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From: "Richard Moseson" <w2vu(a)cq-amateur-radio.com>
To: <cq-l(a)cq-amateur-radio.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:14 PM
Subject: [cq-l] Keep tuned to 6 meters tomorrow (Friday)
> Look for Great DX on 6 Meters Friday
>
> CQ Propagation Editor Tomas Hood, NW7US, suggests keeping a radio tuned to
> 6 meters tomorrow, November 30. Hood reports that the solar flux rose
above
> 200 today -- it's at 216 as this is written -- with and very low Ap and Kp
> readings indicating that we have very low Geomagnetic activity. This, Hood
> says, makes for clean F-layer openings.
>
> A partial halo CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) from an M6-class solar flare
> will probably hit the
> Earth late tomorrow - leaving the chance for a great opening during the
> morning and possibly through the daytime tomorrow. The Flux will be high
> again tomorrow, Hood predicts. He also says there is the possibility of an
> aurora tomorrow after the Earth begins feeling the effects of two recent
> solar flares, although that is not yet certain.
>
> F2 openings on six meters in recent weeks have provided stunning worldwide
> DX on the band, conditions some "magic band" veterans describe as the best
> ever.
>
> Reports on the openings in early and mid-November will be in January's CQ
> "VHF-Plus" column.
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Dear Folks,
Word just received from Joanie Ash: Elsie had surgery last Wednesday for
colon cancer. Drs felt it went well, but they found cancer in the liver.
She went back in for more surgery on the liver. Please remember her in
your thoughts and prayers and send cards to: Elsie Kelly, 18624 Ivan,
Rochester, WA 98579.
Sorry about the bad news.
Lou
I received the following email from the SCONet (Southern California
Orienteering Net) listserver today that expresses very well the
attitudes that have helped the Bay Area Orienteering Club (BAOC) grow to
the extent that they have. When Sergei and I were up there for an
Orienteering meet a little over a month ago, the friendliness and
encouragement of everyone involved was wonderful; the enthusiasm people
have for the both the sport and the BAOC was clearly evident. These are
the types of attitudes that help to build any volunteer organization.
With the change of SBARC board, it is my feverent hope that SBARC will
again work towards being one of the best clubs in the nation with people
who WANT to both belong to and get involved with our club!
A very happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!!
**********
A year ago, I had not even heard of orienteering.
Now it's what I do on Sundays.
Thank you, Jill Seaman, for introducing Debra and me to
the sport.
Thank you, Peter Graube, for letting us be involved in
the preparations for Big Basin, so we got an idea of
just how much advance work went into an event.
And therefore, a big thankyou to all the meet directors
and course setters for all your efforts.
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with
registration, starts, finishes, results, and pickup.
Especially to EvnJean, who did registration at almost
every meet I attended, from Emerald Hills to Calero.
Thanks also to the paperwork people (such as everybody
listed on page 2 of the Bulletin), who got it done
behind the scenes so the events could happen. Thank
you, Jeff, for the newsletter, and Abby, for the
website.
A special thankyou to the experienced orienteers who
take time to talk to beginners, offering encouragement
and advice.
And finally, to all organizers, volunteers, and
participants, Happy Thanksgiving!
-- alan
Hi all,
The Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) will be putting on an A meet
orienteering event on December 8-9. They would like to have two radio
operators for communications between the registration area and the
remote start for Saturday. I would like to have 4 radio operators so
that those helping out will also be able to run the course. If anyone is
interested in helping out, please get in contact with me.
As most of us have learned, orienteering skills are *essential* to being
able to compete in ARDF. It is not too soon to be practicing for the US
ARDF Championships that will be held in Georgia on April 17 - 19, 2002.
More information about this meet can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/6320/la_vasquez.html
More information about other West Coast Orienteering events can be found
at:
http://www.geocities.com/o_sconet/sched_all.html
More information about the 2002 US ARDF Championships in Georgia can be
found at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~sam.smith/gaoc/Radio-O/Radio.htm
When I typed out the results, I don't know what I was looking at but it
certainly was not the result that Dick got! The corrected results for
the SBARC ARDF Hunt are:
Sergei Zarubin 32 Minutes 5 Transmitters, Advanced
Jay Hennigan, WB6RDV 48 Minutes 5 Transmitters, Advanced
Dick Dabney, W5UFZ 131 Minutes 5 Transmitters, Advanced
Scott Moore, KF6IKO 68 Minutes 3 Transmitters, Advanced
David & Karen 150 Minutes 0 Transmitters, Beginner
My apologies to Dick!!!
Marvin, KE6HTS
SBARC ARDF Hunt
Saturday, November 10, 2001
This 2 Meter event took place at Lake Los Carneros (about 6 miles north
of Santa Barbara, CA) and was run using our newly finished Orienteering
map for the park. If the course was run on the shortest path, the total
distance was about 2.4 Km (1.5 miles) long. The course was set up with
the first two transmitters fairly close together with longer runs
required for the last three transmitters. The approximate distances
were:
Start to #2 - 200 Meters
#2 to #1 - 250 Meters
#1 to #4 - 500 Meters
#4 to #3 - 550 Meters
#3 to #5 - 750 Meters
#5 to Finish - 150 Meters
The results were:
Sergei Zarubin 32 Minutes 5 Transmitters, Advanced
Jay Hennigan, WB6RDV 48 Minutes 5 Transmitters, Advanced
Scott Moore, KF6IKO 68 Minutes 3 Transmitters, Advanced
Dick Dabney, W5UFZ 131 Minutes 1 Transmitter, Advanced
David & Karen 150 Minutes 0 Transmitters, Beginner
Sergei, from the Ukraine, came to the US to participate in the US ARDF
Championships that were held last August in Albuquerque, NM where he
took first and second in the 80M and 2M competitions. Jay is a well
known t-hunter in the Santa Barbara area and this was his first ARDF
event. Scott also participated in the Albuquerque Championships where he
took second place in the 80M competition. Dick, from Albuquerque, was
out visiting his family and came up to participate. David and Karens
came up from San Diego and this was their first ARDF event.
We had one 80 Meter transmitter up and running, but it failed before
anyone had a chance to go after it.
After the event, we enjoyed one of our Santa Barbara Style Tri-tip BBQs.
Many thanks to Daryl (KF6DI) and Dennis (WB6OBB) for helping out at the
start and finish, and to Frank and Karen Caplan for preparing and
cooking the Tri-tip BBQ!
Marvin Johnston, KE6HTS
SBARC ARDF Hunt
Saturday, November 10, 2001
The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will be sponsoring another Southern
California On-Foot ARDF hunt on November 10th, 2001. 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, November 10th at Lake Los Carnaros Park in Goleta, CA.
Bring your two-meter hand-held or scanner plus a portable beam,
attenuator, and compass if you have them. A limited amount of RDF gear
will be available for loan. An orienteering map at a scale of 5000:1 was
just completed of the area and will be available for participants.
Several people who competed at the 2001 US ARDF Championships are also
expected to be attending including Sergei Zarubin of Ukraine, who won
gold on the 80m competition and silver on the 2m competition in the M21
(prime) division.
Practice transmitters will go on the air around 11:00 with the main 2M
transmitter hunt starting at noon. There will also be at least one 80M
transmitter on the air.
A tri-tip BBQ will follow (reservations requested) at a cost of 3.50 per
person.
Talk-in will be on the K6TZ repeater; 146.79(-), pl 131.8.
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, 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.
Course - Orienteering maps of the area will be available at a scale of
5000:1. 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.
For more information, contact Marvin Johnston, KE6HTS, at
marvin(a)rain.org.
