I just received this from Joe Moell. If anyone is interested in going down,
let me know and maybe we can just carpool down. At this point, I plan on
attending.
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As you may have heard, long-time T-hunter Clarke Harris WB6ADC passed
suddenly on Monday afternoon July 2 at his home in Torrance. He was 82. On
the previous Sunday, Clarke was dehydrated and not feeling well. At the
emergency room, doctors cleared him to go home with rehydration procedures,
and on Monday afternoon he died from heart failure while taking a nap.
No services were held. Donations to charity in Clarke's name can be sent to
the Low Vision Center at St. Mary's Medical Center, 1055 Linden Avenue, Long
Beach, CA 90813. Make checks payable to "Low Vision Center."
It was the wish of Clarke and his wife Willy that the Fullerton Radio Club
benefit from his ham radio equipment, as thanks for the many years of
enjoyment that Clarke received from his membership in the club. The items
listed below will be offered at a silent auction during the July 18 meeting
of the club, with all proceeds to the club treasury.
The Fullerton Radio Club meets at the Senior Center, 340 West Commonwealth
Avenue in Fullerton (south side of Commonwealth in Amerige Park between
Highland and Richman Avenues). Meeting and silent auction begin at 7:30
PM.
The auction is open to FRC members and non-members alike. Please pass the
word.
Items are listed below in four groups. Manuals are available for many
items,
a list will be posted at the meeting. Information is available regarding
which items were in recent use, and as many items as possible are being
pre-tested, but all are being offered "as is, cash and carry." Checks will
be accepted, payable to Fullerton Radio Club. Nothing will be sold before
the meeting night.
OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO T-HUNTERS:
Attenuator, "indestructable" waveguide-below-cutoff slider type, with UHF
connectors
Attenuator, resistive type with toggle switches in copper-clad box (2 ea)
BMG Engineering SDF-1 SuperDF w/foldover antenna set and spare non-folding
antenna set
Byonics PicCon controller with connectors for use with HT
Cubex 2m strung-wire quad, painted black
Cushcraft 215WB Boomer 2m yagi
Forsyth HTX-1 T-hunt transmitter in ammo can, with battery and fan
Forsyth HTX-1 T-hunt transmitter in ammo can, without fan, has extra
crystals
Henry 130A10 2m brick amp
Homebrew vehicle-roof T-hunt antenna mount, 450-degree turning action, dual
controls, suction-cup feet, includes 146/220 MHz strung-wire quad with
horizontal/vertical polarization control. Museum-quality, this famous piece
was featured on page 73 of the Transmitter Hunting book. No need for a hole
in the roof! Quad needs restringing.
Homebrew 2m strung-wire quad, fiberglas spreaders, needs restringing
Homebrew VHF sniffer (FSM) with whip antenna and 2 X 2-3/4 meter (2 ea)
Kenwood TR-9130 all mode 2m xcvr w/PL, internal RF attenuation and external
S-meter box
KF6GQ Mini-T, about 10 milliwatts, in plastic case, cigarette-pack size (2
ea)
Mirage B1016 2M FM/SSB amplifier with preamp, 10W in, 160W out
Monarch FSI-2 Field Strength Meter
Radio Shack HTA-20 2m 25W brick amp with RX preamp
HAM RADIO TRANSMITTERS, RECEIVERS, AND ACCESSORIES:
Astron 12V, 50 amp DC regulated power supply
Bencher YA-1 1.5 - 30 MHz low pass filter, 1.5KW continuous
Hallicrafters S-53A shortwave receiver
Heathkit SB-200 80-10m linear amp, wired for 220VAC
Icom CP-12L cigarette lighter adapter/power cord
Icom IC-02AT 2m handheld
Icom IC-3AT 220 handheld w/pl (2 ea)
Icom IC-251A 2m all-mode xcvr
Icom IC-3PA 12V, 3A power supply
Icom IC-37A 220 mobile
Icom IC-BP-7 battery pack
Icom IC-BP-8 battery pack
Icom IC-BP-4 battery pack
Icom IC-DC1 12V adapters (2 ea)
Icom IC-W32A 2M/440 handheld w/ two BP-173 batteries
Kenwood MC-46 microphone
Yaesu FT-890 HF xcvr
Wilson T1405SM handi-talkie with drop-in base charger, open case, probably a
parts rig
ANTENNA STUFF:
AEA 220 MHz 5/8-wave collapsible whip
CDR Ham-M large rotators (2 ea)
Heath HD-1234 4-position coax switch
Hustler mobile HF antenna parts: 2 foldover masts, base spring, 2 40m
resonators, and one each resonators for 80m, 20m 17m, 15m, 10m
Hustler 4BTV HF vertical with radial wires, 75-meter resonator, and RG-8
polyfoam coax
Larsen 2m 1/4-wavelength mag-mount with RG-8x coax and PL259
Master Mobile MicroMatch for mobile HF antenna
MFJ MFJ-1714 whip for handheld
Unknown mfr mast-mount base station J antenna for 2m
Waters 335 6-position coax switch
60 feet of new RG-213, no connectors
TEST EQUIPMENT AND MISC.
