SBARC Wednesday Nets
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Beginning at 7:00 pm on the following linked repeaters:
146.79 MHz (La Vigia Hill)
223.92 MHz (Santa Cruz Island)
224.08 MHz (La Cumbre Peak)
Minus offset, PL 131.8
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7:00pm - 7:30pm -- Amateur Radio Newsline (www.ARNewsLine.org)
7:30pm - 8:00pm -- Weekly Club Net
8:00pm - 8:30pm -- Swap Net, hosted by Dave Milton, K6HWN
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Then, at 8:30pm, on 144.210 MHz, is the VHF Single Side Band Roundtable, typically hosted by Ken Owen, N6KTH. This popular roundtable is now in its fourth year. Some People start checking in early between 8:00pm and 8:30pm. For details, visit www.n6kth.com/vhf.
---Michael, NO6O
This looks like a great opportunity, if you don't mind the drive. Aaron was a student in my electronics technology course at DPHS several years ago. He will be graduating BSEE from Cal Poly in a couple weeks. He told me last month that he has been hired by a local aerospace and electronics co.
73, Al, WA6VNN
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Berk <kj6kry(a)gmail.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 1:41 pm
Subject: Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Equipment Liquidation!!
The Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club is clearing out some storage space,
raising funds for a new repeater controller, and has a bunch of
equipment that needs to find a good home. Everything must go! Items
are for pickup only at the Cal Poly University Campus in San Luis
Obispo.
A listing of the available items and various pictures can be found
here: http://bit.ly/jkbm3c
Please email calpolyradioclub(a)gmail.com to arrange a visit.
Thank you for looking!
-Aaron Berk
KJ6KRY
CPARC Member
This could be a way to help get kids involved in ham radio:
http://makerfaire.com/
Marvin
P.S. Anyone who says this is not ham related really needs to get some
imagination :).
Hey:
Probably not very many of you have heard the name of, let alone met, Keith
Coulter. He wasn't a ham but he loved old antique radios and vacuum
tubes....in essence (I believe) he collected for the sake of collecting. His
interests were many:
o Vacuum tubes, the older the better, probably 2,500 tubes or more.
o Spark Plugs.....from 1904 onward.
o Bullets.....from Civil War onward.
o Antique guns, from WW-II back to somewhere in the 1800's.
o Bullet molds.....Individual molds for black powder guns.
o Atwater Kent type radios, including two Model 10's, that go for about
$1,400 each.
o Test Equipment in "Suitcases"..i.e., typically wooden boxes with a
handle for carrying.
o 15-20 Tube Testers, I will list them as I am able to sort them
out of the piles.
o Probably 50-75 Miscellaneous really old meters, test sets, etc.
o About 15-20 Triplett/Simpson VOM's
The list is virtually endless.........Below are some of the items that are
ready to sell, and they will go the Chino Hills Swapmeet Saturday
(5/21/11)......So speak up if you are interested in anything.
Radios
Atwater Kent Model 10 "Breadboard Radio" using 5 type 01A tubes.
$1,000.00....You can see its 'brother' on E-Bay.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50595&
item=160588895705
Zenith Transoceanic 1949 "Portable" radio....The last units of the era, and
restored to fully functioning condition with the original battery (for
display purposes only), unit also runs off of 120 VAC. $200.00.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ZENITH-VINTAGE-TRANS-OCEANIC-AM-SHORTWAVE-RADIO-B-600-/…
Hallicrafters SX-25, $125.00.
http://www.rigpix.com/hallicrafter/sx25.htm
Hallicrafters SX-28, needs work (probably) and cleanup, $225.00
http://www.rigpix.com/hallicrafter/sx28.htm
Hammarlund HQ-145X, $200.00.
http://www.rigpix.com/hammarlund/hq145.htm
Radio Shack DX-302, $90.00.
http://www.rigpix.com/rs-realistic/realistic_dx302.htm
Oscilloscopes
Bell & Howell (DeVry) 5", one channel, $25.00.
Eico Model 425, 5", $25.00.
B&K Precision, Model 1470, Dual Trace, Very Nice, $50.00.
Hitachi, Model V-680, Dual Trace, 60 MHz, $75.00.
Tektronix (maybe Telequipment) Model T-921, One Channel, 15 MHz, $40.00.
