Here's the current line-up:
0630 to 1530 Race Course Directors: ---unfilled---, "RACE 1,", "RACE 2",
"RACE 3"
0630 to 1530 Bike Course Director: ---unfilled---, "BIKE 1"
0630 to 1530 Run Course Director: ---unfilled---, "RUN 1"
0630 to 1530 Medical Director: ---unfilled---, "MED 1"
0700 to 1300 Skateboard Park & Cabrillo ---unfilled---, "PARK 1"
0800 to 1300 State St. & Pier Bike Path: ---unfilled---, "STATE ST."
0800 to 1300 Oliver Rd. & El Camino de la Luz: ---unfilled---, "EL
CAMINO"
Santa Barbara Triathlon, Saturday, August 23, 2003
http://www.adventours-inc.com/common/sbct2003.htm
Hubert, VP of Ops.
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0700 to 1200 Olive Mill & Danielson: position filled, "OLIVE MILL"
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Greetings Everyone,
Here are the Santa Barbara Triathlon positions yet to be filled:
0630 to 1530 Race Course Directors: ---unfilled---, "RACE 1,", "RACE 2",
"RACE 3"
0630 to 1530 Run Course Director: ---unfilled---, "RUN 1"
0630 to 1530 Medical Director: ---unfilled---, "MED 1"
0700 to 1200 Olive Mill & Danielson: ---unfilled---, "OLIVE MILL"
0700 to 1300 Skateboard Park & Cabrillo ---unfilled---, "PARK 1"
0800 to 1300 State St. & Pier Bike Path: ---unfilled---, "STATE ST."
0800 to 1300 BBQ area @ Leadbetter: ---unfilled---, "LEADBETTER"
0800 to 1300 West end of Shoreline Park: ---unfilled---, "SHORELINE"
0800 to 1300 Oliver Rd. & El Camino de la Luz: ---unfilled---, "EL
CAMINO"
Thanks,
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Subject: The ARRL Letter, Vol 22, No 32
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The ARRL Letter
Vol. 22, No. 32
August 15, 2003
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IN THIS EDITION:
* +Blackout response proves hams' readiness
* +ARRL president wants more Spectrum Protection Act cosponsors
* +UK youngsters enjoy ham radio space chats
* +Two more countries drop Morse requirement for HF
* +Roy Neal, K6DUE, SK
* +LF beacon on the air from Alaska
* +Contributions aiding BPL campaign
* Solar Update
* IN BRIEF:
This weekend on the radio
ARRL Emergency Communications course registration
ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course
registration
Corrections
ISS commander takes a bride by proxy
+Available on ARRL Audio News
===========================================================
==>HAMS A BRIGHT SPOT DURING POWER BLACKOUT
When a power blackout struck at least a half dozen eastern states
August
14, many Amateur Radio operators were ready and able to provide
whatever
assistance they could. Hardest hit were metropolitan areas like
New York
City, Detroit and Cleveland. In New York, residents and commuters
found
themselves stranded in electricity-dependent elevators and subway
or rail
cars while visitors ended up stuck at airports, which were forced
to shut
down. With the cellular systems overloaded or out altogether, the
incident
turned into a test of Amateur Radio's capabilities to operate
without
commercial power.
"It was a good drill," said New York City-Long Island Section
Emergency
Coordinator Tom Carrubba, KA2D. But, he adds, it was a cautionary
tale
too. "The lesson is that everybody gets a little complacent," he
said.
"Have emergency power backup and make sure it's working!"
By and large, Carrubba said, ARES members did what they were
trained to
do. "It's going to show the worth of Amateur Radio," he said of
the
blackout response. "There were people on the air immediately."
Diane Ortiz, K2DO, the Public Information Coordinator for NYC-
Long Island
was one of them. When power went down in her Suffolk County
community, she
started up an informal VHF net. Over the next 20 hours or so, it
passed
some 500 pieces of what Ortiz described as largely "health-and-
welfare
traffic."
"People are getting on and helping," she said. In addition to
handling
messages for people stranded in the city, amateurs also relayed
useful
information, such as which stores or filling stations were open
and
operating. With many radio and TV stations dark, and hams were
able to
help fill the information void, Ortiz said.
