A sample letter from a colleague is presented below to help with your
composition efforts.
73, Don Milbury, W6YN
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Dear Governor Davis:
Please sign SB1714 regarding zoning ordinances and Amateur Radio
antennas, passed unanimously by both the California Senate and Assembly.
As I'm sure you know, the Amateur Radio Service provides voluntary
emergency communications service, as well as advancement of technology
and international goodwill. In addition to a career as a radio
engineer, a Silicon Valley CEO, a Stanford professor and a venture
investor, I've been an active Radio Amateur since I was a teenager
nearly five decades ago.
I've seen the benefit of Amateur communications when the telephone and
public safety systems collapse in local and distant disasters, such as
the Loma Prieta and Mexico City earthquakes, the Marysville floods and
the Oakland Hills and Los Gatos fires. Also, I've been gratified that
numerous advances in computer networking, telephony and safety
communications originated in the Amateur Service, which has also
provided a good share of the technologists needed to advance these
areas.
The Amateur Service is federally licensed and regulated under 47 CFR §
97. To have effective communications capability in times of disasters,
Amateur Radio licensees must practice and advance their skills in
communications and technology before the need suddenly arises for their
services. To do this, individual Radio Amateurs require antenna
structures at their homes high enough to conform with the laws of
physics and as permitted under federal license privileges. In the past
this requirement has been frustrated by the widely varying levels of
local zoning as desired by various communities, leading in many cases to
burdensome requirements on the Radio Amateur and even to costly
litigation.
SB1714 provides a mechanism for resolving the current problem, in which
well-meaning communications volunteers must today run the gauntlet of
local zoning agencies that have minimal radio technical and regulatory
knowledge, and therefore do not uniformly provide the federally mandated
reasonable accommodation and minimum practicable regulation of station
antenna structures under 47 CFR §97.15. The Amateur Radio Service,
through its national organization, the American Radio Relay League
(ARRL), stands ready under the terms of SB1714 to provide your office,
without cost to the public, the benefit of its members' specialized
technical capability and emergency operations experience.
Again, please respond to the bipartisan wishes of both houses of the
California Legislature by permitting SB1714 to become law without
delay. Thank you in advance for your interest and support in this
matter.
Prof. David B. Leeson
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Amateur Radio License W6NL
Hi all,
Just a reminder that the deadline for the September issue is Monday, August
28. Since I exchanged months with Mac, I will be the editor this month, and
he will be the editor for October. Please note that November will be my last
month as Key-Klix editor. Anyone interested can get in contact with me and
we can do this month together.
Currently, the topics for this months issue are:
_ Pres Sez - Lou (1 page)
_ September Meeting Announcement - Darryl
_ October Meeting announcement - Lou, Darryl, George ????
_ Meeting location for September, October, November - Lou
_ Hamfest report/thanks/etc. with photos - Hubert (2+ pages as required)
X Hamfest ARDF Hunt - Marvin (2 pages)
_ Education Report - Denny
X Proposed Bylaws Changes - Al (IDZ) (2 pages)
_ Nomination Committee announcement for Klix - Lou or Nomination Committee
Chair
X ARRL QSL Bureau Changes
_ ARDF Happenings - Marvin (1 pages)
_ ATV Sig - Rod (1 - 2 pages)
_ Club Station Report - Walt (1 - 2 pages)
_ Contest Sig - George (1 - 2 pages)
_ QRP Notes? - Jim (1 - 2 pages)
_ Operations - "Jug" (1+ page(s)) Fiesta, Aug 26? Photos from Leroy Jeffers.
Any others?
_ SBARC Wednesday Night Net - Dick
_ VE Sessions Report? - Mike
X Ventura Hamfest Announcement (1/3 page)
_ For Sale? - Bill, etc.
X July Minutes
X July Financials (1 page)
_ Club Calendar (back page)
Note: Items prefixed with an "X" have already been received.
Note: We always need photos for inclusion in Klix; either prints or digital
format is fine. If digital, the resolution should be about 200 DPI minimum.
The resolution can be higher, but it will be reduced to about 200 DPI when
it is put into Klix.
