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Site maintenance
by Bill Talanian 19 Apr '14

19 Apr '14

Folks: The recent email outreach for grounds maintenance assistance at the Mesa site did not mature. Regrettably only one candidate offered assistance but felt he did not wish to head up a team for on-going maintenance. Lacking a volunteer initiative we have a couple of other alternatives. Either pay someone within the amateur group to head up the grounds maintenance or use outside contract services. This past year the Club paid $200 to an outside gardener with truck & crew for a one time yard clean up. Typically the yard requires 3-4 clean up periods a year depending on rain etc.. Without volunteers the Board may have to consider funding the yard maintenance. Meanwhile the hunt for a volunteer team will continue. Background: Presently the major portion of the hill top grounds maintenance is covered by an outside contractor who is paid by the City Water Department. This service is not contracted to cover the fenced in portion used by the Public Works Department which surrounds the City radio building, AT&T, and SBARC. The Club is hosted at the Mesa site by the City at no cost. Prime power is paid for by AT&T who also fuel and maintain the standby diesel generator at no cost to SBARC.

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Very cool archive of a lot of historical documents
by Jay Hennigan 19 Apr '14

19 Apr '14

Fun reading, some broadcast stuff, hobby publications, manufacturers' data, etc. from the VERY early days on. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/ -- -- 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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Grounds for mainetenance
by Bill Talanian 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

AN APPEAL TO THE USERS OF SBARC SYSTEMS By: Bill Talanian, <w1uuq(a)sbarc.org> SBARC Telecommunications Services maintains five major locations consisting of various repeaters, digital and remote systems. The most popular system is the 146.79 repeater at our Mesa site. It is also the only location requiring routine grounds maintenance to keep the vegetation from totally taking over. Over the years we have managed to get by with the technical support people keeping the grass cut back. It is time to rethink and formalize a more organized plan to maintain the 1500 sq ft zone at the site. A three to four person team would be ideal on a quarterly basis in performing the yard maintenance. Ensuring the vegetation is cut back will minimize the fire danger to the public safety systems and is our responsibility. Ideally a small team organized independently to oversee the site would be best as opposed to chasing around looking for people to help. If you would like to head up the a team then get in touch so we can put you and your team on the restricted access list. A walk-thru can be arranged. ****************

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K6MEP The Keyer
by Bill Talanian 10 Apr '14

10 Apr '14

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Next ARDF April 19 at Schabarum Park
by Marvin Johnston 08 Apr '14

08 Apr '14

Schabarum Regional Park will be the site of the next southern California on-foot transmitter hunting session on Saturday, April 19, 2014. If you are a beginner, there will be entry-level two-meter fox transmitters set by Joe Moell K0OV. For more experienced radio-orienteers, there will be a 5-fox two-meter international-rules course of moderate difficulty, set by Marvin Johnston KE6HTS. One or more optional 80-meter fox transmitters may also be on the air. If you have them, bring a handi-talkie, receiver, or scanner covering the two-meter band for each person who will be going ARDFing. If you have directional antennas, attenuators, or other on-foot RDF equipment, be sure to bring that too. Make sure that all batteries are fresh. For those with no radio gear, some extra ARDF receiver/antenna sets will be available. Note: be sure you can program frequencies into your radio! If there is sufficient interest, Marvin Johnston KE6HTS will conduct a clinic for building kits for measuring-tape yagis and for 90 dB offset-type attenuators. An assembled/tested attenuator in a special housing that goes inside the boom of the yagi is also available. If you wish to build kits at this workshop, you must register in advance by sending e-mail to marvin(a)west.net, so he will have the kits reserved in your name waiting for you. It takes about an hour to put the kits together with tools and soldering irons that will be provided. If you're not an electronic technician, don't worry because there will be experts to help you. All transmitter hunting begins at 10 AM. The starting point for the advanced course will be a different part of the park, so if you plan to take on that course, please arrive at the gathering area before 10 AM so we can transport that group to the starting point and do starts at five-minute intervals. Beginners will start from the gathering area and will not need to be transported. If there is an antenna/attenuator clinic, it will start at 11 AM and there will still be time to hunt the beginner transmitters after that. Courses will close at 3 PM. For the advanced 2-meter course, orienteering flags and electronic scoring will be used at each transmitter. If you have an "e-stick," be sure to bring it. A few sticks will be available for loan. Be sure to bring anything you'll need while going after those radio foxes, such as munchies, bottled water and sunscreen. For map plotting, bring your own compass, protractor and pencil. Trails are primitive in some areas of the park, so wear sturdy shoes. All ages are welcome, but young children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Schabarum Regional Park is on the south side of Colima Road, just east of Azusa Avenue in Hacienda Heights. (Thomas Guide 678-G4) A map for navigation is at www.homingin.com. There is a vehicular entry fee for the park, so carpooling would be a good idea. Upon passing through the entry gate, drive south (straight ahead, don't turn right) and continue to the end of the road (about 0.7 mile). Park in the last parking lot near the restrooms. Look for the orange and white orienteering flags and signs. Call K0OV on 146.52 simplex if you have trouble finding the gathering area within the park. 73, Joe Moell K0OV

