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Hillcrest Park ARDF Results
by Marvin 19 Mar '01

19 Mar '01

Nineteen foxhunters signed in at the first southern California radio-orienteering event of 2001, held at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton on Saint Patrick's Day. They came from as far as San Diego and Santa Barbara counties. Ages ranged from 13 to 76. Since many beginners were expected, including some Girl Scouts, I designed the two-meter course to be relatively "easy," with six transmitters on six different frequencies. In addition, for experienced foxtailers, I put out an undisclosed number of "hard" microfoxes on or near 146.565 MHz, jamming one another. (There were 3 of them, but hunters didn't know that in advance.) Everyone was timed, but there were no restrictions on which transmitters to find in which order. Probably the best strategy was to look for the "easy" foxes but keep checking 146.565 while doing so, in case the easy-fox route took the hunter near one or more "hard" foxes. Results below are listed in order of total foxes found, then by time. Name(s) Time Easy Hard Marvin Johnston KE6HTS 2:01:53 6 3 Jay Thompson W6JAY 1:08:30 6 2 Rick Barrett KE6DKF 1:15:18 6 2 Bob Dengler NO6B 1:28:25 6 2 Gary Holoubek WB6GCT 2:17:30 6 2 Tony Boegeman WA6ZMZ 0:49:00 6 1 with Joe Loughlin KE6PHB Tom Gaccione WB2LRH 1:54:00 6 1 with Vicki Moll and Missy Hughes KG6CJJ Brian Welch KF6TTV 2:08:18 5 0 with Michael Welch Ira Feldman WB6ZXA 2:10:31 5 0 with David Feldman Richard Thompson WA6NOL 0:42:15 0 2 Cathy Stanfill KS6CW 0:45:50 2 0 with Ken and Mary Stanfill, KF6YGC & KF6YNM Two hunters (W6JAY and WB6GCT) chose to go out at separate times for the "easy" and "hard" foxes. Their scores above are the sums of the two forays. The two 80-meter ARDF sets got a workout, as six hunters used them to find the bonus 80m transmitter. Even though it was at the far end of the park, times were very good because 80m signals hug the ground and don't bounce the way 2m signals do. Here are the times for finders of the 80m fox. Jay Thompson W6JAY 0:08:20 Rick Barrett KD6DKF 0:11:12 Missy Hughes KG6CJJ 0:14:52 Richard Thompson WA6NOL 0:17:15 Vicki Moll 0:18:32 Brian Welch KF6TTV 0:22:40 Thanks to April WA6OPS for timing the competitors and distributing the prizes. Photos will soon be posted at my Web site. Four of the attendees are in training for the USA ARDF Championships in Albuquerque, which will be 31 July through 4 August. The Championships are open to anyone of any age, no matter how experienced (or inexperienced) you are. If you enjoy radio-orienteering, why not go and take part this summer? Albuquerque is easy to reach by car, plane or train. Early registration is a good idea. More information is at my Web site. 73, Joe Moell K0OV USA ARDF Coordinator www.homingin.com

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Slow Code Practice!
by DENNISMO＠aol.com 18 Mar '01

18 Mar '01

QST All CW Ops - The message below was sent out with the ARRL weekly newsletter and I'm passing it along. If you're trying to learn the code or have already passed your 5-wpm test, this should be a good chance to practice copying at slow speeds. If you are licensed to operate CW then by all means check-in to the net. Give it a try! Remember... If you don't use it you loose it! * Slow Speed Code Practice Net on 40 meters: The Metro Amateur Radio Club's Slow Speed Code Practice Net meets on the second, third, and fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 PM Central (currently 0100 UTC) on 7.138 MHz (plus or minus QRM). Listen for "CQ MAC" and send your call sign at your speed. The net will QRS to match the speed of the slowest op. FISTS members are free to exchange numbers with other participants. Net control is Philip, K9PL. For more information, send e-mail to mac(a)qsl.net or visit the MAC Web site, http://www.qsl.net/mac . 73 de Denny AD6EZ<><

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SBARC TV show
by Paul Cronshaw, D.C. 16 Mar '01

16 Mar '01

Correction on the rerun time for the SBARC TV show: It will be 6:30pm on Sat. and 4pm Next Monday, Channel 17 Public Access. -- Paul Cronshaw DC SBARC-list Administrator KF6TRT

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FCC Denies LA County 2.4 GHz Application, Cancels Experimental Grant to City
by Paul Sheffield 16 Mar '01

16 Mar '01

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2001/03/15/2/?nc=1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Sheffield W6VLM NAR #72716 Level 2

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SBARC Agenda
by Paul Cronshaw, D.C. 16 Mar '01

16 Mar '01

The SBARC general meeting is this Friday, March 16, 2001 - we'll want to invite everyone to come out - titled "Big Eye in the SKY" about satellites. (Check Key-Klix for more info, if you want to mention more). The Beginner's T-hunt is held the second Saturday of every month and begins at Stow House in Goleta (off Los Carneros). Also, this weekend at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton will be an ARDF practice. And the US ARDF Championships will be taking place in Albuquerque July 31 - Aug 4, and at least three HAMS from SB will be participating. Last year the group went to China. Also, some events to mention: Field Day in June, Electronics Bazaar July 14, same day as a VE session. HamFest in August, also with a VE session. Operating events: March 31 = MS Walk, April 7th = Brain Cancer Awareness Walk. The ASAP bike ride. Fiesta Parade in early August SB Co. Triathlon in late August Carp Triathlon in September MS Bike Fest October 20th, 2001. SBNewsPress Half Marathon in November

