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Saturday at the Clubhouse
by Marvin Johnston 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

Hi everyone, On Saturday, April 23, come on down to the club station and we can build a DF antenna setup. You can either bring your own parts or I will have them available as kits. The parts cost for the tape measure beam is about $10.00 and the cost for the offset attenuator is about $5.00 - $15.00 depending on your junk box. If you want to build them from scratch, plans for the tape measure beam are on Joe Leggios web site at http://home.att.net/~jleggio/projects/rdf/rdf.htm. The plans for Joe Moells offset attenuator is available on his web site at: http://members.aol.com/joek0ov/offatten.html. I might add that I have permission from both Joe Leggio and Joe Moell to sell kits of their designs. Let me know if you want me to provide a kit, otherwise just show up with the parts and lets do it!!! Afterwards, Ill put on a small transmitter hunt at the Red Cross parking lot to test out the setups. Something else where we need some help is rebuilding and testing out seven antenna rotors so they can be sold (with the proceeds going to SBARC.) Basically, the electrical terminals need to be replaced, and while they are apart, we might as well go ahead and lube them. The club station opens on Saturday about 9:00 AM and closes at noon. See you there!

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[ardf-socal] Griffith Park results and upcoming hunts
by Marvin Johnston 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

Except for some stiff breezes, it was a perfect day for radio-orienteering at Griffith Park on April 9. Marvin's course through the hills was a real challenge and great practice for the upcoming USA Championships in Albuquerque. (Register now for those championships, because the fees go up at the end of April.) Newcomers included musician Raul Mendez KG6YFS and ARRL Southwestern Division Director Dick Norton N6AA. Raul used his new pole-mounted log-periodic antenna and a borrowed attenuator to find all the beginner transmitters. Dick borrowed my Aussie Sniffer4 ARDF receiver and tape measure beam, grabbed his binoculars and set out for an afternoon of birdwatching. While doing that, he found all of the advanced-course foxes! Jay Hennigan WB6RDV tested out his new FRWD Sport Performance Recorder on the advanced course. Afterward, he downloaded to his laptop and retraced his route, finding his maximum heart rate (170), distance traveled (10 km) and calories burned (1260). ADVANCED HUNT RESULTS Name and callsign Foxes Time Bob Cooley KF6VSE 5 1:01:45 Jay Thompson W6JAY 5 1:10:20 Jay Hennigan WB6RDV 5 1:48:35 Dick Norton N6AA 5 2:33:25 Scott Moore KF6IKO 4 2:20:59 Bill Smathers KG6HXX 4 3:01:07 Scot Barth KA6UDZ 3 2:25:14 Richard Thompson WA6NOL 1 1:41:53 Danny White W6DDW & family 1 1:47:04 BEGINNER HUNT RESULTS Raul Mendez KG6YFS 5 2:30:47 Art Tanaka WA6TKO and Nick 2 1:41:53 The 80-meter transmitter was 1.6 km away by straight-line and considerably more by trail through the hills. The signal was very weak, but four hunters were able to track it down, as follows: Jay Hennigan WB6RDV 0:27:28 Scott Moore KF6IKO 0:57:40 Bill Smathers KG6HXX 1:10:11 Bob Cooley KF6VSE 1:25:20 Afterwards, a bigger-than-average group headed to the nearest Sizzler for much-needed carbs and protein. Everyone is welcome at these post-hunt sessions, so be sure to inquire at the site if you're interested. Just be prepared to wait a while until all the foxboxes are recovered. Thanks again to Marvin Johnston KE6HTS for a challenging course and to April Moell WA6OPS for bandaging up some minor wounds and providing a cold pack to a well-heated runner. Fifteen photos are at www.homingin.com Next month, we'll split up the beginner and advanced hunts. The IARU-style full-length course will be at O'Neill Regional Park in southern Orange County (last hunt there 3/20/04). This time, the ARDF event will be a mix-in with the Los Angeles Orienteering Club meet in the park on Sunday, May 15. KE6HTS will set the course. For beginners, I will put on a special hunt at the annual Antennas-in-the-Park hamfest and pig-out on Saturday, May 21. The festivities take place in Tri-City Park in Placentia, a 60-acre venue that is flat and has a big lake in the middle. It's prefect for newcomers, so if you and your kids/grandkids have never tried on-foot foxhunting before, this is the time. See you next month. 73, Joe Moell K0OV

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Pacific NW DX Convention
by Marvin Johnston 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