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Take a tour of a high-school student's collection of vintage test equipment. Have you used any of these products?
by Darryl Widman 28 Mar '14

28 Mar '14

His mother must be so happy with her son's collection of vintage test equipment! Of course, his dad is an electronic engineer. He really thinks it's great. http://edn.com/design/test-and-measurement/4429539/Vintage-Test-Equipment--…

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Fwd: QST on W1AW/3 - April 2 to April 8
by Tony Armendariz 27 Mar '14

27 Mar '14

Hi all, From the Lockheed-Martin ARC: W1AW/3 100 year QSO party. > See the detailed bands and times sked at the end of this message. Cheers & goodQSO, Tony Armendariz, AD6ID Begin forwarded message: > ... > > Fellow LM Amateur Operators, > As you probably know, to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the ARRL, W1AW will be operating from every state in the US at least twice during 2014. The League enlists the support of Contest Clubs and other groups in the various states to operate multi-band, multi-mode using the home facilities of the members. > > I’m proud to announce that our own Joe Trench, AA3B, VP, Delaware Valley Operations will be operating his station with the W1AW/3 callsign primarily on CW (his favorite mode) from April 2 to April 8. Chances are that if you make a CW contact with W1AW/3 during this period, you’ll be talking to Joe. Operators are encouraged to not provide their individual calls, so if you’d like Joe to be on the lookout for you, please send him an email. > > ... > See the following from AA3B. > _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > I’ll be part of a 12 (or so) person team activating Pennsylvania as W1AW/3 in the ARRL Centennial QSO Party (http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party). We will be operating from 0000z on 4/2 to 2359z on 4/8 (dates and times in UTC). We will be active on 160M, 80M, 40M, 30M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 12M, 10M and VHF. Modes will include CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly PSK31. I will be focusing on CW and my preliminary operating plan is shown on the attached spreadsheet. It is likely that I will also do some RTTY, SSB and perhaps PSK31 and there will be real-time changes made to the schedule as conditions warrant. > > Our goal is 55K QSOs. Most of the guys are active contesters so we should hopefully be able to hit some big rates. > > I hope to catch you during the week! > Joe Trench, AA3B > ... > W1AW/3 STATION SCHEDULING (AA3B & K3WW WILL USE THIS SHEET FOR PLANNING & Each op can update his own too) UTC EDT AA3B 2-Apr-14 Wed 0:00 8:00 pm 40m CW 1:00 9:00 pm 40m CW 2:00 10:00 pm 40m CW 3:00 11:00 pm 40m CW 4:00 12:00 am 40m CW 5:00 1:00 am 40m CW 6:00 2:00 am SLEEP 7:00 3:00 am SLEEP 8:00 4:00 am SLEEP 9:00 5:00 am SLEEP 10:00 6:00 am 20m CW 11:00 7:00 am 20m CW 12:00 8:00 am 15m CW 13:00 9:00 am 15m CW 14:00 10:00 am 10m CW 15:00 11:00 am 10m CW 16:00 12:00 pm 15m CW 17:00 1:00 pm 15m CW 18:00 2:00 pm 20m CW 19:00 3:00 pm 20m CW 20:00 