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ARDF Event, December 7th, Wildwood Park
by Marvin Johnston 06 Nov '02

06 Nov '02

Wildwood Park in Thousand Oaks will be the site of southern California's next international-style on-foot foxhunt. It is open to anyone of any age. A ham radio license and knowledge of radio equipment is not required. This event is being hosted by Dean Dods KD6I and Marvin Johnston KE6HTS. There will be five fox transmitters on 146.565 MHz FM with international-rules timing, plus other two-meter transmitters for beginners. An optional 80-meter transmitter may also be hidden. The site is approximately 1 by 1-1/2 miles, with about 250 feet elevation change. Gathering time is 12 noon with a test transmitter on the air. The main 5-fox hunt starts at 1:00 PM. Bring any 2-meter and 80-meter RDF "sniffing" gear you have. If you don't have any, just bring your handi-talkie or scanner. A limited number of RDF sets will be available for loan. Also be sure to bring anything you'll need while going after those radio foxes, such as munchies, bottled water and sunscreen. Course maps will be available ($1 each), so bring your own compass, protractor and pencil. Make sure all batteries are fresh.

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Next ARDF Meets
by Marvin Johnston 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

The next 2 Meter ARDF meet is scheduled for Saturday, December 7th at Wildwood Park in Thousand Oaks. This hunt is being put on by Dean Dods, KD6I. We will gather down there about noon with one practice T on the air, and the real hunt will start at 1:00 PM. There will be a $1.00 charge for the map. You can email Dean at ddods(a)iolwest.com for more information. I'll be leaving SB around 10:30, and anyone who wants to carpool is welcome to come with me. Several of us usually gather for an early dinner after the hunt, so we will probably get back to SB around 7:00 PM. ******************** I am also putting on an ARDF meet at Vermont Canyon (Griffith Park area) on Sunday, January 12th that will be sponsored by the Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC). There will be an entry fee of $4.00 for LAOC members, and $6.00 for non-members. A regular full color Orienteering map will be provided to all competitors. Besides the ARDF meet, we plan on several Beginners Courses (White and Yellow, possibly Orange). LAOC policy is to not charge for additional courses unless another map is needed. Registration will open at 9:30 AM with the first start time at 10:00 AM, start times ending at noon, and the course will close at 3:00 PM. A training session is tentatively planned at 9:00 AM. More details will be forthcoming as soon as they are available. ******************** The US ARDF Championships will be held on July 30 - August 3 near Cincinatti, Ohio. More information can be found on the HomingIn Web site at http://members.aol.com/homingin/farsnews.html#cincinnati, and the US ARDF 2003 Championships web site at http://w3.one.net/~bfrey/. ******************** If you are interested in competing on the US Team at the next World ARDF Championships (Czech Republic in 2004), you won't want to miss out on these events as US Team members are chosen on past performance. Marvin, KE6HTS

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Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: FOURTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PIZZA PARTY!
by ka6rpn＠juno.com 03 Nov '02

03 Nov '02

Subject: Fourth Annual Pizza Party... Let's get together for the Holidays. We need some Christmas cheer and some great company. Everyone is welcome to attend. It won't be Christmas without seeing our friends. Sooooooo let's take some time out for each other. ****************PIZZA PARTY************************** No-Host Pizza (buy your own) They also have a salad bar and sandwiches. Place: Rusty's Address: 270 Storke Rd. Goleta, CA Time: 1 PM to 4 PM. Date: 12/22/2002 Bring someone or come by yourself. Let's make the last party in 2002 a good one. HAPPY HOLIDAYS This get together will be in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club and the WB6OBB repeater system. SEE YOU SOON WB6OBB and KA6RPN Call for more info 966-7060 Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!! _________________________________________________________________ ***** Remember, an out of tune piano makes noise, not music! ***** ***** E-MAIL: dennis(a)rain.org . ***** http://www.rain.org/~dennis *** Dennis Schwendtner *** WB6OBB ***

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Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: FOURTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PIZZA PARTY!
by ka6rpn＠juno.com 03 Nov '02

03 Nov '02

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Re: [Sbarc-list] TEST!
by W6YN Don Milbury 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

Oh Yeah? The last time I disregarded a test, I got an "F". I hope this is an open book test, as I didn't study. How many correct answers is a passing grade? Will there be a makeup test? 73, Don On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 13:22:47 -0800 (PST) Dennis Schwendtner <dennis(a)rain.org> writes: > Just a test. Please disregard. > > > > ***** Remember, an out of tune piano makes noise, not music! > ***** > > ***** E-MAIL: dennis(a)rain.org . > ***** http://www.rain.org/~dennis > > *** Dennis Schwendtner *** WB6OBB ***

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TEST!
by Dennis Schwendtner 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

Just a test. Please disregard. ***** Remember, an out of tune piano makes noise, not music! ***** ***** E-MAIL: dennis(a)rain.org . ***** http://www.rain.org/~dennis *** Dennis Schwendtner *** WB6OBB ***

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Fw: Fw: FOURTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PIZZA PARTY!
by ka6rpn＠juno.com 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

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GDTPUG Meeting
by Marvin Johnston 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

>>> Goleta DeskTop Publishing Users Group Meeting <<< 7pm Thursday November 7, 2002 Goleta Public Library 500 N. Fairview Ave Goleta, CA >>> Selecting a Digital Camera <<< There are strategies you can use to help choose a digital camera that suits your needs. Reviews are helpful, but you have to realise the reviewer may have different interests or needs than you. This can range from intended use of the camera to just how it feels in your hands -- if your hands are much different in size or flexi- bility than the reviewer's those controls that the reviewer praised or panned because of their perfect or awkward locations may suit you much differently. We'll be talking about various features and their consequences, as well as how to make the most out of time spent at the store playing with the likely candidates. Take a look at http://www.troutcom.com/gdtpug/gdttopic0211.html for more information. ******************************************************************* Parking is available at the church next door to the library. Please park there because the library lot is often full on Thursday night. ******************************************************************* Remember, the meetings are free and open to the public. Please bring a friend. Visit our web site at <a href="http://www.troutcom.com/gdtpug"> http://www.troutcom.com/gdtpug </a> for future meeting dates and other information. Please send email to gdtpug(a)troutcom.com with suggestions for topics you are interested in seeing covered. Or even better, volunteer to give a presentation! The Goleta DeskTop Publishing Users Group is a SIG (Special Interest Group) of the Santa Barbara PC Users Group. We are not platform specific: some members have PCs, some have Macs, some have both. Linux and other systems are sprinkled in as well for good measure. We focus on the issues of publishing in all forms, be it on paper, web, CD-ROM, or some other medium.

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How Did We Survive the Old Days?
by Marvin Johnston 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

Here's something to get your day started, think about it! You are probably over forty (or approaching it) if you get this. Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid! We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth and there were no law suits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda. We were always outside playing. We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this? We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video games, 999 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cellular phones, Personal Computers, or internet chat rooms, we had friends. We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them, imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it? We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade (Horrors). Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're one of them. Congratulations! Please pass this on to others that have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good?

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JOTA
by Marvin Johnston 17 Oct '02

17 Oct '02

This weekend is the scouting event, JOTA (Jamboree On The Air) Is anyone doing anything for JOTA through SBARC? SARC is working with the scouts to put on the event at their club station on VAFB, and Ventura has at least one JOTA station planned.

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