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Members and BoD Recognize “Shackmaster”
by Darryl Widman 04 May '15

04 May '15

Hi everybody, This Saturday I visited the SBARC Club Station and our Shackmaster, Dave, K6HWN, had his recently presented plaque on display for all to see. It is indeed a very handsome piece. Upon close look you could see that the etching/engraving was done from the rear side of it and is dimensionally cut into the material. The reason I mention this is because of an idea I had when looking closely at it. The idea was to shine my flashlight up through the base of it and hope that the engraved message would light up, which indeed it did! The folks present could see all the writing light up. Since Saturday, I had another thought. That was to build a wooden base to hold the plaque and permanently embed some white LEDs in that wooden base so that when powered up they would cast a lovely white light up inside the plaque and display the message. The wooden base would ensure that the position of the plaque was proper and would not slide out of optimum position and would keep those LEDs in their proper place as well. Are you ready for the fun part? Is there anyone there who loves working with wood and would like to make the base for the Shackmaster's plaque? A bit of elementary wiring would be necessary. I can supply the LEDs, the wall wart, the AC cord, the switch, etc. The nice piece of wood and some skill would be necessary. Please get in touch with me if you would like to help with this little project for our Shackmaster, Dave, K6HWN. 73, Darryl Widman, KF6DI kf6di(a)sbarc.org 805-969-2326 Members and BoD Recognize “Shackmaster” By Levi K6LCM | April 25, 2015 - 7:00 pm | Club News, Featured The award presented to K6HWN on April 25 recognizes him as “The Voice of K6TZ.” At 10:00 AM on Saturday, April 25 2015, a group of SBARC members, including the club president and BoD members, gathered at the American Red Cross building at State and Alamar in Santa Barbara to present an official citation in recognition of the tremendous efforts put forth by Dave – K6HWN in his role as the official “Shackmaster” at the K6TZ Club Station and the coordinator of many of the SBARC on-air nets. First licensed years ago, Dave returned to the hobby in the mid-2000s when he began operating on 2-meters from his boat in Santa Barbara Harbor. He quickly made friends on the K6TZ repeater and found a second home on the air with Santa Barbara-area hams. Shortly thereafter, Dave committed to opening access to the nearly forgotten SBARC Club Station in the Red Cross basement by creating open station hours where he could host members and guests and train them on the operation of the station’s many HF, VHF and UHF radios. It is through this mentoring that many new hams have gotten on the air for the first time. Quite a few seasoned hams have returned to the hobby and the club also as a result of the Shackmaster’s efforts to provide a nexus for activity around the K6TZ repeaters and Club Station. Over the years, Dave has also taken on the duties of recruiting net control operators for many of the club-sponsored nets and hosts the “Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net” himself on Thursday evenings. Even casual listeners to the K6TZ 146.79 repeater will certainly recognize Dave's voice from “K6HWN Announcements” his trademark periodic bulletin, which he reads throughout the day on the repeater and collects for posting on the club Web site and at k6hwn.org. The plaque, presented by SBARC board member Brian – K6BPM reads: With sincere appreciation to Dave – K6HWN “SHACKMASTER” for your years of dedication, mentorship, friendliness and being “The Voice of K6TZ” Presented in 2015 by the Board of Directors and the members of the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club. “Its really hard to believe this,” said Dave upon receiving the award. “Many individuals have expressed (their appreciation) to me but never as a group; this is a ‘wow!'” An audio recording of the presentation can be heard online at this link: http://www.sbarc.org/2015/04/25/members-and-bod-recognize-shackmaster/

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Members and BoD Recognize “Shackmaster”
by Levi C. Maaia - K6LCM 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

