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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 23:44:31 -0700
From: ka6rpn(a)juno.com
To: dennis(a)rain.org
Subject: Rhona Anderson
We would like to tell you about Rhona
K6NOO.
She had a CT scan of the abdomen a little over a week ago and the results
were cancer throughout her abdomen, liver, and pancreas. Kip also tells
me her lungs are affected. She was at Cottage Hospital but is home now.
It has been a shock to all of us, who are close to her, and it has been
devastating to Kip and to Rhona herself. She has been such a fighter
through all of her trials these past few years but this journey is a real
blow to her and her loved ones.
It would be a good idea (if Rhona meant something to you) to call, send a
card, take up a meal or just pray that she will be comfortable and live
out the time she has here with us in peace. It is a shock to many of us.
It will be a loss to us and to Amateur Radio.
We remember working with her on the Hamfest the year that she was
chairman. That was one of the best Hamfests we have ever had. To thank
us afterwards for a job well done she had a BBQ and swimming party. It
was a blast and she wanted to just thank us for a job well done. That's
Rhona. Well, we think it would be a good idea if we can do now for her.
Even if it is kind word or a little note please extend yourself now that
we have a chance. She will be missed and if you really know her you know
what we mean.
We spoke to her today and she was having a hard time eating. She took a
little apple sauce and wanted to try a little avocado this evening. She
hurts when she eats but she is trying to keep a little down and get some
nourishment. She took one treatment of chemo but says she will not
continue because she does not feel the results of the chemo are worth it.
So, we are sorry to come to you with this news but we want you to have a
chance to write, call or just pray for her.
Thank you. If you would like to know more details, please do not
hesitate to call or email us.
966-7060
73 and 88's Dennis and JoAnn Schwendtner
WB6OBB KA6RPN
Greetings All,
SBARC will be supporting the following events:
Walk as One-A-Thon, Sunday, July 20, 2003
http://www.nccj.org/nccj/nccj.nsf/articleall/4529?opendocument&1#873
Fiesta Parade, Friday, August 1, 2003
http://www.oldspanishdays-fiesta.org/home.html
Santa Barbara Triathlon, Saturday, August 23, 2003
http://www.adventours-inc.com/common/sbct2003.htm
I'll have more details for each event
If you'd like to work any or all of the events, please contact me.
If you prefer a specific assignment, please let me know as soon as
possible
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COMPUTER EQUIPMENT WANTED
The Club would like to proceed ahead with integration of the INTERNET
RADIO LINKING PROJECT (IRLP) to the Club'S 446.400 MHz repeater.
WHAT IS NEEDED:
PENTIUM I or II Computer
capable of operating under LINUX
Minimum 32 MB of RAM
Minimum 1 GB Hard Drive
Linux friendly network card
ISA true Soundblaster16 sound card
If you have a portion or all of these assets which could be donated
to this Club project then please contact Bill Talanian (964-7432).
Hi,
As you may know, we'll have a blimp for Field Day. We're planning to try to
put a small video transmitter on it, but need a power source. Batteries
that would handle the load over time are two heavy, so we're looking for a
small, lightweight, flexible solar panel. It needs to put out about half an
amp anywhere between 8 and 24 volts (it will be regulated). Voltages closer
to 8 are preferred because they generate less heat in the regulator.
If you have a panel that you lend us for the weekend, please email me at
rod(a)sbatv.org.
Thanks,
Rod, WB9KMO
The weather turned out to be almost perfect for the practice held on
Saturday, June 21 at Lake Los Carnaros in Goleta, California. With
overcast skys in the morning, the weather was cool and comfortable for
running. There were a total of 9 transmitters; 5 2M transmitters for the
ARDF Competition, 1 80M practice transmitter, and 3 practice
transmitters about 100 feet from each other near the starting area.
I layed out the course with a goal of a 35 - 40 minute winning time. The
course length varied depending on the route, but the optimum was
probably 1 2 5 3 4 which gave a course length of about 2.5 Km. Taking
the order of 1 5 2 3 4 would have been a close second.
Bob Cooley and Jay Thompson were both members of the US ARDF team and
had competed in the World ARDF Championships. Scott Moore had competed
both in the Albuquerque and Georgia US ARDF Championships. Most of the
other hams were either planning on, or hoping to attend the US ARDF
Championships in Cincinnati, OH this year.
We had four beginners that enjoyed todays event, and we are hoping they
will be attending more of these events!