********************** PRESS RELEASE ********************** Willamette Valley DX Club is pleased to announce the 2005 Pacific Northwest DX Convention Please join us for the 50th Annual Pacific Northwest DX Convention. The Convention includes many technical sessions, a banquet and breakfast, door prizes, raffle prizes, and provides a great opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones. And Wayne Mills, N7NG from the ARRL will be present to check DXCC submissions with no restrictions on dates or bands. August 5-7,2005 Monarch Hotel, Portland, Oregon 12566 SE 93rd Ave Clackamas, OR 97015 (800)492-8700 or (503)652-1515 www.monarchhotel.citysearch.com (for online reservations) Ask for the DX Convention Rte. Oregon is a wonderful vacation destination! August is warm and little chance of rain. The beach is 60 miles away. You can be at 8,000 feet on Mt Hood within 40 miles. check out Oregon tourism website at www.traveloregon.com If you have any questions concerning the convention, please contact Al Rovner, K7AR, k7ar(a)arrl.net The convention website is at http://www.wvdxc.org where you can find the registration form, latest information on program, door prizes and a list of those already registered. Registration forms received before June 15 will receive a free raffle ticket for a $1000.00 gift certificate redeemable at HRO. ********************** PRESS RELEASE **********************

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SSTV Repeater is on the air!
by Rod Fritz 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

The WB9KMO SSTV Repeater is back on the air! It's located near Patterson Avenue and the freeway (on my home tower) for now. It ought to serve the Santa Barbara/Goleta area pretty well. Soon it will be put back on Gibraltar Road at 2500' elevation where coverage will be even better. Give it a try on 145.750 MHz SIMPLEX. Just send a 1750 Hz tone for 4 seconds and transmit your picture or wait for the last picture received to be retransmitted. If you haven't tried Slow-Scan TV, you ought to. It's lots of fun and one of the easiest, least expensive specialized modes of operation. You probably already have everything you need except for a free software download of MMSSTV (go to http://mmhamsoft.ham-radio.ch/mmsstv/index.htm). If you want to know more, check into the SBARC ATV Net at 7:30pm Tuesday on 146.79 MHz. I look forward to seeing you on ham radio, Rod, WB9KMO

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K6TZ ROVER PROJECT PLANNING MEETING
by Marvin Johnston 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

K6TZ ROVER PROJECT PLANNING MEETING: When: Wednesday, March 23, 2005. 5:30 PM Where: Club Station at the Red Cross Purpose: To discuss wifi systems for the rover. we will be meeting at the club station this wednesday (tomorrow) at 5:30 pm to discuss the wifi systems for the rover. jim, ae6ac, rod, wb9kmo and thorsten will be spearheading the discussion. we want to identify the capabilities and equipment needed to outfit the rover. everyone with an interest in the wifi portion of the rover project should attend. rumor is that there might be some pizzas lurking. Steve Hammer, k6sgh, rover manager

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EchoLink
by W1PR 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Is anybody locally using EchoLink? Try as I might I have not succeeded in getting my router to port forward. An Elmer for this project would be appreciated. TNX & 73 de Paul, W1PR

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dying monitor?
by W1PR 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

Is there any hope for a CRT monitor when it starts to smear? I'm using a 5 year old NEC MultiSync FE700 CRT flat screen, and have noticed that there is a smear of gray to the right of any black characters, such as a line of text. Degaussing did not help (nor did I expect it to but tried it anyway). Or is 5 years about what I should expect? Thanks for the anticipated sage advice. 73 de Paul

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Re: [Sbarc-list] dying monitor?
by W1PR 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

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Frank Macado, W6MLX, SK
by Marvin Johnston 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Frank Macado, W6MLX, passed away February 18th, 2005. Frank was a ham since 1935, and retired at the age of 80 as principle engineer of electronics of General Dynamics, Avionics Division. He was born in Santa Barbara, but lived in San Diego. He was 91 years old.

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Check into the ATV Net, Tuesday @ 7:30pm on 19/79
by Rod Fritz 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

That's right, the ATV Net is back! My other interfering commitments are behind me now and I can jump back into this with both feet. We can do all of the neat things we used to do and more. ATV, SSTV, computers, gadgets, gizmos, history, and just about anything else that's related are fair game. You don't need to be involved in any of these things to participate. In fact, "lurkers" (those who only listen) are welcome, but we prefer you to jump in and talk with us. One new and interesting topic is WiFi. Do you wonder how it works? What does this have to do with Ham Radio? Why do Ham Radio operators have a big advantage over other users? What can we do with it? What is being planned? What is already operational? How easy is it to get on the air? If this is interesting to you, please check in this Tuesday night at 7:30pm on the 146.19/79 repeater. The theme is "Dream, Learn and Make It Happen!" You can be part of it. Tune in, Rod WB9KMO

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