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Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Achieves 2,000th License Milestone
by Marvin Johnston 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

I'm just curious how many people here graduated from Cal Poly? For myself, I graduated in 1971 in ME. Does SBARC have any similar goals for getting people involved? I raise the question because I have not heard of any similar activities through SBARC. I think one of the outside spark plugs for doing this was alumnis Marcel Stieber, AI6MS who was also partly responsible for the Campus ARDF hunts myself and others used to put on for a number of years through the CalPoly ARC. ********** ********** Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Achieves 2,000th License Milestone In a computer science classroom on the California Polytechnic State University campus in San Luis Obispo, iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens, KO6ABA, became the 2,000th licensee of the Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club (CPARC), W6BHZ, on May 23, 2023. CPARC provides a straightforward way for students and community members to take their FCC amateur radio license exam, thereby giving access to the amateur radio frequencies. This milestone reflects the club's commitment to introducing people to the hobby since the licensing team's formation in 2009. Kyle, a Cal Poly alumnus, was joined by various members of the iFixit staff for the exam. The collaboration originated from a community repair cafe hosted at iFixit HQ a few weeks prior. After learning of the approaching landmark, Kyle expressed immediate interest in being the 2,000th licensee. CPARC officers Mathew Shaham, KM6WIU, and Hunter Herring-Alderate, KN6RJA, provided a lightning review session for the members of the iFixit team before the exam. In short form, this mimicked the comprehensive Ham-Cram review session offered by CPARC at the start of the fall quarter. The crash course speeds applicants through the question pool, offering connections and explanations for the material. As the culminating session of the year, the push to reach 2,000 licensees was at a peak. Abbi Outcalt, KN6SOT, Lab Manager for the Cal Poly CubeSat Laboratory, played an instrumental role in recruitment. CubeSat uses the amateur radio band to communicate with satellites developed by the group on campus. In conjunction with an expansion to the ground station team, CubeSat members expanded the test manifest to 28 prospective applications. The session marked the largest group of the year and was proctored by seven of CPARC's Volunteer Examiners. Volunteer Examiners are certified radio operators who volunteer their time to help license others into the hobby. Alumnus Marcel Stieber, AI6MS, served as session liaison, working closely with student lead Andrew Fahey, KN6FIJ, to coordinate the exam. CPARC's licensing powerhouse exploded with Dr. Dennis Derickson's, AC0P, Freshman Licensing Initiative that was started in 2011. Up until 2022, when the FCC began issuing a fee for new licenses, the initiative provided class credit in the introductory course, Electrical Engineering E-111, for obtaining an amateur radio license. The effort gave new electrical engineering students a preview of topics covered in further classes. It also afforded students a practical outlet for skills, participating in things from radio contesting to volunteer communications support for events. At the peak of the initiative, CPARC licensed more than 100 operators in one 50-minute class period. The licensing team traces origins back to Marcel; John Chen, KI6QDF, and Garrett Dong, KI6YML, in 2009. Noticing the difficulty at the time to get licensed as a student, they reached out to community members John Portune, W6NBC, and Milton Davis, AI6MD. Since that point, CPARC has provided over 55 exam sessions to the campus and San Luis Obispo communities. "It's a big milestone," Marcel said. "Most exam teams do not make it to license number 2,000. I am proud to support the students running these exam sessions." As the last papers were graded, the scores came in: most students passed, in addition to every member of the iFixit crew. About CPARC Founded in 1947, the Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club has a long tradition of communications service on campus and in the San Luis Obispo community. The club maintains Emergency Communications Center No. 16 on the Cal Poly Campus for the San Luis Obispo Emergency Communications Council (SLOECC.org), which is equipped with emergency power and radio equipment to support various public safety agencies in the event of a disaster. More information about the club can be found at www.w6bhz.org. For more information, contact calpolyradioclub(a)gmail.com. By Michael Mazzola, KN6RJK

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Subscribe
by Dave Schmidt 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

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test
by Ken Alker 17 Jun '23

17 Jun '23

test number... elven...

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Saturday Morning Test
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 17 Jun '23

17 Jun '23

9:26 AM

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Test posting
by Jay Hennigan 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

Is this thing on? -- Jay Hennigan - jay(a)west.net Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV

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Test at 23:24
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

Testing

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Checking to see if the main SBARC list server is working
by Dave Schmidt 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

I'm not sure this list server is working. This is a test email to see. (Ken, let me know if you get this). Dave AI6VX

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2022 Wings Over Camarillo - Call for volunteers.
by Avi Carmi 10 Jun '23