In the Big Apple itself, ARES teams provided communication
support for Red
Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) set up at main
transportation
centers in Manhattan. ARES members also accompanied ERVs on fire
calls.
RACES activated in most Greater New York City area counties after
a state
of emergency was declared. Some ARES teams--including a few
across the
Hudson River in New Jersey--activated or remained on standby to
help if
called upon. In New Jersey, a net linked the Red Cross lead
chapter's
N2ARC in Princeton with other New Jersey ARC chapters.
Michigan Section Manager Dale Williams, WA8EFK, reports scattered
ARES
activations. Williams, who lives in Dundee south of Detroit, was
without
power August 15 and relying on his emergency generator. Some
Michigan ARES
teams assisted emergency operations centers and the Red Cross.
In Ohio, Section Emergency Coordinator Larry Rain, WD8IHP,
reports that
all ARES organizations in northern Ohio were activated after the
power
grid went down. Still going strong at week's end were ARES teams
in
Cleveland and Akron. "ARES is handling communication support for
Ohio
Emergency Management in the affected cities and communities,"
Rain said.
Ohio VHF and UHF nets and the Ohio SSB net on HF have been
handling
blackout-related traffic.
Nancy Hall, KC4IYD--who lives 20 miles west of Cleveland--said
she's glad
she'd taken the ARRL Emergency Communications Level I class. "I
have to
say that being a ham and knowing about emergency preparedness did
make
life easier for me and my family," said Hall, who's now signed up
for the
Level II class.
New England states were far less affected by the blackout.
ARES/RACES
operators in the region were on standby after the blackout. Only
Connecticut and sections of Western Massachusetts reported
significant
outages, and ARES nets activated in both states.
Bill Sexton, N1IN/AAR1FP, an Army MARS member, said his emergency
power
capability permitted him to check into the Northeast SHARES
(National
Communications System HF Shared Resources Program) net and
maintain e-mail
contact after Berkshire County lost power.
"The experience proved once gain the great strength of ham radio
in an
emergency," Sexton said. "It is self-starting, and it is
everywhere."
==>HAYNIE URGES MORE LETTERS TO POTENTIAL SPECTRUM BILL
COSPONSORS
ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, wants to see more letters
urging members
of Congress to sign on as cosponsors of the Amateur Radio
Spectrum
Protection Act bills in the US House and Senate. The identical
measures,
an ARRL initiative, are on their third try in Congress. Noting
that
cosponsor counts have changed little over the past month and that
some
lawmakers he's contacted had not yet heard from constituents,
Haynie
encouraged more League members to take the effort to write, call
or e-mail
their representatives and senators to explain the bills'
importance.
"Those letters are everything to a congressperson or a senator,"
Haynie
said. "Without letters from constituents, we're just spinning our
wheels."
Conceding that Broadband over Power Line (BPL) has been taking
the
limelight in recent days, Haynie said passage of the Spectrum
Protection
Act remains important to the overall future of Amateur Radio.
The Spectrum Protection Act would require the FCC to provide
"equivalent
replacement spectrum" to Amateur Radio if the FCC reallocates
primary
amateur frequencies, reduces any secondary amateur allocations,
or makes
additional allocations within such bands that would substantially
reduce
their utility to amateurs.
A sample letter on ARRL's The Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection
Act of
2003 Web page <http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/arspa.html> cites
Amateur
Radio's role in public service activities. The page also contains
information on how to identify and contact members of Congress
and links
to the Thomas Web site <http://thomas.loc.gov/>, where the bills'
text and
a list of cosponsors are available.
"Just bringing the Spectrum Protection Act to the attention of
your
senator or representative is a major help in this effort," Haynie
said.
"This is not one of those cases where we're looking for
donations. This is
something that you--as a member--can do on behalf of Amateur
Radio, and
the most it will cost you is some stationery and a 37-cent
stamp."
Those writing their lawmakers on behalf of the Spectrum
Protection Act are
asked to copy their correspondence to the League via e-mail
<specbill03(a)arrl.org>.
HR 713 now has 44 cosponsors, while the identical S 537 has six.