Members and BoD Recognize “Shackmaster” By Levi K6LCM | April 25, 2015 - 7:00 pm | Club News, Featured The award presented to K6HWN on April 25 recognizes him as “The Voice of K6TZ.” At 10:00 AM on Saturday, April 25 2015, a group of SBARC members, including the club president and BoD members, gathered at the American Red Cross building at State and Alamar in Santa Barbara to present an official citation in recognition of the tremendous efforts put forth by Dave – K6HWN in his role as the official “Shackmaster” at the K6TZ Club Station and the coordinator of many of the SBARC on-air nets. First licensed years ago, Dave returned to the hobby in the mid-2000s when he began operating on 2-meters from his boat in Santa Barbara Harbor. He quickly made friends on the K6TZ repeater and found a second home on the air with Santa Barbara-area hams. Shortly thereafter, Dave committed to opening access to the nearly forgotten SBARC Club Station in the Red Cross basement by creating open station hours where he could host members and guests and train them on the operation of the station’s many HF, VHF and UHF radios. It is through this mentoring that many new hams have gotten on the air for the first time. Quite a few seasoned hams have returned to the hobby and the club also as a result of the Shackmaster’s efforts to provide a nexus for activity around the K6TZ repeaters and Club Station. Over the years, Dave has also taken on the duties of recruiting net control operators for many of the club-sponsored nets and hosts the “Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net” himself on Thursday evenings. Even casual listeners to the K6TZ 146.79 repeater will certainly recognize Dave's voice from “K6HWN Announcements” his trademark periodic bulletin, which he reads throughout the day on the repeater and collects for posting on the club Web site and at k6hwn.org. The plaque, presented by SBARC board member Brian – K6BPM reads: With sincere appreciation to Dave – K6HWN “SHACKMASTER” for your years of dedication, mentorship, friendliness and being “The Voice of K6TZ” Presented in 2015 by the Board of Directors and the members of the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club. “Its really hard to believe this,” said Dave upon receiving the award. “Many individuals have expressed (their appreciation) to me but never as a group; this is a ‘wow!'” An audio recording of the presentation can be heard online at this link: http://www.sbarc.org/2015/04/25/members-and-bod-recognize-shackmaster/

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FCC Tiger Teams
by William Talanian 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Tiger Teams and the FCC Enforcement Bureau Apr 15, 2015 The FCC has announced plans to reduce the staff of its Enforcement Bureau. Given the explosion in the use of wireless devices across all marketsthereby increasing the potential for interferencewouldn't it make more sense to expand the Enforcement Bureau's capabilities instead of trying to consolidate them? By Mark E. Crosby, President and CEO, <http://urgentcomm.com/organizations/ewa?intlink=autlink>EWA We remain dumbfounded that the <http://urgentcomm.com/organizations/fcc?intlink=autlink>FCC leadership continues to extol the virtues of its plans to significantly shrink the Enforcement Bureau, reducing the number of its employees by perhaps as much as 60%, and the number of its field offices by nearly 50%. Apparently saved from the chopping block will be New York City, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, and Columbia, Md., bureau offices. Not so lucky may be the offices in Seattle, Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, and Houston. According to one Commission official, Interference resolution is and will remain the fields top priority, our methods and organization need to evolve with changes in the industry such as spectrum sharing, improvements in remote detection, and self-regulation. The proposals under consideration would adequately equip the field to meet the enforcement needs of the commission. Emerging plans call for concentrating staff in Washington, D.C., and even the formation of mobile Tiger Teams that will be launched from Columbia, Maryland on a moments notice to address critical enforcement matters around the country. We have also heard that there will be no reduction in enforcement effectiveness, as Enforcement Bureau personnel will be better trained, investments will be made in improved technology, and the travel budget will be increased. I would like to believe these commitments and promises of better wireless days ahead resulting from these reorganization plans, but I am having difficulty drinking the Kool Aid. The Enforcement Bureau is full of very dedicated government employees, although one might assume that those fortunate enough to still have a job might be concerned about their future prospects. It also remains to be seen whether the Bureau is keeping its already well-trained staff or planning to train its less experienced personnel. The Bureaus critical role has been underfunded and underappreciated for decades. Not that long ago, its field staff too often had to say we cant go investigate this interference matter, as we do not have the budget to put gas in our vehicles. Yet now the Commission is going to invest in new interference-mitigation technology, remote-monitoring capabilities, agent training, airline tickets, and rental cars for the Tiger Teams? By the way, expect the Tiger Teams to come home to Columbia only a few days each year as they will remain in perpetual motion out in Americas wireless world chasing down unlicensed operators, purposeful interference to mission-critical communication, pirate broadcasters, unbalanced folks who have fun interfering with aeronautical functions, citizens-band users who like to add amplifiers to their systems, and those nasty enough to impede ubiquitous access to the internet, thus prohibiting the opportunity of all citizens to download past episodes of the Game of Thrones. The Bureau has its idiosyncrasies, such as differences in effort from one office to another and forfeitures that increasingly appear to be based on the operators apparent ability to pay rather than on the severity of the crime, but we can work with these issues. At a time when the number of devices is exploding across all wireless markets, at a time when the economy is growing ever so more dependent on private wireless systems and national broadband networks, and at a time when new sources of shared spectrum will be forthcoming from the federal government, the Enforcement Bureau has never been needed so much. One hopes that the FCC leadership will revisit these plans to consolidate the Enforcement Bureau, and choose instead to broaden its presence and reach with a meaningful expansion of resources in staff and equipment. Tiger Teams are a good solution best deployed in the armed forces.

