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fiddling with APRS
by Thorsten von Eicken 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

I will be fiddling with the K6TZ APRS radio/TNC at the mesa over the next few hours trying to get an IGate running. I will be monitoring 146.790 so feel free to yell if I'm messing up or you need the APRS repeater to work right now. I'll probably be toying around again tomorrow. TvE - N6TVE

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Santa Barbara Triathlon 8-28-04 Open Positions
by kc6nah＠juno.com 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Open Positions, Santa Barbara Triathlon 2004: Medical Tent. @ East Beach Transition area east entrance @ East Beach Transition area west entrance @ East Beach Bike Director Olive Mill & Danielson So. Jameson & San Ysidro Sheffield & San Leandro (new this year because of detour) Sheffield & East Valley rd. Foothill & Nidever 7110 Gobernador Cyn with boy scouts @ Water exchange. State Street & Pier @ Bike path Shoreline Dr. & Loma Alta @ mile mark 2 Oliver rd. & El Camino de la luz @ mile mark 4 Borton Dr. & Mesa Lane waterstation ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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ARRL Club News
by Marvin Johnston 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

I'd like to note that Darryl Widman, KF6DI, was the person who got this started initially with a talk to Art Goddard, W6XD, up at the Santa Maria Swapfest. It is nice to see this taking off!!! Marvin ********************* New Mentor Logo Follow this link to view the new logo that will be used on the ARRL Mentor page. This page will have links to many tools and resources that the League will have for clubs to use in their mentor programs. http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/mentor/ ARRL has always supported the Affiliated Clubs and the fine job that they do helping new hams. ________________________________________________________________________________________ OJT On the Job Training. Nobody that comes out of school knows anything, let alone everything. And like a lot of things in life Amateur Radio is a lot of OJT. We read a book, memorize some formulas, study some questions and get a license. Now what? Now we need someone to show us the ropes. This someone is going to take us under their wing and provide us with some guidance and inspiration and allow us to grow and enjoy the hobby. That person is our mentor. The biggest reason that most new hams never become active is because they didnt get any support from a local club or help from a mentor. Take a few minutes to think about when you were first licensed and who the person was that helped you. It may have been your dad or a family friend or a neighbor, but one thing is for sure and that is you did not get smart by yourself. Now take another moment and think of the last person that you offered help to. Hopefully that person came to mind quickly. We have been highlighting some of the great things that the clubs have been doing with new hams. I have to tell you that there really are some super programs working out there. We want to share this information with all of the clubs in the hope that they will be able to take a piece of a successful program and make it work for their members. Sharing ideas makes us better. If you have any successes from your club that you would like to share, please send the information to: clubs(a)arrl.org Time For Class Ham radio class, that is. Now is the time that your club should be organizing and advertising Amateur radio licensing classes for this fall season. Vacations are winding down and people will be looking for things to keep themselves busy. With all of the publicity about ham radio during the recent disasters people have seen the importance that the Amateur Radio Service has in their community. Now you can let them know that they too can obtain an FCC license and be trained to help their neighbor should an emergency occur. For more information on organizing a ham radio class, visit the ARRL Volunteer Instructor Primer on the web at: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/instructor/oip/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 501(c)(3) Clubs interested in 501(c)(3) status may check out the IRS website: http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96109,00.html _________________________________________________________________________________________ On September 11, 2004 the Pentagon Amateur Radio Club (PARC) will be operating a special event station commemorating the attacks that occurred on the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and over Pennsylvania in 2001. The club will be using the callsign K4AF and intends a 24 hour operation on 20m, 40m & 80m. There will be a special QSL available for stations that work K4AF. Members of PARC include civilian employees of the Pentagon as well as personnel from all branches of the military. The club has a website at: WWW.K4AF.ORG More information, as well as QSL information, will be available as we get closer to the event. 73, Norm Fusaro, W3IZ ARRL Affiliated Club/Mentor Program Manager 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06011

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IRLP greeting set-up
by Thorsten von Eicken 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