Cosponsorship lends support to legislation while it's in
committee, and
Haynie says letters and e-mails from members to their lawmakers
remains
the key to getting the legislation passed.
==>UK PRIMARY SCHOOLERS, SCIENCE CAMPERS TALK WITH ISS VIA HAM
RADIO
Youngsters at two locations in England got to speak via ham radio
with
NASA International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu, KC5WKJ,
this
month. Pupils at Neston Primary School in Wiltshire talked with
Lu--at the
controls of NA1SS--on August 6. A group of somewhat older space
campers--aged 11 to 13--at Soar Valley College in Leicester had
the same
opportunity two days later. Both successful contacts were
arranged via the
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program
<http://www.rac.ca/ariss/>.
The primary schoolers, who took time away from their summer
holiday to
participate in the space contact, prepared a list of 20 questions
for Lu
and got to ask all of them during the roughly 10-minute direct 2-
meter
contact.
A couple of the pupils asked about the construction of the ISS.
"What was
the reason for building the ISS?" one asked.
"I think the big reason is to help us learn the things that we
need to
learn before we start flying off to much further destinations--
like to
Mars, back to the moon, the asteroids and to explore our solar
system," Lu
responded. "There's a lot of things that we really need to learn-
-and
learn much better--before we're ready to go do that."
Lu explained that the ISS was still under construction, and he
didn't
expect it to be completed for another five years--although even
that
timeframe remains uncertain with the shuttle fleet still
grounded.
At the Soar Valley College Science Camp, several students posed
questions
about the food available aboard the ISS. One youngster asked if
the menu
of canned and packaged meals ever got boring
"We probably have a couple of hundred different varieties of food
that we
can choose from up here," Lu said. "So, pretty much every day you
can eat
something different." Gone are the days when space travelers have
to suck
liquefied meals through a tube, however. "What we've got right
now is a
pretty good-sized area where we can eat," Lu said. The ISS galley
includes
a table and food warmers and a supply of water to rehydrate
meals. "Almost
nothing that we eat actually comes out of a tube anymore," he
added.
While being in zero gravity can be fun, Lu told the science
campers that
it has its advantages and disadvantages. "Sometimes, having no
gravity up
here is great," he said. "You can fly places, you can move
extremely heavy
objects." At other times, it's difficult to do certain tasks
because of no
gravity. Lu said the crew needs to always remember to secure
items to keep
them from floating around in the cabin, he said. "It's just a
mindset you
have to get used to."
ARISS is an international project with participation by ARRL,
NASA and
AMSAT.--some information provided by Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
==>BELGIUM, GERMANY DROP MORSE REQUIREMENT
Belgium and Germany are the latest countries to drop the
requirement to
pass a Morse code examination to obtain HF operating privileges.
Their
action followed the decision of World Radiocommunication
Conference 2003
to delete the treaty requirement calling on applicants to prove
Morse
proficiency to have HF access.
Belgians holding ON1-prefix Class B tickets can get new Class A
HF
licenses and ON4, 5, 6 or 7 prefixes by applying to Belgium's
telecommunications authority and paying a 5 Euro fee. As of
August 8, some
200 Belgian Class B licensees had taken advantage of the plan.
Starting August 15, an estimated 33,000 German Class 2 VHF/UHF-
only
licensees will be permitted access to the HF bands on an equal
footing
with current Class 1 licensees. "Morse telegraph knowledge as a
prerequisite to use the high-frequency bands is no longer
required," said
a statement from the German Federal Ministry of Economy and Labor
(BMWA).
"These rules apply for foreign Amateur Radio licensees with
comparable
privileges operating during visits in Germany." At least for now,
the
upgraded Class 2 licensees will use their current call signs
(prefixes
include DB, DC, DD and DG).
Switzerland was the first country to drop the Morse requirement,
albeit on
a provisional basis while it makes the rule change permanent. The
UK soon
followed.
Radio Amateurs of Canada is conducting a national on-line Morse
survey
<http://www.rac.ca/news/msurvey.htm> to record Canadian amateurs'
preferences on the current 5 WPM Morse requirement for HF access.
