission and free parking. Hope to see you there. Rod Fritz, WB9KMO P.S. Here are a couple more websites... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/open-house.cfm and www.jpl.nasa.gov

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