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Tower For Sale On E-Bay
by Andrew Seybold 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

In preparation for our move out of State I have listed my U.S. Tower 55 foot tower for sale on eBay, it can be found here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/U-S-Tower-TX455-55-telescoping-tower-with-motor-dri… In the near future I will be holding a come and get it, it's free to a good home of a lot of the radios and other electronics I have accumulated over the years, stand by for details. Andy W6AMS

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Found jacket at Club meeting room
by Jay Hennigan 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

There was a navy blue Weatherproof brand jacket left in the Club meeting room. Contact WB6RDV to claim. -- -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - jay(a)impulse.net Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV

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Re: [Sbarc-list] USS Ranger, CVA-61
by W9bq 19 Mar '15

19 Mar '15

Bill, The U.S.S. Constellation, CV-64, preceded the Ranger by a few months to the same fate. Both will be scraped in Galveston, TX. The U.S.S. Saratoga, CV-60 was the first carrier sold to the Galveston scrap company. Photo of the "Connie" was in the San Diego paper showing it off the coast of Argentina as it was towed north. Steve Sent from my iPad On Mar 18, 2015, at 22:43, William Talanian <w1uuq(a)cox.net> wrote: > Folks: > > This week on the 14th a famous ship sailed under tow through the Santa Barbara channel and no one rendered honor's. The club's AIS systems were tracking the former USS Ranger, CVA-61. It was not until the club was contacted for information about our AIS sites by Mr. Vern Bouwman, Navy Ship Historian, Bothhell, WA that I became aware of this event. The Ranger was sold for one cent to a scrap yard in Texas. The journey will take 5 months around South America as it is too wide to fit through the Panama Canal. The Ranger was part of Task Group 77.7 at Yankee Station off Vietnam. We all knew about the excellent air support we got from the Ranger's airmen and sad to see its legacy going to the scrap yard. Check out other great ships and their final days. > > For the full story of this event go to the following web page > http://navy.memorieshop.com/AIS-Station/AIS-Station-No-1360.html > > To read the full story of tugs and Naval vessels go to: > http://navy.memorieshop.com/Tug-Boats/index.html > > Bill Talanian >

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USS Ranger, CVA-61
by William Talanian 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

Folks: This week on the 14th a famous ship sailed under tow through the Santa Barbara channel and no one rendered honor's. The club's AIS systems were tracking the former USS Ranger, CVA-61. It was not until the club was contacted for information about our AIS sites by Mr. Vern Bouwman, Navy Ship Historian, Bothhell, WA that I became aware of this event. The Ranger was sold for one cent to a scrap yard in Texas. The journey will take 5 months around South America as it is too wide to fit through the Panama Canal. The Ranger was part of Task Group 77.7 at Yankee Station off Vietnam. We all knew about the excellent air support we got from the Ranger's airmen and sad to see its legacy going to the scrap yard. Check out other great ships and their final days. For the full story of this event go to the following web page http://navy.memorieshop.com/AIS-Station/AIS-Station-No-1360.html To read the full story of tugs and Naval vessels go to: http://navy.memorieshop.com/Tug-Boats/index.html Bill Talanian

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Donations to SBARC For Sale
by Marvin Johnston 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