TWO METER EVENT
Name Callsign Time Foxes Found Order
Bob Cooley KF6VSE 38:50 5 1 5 2 3 4
Jay Thompson W6JAY 40:40 5 5 2 1 3 4
Jay Hennigan WB6RDV 49:40 5 1 2 3 5 4
Dean Dods KD6I 54:45 5
Scott Moore KF6IKO 1:00:42 5 1 2 5 3 4
Matthew Dods KG6EPB 1:12:09 5
Bill Smathers KF6HXX 1:43:45 5
Richard Thompson WA6NOL 1:53:10 3
Jim Whitted --- 2:37:10 3 5 2 4
Gab Knapp + --- 1:15:25 1
Chris Knapp + ---
Matt Smith ---
80 Meter Transmitter
Name Callsign Time
Jay Thompson W6JAY 15:48
Bob Cooley KF6VSE 30:10
Several other went after the 80M transmitter but were not timed.
Marvin Johnston, KE6HTS
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Hi everyone!
Just a reminder that next weekend on Saturday, June 21st, we will be
having an informal ARDF (Amateur Radion Direction Finding and sometimes
called Radio-Orienteering) practice. The location will be at Lake Los
Carneros Park in Goleta, CA. The 2M hunt will begin at 9:00AM, will be
around 3 - 3.5 Km in length, and I expect the winning time to be about
35 minutes. We will have standard 1:5000, full color orienteering maps
available. I plan on being at the registration area about 8:30AM.
The start times will be 5 minutes apart with each competitor starting
when transmitter #1 first goes on as is standard in Championship events.
There will be a starting chute to keep everyone starting out in the same
direction. The start times for those people who just want to give it a
try without being timed will be just after the last timed start. Right
now, I would guess that would be sometime after 9:40AM. Standard
orienteering punches will be used, and the transmitters will be
identified with the standard Orance and White control flag.
There are quite a few foxtails in the park, and gators might be
advisable.
For those of you who might just like an armchair idea of what this is
all about, take a look at http://www.rain.org/~marvin. I copied this
description from the web about 5 years or so ago. I have not been able
to find the original author.
Since this is an informal meet, there are no entry fees. However if you
are planning on attending, please let me know. A map and directions can
be found on the HomingIn web site at http://www.homingin.com.
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This was forwarded to me, and I thought the information presented here
might provide some ideas of what we, as a club, could be doing.
E-Box - Electronic Scoring box. Runners carry a finger "stick" they
place in the
EBox and that records the time and ID of the runner when they visit
that control.
HOC - Houston Orienteering Club.
OT - Overtime
OCAD - An Orienteering CAD (an excellent programming for drawing
Orienteering maps.) For those of you who have seen the Lake Los Carnaros
Orienteering Map, it was done in OCAD 5.0 (now offered as freeware.)
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Hi my name is Mike Urich and I'm a member of HOC and also a ham radio
operator. We just finished up teaching our annual summer camp, Texas
Junior Orienteering Camp, TJOC http://tjoc.us, where we were beginning
to
push the envelope of technology and orienteering some. TJOC is the
vision
of Maj Vidinha of LaPorte JROTC and is supported by the NTOA, HOC &ALOS
clubs. We learned a couple of things from this years camp that I'd like
to
share. First we run this camp at the Sid Richardson Scout Ranch (SR2)
in
Bridgeport TX which is a 3000 acre facility that is longer than it is
wide.
>From the bottom of the map to the top is about 5 - 6 Km and we used the
entire map over the course of the week. SR2 is a very rough and
unforgiving
so we felt it was necessary to have good communications in addition to
good
medical support, we had one RN and one Paramedic on site all week.
Because my son, Chase, KC5MPK and I are ham radio operators and practice
emergency communications we felt that it was necessary for us to have a
map
of the facility that was broken up into some type of a grid system so if
needed we could call for medical at grid square "G12" and everyone who
needed to respond could look at their map and know where to go without
going
into some long detail about where to turn off the road etc etc. We
found
that OCAD has a grid overlay (draw grid) feature and it worked perfectly
for
us. We actually printed 3 separate maps covering various areas of the
main
map (mainly so it wouldn't be too small) and had copies with both
medical
staff, myself (safety observer & communications supervisor) and the camp
director. These came in handy when we had missing (OT) runners and had
to
mount a search. We could drop off people at different spots and tell
them
to go search a particular grid(s). We set the grids to 150X150 meters
in
size
This was greatly enhanced by using good two way radios. If you scan
through
the pictures on the tjoc web-site you will see a gazebo which is one of
the
highest spots on the facility. We set up our fixed communications
center
(net control station or NCS) there On events where the courses were
too
long for reliable hand held to hand held communications we would man the
(NCS). Any time we had a missing (OT) runner and had search teams out
each
team would be equipped with a hand held radio and the NCS would be
manned as
well as we had our medic in a vehicle with a radio.