The RAC
Board of Directors will consider the results of the survey in
arriving at
a recommendation for Industry Canada, which will decide the
matter in
Canada.
==>ROY NEAL, K6DUE, SK
Retired NBC News space correspondent, producer and executive Roy
Neal,
K6DUE, died August 15 in High Point, North Carolina. He was 82.
Neal
underwent major heart surgery August 12.
Recognized as a leading news expert in spaceflight and science,
Neal--born
Roy N. Hinkel--covered all of the Mercury missions for NBC and
later
reported the Gemini and Apollo missions and the early space
shuttle
flights. His space news experience led him to become involved
with the
Space Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX)--now the Amateur Radio on
the
International Space Station (ARISS) program. ARISS, a joint
project of
ARRL, AMSAT and NASA, put Amateur Radio aboard space shuttles and
developed the first permanent ham station in space aboard the
ISS. Neal
chaired the SAREX/ARISS Working Group and moderated ARISS
international
team gatherings and, quite often, school group contact
teleconferences.
Earlier this year, he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall
of Fame
for his role in persuading NASA officials to allow Amateur Radio
operation
from space in the 1980s.
Neal also was a regular visitor and sometime presenter at
Hamvention. He
hosted the 1987 ARRL video production, New World Of Amateur
Radio, an
overview of ham radio in space.
A Pennsylvania native, Neal's broadcasting career began at WIBG
radio in
Philadelphia. He served as a combat infantry officer during World
War II
and later became a program manager for the Armed Forces Radio
Network in
Europe. After the war, he was a television pioneer at WPTZ-TV in
Philadelphia. He subsequently set up NBC's West Coast news
bureau.
An ARRL member and active amateur operator throughout his adult
life, Neal
enjoyed DXing, HF and VHF. Survivors include his wife Pat and
sons David
and Mark. Arrangements are pending.
==>ALASKA AMATEUR DEBUTS EXPERIMENTAL 136-KHZ BEACON
An Alaska amateur has launched a beacon on 136 kHz under an FCC
Part 5
experimental license, and he's already confirmed a reception
report from
British Columbia and received an unconfirmed report--or "trace"--
from the
UK. Laurence Howell, KL1X (ex-GM4DMA), reports his WD2XDW CW
beacon from
Anchorage (BP41xd) is now on the air 24/7 at 137.77350 kHz--a
slight
change from his initial frequency to avoid LORAN C spurs.
"A lot of experimenters are still reeling after the recent
refusal by the
FCC to allow a 136-kHz allocation to the Amateur Service," Howell
told
ARRL. "This Part 5 license approval is most welcomed by the
experimental
community."
In May, the FCC unexpectedly turned down ARRL's petition to grant
135.7 to
137.8 kHz to amateurs. In its denial, the FCC cited arguments put
forth by
power companies that amateur operation in the vicinity of 136 kHz
might
interfere with power line carrier (PLC) systems used to control
the power
grid.
Howell says Steve McDonald, VE7SL--some 2100 kms away in British
Columbia--was able to copy a part of the WD2XDW call sign about
45 minutes
before dawn on August 15. The "capture" matched up with the
beacon's
transmission.
"Given the time of year and solar/geomagnetic conditions, this is
a very
good sign," he said.
The WD2XDW beacon is being used for propagation experimentation
within the
US and to check transpolar propagation to Europe on paths over
the high
Arctic. It's transmitting very slow-speed CW--so-called "QRSS"
transmissions of one dit every six seconds--at up to 2 W ERP.
The beacon's antenna is a 32-meter (105 feet) wire vertical with
a
capacity top hat, about 1 mH of base-loading inductance and a
killer
ground system that covers several acres. Despite the extensive
ground
system, Howell says, the antenna system remains pretty lossy at
LF.
Howell notes that Alaska is in a period of essentially 24-hour
daylight,
but he expects things to heat up on LF in late September or early
October.
Experimenters use software such as Argo
<http://www.weaksignals.com/> to
"copy" the weak-signal LF transmissions.
Howell said he hopes his beacon will promote a better
understanding of
complex propagation modes associated with what he termed "this
fascinating
part of the spectrum."