Hi all, I picked up some donations to SBARC Saturday that belonged to a SK and would like to get them into the hands of someone who would appreciate them :). 1 - AEA ISOPOLE 144 VHF antenna with pole and cable - $45.00 1 - MFJ-1024 Remote Active Antenna - $40.00 This is a receive only antenna from 50 KHz to 30 MHz and is missing the wallwart power supply. 1 - K40 Magmount CB antenna - $15.00 There are also a number of Hustler and other antenna parts (resonators, mounts) that I'll bring to the club station and Dave (Shackmaster) can handle them. Give me a call at 805-687-8881 if interested. Thanks! Marvin

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My Last Post to SBARC
by Andrew Seybold 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

Ok Folks I am done, the last post I put up here talked about opportunities with the County, and guess what! I got 2 replies both off list, one from Rod who is now in Arizona so not able to assist and one from a new comer who wants to be active in "serving others" NOBODY else, not even the club president or anyone. So I will draw my pleas to a close. We had a golden opportunity to be relevant again, but nobody has the interest to make it happen. I will not post about this again and I will also not have any of my articles posted on this site either. If any of you are interested in my commentaries, my blog (Tell it Like it is) or my Public Safety Advocate weekly news summary and articles dealing with Public Safety communications, please feel free to go to my web-site and sign up (www.andrewseybold.com<http://www.andrewseybold.com>) they are all free. . I will continue to support W1UUQ with the technical aspects of the sites and what we are doing to make them better but I will not ever bring up the idea of getting back into the good graces of the County and actually reestablishing ham radio as a relevant disaster communications possibility. Andy W6AMS

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Re: [Sbarc-list] Redundant systems
by Rod Fritz (rod＠sbatv.org) 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

