Hello SBARC Members and Friends,
SBARC ATVSIG promotes the use of specialized modes. Here’s an opportunity to learn about them...
We support Steve Long and the UCSB Amateur Radio Club in their endeavors this school year. I’m sure they’d enjoy you stopping by for this interesting meeting. - Rod Fritz, WB9KMO
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This is an announcement from Steve Long...
We will have the first meeting of the ARC at UCSB on Nov 8, Friday, 1-2pm.
Location: Harold Frank Hall, room 4164 (ECE conference room).
Jon Suen is our presenter.
Title: Ham Radio Digital Modes
Digital communication has been a part of ham radio from the very beginning, with the use of Morse Code. However in the past few years, the power of computers and the Internet has led to an explosion of digital modes and activity. Simply by connecting a computer's sound card to a radio and downloading a program, one can experiment with a new digital mode, like PSK-31, or easily use an older mode like RTTY or SSTV. Modes exist that transmit text, digital voice, images and binary files. A novel mode is WSPR, which transmits at rates of seconds per bit, and enables milliwatt-level communication over HF.
In this talk I discuss the many types of digital modes found in HF radio, what is necessary to get started, and will conduct a live demo at the [UCSB] club station.
Emergency Communications Trailer to Help During Natural Disasters
Trailer Developed Jointly by Marborg and Price Management
<http://www.keyt.com/news/emergency-communications-trailer-to-help-during-na…>Jim
Murray, NewsChannel 3 Reporter, <mailto:jim.murray@keyt.com>jim.murray(a)keyt.com
POSTED: 09:36 PM PDT Oct 14, 2013 UPDATED: 10:36 PM PDT Oct 14, 2013
The Central Coast is no stranger to natural disasters. In 2008, the
Tea Fire destroyed 210 homes and burned almost 2000 acres. And
problems getting accurate emergency information during the fire was
one of the biggest issues that people faced. That's where the
Emergency Communications Trailer comes in.
Derek Carlson, Business Manager for Marborg, said "This trailer was
first conceptually designed after the Gap and Tea and Jesusita fires.
Mario Borgatello, the President of Marborg, and John Price of Price
Management, sat down and came up with the idea of this Communications
Trailer to increase our emergency preparedness footprint in the community."
The trailer is a joint venture between Marborg Industries and Price
Management- it's designed with two 55-inch High Definition
television's which can stream press conferences, weather conditions,
and other valuable information.
Carlson added, "The trailer was designed to get information to people
that otherwise couldn't get it."
Goleta is the first city in the area to have access to the technology
because of their agreement with Marborg. Marborg also spent over
$150,000 dollars on generators to keep the Price Management gas
stations operating in case of a major catastrophe.
Roger Aceves, Mayor of Goleta, said "Goleta is the center as far as
getting the message out. We only have 30,000 people here but we might
have over 60,000 with people working here."
Improving the flow of information and devising ways to communicate in
an emergency is the focus of these new tools. And it's never too
early to start preparing.
Aceves says, "I always say, when it's raining you prepare for the
drought. When it's a drought, you prepare for rain. So we are
preparing for our next disaster so we can respond immediately so we
can keep our people safe."
Greetings,
The next event that the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will
support is the Santa Barbara Century Bike Ride. This event is on Saturday,
October 19th. It starts and finishes at Leadbetter Beach. There will be a
Beer Garden at the finishing area. This is a tough one with a timed hill
climb from the base of Gibraltor Road all the way to the top. Those who
choose that route will be part of the 100 mile Century Ride. There is also
a 100 kilometer ride (66 miles) and a low lands ride within Goleta, Santa
Barbara, and Carpinteria that is referred to as the "Foothill ride". All
in all we need several ham operators to help out for this event. This is
the 4th year of this event. The first two we did not support. The Race
Director did not know of our services. Since then he has been in constant
contact with me and he thinks we are invaluable. He is all too happy to
have us. There will be T-shirts. For more information please visit the
event website:
http://www.santabarbaracentury.org/
The ride starts between 700 and 800 in the morning and the course closes at
1800. If you are available for all or have, please get back to me and let
me know if you can do mornings, afternoons or all of it. Please get back to
me even if you have already said you would be there.
73
Regards,
Rick Whitaker
SBARC- Operations
rickwhtr(a)cox.net
Folks:
I inadvertently left off two key persons in this release, Shaw
Takeuchi, AE6BL and Steve Nelson, KD6VEX. That's what happens at 0600 :-) :-[.
Bill
NEW SBARC WEBCAM MAKES IT'S DEBUT
The core team by call sign prefix:
Shaw Takeuchi, AE6BL
Bill Talanian, W1UUQ
Kevin Browne, KB6IDY
Steve Nelson, KD6VEX
Adam Houser, KK6AXY
Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE
Andy Seybold, W6AMS
Matt Lechliter, W6KGB
Bill Theeringer, W8PEY
Wish I had this sooner for Key-Klix, but it will go on the agenda as a report.