==>CONTRIBUTIONS DO HELP IN BPL CAMPAIGN
Over the past six weeks, donations from ARRL members and friends
have
built a war chest to assist in the League's fight against efforts
to
implement Broadband over Power Line (BPL) technology. ARRL Chief
Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, reports that the Spectrum
Defense
Special Campaign so far has raised approximately $225,000 from
more than
4200 donors.
"As Amateur Radio meets the most serious threat to our service in
decades,
the generosity of ARRL members, clubs and advertisers is making a
tremendous difference, enabling ARRL staff and leadership to take
all
needed steps in this campaign," said Hobart. "The ARRL's effort
against
BPL would not be able to go forward in the coming months without
the
generous, voluntary contributions of supporters."
Funded by the special campaign fund, the ARRL Laboratory staff
continues
to prepare technical reports for official filings. Information
and data
gathered to date include calculations of the interference levels
that
radio amateurs can expect from BPL. These calculations were
included in
the 120-page filing ARRL submitted to the FCC in July. Since
then, actual
field measurements have been taken at four BPL trial sites in
Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York. The ARRL also documented the
interference in a dramatic video available via the ARRL Web site
(see "BPL
is 'Spectrum Pollution,' ARRL President Says"
<http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/08/08/2/>). Additional
video
documentation will accompany future filings to the FCC.
In addition, Spectrum Defense Fund contributions have borne the
cost of
ensuring that test equipment meets National Institute of
Standards and
Technology (NIST) standards. The campaign against BPL also
requires ARRL's
persistent and significant presence in Washington, DC, to contact
key
legislators on Capitol Hill as well as staffers at the FCC and at
other
government agencies to present Amateur Radio's case. Voluntary
contributions help cover the travel expenses of ARRL President
Jim Haynie,
W5JBP, and others as needed, plus legal fees and the cost of
professional
advisors.
To find out more or to support the League's efforts in this area,
visit
the ARRL's secure BPL Web site
<https://www.arrl.org/forms/development/donations/bpl/>.
The period to comment in direct response to the Broadband over
Power Line
Notice of Inquiry (ET Docket 03-104) ended July 7. The FCC now is
seeking
only "reply comments." A reply comment is a comment on or a
rebuttal to
specific comments already filed by another party. Reply comments
are due
by the recently extended deadline of Wednesday, August 20. The
ARRL will
file reply comments in the BPL proceeding.
Interested parties may file reply comments using the FCC's
Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS) <http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/>,
which also
permits users to view all comments on file. To file a reply
comment, click
on "Submit a Filing" under "ECFS Main Links." In the "Proceeding"
field,
type "03-104" and complete the required fields. You may type your
remarks
into a form or attach a file. ECFS also accepts comments and
reply
comments in this and other proceedings via e-mail, per
instructions on the
ECFS page.
To view documents already submitted in the BPL proceeding, click
on
"Search for Filed Comments" under "ECFS Main Links" and type
"03-104" in
the "Proceeding" field.
==>SOLAR UPDATE
Sun watcher Tad "Good Day Sunshine" Cook, K7RA, Seattle,
Washington,
reports: The average daily sunspot numbers for the week was about
the same
this week as last, and daily solar flux was only slightly higher.
Solar
flux is expected to peak over the next few days--such as it is in
this
declining phase of the solar cycle. Expect solar flux values
around 135
for Saturday, August 16. Solar flux is expected to gradually
decline to
below 100 around August 24. Geomagnetic indicators should be
unsettled to
active Friday, August 15, but should quiet down over the next
week.
Predicted planetary A index for August 15-18 is 20, 15, 10 and
10.
Currently there is just one sunspot group facing Earth, and it
seems to be
growing fast as it moves into optimum position for Earth-directed
radiation. This presents a wild card for conditions over the next
couple
of days, since it could be the source of increasing solar wind.
Sunspot numbers for August 7 through 13 were 121, 111, 107, 112,
118, 114
and 112, with a mean of 113.6. The 10.7-cm flux was 137, 132.9,
130,
131.1, 129.2, 123.3 and 130.8, with a mean of 130.6. Estimated
planetary A
indices were 15, 32, 15, 12, 11, 25 and 17, with a mean of 18.1.