4:00 pm BREAK 21:00 5:00 pm BREAK 22:00 6:00 pm 40m CW 23:00 7:00 pm 40m CW 3-Apr-14 Thu 0:00 8:00 pm 40m CW 1:00 9:00 pm 40m CW 2:00 10:00 pm 40m CW 3:00 11:00 pm 80m CW 4:00 12:00 am 80m CW 5:00 1:00 am 160m CW 6:00 2:00 am 160m CW 7:00 3:00 am SLEEP 8:00 4:00 am SLEEP 9:00 5:00 am SLEEP 10:00 6:00 am SLEEP 11:00 7:00 am 20m CW 12:00 8:00 am 20m CW 13:00 9:00 am 15m CW 14:00 10:00 am 15m CW 15:00 11:00 am 10m CW 16:00 12:00 pm 10m CW 17:00 1:00 pm 15m CW 18:00 2:00 pm 15m CW 19:00 3:00 pm 20m CW 20:00 4:00 pm 20m CW 21:00 5:00 pm BREAK 22:00 6:00 pm BREAK 23:00 7:00 pm 40m CW 4-Apr-14 Fri 0:00 8:00 pm 40m CW 1:00 9:00 pm 40m CW 2:00 10:00 pm 40m CW 3:00 11:00 pm 80m CW 4:00 12:00 am 80m CW 5:00 1:00 am 160m CW 6:00 2:00 am SLEEP 7:00 3:00 am SLEEP 8:00 4:00 am SLEEP 9:00 5:00 am SLEEP 10:00 6:00 am SLEEP 11:00 7:00 am SLEEP 12:00 8:00 am 20m CW 13:00 9:00 am 15m CW 14:00 10:00 am 15m CW 15:00 11:00 am 10m CW 16:00 12:00 pm 10m CW 17:00 1:00 pm 15m CW 18:00 2:00 pm 15m CW 19:00 3:00 pm 20m CW 20:00 4:00 pm 20m CW 21:00 5:00 pm BREAK 22:00 6:00 pm BREAK 23:00 7:00 pm 40m CW 5-Apr-14 Sat 0:00 8:00 pm 40m CW 1:00 9:00 pm 40m CW 2:00 10:00 pm 40m CW 3:00 11:00 pm 80m CW 4:00 12:00 am 80m CW 5:00 1:00 am 160m CW 6:00 2:00 am SLEEP 7:00 3:00 am SLEEP 8:00 4:00 am SLEEP 9:00 5:00 am SLEEP 10:00 6:00 am SLEEP 11:00 7:00 am SLEEP 12:00 8:00 am 20m CW 13:00 9:00 am 15m CW 14:00 10:00 am 15m CW 15:00 11:00 am 10m CW 16:00 12:00 pm 10m CW 17:00 1:00 pm 15m CW 18:00 2:00 pm 15m CW 19:00 3:00 pm 20m CW 20:00 4:00 pm 20m CW 21:00 5:00 pm BREAK 22:00 6:00 pm BREAK 23:00 7:00 pm 40m CW 6-Apr-14 Sun 0:00 8:00 pm 40m CW 1:00 9:00 pm 40m CW 2:00 10:00 pm 40m CW 3:00 11:00 pm 80m CW 4:00 12:00 am 80m CW 5:00 1:00 am 160m CW 6:00 2:00 am SLEEP 7:00 3:00 am SLEEP 8:00 4:00 am SLEEP 9:00 5:00 am SLEEP 10:00 6:00 am SLEEP 11:00 7:00 am SLEEP 12:00 8:00 am 20m CW 13:00 9:00 am 15m CW 14:00 10:00 am 15m CW 15:00 11:00 am 10m CW 16:00 12:00 pm 10m CW 17:00 1:00 pm 15m CW 18:00 2:00 pm 15m CW 19:00 3:00 pm 20m CW 20:00 4:00 pm 20m CW 21:00 5:00 pm BREAK 22:00 6:00 pm BREAK 23:00 7:00 pm 40m CW 7-Apr-14 Mon 0:00 8:00 pm 40m CW 1:00 9:00 pm 40m CW 2:00 10:00 pm 40m CW 3:00 11:00 pm 80m CW 4:00 12:00 am 80m CW 5:00 1:00 am 160m CW 6:00 2:00 am SLEEP 7:00 3:00 am SLEEP 8:00 4:00 am SLEEP 9:00 5:00 am SLEEP 10:00 6:00 am SLEEP 11:00 7:00 am SLEEP 12:00 8:00 am 20m CW 13:00 9:00 am 15m CW 14:00 10:00 am 15m CW 15:00 11:00 am 10m CW 16:00 12:00 pm 10m CW 17:00 1:00 pm 15m CW 18:00 2:00 pm 15m CW 19:00 3:00 pm 20m CW 20:00 4:00 pm 20m CW 21:00 5:00 pm BREAK 22:00 6:00 pm BREAK 23:00 7:00 pm 40m CW 8-Apr-14 Tue 0:00 8:00 pm 40m CW 1:00 9:00 pm 40m CW 2:00 10:00 pm 40m CW 3:00 11:00 pm 80m CW 4:00 12:00 am 80m CW 5:00 1:00 am 160m CW 6:00 2:00 am SLEEP 7:00 3:00 am SLEEP 8:00 4:00 am SLEEP 9:00 5:00 am SLEEP 10:00 6:00 am SLEEP 11:00 7:00 am SLEEP 12:00 8:00 am 20m CW 13:00 9:00 am 15m CW 14:00 10:00 am 15m CW 15:00 11:00 am 10m CW 16:00 12:00 pm 10m CW 17:00 1:00 pm 15m CW 18:00 2:00 pm 15m CW 19:00 3:00 pm 20m CW 20:00 4:00 pm 20m CW 21:00 5:00 pm 20m CW 22:00 6:00 pm 20m CW 23:00 7:00 pm 20m CW