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SBARC TV presentation
by Paul Cronshaw, D.C. 16 Mar '01

16 Mar '01

In case you missed tonight's command performance of 3 SBARC members on Channel 17, I invite you to watch the rerun at 6 PM on Saturday March 17. Spread the word..... -- Paul Cronshaw DC SBARC-list Administrator KF6TRT

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QRP activity proposal
by Wally Linstruth 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

Hello to the list. I received this from a friend in the LA area (Torrance). If interested in a little noontime ARP let Bart know. Thanks - Wally - K7AMI From: Bart Rowlett <bart(a)wb6hqk.ampr.org> To: Wally(a)linstruth.com Subject: More stuff Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 10:11:36 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Hi Again, I forgot to mention i'm trying to start a noontime QRP event. During good weather I usually walk to a local dive for lunch and depending on schedule, walk a couple of extra miles on the way back. There are several locations, none even close to ideal but usable, where I could throw up a very simple 30 or 40m wire antenna and spend up to a half hour operating. Noontime conditions are pretty good on 40 and a couple of watts into a field expedient antenna appears to be adequate for local work. Yesterday I simulated such an event using the FT-817 and made a prescheduled contact with kq6xa in the silicon valley area. Kq6xa was using a 20 watt manpack radio with a short whip and dragging counterpoise wire. I've been working on Bob, kb6xu (in Goleta) to build up a simple qrp rig and give it a try. Could be fun if we had a weekly event where several got on the air using very simple field expedient equipment. I have tried to generate interest for this sort of thing in the past but the time wasn't right. There seems to be a resurgence of QRP interest along with so called Adventure type activities and the time might be right. If not, I will try again in a couple of years. If it flies, I'll build up a little miniature self contained rig, including internal antenna reel, which can be carried in a pocket or very small fanny pack. Just enough batteries to operate for a half hour to hour and it's back to the charger for another trip. Any interest in some lunchtime schedules? While not pocket portable, your QRP+ would be ideal. bart Also - Bill WB6RIJ sent along info on HF antennas for the FT-817 QRP rig, as follows: Hi Wally, Came across these antennas aimed at the 817. http://www.cometantenna.com/maldol_antenna.htm 73 Bill

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Upgrade Classes
by Tom Saunders 06 Mar '01

06 Mar '01

The SBARC Education Committee would like to know club member's interest in upgrade classes. These are for the General written test, Extra written test, and 5 WPM Code test. If you already hold a General or Advanced license and are active on HF, you should consider upgrading to Extra. Upgrading to Extra gives you frequency privileges that let you work rare DX stations or give you more space to rag chew. The Extra test is easier than you think. Do not put this off ! The next revision of the Extra Class Test will be out next year and will be more difficult than the current test. If you hold a Technician license, an upgrade to General opens up a new opportunity to make long distance contacts. The tentative plan for this spring is either General written or Extra written. The classes will consist of about four Tuesday evening sessions from 7 to 9:30 PM. Please respond to this email if you are interested. If you know someone that would like to upgrade, please pass this email to him/her. If you want more information about the classes you may call Tom Saunders at (805) 967-7351. SBARC Education Committee Dave Lamb, VP Education, WA6BRW Tom Saunders, KF6OKT

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New QRP Special Interest Group
by Darryl A. Widman 04 Mar '01

04 Mar '01

The new QRP Special Interest Group net started off last week with a BANG! With nine interested folks checking in and Wally, K7AMI running the net, things moved right along. Topics were varied and included the new Warbler 80m $45 kit, antennas for apartment dwellers -- including stealth antennas, and working New Zealand from a 1 watt mobile installation. Monday nights, right after the swap net, around 8:30 PM, come join in and check into what promises to be the net for everyone. It's on K6TZ 2 meters, 146.790 -, with PL of 131.8 Hz. See you tomorrow night. 73, Darryl Widman, KF6DI

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Web Publishing
by Marvin 24 Feb '01

24 Feb '01

From: Dana Trout <gdtpug(a)troutcom.com> To: SBPCUG Mailing List Re: GDTPUG Meeting Thursday March 1 >>> Goleta DeskTop Publishing Users Group Meeting <<< 7pm Thursday March 1, 2001 Goleta Public Library 500 N. Fairview Ave Goleta, CA >>> Publishing on the Web <<< OK, you've been browsing the Web and doing email, but you find that sending photos of the kids to the relatives is getting tedious. Instead of sending a copy of each photo to each relative, swim team parent or whatever, you could publish them in your own web site. This approach has several advantages: 1. You can organize the photos into a meaningful story, instead of just a wad of attachments. 2. You can caption the photos, and include descriptive prose that tells the viewer what's happening and why. 3. Photos download from a web page in half the time they take as an email attachment, so recipients of your messages who have slow connections will thank you. Web pages have become quite easy to build -- you don't have to learn any arcane languages (HTML, JavaScript, etc.) -- just create your pages on the screen and drop in the text, pictures, buttons, and whatever. The cost? As low as FREE!! We will look at several of the free and very low cost methods of creating web pages. We will also show how to put them on the Web for all to see. ------------------- 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.

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