If we are indeed trying to promote Amateur Radio, it would be a good idea to
add a section to Klix that would feature other "local" club events. The
Ventura Hamfest Announcement is one example. If anyone is in contact with
other clubs putting on such events, please have them get in touch with me
via email.
Anything being done about a Christmas party this year?
We are still looking for additional Key-Klix editors. I have one more issue
(November) and I will be done.
Below is the Calendar of Events. Please send me any additions or corrections
that need to be made. The VE Sessions and ARES Meetings come immediately to
mind.
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Calendar of Events
September
6 SBARC Board Meeting, 7 PM, Red Cross
9 ATV SIG Meeting, Get Kids Involved Workshop, 9am, Red Cross
9 Beginning T-Hunt, 3 PM, Stow House Parking Lot
15 SBARC Meeting - Bill Pasternak
24 SBARC Operations - Carpinteria Triathlon
October
2 Key-Klix Deadline for October Issue
11 SBARC Board Meeting, 7 PM, Red Cross
14 ATV SIG Meeting, Airborne ATV Workshop, 9am, Red Cross
14 Beginning T-Hunt Cancelled for this month
15 SBARC Meeting -
20 SBARC Operations - MS Bikathon
30 Key-Klix Deadline for November Issue
November
4 SBARC Operations - Half Marathon
8 SBARC Board Meeting, 7 PM, Red Cross
11 ATV SIG Field Trip, Model Rocket ATV, wb9kmo(a)sbarc.org
17 SBARC Meeting - Elections
27 Key-Klix Deadline for December Issue
December
6 SBARC Board Meeting, 7 PM, Red Cross
From: W6YN Don Milbury <w6yn(a)juno.com>
--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: WA6WZO Fried Heyn SW Div Director, ARRL
To all California hams:
SB 1714 passed in the state Assembly last Friday and was referred back to
the Senate because of an amendment. Yesterday it won final passage on
the
Senate floor, 39-0-1 on a roll call vote.
All that is left is for the Governor to permit it to become law. Please
make the effort in the next few days to write, e-mail or call his office
to
support the bill if you have not already done so. The e-mail address is
graydavis(a)governor.ca.gov. You can get the snail mail address, phone and
fax numbers from the http://www.ca.gov page.
Thanks for your support!
73/Fried(@___@)"choice=responsibility"
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Amateur Radio: If you're not having fun, you are not doing it right!
http://www.qsl.net/arrlsb
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Internet Manager: AD6AD(a)arrl.net
Before this event took place, I gave a call to the Santa Barbara NewsPress
to see if they were interested in covering the event. They were, and sent
out a reporter and photographer. What a great way to get some publicity for
ARDF! Those of you out there putting on similar events might consider
checking with the Sports desk of your local newspaper to see if they also
would be interested in helping to publicize ARDF. The URL for the NewsPress
article is:
http://news.newspress.com/np_home/fsports.html
SBARC ARDF Hunt
by Marvin Johnston, KE6HTS
The day turned out to be perfect with the sun out but not too hot. Besides
being a part of the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club 2000 Hamfest and
Communications Fair that to be held the following day, this 2M hunt would
also be a practice event for Team USA.
Starting about 8:30AM, I began to put out the transmitters with the
identifying control flags and punches. The course itself was about a mile
and three quarters with each transmitter at least 200 yards from each other.
Each transmitter was setup to cycle for one minute on and four minutes off
in round robin style.
At 9:30 the training session began with Julia Vollmer attending. It was
really nice to see Julia show up as she had previously done Orienteering
events, but this was her first ARDF event.
Joe (K0OV) and April (WA6OPS) Moell arrived shortly after Joe had set up an
80M transmitter out on the course. Joe is the ARRL and IARU Region 2 ARDF
Coordinator, and has been promoting this type of hunting in the US for quite
a few years. April also brought along Artie, the "official" foxhunting
mascot. Also attending were Bob (KF6VSE) Cooley, Richard (WA6NOL) Thompson,
and Jay (W6JAY) Thompson, all members of TEAM USA who will be going to the
World ARDF Championships later this year over in China.