Tektronix Model 454, with matching front cover, manual, $175.00.
Leader, Model LBO-310A, 3", One Channel, Very Small (Cute), $25.00
Tube Testers
Hickok 539A, a top notch tester, without external adapter box, $450.00.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&
hash=item20b9620da2&item=140549164450&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&
si=3fQL1bEoFLsq3zzXC8%252BOynq6LQM%253D
Hickok, AN-USM-118B, Test Set, Electron Tube. No knobs to turn, just
insert one of the programmed cards and it is set up automatically. Still looking
for copies of the manual, etc. $800.00.
http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Hickok-AN-USM-118B-USM-118B-Valve-Tube-Tester-/12068…
Bill Gross W6FF
Home: (805) 968-4227
Cell: (805) 722-0070
SBARC Old Timers Night
Friday, May 20, 2011
by Darryl Widman, KF6DI
500-watt Spark-gap transmitter/receiver from the S.S. Carolina
Now, celebrating its 91st year of existence, the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club invites you to attend its annual Old Timers Night on Friday, May 20, at our usual meeting place -- the Goleta Union School District, 401 N. Fairview Ave, right across the street from the Goleta Library. The meeting begins at 7:30 pm but come earlier and have a good look around and see what our members have dug up from their cellars, their dungeons, their dingy abodes where they have been storing their precious treasures for all these past umpteen years. You do know that hams never throw anything away!
Let this be an invitation to you to bring along your oldest radio-related objects and set them out on the tables and let us enjoy what you have been hanging on to for all these many years. Let this get-together be the reason you have been keeping them -- so you could eventually show them off and get all that attention you have been seeking! See how many oohs and aahs you can collect.
What would be even better would be if you would put down on paper what these wonderful things are, how they were used, if you used them, where they came from and all that sort of thing. Bring radios, transmitters, receivers, transceivers, old photographs, bathtub capacitors for goodness sake.
There is virtually no limit to how many things you can bring. Just remember to take them home with you at the end of the evening. Someone might even want to relieve you of something you brought for, let's say, a handsome figure! But knowing the frugality of us hams, don't expect to retire just yet.
Traditionally, Old Timers Night gives us the opportunity to see and meet some of the oldest hams still around and ask them what it was like back in the 'Good Old Days.' We ask those present to stand and introduce themselves, give their callsigns, when they got their first license and what they like best about Amateur Radio. Guaranteed you will hear some fascinating stories. Perhaps you have one of your own. We would like to hear all about it. The longest licensed ham will, indeed, be recognized.
The year is a third gone, already. You still have time to renew your membership and participate in all that SBARC will be doing this year. Don't be left out. Much fun to come! Our membership chairman, Harry, K6PDQ, will be delighted to sign you up and shake your hand at our club meeting.
The club will bring coffee and soda and a scrumptious carrot cake for our birthday. Yummm!
See you Friday!
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I'm not sure how long it will be featured, but an Amateur Radio balloon is
being used as a prop in a National Geographic special, WHEN ALIENS ATTACK.
Check it out. - Rod WB9KMO
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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:47 PM, <wb8elk(a)aol.com> wrote:
National Geographic TV filmed us flying a balloon from the NSSTC building in
Huntsville, Alabama last September as part of a show about defending Earth
against alien attack....one way we demonstrated was to use high altitude
balloons to re-establish communications between isolated cities and
communities with an onboard repeater relay system.
Announcing the premiere of our latest 2hr special...
WHEN ALIENS ATTACK on The National Geographic Channel
Premieres SUN MAY 22 @ 8pm (check your local listings)
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/when-aliens-attack-5357/Overvi
ew
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/tout/5357-show-credits
- Bill WB8ELK
SBARC Members and Friends,
And now for something really different...
This may be the best event you attend this year. Check out their flyer
(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/openhouseflyer.pdf) and GO.
I'll probably go on Sunday, maybe Saturday. If you want to ride with me,
let me know.
This is very cool. You'll see things that are familiar and things you've
never seen before.
Robots galore. World class demonstrations of what JPL has done, is doing
and hopes to do. They pull out all of the stops for this one.
And did I say it's FREE? Yes, free admission and free parking. Hope to see
you there.
Rod Fritz, WB9KMO
P.S. Here are a couple more websites...