Bearcat BC250 250-channel base scanner
Bendix 261-1 Power/VSWR Meter in two parts, up to 1 KW, 0.5-225 MHz
Bird 43 thru-line wattmeter with 3 slugs: 2-30 MHz/1000W, 100-250 MHz/250W,
100-250 MHz/25W
Bird 8166 150W dummy load
CalRad resistor substitution box
Comm-Spec TE12 tone burst/PL encoders, (2 ea, only one has elements)
EICO 147A Signal Tracer
Heath HD 1250 solid state dip meter
Heath IN-3127 Decade Capacitance
Heath IG-72 Audio Generator
Heath MM-1 analog multimeter
Knight code oscillator
Midland scanner, 4-channel xtal-controlled
Millen 90651 grid dip meter. In case, mint condition
Nikon VN820 8mm camcorder with accessories (not working) in Tamrac case
Omega-T TE7-02 Antenna Noise Bridge with leather case
Radio Shack PRO-35 100-channel scanner
Ramsey FM-3 miniature wireless mike (bug) on 94.1 MHz
UNI-T DT-830D 3 1/2 digit DVM
Joe Moell K0OV
www.homingin.com
Quick Question (unrelated to QRP Weekend, which is a great thing). If SBARC
and/or ARES is called upon to serve as emergency communicators in the forest
land, like for a wildfire, should we have funds onboard the VAN to purchase
an ADVENTURE PASS. As a private individual member of ARES who could be called
upon to travel on Forest Service roads during an emergency, should I be
prepared to pay for the privelege?
QRP QRP QRP
Hello QRPers.
As I write this, we are now just 2 weeks away from our much anticipated
QRP weekend. Starting on Friday, July 20, those of us who want a taste
of self sufficiency, a chance to get away for a short time and an
opportunity to go up to an elevation of over 4,000 feet and operate flea
power Amateur Radio stations from batteries are going to have that
chance.
Figueroa Campground at Figueroa Mountain in the Los Padres National
Forest is beckoning you. This will be your opportunity to get out of
town and climb up to where the air is rarified and pure, where the smell
of pine needles on the tall conifers wafts through the air and into your
nostrils and where the smell of bacon sizzling as you climb out of the
sack in the morning makes you glad you are alive.
In addition to all the fun you are going to have working all those
stations from that prime elevation location, think of all those other
campers who will be totally blown away by all the antennas that they see.
These other campers will be bringing their kids, who, for the first time
in their lives, will be exposed to Amateur Radio. You just might be the
one who got them hooked into the world's best hobby!
You will need to bring with you everything that will sustain you for the
weekend -- your shelter (car, van, tent, tarp), sleeping bag or blankets,
air mattress, your food, eating utensils, cooking apparatus, first aid,
all your radio gear (radio, key, microphone, earphones, coax, coax
switch, antenna tuner, antenna, batteries, SWR indicator, misc. coax
adapters, laptop, scratch paper, pen/pencil, license -- you know the
routine.
Oh, and one more thing -- Don't forget to bring your Adventure Pass. We
will be in the National Forest and they require the Pass. The cost of
the Pass is $5.00 per vehicle per day. So if you came up on Friday
afternoon and left on Sunday afternoon, it would technically cost $15.00.
However, if we talk to Park Ranger Helen Tarbit there, she might let us
stay for just $10.00. If you enjoy these outings, you can purchase an
Annual Pass for $30.00. You show your Pass as you enter the campground
or when a Park Ranger comes around.
You don't have an Adventure Pass? This is where you can pick one up:
Big 5 Sporting Goods in the 5 Points Shopping Center
Dodge City on Calle Real
Far West Gun Supply on State Street
Pacific Travel on Anapamu
Mountain Air Sports on State Street
S.B. Maritime Museum on Harbor Way
Certain of the above locations will cut you a deal on the Annual Pass.
In other words, you can buy an Annual Pass for $30.00 and a second one
for just $5.00. Then two of you can split the $35.00 and have use of the
forest for a year for only $17.50 apiece. Such a deal! I suggest you
call ahead to see if they make that deal. That will eliminate the
concern over our weekend.
In case you have forgotten how to get to Figueroa Mountain, take Highway
154 (San Marcos Pass) to the little town of Los Olivos. Take the road to
Figueroa Mountain from there. Remember, the campground takes no
reservations -- it is on a First Come, First Served basis. I would
suggest that you leave as early as possible on Friday and stake out the
best site for us. Keep in mind, some of us will be putting up dipoles,
some will be guying up verticals -- in other words, we will need space.
I hope I have whet your appetite for this great time. We have been
talking about it on the QRP Net and now the time has finally come. What
a wonderful experience it will be -- in the outdoors in the summertime
playing radio. WOW!
Please verify that you will be there. Write me at my e-mail address and
say: Count me in!
73 et gud QRP,
Darryl Widman, KF6DI
auditron(a)juno.com
