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Building an Awesome Hamfest
by Marvin Johnston 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

This morning, I was reading Seth Godin's Blog (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/love-and-annoyi.html) and his first paragraph is absolutely great: "The goal is to create a product that people love. If people love it, they'll forgive a lot. They'll talk about it. They'll promote it. They'll come back. They'll be less price sensitive. They'll bring their friends. They'll work with you to make it better." This is one of the best descriptions I've ever read describing what I'd like to see happen with our hamfest. Building our hamfest so people love the concepts and are willing to tell their friends (and everyone they meet) about it is what we should all be working towards. And if this concept of product love is expanded throughout the ham community, people new to our hobby will be far more likely to get involved. What would make product love a part of our Hamfest for you? Please feel free to leave your thoughts and comments on the Santa Barbara Section Hamfest forum at: http://www.sbhamfest.com Marvin, KE6HTS PS - The second part of the blog post deals with making the product less annoying to promote the product. In our case, this looks like taking giant steps backwards!

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January SBARC Meeting Tonight!
by Michael Ditmore 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

SBARC MEETING TONIGHT! Don't miss a fascinating presentation: RADIO ASTRONOMY ON A SHOESTRING The Giant Millimeter Radio Telescope - 50 meter diameter parabolic dish operating up to 350 GHz A talk and demonstration by Jiri Polivka and his "pocket sun" 7:30 PM Friday, Tonight, January 16 Goleta School Administration Building, 401 North Fairview Visitors welcome – Bring a friend – Bring Several! Michael W7HUT

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SB Section Hamfest Forum is up for testing
by Marvin Johnston 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

Hi everyone, The hamfest forum is up and running at http://www.sbhamfest.org. The forum is double opt-in, i.e., you will receive an email after registering that will allow you to post to most of the forums. As a guest, you should be able to read everything but the Organizers Forum (Private for the oganizers.) Since everything is still in a state of flux, things will most likely change. But at least we are started! FYI, we are using phpbb for the open source forum software, the domains sbhamfest.org and sbhamfest.com were registered with godaddy.com, and they are being hosted at hostgater.com. The sbhamfest.org domain is still dormant until I transfer it to hostgater and have it automatically forward to the .com site. I registered both sites more as a hedge against someone else getting the .org domain. Setting up the forum was *evenutally* a piece of cake. Hostgater has something called fantastico that took care of the software installation. Still left to do is to make sure the site is optimized for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) although exactly what keywords I'll be using is still up in the air right now. Finally, I am checking out Google adwords PPC advertising to see if the ROI is sufficient to justify running an adwords campaign. As things evolve, the URL will open onto a conventional website with a link to the forums from the main website. Additionally, I will probably start a blog there where I will talk about how the hamfest is developing along with anything else I might think is important to talk about. Thanks! Marvin, KE6HTS

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For code enthusiasts
by kc6nah＠juno.com 11 Jan '09

11 Jan '09

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Tube Tester
by Dennis H. Morales 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Thanks to everyone that responded. The tester has found a good home. 73 de Denny AD6EZ<><

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HeathKit Tube Tester - Very old!
by Dennis H. Morales 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

Hi All - I am cleaning out my equipment stash and it's time to get rid of an old HeathKit TC-1 Dynamic Tube Checker. I am hoping that someone out there is a collector or can actually use this thing. I've had it since High School - 1959 +/- I also have a small box - about 10"x10" of used vacuum tubes that I need to get rid of also. Here is a pic of the checker: While I'm at it, I have a Hellicrafter S-40A receiver that needs to be restored. Does anyone out there know of anyone that does that kind of work? I hate to get rid of it but I may if I cannot get it working again. I've had this radio before I acquired the above tube checker/tester! Thanks es 73 to all . Denny AD6EZ <>< Goleta, CA

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Weather++
by kc6nah＠juno.com 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

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Weather+
by kc6nah＠juno.com 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

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The autodial document - now readable by everyone.
by Jay Hennigan 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

mkwan(a)silcom.com wrote: > I get this in digest form so the Auto-Dial PDF was scrubbed. Can I get a copy of the PDF? Here it is in text form. REPEATER TECH NOTES Star 911 Emergency 911 Star 912 City Dispatch No Emergency Star 913 CHP Dispatch Ventura Star 914 County Dispatch No Emergency Star 915 UCSB Police Dispatch Star 916 US Coast Guard Long Beach Star 917 SB Harbor Masters Office Star 918 AAA Auto Club Star 919 WWV Time Check Star 910 US Forest Service Dispatch * SBARC Repeaters on 146.790 and 224.120 MHz support an Emergency Auto-Dial system. Both systems emulate each other with one exception. Emergency 911 on the 146.790 system will go to the City of Santa Barbara Dispatch and Emergency 911 on the 224.12 repeater will go to County Dispatch. * 911 calls to County and City Dispatch know your location as a hilltop. If you ask to be transferred from County to City Dispatch or City to County Dispatch is discretionary by Dispatch and may not be granted. Non-Emergency Auto-Dial numbers for City and County may not immediately respond if Dispatch is fully engaged with 911 calls. * The phone line at the La Vigia Hill site is shared between the 146.790 and 446.400 repeaters. The phone line at Santa Ynez Peak is shared between the 224.120 and 145.180 repeaters. Both 446.400 and 145.180 repeater controllers will be taken off the phone line until reconfiguring of their respective controllers is completed. If phone calls are heard on either repeater it is for test use only. * All Emergency Auto-Dial operations are 24/7 with one exception. The City Harbor Masters office is a 7 day week 8 hour daytime business operation. If they do not answer the phone then call 911 for any harbor emergency. * All Emergency Auto-Dial calls to CHP from either repeater will go direct to CHP Dispatch which is located in Ventura. CHP does not know where you are calling from so be prepared to tell them your location and explain that you are using a two-way radio. Be aware that forwarding of your call or report by CHP to either City or County Dispatch is discretionary and may not be granted. * Testing any Emergency Auto-Dial number is not recommended with the one exception of WWV. WWV Time Check at Fort Collins is available for this purpose. * Various timers on the Emergency Auto-Dialer are disabled. Executing an on-hook command is necessary to release the line. FOR LICENSED AMATEUR RADIO USE ONLY W1UUQ 12/2008 -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - jay(a)impulse.net Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV

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Emergency Auto-Dial
by Bill Talanian 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

pdf version enclosed 8 December 2008 To: SBARC ListServer recipients From: Bill Talanian Subject: Emergency Auto-Dial SBARC maintains two phones which are tied to our local repeaters. In recent years the use of auto-patch calls has dramatically been reduced due to the influx of cell phones. However, the Board still supports the cost of the monthly recurring phone bill's as a service to the Amateur Radio community. As a reminder, speed dial numbers are available for use. Contact the system user representative listed in Key-Klix for more information. Enclosed pdf document, Repeater Tech Notes, specifically relates to the functions available under Emergency Auto-Dial numbers supported by the two systems. There are a few subtle changes to this listing in contrast to prior years. ****************

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