Lake Los Carneros Park in Goleta, CA will be the site of southern
California's next international-style on-foot foxhunt on Saturday,
January 12, 2013. A ham radio license and knowledge of radio equipment
are not required. Experts will be on hand to teach the basic techniques
of on-foot radio direction-finding (RDF).
There is no charge for participation. If you have receivers, scanners,
directional antennas, attenuators, or other equipment suitable for
on-foot RDF, be sure to bring it. Make sure all batteries are fresh. A
limited amount of RDF gear will be available for loan.
For those who want to build RDF gear for use with their own two-meter
hand-held radios or scanners, Marvin will have kits for measuring-tape
yagis and active attenuators. Also available is an assembled and tested
assembly that includes the power switch, BNC connector, housing and
battery, ready to install as the tape measure beam is built. Send
e-mail to Marvin (marvin(a)west.net) to pre-register and get more
information about equipment. The building session will only take place
if there are sufficient advance registrations. If you already have
equipment and just want to hunt transmitters, you don't need to
pre-register.
If it takes place, the building session will start at 9:30 AM. Please
be prompt. Beginner transmitters will be on the air at that time. The
main 5-fox hunt will start about 10:30 AM. Hunters may start the
courses at any time until 1 PM. Courses close at 3 PM.
Besides some easy fox transmitters just to help you learn and test your
equipment, there will be a beginner-level international-rules course.
The site area is slightly less than 140 acres. It is relatively flat,
making it a good site for foxtailers of all skill levels. If you need
some one-on-one help to get started at finding transmitters, just ask.
Full-color orienteering maps will be available.
Weather: In case of rainy or very wet conditions, the event might be
postponed. If you're in doubt, check www.homingin.com before you set
out to make sure that the event is a "go."
Directions to Lake Los Carneros: From US 101 about 8 miles west of
downtown Santa Barbara, take the Los Carneros Road exit, head north
about 1/4 mile and turn right into the Stow House parking lot. There
should be plenty of free parking. Look for the orange-and-white
orienteering flag. The building session and hunt start will be in the
picnic area, just east of the railroad depot.
Ham radio talk-in is on the WB6OBB repeater, 147.000(-) PL 131.8. For
your GPS navigation system: 300 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta, CA
34.44416N 119.85446W
73,
Joe Moell K0OV
SBARC Wednesday Nets
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Beginning at 7:00 pm on the following linked repeaters:
146.79 MHz (La Vigia Hill)
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
After significant delay we are finally ready to begin classes for the
Technician & General class licenses. Due to a significant number of
Technician class students who have interest in taking the General class, the
General class will begin after the completion of the Tech. class. Time &
day preferences have been expressed by students, but there was no
overwhelming consensus. Resultantly, I have set the class schedule similar
to what has been done in the past.
The Tech. classes will begin on Thursday, January 3, 2013 and run for ~3
weeks every Tuesday & Thursday evening. To clarify, there will be classes
held January 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 & 22. classes will begin @ 6:30PM and finish
@ 9:30PM. These hours (and possibly days) are flexible as driven by session
content, student availability & instructor availability. We will discuss
schedule hardships @ the 1st class meeting on January 3. If you can't
attend the 1st class, please contact me. January 24 will be a make-up class
if required and formal exams will be given on Saturday morning, January 26 @
8:30AM @ the S.B. County Health Services Building (San Marcos Rd. off Calle
Real). All classes will be held at the Santa Barbara Red Cross (State St. &
Alamar) in one of the upstairs classrooms.
The General class is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, February 5 and follow a
similar schedule to the Tech. classes, every Tuesday & Thursday for 3 weeks,
ending on February 21. Tentatively, the scheduled class hours are
6:30-9:30.
Classes will include some homework and students are strongly encouraged to
read the applicable License Manual sections prior to the associated class.
The 1st class, in addition to introductions, etc., will cover chapters 1 &
2.
Both classes require that students have a copy of the associated ARRL "HAM
Radio License Manual". These are available from the ARRL (
<http://www.arrl.org/> www.ARRL.org) for $30.00. Note: There are 5
Technician class manuals available from the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club
(SBARC) for $25 each. There are no General manuals. Please let me know
ASAP if you need a manual as the 5 available manuals will be sold on a
first-come basis. I will be placing a bulk order on Thursday, Dec. 20 to
replenish the Club's supply of both Tech. & General Manuals. These will be
available at the same discounted price of $25 as soon as received.
The only other cost is a $15 license fee as established by the FCC.
Additional class materials needed:
1. Note paper & pen/pencil
2. Laptops, I-Pads, etc. are fine (but can't be used for the exam)
3. Hand-held calculator w/ sq. & sq. root + log (desirable)
If you have any questions, issues or comments, please contact me via phone
or e-mail
Mike Wapner K6QD(a)cox.net (805) 680-2382
SBARC Wednesday Nets -- TRIVIA NIGHT!
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Beginning at 7:00 pm on the following linked repeaters:
146.79 MHz (La Vigia Hill)
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 -- !! TRIVIA NIGHT !! Hosted by Dave Milton, K6HWN
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
14 December 2012
To: All 223.92 users
From: Bill Talanian
Subject: System failure 223.92
A non-related power issue has caused the 223.92 repeater to go key
down. The repeater has been commanded off. There is no scheduled site
visit planned at the moment. The 121.5 ELT remote receiver will
continue to alarm out as normal upon activation.
I have about the last 10 years of QST magazines, perhaps more, but
certainly a lot of them, about 3 or 4 cubic feet.
Free to a good home.
The blue bin is my second choice should no one want them.
--
Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - jay(a)impulse.net
Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/
Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV
SBARC Wednesday Nets
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Beginning at 7:00 pm on the following linked repeaters:
146.79 MHz (La Vigia Hill)
224.08 MHz (La Cumbre Peak)
Minus offset, PL 131.8
----------------------------------
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
----------------------------------
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