10 Jun '23

Hi all, Sorry for the delay in setting up the volunteer registration, I had to deal with a confluence of health and technical issues. 2022 Wings Over Camarillo I have not heard anything to the contrary, so I assume that everything will be the same, i.e. free entrance to the show, parking, hat, pancake breakfast, lunch, and all the water and soft drinks you can drink Stroll through the show and provide eyes/ears/comms Same as last year, we have the show director shadow, 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. You are welcome to sign up for two consecutive Shadow shifts and stay with the show director for the entire day. Unless you are stationed at the comm trailer, plan on a lot of walking for four hours in the hot August sun. Bring your HT, headset/earpiece, a yellow shirt, communications vest (if you have one) hat, sunscreen, water, etc The Ham Radio assignments are password protected, click on the following link which includes the password: *https://woc.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=63328&&job_password=ham73* <https://woc.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=63328&&job_password=ham73> If you somehow end up at the top-level public landing page https://woc.volunteerlocal.com click on the "Sign up now" link, which will take you to the signup form, then enter *ham73* in the password field and click Submit Please do not share the password publicly as there are lots of nasty disruptive people out there :-( But do feel free to forward this to any ham operator club or group (SBARC, ARESLAX, etc) The instructions on the signup site are "generic", most do not apply to us, so please follow these instructions to sign up: 1- *MAKE SURE* to click on the "*view description*" as there are important assignment specific notes in there! Please do not sign up for a walking assignment if you cannot walk in the hot August sun. 2- Check off your desired assignment (or assignments, as long as they are not both AM or PM shifts, note that I disabled "overlap check" since schedules do overlap by an hour, you may still sign up for both AM and PM shifts) *NOTE: *only the currently* OPEN AVAILABLE *assignments are shown by the system, if you do not see a desired assignment, it means that it was taken If you cannot sign up for any other time slot/assignment, please contact me, and I'll see if I can arrange a swap. *NOTE: *the "gate" position can be an "add on" assignment for a color or a rover, it entails coming in early and sitting at Gate 7 for about two hours to check-in ham volunteers, then over to the comm trailer for the briefing and to your primary assignment 3- Scroll down to the bottom or the form 4- Fill in your email, name, phone 5- The *call sign* field should automagically show up after you check a "Ham Radio" job checkbox (and other unrelated fields should disappear) 6- Select "*Avi Carmi K6AVI*" for Job Captain and "*Ham Radio Operators*" for the Group/Organization from the respective pulldown lists. These are required fields, but not enforced, so please be sure to select. 7- Fill in your birthdate if under 18 (don't you wish?) 8- Then check the box and fill your name under the waiver 9- And finally, click the "*Sign Up To Volunteer*" button You should receive a confirmation email, unfortunately, it will come from Stephen, the show's volunteer coordinator, not me. (also I do not get any notification that anyone signed up, only he does...) A generic map, our sector map, and the parking permit *WILL SOON BE* available on your volunteer profile page which is accessible by clicking the "Check your status here" button on https://woc.volunteerlocal.com or go to https://woc.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/self_check.php I will send more detailed directions/instructions prior to the show, but if you have any questions/concerns/comments, please let me know 73, -avi -- avi(a)carmi.us 805-616-2636 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B18056162636> <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B18056162636> <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B18056162636> K6AVI https://avicarmi.com

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FCC Enforcement Action in California
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Been a while since I have read about the FCC DF’ing a station for interference. LCM On June 5, 2023 at 12:15:15, ARRL Web site (memberlist(a)arrl.org) wrote: SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX005 ARLX005 Licensee Hit With $24,000 Fine for Jamming Net, Failure to ID: FCC ZCZC AX05 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 5 ARLX005 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT June 5, 2023 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX005 ARLX005 Licensee Hit With $24,000 Fine for Jamming Net, Failure to ID: FCC An investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) results in a large fine against a California amateur radio license holder. A Notice of Apparent Liability Forfeiture (NALF) for $24,000 has been filed against Phillip J. Beaudet, N6PJB, of Burney, California. According to the filing, the penalty is for Beaudet "willfully and repeatedly interfering with the radio communications of the Western Amateur Radio Friendship Association (WARFA) while it was attempting to hold a regularly scheduled net and for failing to provide station identification on amateur radio frequencies." FCC agents used direction finding techniques during November and December of 2022 to track the interfering signals to Beaudet's home station. Agents "heard him playing recordings on 3.908 MHz that caused interference to the ongoing WARFA net while failing to provide his assigned amateur call sign," the document stated. NNNN /EX

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My dual band antenna broke off I the drive in today.
by Dave Schmidt 17 May '23

17 May '23

Heard a clunk on the way in today. Figured my Brennan broke off at either the loading coil or base. Surprised that it actually broke a bit over an inch above the base coil. Tram 1180 and was about 5 years old. Guessing it in the 70-80 mph commute for years took its toll. Dave Ai6vx

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