Thorsten, Great to hear from you. I relate well to your experience. Good or bad, the County/ARES relationship is defined and arguably limited by the MOU. I see that as unfortunate. SBARC doesn't have a well-defined relationship with the County which pretty much prevents them from working directly with the OES at this point. At the same time, SBARC's hands are not tied and they can orchestrate anything that they believe is required to do something truly useful regarding Emergency Services. I believe such action is long overdue and I'll try to get this started. An active team is needed to define what to do and carry it out. We're in those brainstorming and forming stages. Thanks for helping us understand the environment we work in. Rod -------- Original message -------- From: Thorsten von Eicken <tve(a)rightscale.com> Date: 03/13/2015 12:25 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Rod - Traveling <rod(a)sbatv.org>, Walt <zharasty(a)verizon.net>, Alain Michel <opalockamishabob(a)yahoo.com>, William Talanian <w1uuq(a)cox.net>, sbarc list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> Cc: 'WB6RDV' <jay(a)west.net>, Jay Hennigan <jay(a)impulse.net> Subject: Re: [Sbarc-list] Redundant systems I don't want to turn this thread into a long polemic, but after a couple of years of participation with ARES I gave up because it became apparent that local authorities were not involving us pretty much regardless of what we could do. That was at the time of all the fires in the area and ARES was not mobilized a single time (unless I missed something). I didn't have the sense that it was SBARCs or ARES' fault but I'm also not really interested in those politics anyway... My conclusion was that I was wasting my time and I'm not trying to blame anyone here for this. Thorsten On 3/12/2015 9:06 PM, Rod - Traveling wrote: Hello Walt, I fully understand your frustration with our lack of constructive action. I have not given up, but will try this different approach. I appreciate your interest in the past and your efforts to clarify and highlight the need and try to motivate us to take action. That has been helpful and provides motivation to move forward. It is with sincere regret that my efforts have been ineffective to date. I know that you supported my efforts. I just fell short, though admittedly, this isn’t something that one person can implement. I wish you and Jayne all the best and hope that someday, your dream (our dream) of an effective emergency service system will be realized. Your friend, Rod WB9KMO From: Walt Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:43 PM To: Alain Michel ; mailto:rfritz22@cox.net ; William Talanian ; sbarc list Cc: 'WB6RDV' ; Jay Hennigan Subject: Re: [Sbarc-list] Redundant systems Greetings: Three years ago, Jayne and I rekindled our interest in SBARC (Jayne and our son were members back in 1978) because we hoped that he club would be useful in case of an emergency, especially an earthquake. WE have been trying unsuccessfully to interest club members and ARRL for almost three years about doing something about the matter. We have expressed our disappointment that neither ARRL or SBARC was interested in taking effective steps to establish some sort of effective emergency procedure. At this point Jayne has lost all interest in Amateur Radio, and I have developed other interests to which I intend to dedicate all my efforts, so, Rod, count us out. Walt From: Alain Michel Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 4:00 PM To: mailto:rfritz22@cox.net ; William Talanian ; sbarc list Cc: 'WB6RDV' ; Jay Hennigan Subject: Re: [Sbarc-list] Redundant systems " When I ask, "how do we get help when the big one hits?", the answer is always, "dial 911"." Hi Rod, I don't mean to sound impertinent but that's funny; "call 911". Both my wife and I are FEMA trained CERT instructors down here in San Diego County; we instruct our students that if they follow the "disaster preparedness" we outline, they may not need 911. First responders are going to be sooo overwhelmed that the fire, EMT's and law enforcement that Santa Barbara current enjoys, may very well be deployed elsewhere [if damage is just light to moderate] to cities [Ventura and elsewhere] where the damage may be much more severe. For at least the first 72 hours, folks are going to be on their own---prepared or not. We instruct our citizens to be prepared for 7 days...minimum. Late last year, I was listening to L.A.'s KNX 1070 AM radio station. A reporter was interviewing an L.A. fire chief who was retiring. She asked him how well LA County "first responders" were prepared to handle another Northridge or a Landers? His response? "There are about 10,000 first responders [emt's & firefighters] for 4 million people---you do the math." I must say that I am a bit surprised there there are not more SBARC folks chiming in... Vry 73 de Alan...N6HPO Valley Center C.E.R.T. WWW.VCFPDCERT.ORG On Thursday, March 12, 2015 8:42 AM, "Rod Fritz (rod(a)sbatv.org)" <rfritz22(a)cox.net> wrote: Thank you Andy and Bill. I was delighted to see your article. It clearly states some concerns that I have and have likewise tried to work around, as you have. One important contention of mine comes to mind. That's the vulnerability and limitations of the 911 system. When I ask, "how do we get help when the big one hits?", the answer is always, "dial 911". As you have just illustrated, that may not work. Furthermore, even if it does, I contend that 911 access and access to resources may quickly be saturated and ineffective. This rings of "best effort" again. Legislators might admit we can't afford a perfect system (or maybe even an excellent or very good one?). As the currently common (I hate it) reply goes, "it is what it is." Worse yet, when access to resources is limited, who gets them? I leave it to your imagination how this would play out but I contend that individual citizens are on the bottom of the list. I recognize and applaud CERT for what they are doing to prepare citizens. They are an important part of the solution but they don't address the communication that is necessary. I know they're working to improve in this area and we ought to assist them in this regard. Consider ham radio as a partial solution... I want to preface this by saying that I believe that ARES is a valuable resource. ARES is well established but it relies solely on 911 for community (citizen) input. It is my understanding that there is no plan in place for citizens to contact emergency services through ARES. ARES is subservient to the government and the 911 system. I believe that ARES could be structured to better serve the citizens of the community, but it is what it is. I welcome any changes that would make the ARES structure serve citizens better. And then there's SBARC... SBARC has incredible potential to serve the citizens of the community and we're already part way there. We need to stop relying solely on ARES for amateur radio emergency services. We need to help more citizens become "active" radio amateurs. How about at least one per city block? We need to establish an end to end plan with real redundancy to connect citizens to services they need, even when conventional means don't work. This would use a diversity of communication types and paths, not only ham radio. I think several of us have good ideas how we can make this work well and I know it is needed and would be oh so valuable when the big one hits. Details are beyond the scope of this email but I propose an SBARC Emergency Service committee to make it happen. As an SBARC Board member, I will attempt to establish this committee. Which of you would like to participate? 73, Rod Fritz, WB9KMO -------- Original message -------- From: William Talanian <w1uuq(a)cox.net> Date: 03/12/2015 7:22 AM (GMT-06:00) To: sbarc list <sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> Subject: [Sbarc-list] Redundant systems Think it can't happen? <http://andrewseybold.com/3539-it-cant-happen-to-me> _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ SBARC-list mailing list SBARC-list(a)lists.netlojix.com http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list No virus found in this message. 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