In HOC we are currently using MURS Ch5 (154.600 MHz) and we have 10 hand
held and one fixed (base) station radio. Here's a couple of pictures of
the
antenna on top of the trailer and the radio inside the equipment
trailer.
Once the trailer is unloaded with meet gear we set it up for
computations
and NCS. These were from a local meet back in the spring.
http://www.ka5cvh.com/arespix/tn014.jpghttp://www.ka5cvh.com/arespix/tn015.jpghttp://www.ka5cvh.com/arespix/tn015a.jpg
Our next goal is to look into doing some type of data communications
between
start / finish & computations via packet (digital mode). We'll probably
be
using MURS Ch3, 151.940 MHz for data. What we want to be able to do is
automatically update start list changes for finish and computations from
start as they are made. We've also discussed how we could use APRS
(another
digital radio mode) to let us know who has punched an E-Box so we can
evaluate where competitors may be on the course. Another benefit to the
digital modes is having someone at a man control, like map exchange,
sending
bib #'s back to finish so the race can be "monitored" so to speak.
We're also interested in talking with anyone who has come up with a PDA
interface where we could go out and check E-Boxes to see if a missing
runner
has made it to that control or not. We are seriously interested in what
other clubs are using for two way radios (if you do) at your meets, and
if
any other of you techno geeks have considered any of these other items
too!.
I have set up an email reflector for the purpose of discussing "license
free" "personal communication radio services" including all digital
modes
and how we could apply them to orienteering. If you're interested in
joining go to http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/murs and sign up.
Mike Urich
www.ka5cvh.comwww.ka5cvh.com/democracy.htm
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Dear SBARC Members:
I am writing to the general membership today to ask for a favor.
As you know, the 28-29th of June is Field Day. KG6JMJ and I are running
the HF Phone Station. We had this bright idea of getting a car
dealership to lend us their blimp for Field Day operations. It appears
that we have been successful and expect to have a 17 foot blimp flying
above the Phone Station. What could be more exciting?
We need two things and we thought that we would appeal to the membership
for help. We need:
1. Ladder Line. 450 ohm 14 gage 1 inch ladder line is preferred.
2. Ideas about what antenna would take the best advantage of the blimp
(maximum elevation is 190 feet).
If you have some ladder line you would like to LEND (you will get it
back), please let us know. We would like to obtain about 300 feet in
total. It can be in many pieces...anywhere from 25 foot sections to
100+ foot runs.
If you have an antenna idea, we'd love to hear it. If you have an
antenna you would like to lend and see it fly high above Santa Barbara,
we'd like to hear that too!
With the solar conditions poor, we need to concentrate on 40-80 meters.
Having the blimp will allow us to get a long wire high in the sky. As a
skyhook, we can suspend most any design. Looking through the ARRL
Antenna book brings several good choices to mind, including a tilted
half rhombic.
So, if you'd like to help us field day operators out, please let us
know. Please send email to kg6ena(a)sbarc.org do not reply to this email
as we used the list server.
Thanks for your time.
KG6ENA, KG6JMJ
Steve Hammer
Ken Mueller
Here is my short list:
Orion Feature Wish List (software defined)
1. manual transmit key
2. bandscope active on all receivers, main, b and sub; switchable
3. two bandscopes: 1 for A, 1 switchable between B and sub
4. programmable step sizes other than the presets
5. memory positions for rx audio settings that does not require a reset
of other radio functions. recall would be instant.
6. the external speaker output on the rear panel should be a STEREO plug
and not a monaural plug. this would allow us to connect two speakers so
we could enjoy the binaural and diversity reception.
7. separate control of both compression and alc in the speech processor.
8. display of transmit audio signal in real time.
9. ability to reassign features to buttons we may not use. for example,
item 5 above could be assigned to VOX button. multiple pushes would
cycle different settings (as the AGC button does now).
cheers!
steve
kg6ena
