SBARC-list

sbarc-list@lists.netlojix.com

4 participants
2723 discussions

Re: [Sbarc-list] SBARC-list Digest, Vol 198, Issue 3
by Mike Wapner 13 Mar '20

13 Mar '20

Very sorry to hear of Bruce's passing. He was an engineer from which one could learn and Bruce was always willing to explain the "why". He will be missed. RIP Mike Wapner K6QD -----Original Message----- From: sbarc-list-bounces(a)lists.netlojix.com [mailto:sbarc-list-bounces@lists.netlojix.com] On Behalf Of sbarc-list-request(a)lists.netlojix.com Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 11:35 AM To: sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com Subject: SBARC-list Digest, Vol 198, Issue 3 Send SBARC-list mailing list submissions to sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to sbarc-list-request(a)lists.netlojix.com You can reach the person managing the list at sbarc-list-owner(a)lists.netlojix.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of SBARC-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. ARDF Practice at Lake Los Carnaros (Marvin Johnston) 2. N6OLT SK (Bill Talanian) 3. Re: N6OLT SK (LadyDiSB(a)gmail.com) 4. Re: N6OLT SK (Michael Reynolds, NO6O) 5. Re: N6OLT SK (rod(a)sbatv.org (rfritz(a)sbatv.phxcoxmail.com)) 6. Re: N6OLT SK (James Counter) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:02:30 -0700 From: Marvin Johnston <marvin(a)west.net> To: sbarc <sbarc-list(a)west.net> Subject: [Sbarc-list] ARDF Practice at Lake Los Carnaros Message-ID: <08572257-587a-b06d-eae5-980cc5576996(a)west.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed I've been asked a number of times to put on an ARDF practice again at Lake Los Carneros. And so it will happen on Saturday, April 4th. I'll also be holding an Antenna workshop where an RDF antenna kit with offset attenuator can be build (cost $65.00.) The only other thing you will need is a short coax cable with a male BNC on one end, and whatever connector you need to connect to your HT antenna. And as usual, you will need to let me know if you want to buy one of the kits. And both instruction and practice will be covered right after the kit building session. The announcement that was sent out to the Southern California ARDF listserver is quoted below: Lake Los Carneros Park in Goleta will be the site of southern California's next international-style on-foot foxhunt on Saturday, April 4, 2020. A ham radio license and knowledge of radio equipment are not required. Experts will be on hand to teach you the basic techniques of on-foot radio direction-finding (RDF). Bring the kids and grandkids, then go out on the course with them! There is no charge for participation. If you have receivers, scanners, directional antennas, attenuators, or other equipment suitable for on-foot RDF, be sure to bring it. Make sure all batteries are fresh. A limited amount of RDF gear will be available for loan to beginners. Besides some easy two-meter fox transmitters just to help you learn and test your equipment, there will be a beginner-level international-rules course on the two-meter band, designed by Marvin Johnston KE6HTS. One or more optional 80-meter fox transmitters may also be on the air. The site area is slightly less than 140 acres. It is relatively flat, making it a good site for foxtailers of all skill levels. If you need some one-on-one help to get started at finding transmitters, just ask. Full-color orienteering maps will be available. For those who want to build RDF gear for use with their own two-meter hand-held radios or scanners, Marvin will have kits for measuring-tape yagis and active attenuators. Also available is an assembled and tested assembly that includes the power switch, BNC connector, housing and battery, ready to install as the tape measure beam is built. There will be tools and soldering stations for building. If you're not an electronic technician, don't worry because there will be experts to help you. We want you to succeed! If you want to build an antenna/attenuator kit, you mus t register in advance. Send e-mail to Marvin (marvin(a)west.net) to pre-register and get more information about equipment. If you already have equipment and just want to hunt transmitters, you don't need to pre-register. If it takes place, the building session will start at 9:00 AM. Please be prompt. Transmitter hunting will begin about 10:00 AM. You may start out on the courses at any time until 12 noon. Courses close at 2 PM. For those interested, we will meet at a local restaurant after all the transmitters have been picked up for further discussion of ARDF. Directions to Lake Los Carneros: From US 101 about 8 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara, take the Los Carneros Road exit, head north about 1/4 mile and turn right into the Stow House parking lot. There should be plenty of free parking. Look for the orange-and-white orienteering flag. The hunt start will probably be in the parking lot. ; If that is too crowded, we will move to a nearby picnic area. Ham radio talk-in is on the WB6OBB repeater, 147.000(+) PL 131.8. If heavy rain is in the forecast, check www.homingin.com on April 3 for possible cancellation. 73, Joe Moell K0OV ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 07:08:15 -0700 From: Bill Talanian <w1uuq(a)cox.net> To: sbarc list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> Subject: [Sbarc-list] N6OLT SK Message-ID: <1d118801-ae93-12ff-5962-862d49bc662c(a)cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/private/sbarc-list/attachments/20200313/d b584582/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 08:06:39 -0700 From: "LadyDiSB(a)gmail.com" <ladydisb(a)gmail.com> To: Bill Talanian <w1uuq(a)cox.net> Cc: sbarc list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> Subject: Re: [Sbarc-list] N6OLT SK Message-ID: <7E5CAD1C-AA9B-426F-8C4D-A007E640F58D(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I am so sorry. Diane Sent from my iHeart > On Mar 13, 2020, at 7:15 AM, Bill Talanian via SBARC-list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> wrote: > > ? Bruce Gordon, N6OLT > > Bruce died Thursday afternoon after a long convalescence at home from a fall and other chronic issues. > > RIP Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > SBARC-list mailing list > SBARC-list(a)lists.netlojix.com > http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list