__________________________________
==>IN BRIEF:
* This weekend on the radio: The North American QSO Party (SSB),
the SARTG
World Wide RTTY Contest, the ARRL 10 GHz Cumulative Contest, the
Keyman's
Club of Japan Contest, the SEANET Contest (CW/SSB/Digital) and
the New
Jersey QSO Party are the weekend of August 16-17. JUST AHEAD: The
ALARA
Contest, the Hawaii QSO and Ohio QSO parties, the TOEC World Wide
Grid
Contest (CW), the NRRL 75th Anniversary Contest and the CQC
Summer QSO
Party are the weekend of August 23-24. See the ARRL Contest
Branch page
<http://www.arrl.org/contests/> and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar
<http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for more info.
* ARRL Emergency Communications course registration: Registration
for the
United Technologies Corporation grant-sponsored Level II ARRL
Amateur
Radio Emergency Communications on-line course (EC-002) remains
open
through midnight Sunday, August 17, or until all seats are
filled. Class
begins August 26. Registration opens Monday, August 18, 12:01 AM
Eastern
Daylight Time (0401 UTC), for the Level III Emergency
Communications
on-line course (EC-003). Registration remains open through the
August
23-24 weekend or until all available seats have been filled--
whichever
comes first. Class begins Tuesday, September 2. Thanks to the
United
Technologies Corp grant, the $45 registration fee paid upon
enrollment
will be reimbursed after successful completion of the Level III
course.
During this registration period, approximately 50 seats are being
offered
to ARRL members on a first-come, first-served basis. For more
information,
contact Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan Miller,
K3UFG,
dmiller(a)arrl.org; 860-594-0340.
* ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course
registration:
Registration for the ARRL VHF/UHF--Life Beyond the Repeater
(EC-008)
<http://www.arrl.org/cce/courses.html#ec008> and the High
Frequency
Digital Communications (EC-005)
<http://www.arrl.org/cce/courses.html#ec005> courses opens
Monday, August
18, 12:01 AM EDT (0401 UTC). Registration remains open through
Sunday,
August 24. Classes begin Tuesday afternoon, August 26.
Registration for
the ARRL Antenna Modeling (EC-004)
<http://www.arrl.org/cce/courses.html#ec004> course remains open
through
Sunday, August 17. Those interested in taking an ARRL
Certification and
Continuing Education (C-CE) course in the future can sign up to
be advised
via e-mail in advance of registration opportunities. To take
advantage,
send an e-mail to prereg(a)arrl.org. On the subject line, indicate
the
course name or number (eg, EC-00#) and the month you want to
start the
course. In the message body, provide your name, call sign, and e-
mail
address. Please do not send inquiries to this mailbox. To learn
more,
visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page
<http://www.arrl.org/cce> and the C-CE links found there. For
more
information, contact Certification and Continuing Education
Program
Coordinator Howard Robins, W1HSR, hrobins(a)arrl.org.
* Corrections: The story Hams Still Active as Cooler Weather
Helps Tame
Montana Wildfires, which appeared in The ARRL Letter, Vol 22, No
31 (Aug
8, 2003) contained an incorrect call sign for Flathead County
ARES
Emergency Coordinator Don Ross, KJ7IZ. Also, Bart Pulverman,
WB6WUW, was
the winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for July. We reported
the
incorrect issue.
* Ohio ARES members assist following flooding: Amateur Radio
Emergency
Service (ARES) members in Stark County, Ohio, were called to
assist both
the county emergency operations center (EOC) and the American Red
Cross as
flood waters devastated parts of Canton and Louisville, Ohio. The
flooding
followed nearly four inches of rainfall in a three-hour period
July 27.