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/open-house.cfm and www.jpl.nasa.gov
Greetings SBARC Members and Friends,
Tuesday 5/10 @ 8:30pm - Featured Tonight on the SBARC ATV Net: APRS and
Telemetry to Track Balloons; Both will be on the air for you to receive and
interpret
Thursday 5/12 @ 7:30pm - Featured on Construction Night: ATV Downconverters
and Receivers; Some new and inexpensive ways to do this
Friday 5/19 through Sunday 5/21 - Live Video Streaming from the Dayton
Hamvention: Balloon Launch, Ballooning Presentation, ATV Presentation, ATV
Dinner and more.
Mid-June, Date To Be Determined - Natural History Museum/SBARC Balloon
Launch: Assembly, Launch, Tracking and Recovery in your neighborhood; more
details to come.
There's a lot happening in Santa Barbara. Be part of it. Tune in and
participate!
Rod Fritz, WB9KMO
SBARC Old Timers Night
Friday, May 20, 2011
by Darryl Widman, KF6DI
500-watt Spark-gap transmitter/receiver from the S.S. Carolina
Now, celebrating its 91st year of existence, the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club invites you to attend its annual Old Timers Night on Friday, May 20, at our usual meeting place -- the Goleta Union School District, 401 N. Fairview Ave, right across the street from the Goleta Library. The meeting begins at 7:30 pm but come earlier and have a good look around and see what our members have dug up from their cellars, their dungeons, their dingy abodes where they have been storing their precious treasures for all these past umpteen years. You do know that hams never throw anything away!
Let this be an invitation to you to bring along your oldest radio-related objects and set them out on the tables and let us enjoy what you have been hanging on to for all these many years. Let this get-together be the reason you have been keeping them -- so you could eventually show them off and get all that attention you have been seeking! See how many oohs and aahs you can collect.
What would be even better would be if you would put down on paper what these wonderful things are, how they were used, if you used them, where they came from and all that sort of thing. Bring radios, transmitters, receivers, transceivers, old photographs, bathtub capacitors for goodness sake.
There is virtually no limit to how many things you can bring. Just remember to take them home with you at the end of the evening. Someone might even want to relieve you of something you brought for, let's say, a handsome figure! But knowing the frugality of us hams, don't expect to retire just yet.
Traditionally, Old Timers Night gives us the opportunity to see and meet some of the oldest hams still around and ask them what it was like back in the 'Good Old Days.' We ask those present to stand and introduce themselves, give their callsigns, when they got their first license and what they like best about Amateur Radio. Guaranteed you will hear some fascinating stories. Perhaps you have one of your own. We would like to hear all about it. The longest licensed ham will, indeed, be recognized.
The year is a third gone, already. You still have time to renew your membership and participate in all that SBARC will be doing this year. Don't be left out. Much fun to come! Our membership chairman, Harry, K6PDQ, will be delighted to sign you up and shake your hand at our club meeting.
The club will bring coffee and soda. Please being something in the way of cookies, cake or fruit. All will appreciate that.
See you on the 20th!
____________________________________________________________
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1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best!
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If you haven't hugged your robot today, come down to the Club Station at
7:30 tonight and hug mine.
Several robots need some TLC so they can make kids of all ages happy on
Saturday.
Hope to see you there,
Rod WB9KMO
From: rod(a)sbatv.org [mailto:rfritz@merida.sbcoxmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 8:38 AM
To: ajsoenke(a)aol.com; aseybold(a)andrewseybold.com; bgordon(a)rain.org;
cyrillj(a)verizon.net; Darryl Widman; Dave Jacobs (k9kbx(a)hotmail.com);
K6QD(a)cox.net; Ken Owen; rickwhtr(a)cox.net; rod(a)sbatv.org;
rpizzi(a)physics.ucsb.edu; tsaund(a)cox.net; w1uuq(a)cox.net
Cc: sbarc-list(a)lists.netlojix.com
Subject: Robot Night at the Club Station Tonight!
Remember, never point your robot into the sun.
Join us for Construction Night tonight at the Club Station (Red Cross)
tonight at 7:30pm.
Tonight we'll test, configure and repair robots to prepare for Astronomy Day
this Saturday.
Please come down and help out. It will be a fun learning experience and the
robots will appreciate your help.
Cheers,
Rod WB9KMO