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Re: [Sbarc-list] Collaborative transmitter back on the air
by Jay Hennigan 22 Mar '14

22 Mar '14

On 3/9/14 5:31 PM, Marvin Johnston wrote: > > Okay, I can hear it from my house near the LaCumbre shopping center. If > anyone wants to join us for dinner 6:00PM at Cody's Restaurant, we can > go out and find it afterwards. > > I've got a couple of antennas with offset attenuators I can loan out to > anyone who doesn't have the equipment themselves. At the SBARC meeting Friday night it was announced that the signal is strong in the Cieneguitas area. I visited the transmitter this afternoon and there are three callsigns in the log. I'll leave it at its current location a while longer. -- 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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SAR Recruiting
by Bill Talanian 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Community: Sheriffâs Search and Rescue Team Recruitment Meeting Tomorrow Hi William Talanian, The Santa Barbara County Sheriffâs Search and Rescue Team (SBCSAR) continues to look for more members to fill its upcoming search and rescue training academy. The two following recruitment meetings have been scheduled in North and South County. Tomorrow-Wednesday, March 19, 2014 @ 6 pm 66 S. San Antonio Road, Santa Barbara Wednesday, March 26, 2014 @ 6 pm - Santa Ynez Airport Pilot Lounge SBCSAR is a volunteer branch of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office and one of the most active search and rescue teams in California. This highly-trained group uses specialized training and equipment to handle a variety of emergencies, including high-angle rock rescues, car-over-the-side accidents, downed aircraft, swiftwater rescues and medical emergencies. SBCSAR is a California Type I search and rescue team and one of only nineteen teams in California that is fully certified as a Mountain Rescue Team. In order to qualify for MRA status, a team must pass proficiency tests in Snow and Ice, Rock, and Search Operations every three years. MRA teams are viewed as the best in the country and are often requested to support search and rescue personnel of other counties. Team members are men and women from all walks of life and are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. SBCSAR's primary jurisdiction is the wilderness and urban areas of Santa Barbara County. As such, team members have the opportunity to visit parts of the county very few ever experience to see the unique beauty of our backcountry. In addition, as part of the Mountain Rescue Association, the team responds to emergencies in other counties, states and national parks such as Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings National Parks. As an active arm of the Sheriff's Office, the Team is called to assist on evidence searches, provides medical support for large community events, and is the primary entity to coordinate and carry out evacuations during major disasters such as wildland fires. For more information go to www.sbcsar.org or you can also send an e-mail to join(a)sbcsar.net

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Keyer
by Bill Talanian 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

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