Dorothy
SBARC.org
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> Subject: [Sbarc-list] SBARC WebCam on Santa Cruz Island
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> NEW SBARC WEBCAM MAKES IT'S DEBUT
>
> Three months ago the UCSB-SBARC WebCam at Diablo Peak failed after
> several years of operation. The fragile wireless link from Diablo to
> the home of Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE, was also on its last legs.
> The nearly 30 mile hop was something that many said could not be done
> consistently over water at 2.4 GHz but it did. However, it was time
> to boost ourselves into the next level of technology. The opportunity
> arose when Channel Islands Aviation and Aspen Helicopters sponsored a
> new camera and provided the transport trips to Diablo via helicopter.
> A second chance opportunity occurred when we learned about a wireless
> link that was being established by the UC Natural Reserve System to
> support their west end operations on the Island. This was the start
> of a crash program to link Diablo with another hilltop in the central
> rift called Centinela via a 5.8 GHz link. This project took four
> helicopter trips and hundreds of man-hours of planning, design,
> engineering, procurement and installation by a great team of
> dedicated technology minded individuals. On 26 September 2013,
> everything came together.
>
> The 360 degree panoramic picture view is taken every 10 minutes. To
> receive the current weather at Diablo click on the APRS link provided
> on the web page.
>
> <http://diablo.voneicken.com/imageview.cgi>
>
> The core team by call sign prefix:
>
> Bill Talanian, W1UUQ
> Kevin Browne, KB6IDY
> Adam Houser, KK6AXY
> Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE
> Andy Seybold, W6AMS
> Matt Lechliter, W6KGB
> Bill Theeringer, W8PEY
>
Folks:
I inadvertently left off a key person in this release, Shaw Takeuchi,
AE6BL. That's what happens at 0600 :-) :-[.
Bill
NEW SBARC WEBCAM MAKES IT'S DEBUT
Three months ago the UCSB-SBARC WebCam at Diablo Peak failed after
several years of operation. The fragile wireless link from Diablo to
the home of Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE, was also on its last legs.
The nearly 30 mile hop was something that many said could not be done
consistently over water at 2.4 GHz but it did. However, it was time
to boost ourselves into the next level of technology. The opportunity
arose when Channel Islands Aviation and Aspen Helicopters sponsored a
new camera and provided the transport trips to Diablo via helicopter.
A second chance opportunity occurred when we learned about a wireless
link that was being established by the UC Natural Reserve System to
support their west end operations on the Island. This was the start
of a crash program to link Diablo with another hilltop in the central
rift called Centinela via a 5.8 GHz link. This project took four
helicopter trips and hundreds of man-hours of planning, design,
engineering, procurement and installation by a great team of
dedicated technology minded individuals. On 26 September 2013,
everything came together.
The 360 degree panoramic picture view is taken every 10 minutes. To
receive the current weather at Diablo click on the APRS link provided
on the web page.
<http://diablo.voneicken.com/imageview.cgi>
The core team by call sign prefix:
Shaw Takeuchi, AE6BL
Bill Talanian, W1UUQ
Kevin Browne, KB6IDY
Adam Houser, KK6AXY
Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE
Andy Seybold, W6AMS
Matt Lechliter, W6KGB
Bill Theeringer, W8PEY
NEW SBARC WEBCAM MAKES IT'S DEBUT
Three months ago the UCSB-SBARC WebCam at Diablo Peak failed after
several years of operation. The fragile wireless link from Diablo to
the home of Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE, was also on its last legs.
The nearly 30 mile hop was something that many said could not be done
consistently over water at 2.4 GHz but it did. However, it was time
to boost ourselves into the next level of technology. The opportunity
arose when Channel Islands Aviation and Aspen Helicopters sponsored a
new camera and provided the transport trips to Diablo via helicopter.
A second chance opportunity occurred when we learned about a wireless
link that was being established by the UC Natural Reserve System to
support their west end operations on the Island. This was the start
of a crash program to link Diablo with another hilltop in the central
rift called Centinela via a 5.8 GHz link. This project took four
helicopter trips and hundreds of man-hours of planning, design,
engineering, procurement and installation by a great team of
dedicated technology minded individuals. On 26 September 2013,
everything came together.
The 360 degree panoramic picture view is taken every 10 minutes. To
receive the current weather at Diablo click on the APRS link provided
on the web page.
<http://diablo.voneicken.com/imageview.cgi>
The core team by call sign prefix:
Bill Talanian, W1UUQ
Kevin Browne, KB6IDY
Adam Houser, KK6AXY
Thorsten von Eicken, N6TVE
Andy Seybold, W6AMS
Matt Lechliter, W6KGB
Bill Theeringer, W8PEY