"County safety officials knew they were in for serious trouble as
the
Nimishillin Creek rose from a normal depth of two feet to over
eight feet
in only two hours," said Stark County ARES Assistant Emergency
Coordinator
Terry Russ, N8ATZ. "The unexpected and fast-moving water made
islands out
of homes, businesses and churches." Flooding also caused a
chemical spill
at a local business. Stark County Emergency Management Agency
Director Ed
Cox notified ARES EC David Beltz, WD8AYE, early July 28 after
flood waters
forced the evacuation of more than 300 area residents. Ham radio
supported
communication between the EMA office and the Canton Fire
Department as
well as between Red Cross shelters and chapter headquarters. By
mid-day
July 28, nearly 20 ARES members had established stations at the
fire
department, both Red Cross evacuation centers, the county EMA
office and
Red Cross chapter headquarters. "Daylight saw the full
devastation the
flood waters had caused in the community, and ARES members dug in
for what
was to be a long week of communications efforts," Russ said. With
several
local clubs pitching in, operations switched to supporting Red
Cross
relief efforts by staffing shelters and the mobile feeding wagons
that
moved into the hardest-hit areas. The ARES operation continued
for 10
days, Russ said.
* ISS commander takes a bride by proxy: In a space travel first,
International Space Station Expedition 7 commander Yuri
Malenchenko,
RK3DUP, took a bride right on schedule August 10. The twist, of
course,
was that Malenchenko was circling the globe some 240 miles in
space, while
his betrothed, Ekaterina Dmitriev, stood on Earth next to a
cardboard
cutout of her husband. The bride and groom blew kisses via
videophone
during the private ceremony for family and friends at Johnson
Space
Center. Under Texas law, a proxy can stand in for one or both of
the
parties in a wedding. Associated Press reported that the life-
sized cutout
of the groom greeted guests at the wedding reception, which was
held at a
restaurant decorated with silver stars and mannequins dressed as
astronauts. The couple plans a more traditional church wedding
after
Malenchenko returns to Earth in late October. The couple
reportedly plans
a honeymoon in Hawaii. AP says Malenchenko wore a bow tie with
his blue
space garb for the ceremony. Dmitriev, who just turned 27, is a
US citizen
and lives in Houston. She and Malenchenko--a Russian Air Force
colonel--have been dating for about a year. Malenchenko is 41.
Fort Bend,
Texas, County Clerk Dianne Wilson issued the marriage license
July 17.
Malenchenko arranged to have a wedding ring flown up aboard a
Progress
cargo vehicle that arrived at the ISS in June. ISS NASA Science
Officer Ed
Lu, KC5WKJ, served as best man during the Sunday ceremony and
played the
wedding march on his electronic keyboard. NASA so far has
remained mum on
the marriage. At one point, Russian space officials tried to get
Malenchenko to call off the nuptials until he returned to Earth,
but,
apparently, love ultimately won them over.
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Greetings All SBARC members,
Here are 2003's remaining assignments to be filled :
TBA Net Control 1:
TBA Net Control 2:
0630 to 1530 Race Directors:
0630 to 1530 Run Director:
0630 to 1530 Bike Directors:
0630 to 1530 Medical Director:
0630 to 1530 SAG Vehicle:
0700 to 1200 Cabrillo & Los Patos:
0700 to 1200 Olive Mill & Danielson:
0700 to 1200 So. Jameson & San Ysidro
0700 to 1200 No. Jameson & San Ysidro:
0700 to 1200 Foothill & Nidever:
0700 to 1200 Gobernador Cyn. & Casitas Pass:
0700 to 1200 Gobernador Cyn. Water Bottle Exchange:
0700 to 1200 Gobernador Cyn. & Hwy 150:
0700 to 1300 Skateboard Park & Cabrillo:
0800 to 1300 State St. & Pier Bike Path:
0800 to 1300 West end of Shoreline Park:
0800 to 1300 Oliver Rd. & El Camino de la Luz:
0800 to 1300 Borton & Mesa Ln.:
0900 to 1300 Cliff Dr.