I set-up two node greetings for our IRLP node. The wave files were provided by Joanne, but unfortunately the conversion to 8 khz/ 8b-bit audio introduced some artifacts. It'll work for now. It will take two hours for the greetings to propagate to all other nodes that are up (these things are apparently played locally). Ideally we should have greetings that include "K6TZ"... ("Welcome to sunny Santa Barbara from K6TZ, node 3672" and "Good bye from ...") perhaps?) TvE - N6TVE

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call sign change
by Thorsten von Eicken 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

I got my call sign changed from KG6VRT to N6TVE. Feel free to call me "TvE" on the air instead of "Thorsten", both will work (if I'm listening) :-). TvE - N6TVE (wohoo!)

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irlp monitor codes
by kg6ena＠cox.net 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

i noticed that some other nodes have internal codes to do things like checking current link status, time of day, other things like this. do we have the same thing and if so what are those codes and things that are monitored. steve

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SBARC General Upgrade Class
by Tom Saunders 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will sponsor a General Upgrade Class. The class consists of three Thursday Evening sessions starting August 26 from 7 to 9 PM. The location is County Health Services, 300 North San Antonio Road. This class is intended for hams that have a Technician License that want to upgrade to General. The class will focus mainly on the General Written Exam but will have some discussion on techniques that students can use to learn 5 words per minute code. The class is free and is open to all hams. An entry level Technician Class will start October 12 and consists of five Tuesday evening sessions from 6:30 to 9 PM at the same location. If you know of anyone that may be interested in either class, please forward this message. Students must register for each class by responding to this email or by sending email to classes(a)sbarc.org. 73, Tom Saunders, N6YX

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446.400/IRLP notes
by Thorsten von Eicken 15 Aug '04

15 Aug '04

I added a 2nd courtesy tone when IRLP is on. The controller gives the standard hi-lo tone just before unkeying the transmitter. In addition, there now is a hi-hi-lo tone when the incoming IRLP "receiver" drops. So when IRLP "unkeys" you will hear hi-hi-lo + hi-lo. There's probably a cleaner way to do this, but this seems to work. Let me know if I should take it out again. I'm planning to install javAPRSSrv next on the same computer to connect to the existing APRS radio and act as an internet gateway. Right now I'm just having a little bit of a hard time getting hold of the software, it's "send me email and I'll send it to you" software. Can't just download it. Grrrr. Thorsten - KG6VRT