Becky, a NewsPress reporter, arrived to do a story on this new (to the US)
sport. She had quite a few people describing it, and my hope was that she
would not be confused by all the new information (she wasnt) being tossed
in her direction. April talked her into going out onto the course with Jay
where she was able to experience first hand the fun of ARDF. It was a
pleasure meeting her and thanks to the NewsPress for sending her out to do
the story.
About 10:25, I turned on the transmitters and Murphy decided to put in an
appearance with three of the five transmitters not starting. With a quick
change of plans, I headed out to check on these mischievous transmitters.
The first did not hear the start signal, the second had the switch turned
off, and the third had one of the antenna connections come loose. With that
all taken care of, Joe and April started the hunt about 11:00AM. The
Advanced class competitors started on two minute intervals while the
Beginners class had a mass start.
With everyone out on the course, the start crew headed over the finish area
where the BBQ would take place. Rick (KE6DKF) Barrett arrived first with an
advanced class winning time of 44 minutes! Other competitors started
arriving about 30 minutes later. Several people took advantage of some 80M
equipment and headed out to find the 80M transmitter. The final results of
that hunt were:
Advanced Class
Place Competitor Time Transmitters Found Team
1) Rick Barrett, KE6DKF 0:43:27 5
2) Brian Peddicord, KF6DZN 1:09:55 5
3) Bob Cooley, KF6VSE 1:31:20 5 Team USA
4) Jay Thompson, W6JAY 1:29:44 4 Team USA
Beginners Class
Place Competitor Time Transmitters Found Team
1) Scott Moore, KF6IKO 1:52:55 5
2) Richard Thompson, WA6NOL 1:08:52 3
3) Julia Vollmer 1:59:12 1
4) Mike Peddicord 2:21:20 5 Over Time
After coming in from the 2M hunt, several people went after the 80M
transmitter hidden a little over a half mile away. The results were:
Place Competitor Time Team
1) Marvin Johnston, KE6HTS 0:13:58 Team USA
Jay Thompson, W6JAY
2) Rick Barrett, KE6DKF 0:23:33
3) Brian Peddicord, KF6DZN 0:33:20
With the hunt over, everyone enjoyed the "eat until gone" hamburger BBQ, and
most stayed for about an hour or so after the hunt eating and chatting. Joe
and April Moell did a great job of starting the event, informing Becky about
the US efforts to build ARDF, hiding the 80M transmitter, and keeping things
going. Darryl (KF6DI) Widman helped at the registration area and also took
care of collecting money for the BBQ. Terry (KF6DZK) Mekker was out on the
course taking pictures and ready to help any of the beginners as needed.
Frank (KO6TP) and Karen (KE6UBH) also served as course marshals. In
addition, they also brought the excellent potato salad and beans for the
BBQ! Noel (KF6LDC) and Julie did a great job of cooking and serving the
hamburgers. Noel also picked up and returned the BBQ grill used for BBQing.
Barbara (KE6OTF) Johnston set up the picnic area and got things ready to
serve. Jay, Brian, and Julia helped bring in the 2M transmitters and flags
after the event was finished. To everyone who attended, a big THANK YOU for
making this a successful event!!!
--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: W6YN Don Milbury <w6yn(a)juno.com>
Hi all:
The following information will be placed in the
CCCDXC September Newsletter. Please pass
this information on to the Newsletter Editors of
the non-DX Clubs you belong to; PRARC,
Estero Bay, Lompoc, SARC, SBARC; etc.
Thank you.
73 JON W6KFV
Subject: FW: W6 Bureau Manager Change
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:33:00 -0700
From: "Fried Heyn(ARRL SW Director)" <lucky(a)surfpage.com>
We have a new 6th District QSL Manager, Steve Frick (N6QEK).
This is an advance notice being sent to all of you above to get
the word out in your clubs (SDDXC, SCDXC, & CCCDXC).
PLEASE ask folks to welcome Steve and thank Archie for his
many years of service. BTW, Steve will be at the DX Bash
Sunday at W6YA's home. Hope to CU there!
73/Fried(@___@)ARRL=future
-----Original Message-----
From: Cook, Martin, N1FOC [mailto:mcook@arrl.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 5:50 AM
Subject: W6 Bureau Manager Change
After almost 27 years as Manager of the W6 Incoming QSL
Bureau Archie Willis W6LPJ has decided to retire. Archie's
dedication to the ARRL & Amateurs in the 6th call area is an
example to us all.