Santa Barbara Triathlon, Saturday, August 23, 2003
http://www.adventours-inc.com/common/sbct2003.htm
Thanks,
Hubert, KC6NAH
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Check out:
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Thanks to Anne Bixler, KD6HJO
Hubert, KC6NAH
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Greetings All SBARC members,
Here are 2003's remaining assignments to be filled :
TBA Net Control 1:
TBA Net Control 2:
0630 to 1530 Race Directors:
0630 to 1530 Run Director:
0630 to 1530 Bike Directors:
0630 to 1530 Medical Director:
0630 to 1530 SAG Vehicle:
0630 to 1530 SAG Vehicle:
0700 to 1200 Cabrillo & Los Patos:
0700 to 1200 Olive Mill & Danielson:
0700 to 1200 So. Jameson & San Ysidro
0700 to 1200 No. Jameson & San Ysidro:
0700 to 1200 Foothill & Nidever:
0700 to 1200 Gobernador Cyn. & Casitas Pass:
0700 to 1200 Gobernador Cyn. Water Bottle Exchange:
0700 to 1300 Santa Barbara & Cabrillo:
0800 to 1300 State St. & Pier Bike Path:
0800 to 1300 Harbor Way & Bike Path:
0800 to 1300 West end of Shoreline Park:
0800 to 1300 Oliver Rd. & El Camino de la Luz:
0800 to 1300 Borton & Mesa Ln.:
0900 to 1300 Cliff Dr.
Santa Barbara Triathlon, Saturday, August 23, 2003
http://www.adventours-inc.com/common/sbct2003.htm
Thanks,
Hubert, KC6NAH
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Greetings all,
We'd like your help with these upcoming public service events:
SANTA BARBARA TRIATHLON ---- Saturday, August 23rd
(usually) Last Saturday in August; East Beach in Santa Barbara to
Carpinteria, to the Mesa area of Santa Barbara)
http://www.adventours-inc.com/common/sbct2003.htm
BARBARA IRELAND WALK FOR THE CURE ----Saturday, September 20th
http://www.susanlovemd.com/events/html/events_b_ireland.html
CARPINTERIA TRIATHLON ---- Sunday, September 28th
(Last Sunday in September; originating at Carpinteria State Beach)
http://www.carpinteriatriathlon.com/
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BIKE TOUR & FEST ---- Saturday, October 18th
(usually) 2nd Saturday in October; Leadbetter Beach to the Bird Refuge
area, Santa Barbara, to Ventura)
http://www.nmssci.org/events.htm#THE_SANTA_BARBARA_BIKE_TOUR__FEST
SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS HALF-MARATHON ---- Saturday, November 1st
(1st Saturday in November; Leadbetter Beach to the Biltmore area.)
http://www.sbcoast.com/halfmarathon/index.html
For insurance purposes, all event operators must be current SBARC
members. If you're available for any or all of the above events and if
you have a preferred assignment, please contact me as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Hubert Stamps, SBARC VP of Operations
p.s. An event usually occurs on the day of the month given above but may
vary if the month has five Saturdays or has five Sundays.
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Greetings All,
SBARC's next event is the Santa Barbara Triathlon:
Santa Barbara Triathlon, Saturday, August 23, 2003
http://www.adventours-inc.com/common/sbct2003.htm
If you prefer a specific assignment, please let me know as soon as
possible.
Here's 2002's assignments:
TBA Net Control 1:
TBA Net Control 2l:
0630 to 1530 Operations:
0630 to 1530 Race Directors:
0630 to 1530 Bike Directors:
0630 to 1530 Medical Director:
0630 to 1530 SAG Vehicle:
0630 to 1530 SAG Vehicle:
0700 to 1200 Cabrillo & Los Patos:
0700 to 1200 Olive Mill & Danielson:
0700 to 1200 So. Jameson & San Ysidro
0700 to 1200 No. Jameson & San Ysidro:
0700 to 1200 Sheffield & East Valley:
0700 to 1200 Toro Canyon & Foothill:
0700 to 1200 Foothill & Nidever:
0700 to 1200 Gobernador Cyn. & Casitas Pass:
0700 to 1200 Gobernador Cyn. Water Bottle Exchange:
0700 to 1200 Gobernador Cyn. & Hwy 150:
0700 to 1300 Santa Barbara & Cabrillo:
0800 to 1300 State St. & Pier Bike Path:
0800 to 1300 Harbor Way & Bike Path:
0800 to 1300 BBQ area @ Leadbetter:
0800 to 1300 West end of Shoreline Park:
0800 to 1300 Oliver Rd. & El Camino de la Luz:
0800 to 1300 Borton & Mesa Ln.:
0900 to 1300 Cliff Dr.
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