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Cool Breeze Century, Saturday August 21, 2004
by kc6nah＠juno.com 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Greetings All, Ventura County ARES/RACES has an upcoming bike event on Sat., August 21st and asked if SBARC could help with it. 5 to 6 Santa Barbara area operators will probably be needed. Here's a bit of info on the bike ride: The Channel Islands Bicycle Club(CIBC) and the Kiwanis Club of Ventura sponsor a recreational bicycle ride to raise funds for their respective clubs. Both groups are non-profit entities and all persons are volunteers. This year we expect up to 1500 riders and this is not a race. CIBC grants monies to bicycling advocacy groups such as the California Bicycle Coalition, Ventura Bicycle Coalition, Mission with Bikes, and is actively working with local government to improve riding conditions within the county of Ventura . Grants have also gone to the local Boys and Girls Club and the Boy Scouts. The Kiwanis Club of Ventura is active in promoting the welfare of the local youth through various programs like K-Kids Clubs at Sheridan Way and Pierpont Elementary Schools. Proceeds also fund an annual Christmas party for Ventura Unified's Special Education classes; Law Day-an annual event recognizing law enforcement officers of the year from agencies in Ventura County; and Fire Service and Heroes Day-an annual event recognizing fire fighters of the year and citizen heroes. Our ride starts and finishes at the Four Points Sheraton in Ventura and has four routes of varying lengths. The Double Metric is the only route that is significantly different than the other three. The Mini Metric, Metric Century and Century Montecito. The Double Metric Century goes on the bike path toward Lake Casitas and over Casitas Pass and joins the Century ride at Montecito. Both the Century and Double Metric Century follow the same route west up East Mountain Drive and Cathedral Oaks to Stowe Grove Park in Goleta. The return toward Ventura is through Hope Ranch, Cabrillo Blvd., then to Carpinteria and back down old PCH. Riders may start anytime after 7:00am and may finish as late as 5:00pm. http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1125059 Let me know as soon as possible if you'll be available. See you at the Santa Barbara Triathlon on Sat., Aug. 28th. http://www.adventours.com/common/sbct2003.htm Thanks, Hubert ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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Re: [Sbarc-list] Hurricane Charley Emergency Net Traffic
by ke6dcj 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Statistic are on our side. The last hurricane to hit was in 1962 and it was a CAT 2 only. No damage here in Jacksonville (3-hrs. from Orlando). Thanks for your prayers. :-) neil "Darryl A. Widman" wrote: > > Hi Tiffany and Neil, > > Diana and I are biting our collective nails in hopes you will not be hit > by the big one. After it is all over, you can tell me why you moved away > from beautiful Santa Barbara with its mild weather, blue skies and palm > trees. People leave your locale and come to this place. Why, oh why did > . . . . .? > We're praying for you guys! > > Diana and Darryl Widman > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:37:59 -0400 NEV <ke6dcj(a)sbarc.org> writes: > > Possibly starting 12-midnight EST tonight (8/13). If so, we'll be on > > > > the "edge" or right in it depending on whose "model" you want to > > believe. Supposedly a CAT 3 hurricane if it reaches Jacksonville, > > FL. > > > > Wish us luck! > > > > Neil, KE6DCJ > > > > Reynolds, Michael wrote: > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > I am monitoring the reflector and, just five minutes ago, they > > announced > > > that it has been upgraded to a Cat *4* hurricane. Are you within > > the path? > > > > > > ---Michael, AE6QC > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: NEV [mailto:ke6dcj@sbarc.org] > > >>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 10:48 AM > > >>To: Reynolds, Michael > > >>Cc: sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com > > >>Subject: Re: [Sbarc-list] Hurricane Charley Emergency Net Traffic > > >> > > >> > > >>Greetings, this is Neil VillacortaBuer, KE6DCJ, and Tiffany > > >>VillacortaBuer, KE6JSC. > > >> > > >>We moved from SB to Jacksonville, Florida, and are preparing > > >>for a CAT 3 > > >> hurricane. > > >> > > >>73's, > > >> > > >>Neil & Tiffany > > >> > > >>Reynolds, Michael wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>>I received the following notice about one of the IRLP > > >> > > >>reflectors being used > > >> > > >>>for emergency Hurricane Charley traffic. I connected to > > >> > > >>it, and listened to > > >> > > >>>the network traffic. The node is 9210. You'll need to wait > > between > > >>>transmissions before dropping the link with "73". Remember to > > avoid > > >>>transmitting while connected. > > >>> > > >>>---Michael Reynolds, AE6QC > > >>> > > >>>********************* > > >>> > > >>>Please advise your users: > > >>> > > >>>Ref9210 is currently being used by the areas affected by > > Hurricane > > >>>Charley for EMERGENCY TRAFFIC ONLY. You can listen by following > > a > > >>>link on http://www.voipwx.net/ . If you are outside of the > > >> > > >>affected > > >> > > >>>area and want to listen but don't have access to > > >>>http://www.voipwx.net/ , you may connect to ref9210 but > > >> > > >>please DO NOT > > >> > > >>>interfere with the emergency net by transmitting your callsign or > > > > >>>inquiring about conditions, even if you do not hear traffic > > >> > > >>after you > > >> > > >>>connect. > > >>> > > >>>Thank you. > > >>> > > >>>Jim WW4M > > >>>_______________________________________________ > > >>>SBARC-list mailing list > > >>>SBARC-list(a)lists.netlojix.com > > >>>http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SBARC-list mailing list > > SBARC-list(a)lists.netlojix.com > > http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list > > > >

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