1 0

ARDF Practice at Lake Los Carnaros
by Marvin Johnston 12 Mar '20

12 Mar '20

I've been asked a number of times to put on an ARDF practice again at Lake Los Carneros. And so it will happen on Saturday, April 4th. I'll also be holding an Antenna workshop where an RDF antenna kit with offset attenuator can be build (cost $65.00.) The only other thing you will need is a short coax cable with a male BNC on one end, and whatever connector you need to connect to your HT antenna. And as usual, you will need to let me know if you want to buy one of the kits. And both instruction and practice will be covered right after the kit building session. The announcement that was sent out to the Southern California ARDF listserver is quoted below: Lake Los Carneros Park in Goleta will be the site of southern California's next international-style on-foot foxhunt on Saturday, April 4, 2020. A ham radio license and knowledge of radio equipment are not required. Experts will be on hand to teach you the basic techniques of on-foot radio direction-finding (RDF). Bring the kids and grandkids, then go out on the course with them! There is no charge for participation. If you have receivers, scanners, directional antennas, attenuators, or other equipment suitable for on-foot RDF, be sure to bring it. Make sure all batteries are fresh. A limited amount of RDF gear will be available for loan to beginners. Besides some easy two-meter fox transmitters just to help you learn and test your equipment, there will be a beginner-level international-rules course on the two-meter band, designed by Marvin Johnston KE6HTS. One or more optional 80-meter fox transmitters may also be on the air. The site area is slightly less than 140 acres. It is relatively flat, making it a good site for foxtailers of all skill levels. If you need some one-on-one help to get started at finding transmitters, just ask. Full-color orienteering maps will be available. For those who want to build RDF gear for use with their own two-meter hand-held radios or scanners, Marvin will have kits for measuring-tape yagis and active attenuators. Also available is an assembled and tested assembly that includes the power switch, BNC connector, housing and battery, ready to install as the tape measure beam is built. There will be tools and soldering stations for building. If you're not an electronic technician, don't worry because there will be experts to help you. We want you to succeed! If you want to build an antenna/attenuator kit, you mus t register in advance. Send e-mail to Marvin (marvin(a)west.net) to pre-register and get more information about equipment. If you already have equipment and just want to hunt transmitters, you don't need to pre-register. If it takes place, the building session will start at 9:00 AM. Please be prompt. Transmitter hunting will begin about 10:00 AM. You may start out on the courses at any time until 12 noon. Courses close at 2 PM. For those interested, we will meet at a local restaurant after all the transmitters have been picked up for further discussion of ARDF. Directions to Lake Los Carneros: From US 101 about 8 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara, take the Los Carneros Road exit, head north about 1/4 mile and turn right into the Stow House parking lot. There should be plenty of free parking. Look for the orange-and-white orienteering flag. The hunt start will probably be in the parking lot. ; If that is too crowded, we will move to a nearby picnic area. Ham radio talk-in is on the WB6OBB repeater, 147.000(+) PL 131.8. If heavy rain is in the forecast, check www.homingin.com on April 3 for possible cancellation. 73, Joe Moell K0OV

1 0

Re: [Sbarc-list] Weed wacking
by David Hackleman 11 Mar '20

11 Mar '20

I wonder if a lawn mower might be useful along with the weedwhackers to make the job even quicker. That’s the combo I use for the weeds in the back forty! -----Original Message----- From: Alan Soenke via SBARC-list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> To: sbarc-list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> Sent: Wed, Mar 11, 2020 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [Sbarc-list] Weed wacking I have several tools to do the work. Do we still have the Husquvarna that the club bought? My schedule may be an issue, but wouldn’t expect to be up there while the ground is wet.Al Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, Bill Talanian via SBARC-list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> wrote: To: All From: Bill Talanian Would appreciate a volunteer team of two persons with weed wacking machines to help clear the La Vigia repeater site. It would take about 2 hours. If we have more than two people with machines that is also OK. Let me know your availability so we can arrange the day and time. Thanks Bill Talanian _______________________________________________ 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

2 1

Re: [Sbarc-list] Weed wacking
by Alan Soenke 11 Mar '20

11 Mar '20

I have several tools to do the work. Do we still have the Husquvarna that the club bought? My schedule may be an issue, but wouldn’t expect to be up there while the ground is wet.Al Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, Bill Talanian via SBARC-list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> wrote: To: All From: Bill Talanian Would appreciate a volunteer team of two persons with weed wacking machines to help clear the La Vigia repeater site. It would take about 2 hours. If we have more than two people with machines that is also OK. Let me know your availability so we can arrange the day and time. Thanks Bill Talanian _______________________________________________ SBARC-list mailing list SBARC-list(a)lists.netlojix.com http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list