As many of you know Archie's wife & QSL Bureau Assistant
Rosemary KF6EKP passed away earlier this year, Archie says
that her death has left such a big blank that he feels he must
step aside & let someone else take over, he is looking forward
to having more time for himself.
Please drop Archie a note & wish him well in his retirement,
his email address is:
w6lpj(a)earthlink.net <mailto:w6lpj@earthlink.net>
Directors Heyn & Maxwell have approved a replacement for
Archie. Over the next few weeks Archie will be getting together
with New Bureau Manager Steve Frick N6QEK,
n6qek(a)arrl.net <mailto:n6qek@arrl.net> Tel: 619-582-5598
(confidential of course) to arrange the transfer etc. The W6
Incoming QSL Bureau will be moving from it's present location
in Sun Valley CA to San Diego, It's new address will be:
ARRL W6 Incoming QSL Bureau
P.O. Box 900069
San Diego, CA, 92190-0069
Please join me in welcoming Steve in his new & challenging
position, I am sure that he will welcome any offers of help from
you.
73,
Martin Cook N1FOC
ARRL QSL Service Manager
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Amateur Radio: If you're not having fun, you are not doing it right!
http://www.qsl.net/arrlsb
ARRL, Santa Barbara Section
To subscribe: mailto:arrlsb-subscribe@egroups.com
Internet Manager: AD6AD(a)arrl.net
John Stewart W6GTI was fist licensed in 1922 and was our second
oldest ham in Santa Barbara. He recently passed away after a long
illness. Does anyone know his family? Stories about him? Please send
them along ASAP.
--
Work like you don't need the money,
Love like you've never been hurt, and
Dance like nobody's watching.
Diane Sova home: (805) 685-0851 ladydi(a)rain.org
POB 6722 work: (805) 681-8600 x635
Santa Barbara, CA 93160
Hi all,
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Saturday August 10th, will be the SBARC ARDF
Hunt. We will have a NewsPress reporter present and would like to have a
good turnout. Thanks, and see you tomorrow!
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SBARC ARDF Hunt
Saturday, August 12, 2000
The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will be sponsoring another Southern
California On-Foot ARDF hunt in conjunction with the SBARC Hamfest and
Communications Fair. ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding), also called
Radio Orienteering, is a timed event where 5 transmitters are hidden and
competitors use radio direction finding equipment to locate them. This free
informal event will be held on Saturday, August 12, 2000 at Lake Los
Carnaros Park in Goleta, CA. Bring your two-meter hand-held or scanner plus
a portable beam and attenuator if you have them. A limited amount of RDF
gear will be available for loan.. Training is available starting at 9:30am
and is highly recommended for those people not familiar with this type of
direction finding. A hamburger BBQ will follow (reservations requested.)
Location - This event will take place at Lake Los Carnaros and will start at
the Stow House Parking Lot just off of Los Carnaros Road. From US 101 about
1 mile north of Goleta, take the Los Carnaros exit and head north about ¼
mile and turn right into the parking lot.There should be plenty of free
parking.
Transmitters - There will be five transmitters, each transmitting on 146.565
MHz in round robin style for 1 minute each. Each transmitter will be
identified by an Orange/White Orienteering control flag. There may also be
an 80M practice transmitter.
Course - Maps of the area will be available at a scale of 2500:1. The course
itself will be between 2 miles and 3 miles and can easily be completed by
walking in well under the 2 hour time limit. Transmitters will be at least
200 yards from each other.
Classes - Beginner and Advanced. Teams will be allowed with the condition
that only one DF unit be used per team and the people on the team stay
together.
Schedule of Events
9:30 am - 10:00 am - Training
10:00 am - Registration Opens
10:30 am - Competition Starts
1:00 pm - Hamburger BBQ, $3.00 per person
Reservations requested for BBQ
For more information, contact Marvin Johnston, KE6HTS, at 805-687-8881 or
marvin(a)rain.org. Information can also be found on the SBARC web page at
http://www.sbarc.org and on the Homingin web page at
http://www.homingin.com.
