It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Lee
Ruzicka (KG6KKT). Lee battled with many strokes and became a silent key on
February 7, 2013. If anyone out there has a story to share please send it
to me at rickwhtr(a)cox.net
Thank you
Rick Whitaker
From:
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The ARRL Letter
Published by the American Radio Relay League
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==> + PUBLIC SERVICE: AMERICAN RED CROSS TO PHASE OUT EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATION RESPONSE VEHICLES
The American Red Cross has made the decision to phase out and
decommission its Emergency Communication Response Vehicles (ECRVs) due
to changes in technology, as well as a new satellite system and other
factors regarding the vehicle fleet. "Retrofitting the decade-old
vehicles with new equipment is not a good use of donated funds, as the
long-term strategy is to move to more portable systems," American Red
Cross Disaster Services Technology Manager Keith Robertory, KG4UIR,
told the ARRL. "This is consistent with the trends in the telecom and
technology industries."
The American Red Cross will be removing the Amateur Radios from the
ECRVs as part of the decommissioning process. These radios will either
become part of the deployable inventory or provided to the local
American Red Cross chapter to build local capacity. Robertory explained
that from a radio perspective, the American Red Cross has a variety of
different kits for amateur, business and public safety bands covering
HF, VHF and UHF with portable radios, mobile units and base stations:
"Two-way radio remains a valuable tool, providing communications in the
initial days or weeks of a disaster, until normal communications is
restored. Each American Red Cross chapter should continue with -- and
improve -- the relationship with their local Amateur Radio operators.
In a disaster, Amateur Radio will be the fastest deployed radio network
because operators already live in the impacted communities." Read more
here
<http://www.arrl.org/news/american-red-cross-to-phase-out-emergency-communic…>.
We have an "un-scheduled" VE session on Feb 23 as the culmination of the
General Class which is currently in-process. It will be held at the
"regular" location; County Health.
Please let me know if you can support this.
Michael (NO6O) & Jay: Please identify Feb 23 VE session on the SBARC web
site and Web Server.
Tks es 73 de,
Mike K6QD
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Saunders [mailto:tsaund@cox.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:54 PM
To: 'Darryl Widman'; David Larson; 'Ed Leska'; ICE; jimrallen(a)aol.com;
'K6QD'; 'Michael Jogoleff'; Walt Harasty; 'Ziebell, Michael J.'
Subject: Special VE Session of January 26
Mike and VE Team
I will be there for this session. Please indicate the location and time.
If you want it at the Red Cross we should reserve a conference room.
Tom Saunders
Mobile (805) 452 - 0840
Home (805) 967 - 7351
FAX (805) 308 - 0347
tsaund(a)cox.net
We have a "special" VE session scheduled for Jan 26 for the students in the
current Tech class. I know of at least three people who want to take the
General exam as well.
Please indicate if you can support this exam session or not. Thanks.
Mike Wapner, K6QD
I have knowledge of an unused antenna tower that once was 60' tall. The
property owner had to lower it to around 25 feet or so. It has guy wires
holding it up and it looks like it may have been telescoped down to reduce
its height.
If anyone has an interest in this tower (it also appears to have antennae
still attached), I could put you in touch with the owner.
Dorothy Oksner
KJ6UGL
sbarc.org
Thanks Bill!
Mike Wapner
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:52:55 -0800
From: Bill Talanian <w1uuq(a)cox.net>
Subject: [Sbarc-list] 223.92 back on
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From: Bill Talanian
Subject: 223.92 Island repeater
The Island 223.92 repeater was taken off the air a few weeks ago due
to the repeater transmitter becoming activiated without any signal on
the input. Today we made a trip by helicopter to Diablo Peak and did
some troubleshooting. The problem was traced to the two meter and six
meter remote base controller. The remote base controller and
transceivers have been removed and are now permanently decommissioned
from the repeater. The 223.92 now functions normally. The 121.5 ELT
remote receiver is still part of the system.
Thanks to Matt, w6kgb and Paul wd6eby from Ventura County who helped
out with technical issues at the peak.