1 0

Weed wacking
by Bill Talanian 11 Mar '20

11 Mar '20

1 0

Yuma Hamfest
by Marvin Johnston 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

For those of you who don't know, the Yuma Hamfest is the site of the 2020 ARRL SW Division Convention. Complete information is available at: http://www.yumahamfest.org/ The dates are Friday - Sunday, Feb 14-16 with the Fairgrounds opening on Thursday, Feb 13 at 2:00PM for setup and camping locations. Camping is available on the Fairgrounds. As usual, I'll be there both selling and putting on the Antenna Clinic. Helping out as usual will be Joe Corones and Joe Laughlin from San Diego. This year, we'll also be joined by Jerry Boyd, WB8FWK. Jerry is our new ARRL US ARDF Coordinator who is taking the place of Joe Moell, K0OV, who retired from that position last year. Also for anyone attending and wants to join us for our T-hunting dinner on Friday night, let me know so I can add you to the list and send the restaurant time and location information. Thanks! Marvin, KE6HTS

1 0

General-class license study guide loan?
by stephen＠heaveneverywhere.com 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

Hello all, Does anyone have a recent General-class license study guide that I could borrow? RSVP if yes… (W6)stp -- Stephen Travis Pope Santa Barbara, California, USA http://HeavenEverywhere.com <http://heaveneverywhere.com/> http://FASTLabInc.com <http://fastlabinc.com/> https://vimeo.com/user19434036/videos <https://vimeo.com/user19434036/videos> http://heaveneverywhere.com/Reflections --

1 0

Harbor Webcam
by Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Webcam buffs: SB Harbor office just launched a webcam. Very cool live HD images from the marina and great views of weather over the mountains: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/waterfront/waterfront_livestream.a… It's another resource in addition to our Santa Cruz Island webcam: https://diablo.sbarc.org/ LCM Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM k6lcm(a)maaia.com www.levi.maaia.com +1 805.604.5384 voice/text

1 0

Re: [Sbarc-list] 572B Tube
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 10 Jan '20

10 Jan '20

Jay Thanks for catching that. Those were my typos. Indeed he needs a 572B. I'm changing the email subject now going forward to avoid further confusion. LCM On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 10:25 Jay Hennigan via SBARC-list < sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> wrote: > We need to find out exactly what tube they need. The initial email has > both 527B and 572B in the text so one is a typo. Subject of your email > to the list says 529B. > > > On 1/10/20 08:52, Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM via SBARC-list wrote: > > Hello SBARC, > > > > As some of you know, I have a connection to a radio club in Havana after > > visiting Cuba twice in 2014-15. Hams in Cuba have very limited access to > > equipment, supplies and tools but they make do amazingly well with what > > they can access. However, some > > things cannot be easily improvised, and vacuum tubes are one such > > commodity. > > > > My friend Joel CO2YQ is in need of a 527B tube. Here's what he said > > (translated): > > > > "I need to find out with the colleagues of the Santa Barbara Club, if > > someone has a 572B valve that I am not using and can donate it to me, my > > linear is somewhat old a FL2000B and the valves it has are already very > > low emission." > > > > If anyone has a 527B that they would be willing to contribute, please > > let me know and I will bring it down to Joel's shack. I will be headed > > to Havana at the end of the month (Jan 23-30) for a documentary film > > scout and I could bring it then. > > > > You can read more about my initial contact with Joel and visiting his > > station in QST: > > https://levi.maaia.com/qst-journal-of-the-arrl-qsl-from-cuba/ > > > > 73 > > K6LCM > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SBARC-list mailing list > > SBARC-list(a)lists.netlojix.com > > http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list > > > >

2 1

529B Tube
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 10 Jan '20

10 Jan '20

Hello SBARC, As some of you know, I have a connection to a radio club in Havana after visiting Cuba twice in 2014-15. Hams in Cuba have very limited access to equipment, supplies and tools but they make do amazingly well with what they can access. However, some things cannot be easily improvised, and vacuum tubes are one such commodity. My friend Joel CO2YQ is in need of a 527B tube. Here's what he said (translated): "I need to find out with the colleagues of the Santa Barbara Club, if someone has a 572B valve that I am not using and can donate it to me, my linear is somewhat old a FL2000B and the valves it has are already very low emission." If anyone has a 527B that they would be willing to contribute, please let me know and I will bring it down to Joel's shack. I will be headed to Havana at the end of the month (Jan 23-30) for a documentary film scout and I could bring it then. You can read more about my initial contact with Joel and visiting his station in QST: https://levi.maaia.com/qst-journal-of-the-arrl-qsl-from-cuba/ 73 K6LCM

2 1

Jump to page:

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

SBARC-list