FYI Forwarded
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Subject: [vc-acs] Help Needed for Baker2Vegas. Helo Needed
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 22:06:13 +0000
From: Hanson, Robert - W6RH <w6rh(a)hotmail.com>
To: Main ACS <main(a)vc-acs.groups.io>
All,
Due to unforeseen circumstances several of our dedicated volunteers had
to cancel and cannot make B2V.I had had 9 members cancel. I need *3
volunteers* *desperately*. From Friday to Sunday March 31st April 2nd, I
am disparate so will take care of your expenses gas, food and lodging.
So you do not have to incur the expense of coming out there...
This race cannot proceed safely if we do not have the communications in
place and we need help making this happen. Please think about it and
reach out to your ham friends.
Contact me directly and not another person or group.
w1eh(a)arrl.org
73
Roozy
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Just a reminder that me and a bunch of other VCARC folks are going to meet
up on 10M Wednesday evenings at 19:00 PST on 28.400 USB.
If you're available, join us!
Dave
AI6VX
Going to try a 10M get together tomorrow (Sunday) at 15:00 PST.
28.400 USB (so techs can join if they want). If that freq is being used,
go 10Khz lower until you find us. We can coordinate on 145.160 if you
can't find where we are.
No set topic or duration. Please come with a topic if you'd like!
Dave
AI6VX
Winter Field Day 2023 is this weekend! Details here:
https://winterfieldday.com/
and the rules
https://winterfieldday.com/rules.php
Highlights from the website above: Please don't take below as the ONLY
rules - please go and read them yourself.
Dave AI6VX
Eligibility: All licensed amateur radio operators are encouraged to
participate. Radio operators in the United States and Canada will use the
designated location identifiers set up by the ARRL and RAC field
organizations. Operators in Mexico will use MX as their location
identifier, and all other operators outside of North America will use DX as
the location identifier. All participants are encouraged to submit a log of
stations worked.
Objective: To set up an amateur radio field station and successfully make
multiple contacts. Successful participants are those who can set up their
equipment and correctly log the designated exchange during the operational
period explained below.
Operational Period: Winter Field Day is always held the last full weekend
in January. For 2023, it will be held on January 28th and 29th. The 24-hour
operational period starts at 1900 UTC on Saturday, the 28th and ends at
18:59 UTC on Sunday, the 29th. Stations may begin setting up no earlier
than 19:00 UTC on Friday before. However cumulative set-up time shall not
exceed 12 hours.
Bands: All Amateur bands except 12, 17, 30, and 60 meters. To qualify as a
band worked, at least 1 valid, two-way QSO must have taken place on the
said band during the contest.
Modes: CW, Phone (includes SSB, AM, FM, DMR, C4FM, etc. If the end result
is voice, it's Phone), and Digital (includes PSK, RTTY, Olivia, Packet,
SSTV, ATV, JS8Call and other soundcard modes. If the end result is text or
a picture, it's digital).
QSO Points: Phone contacts count as one point each, and all CW & Digital
modes count as 2 points each. Busted exchanges will be penalized by one
additional point for each missed exchange or call sign. Duplicate contacts
(same call, band, and mode) will not be counted nor penalized.
The SBARC Hub voice link to the 146.655 repeater on Santa Cruz Island has been restored thanks to the efforts of the Telecommunications Services Committee.
In order to conserve battery life at this remote, solar-powered site, the 223.920 repeater is on the air but is not linked to the SBARC Hub.
LCM
Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM
Director at Large | K6TZ Trustee
Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club
Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation
www.levimaaia.com | www.k6lcm.com
+1.805.604.5384
I was playing with 10M just now and there's a contest going on. Exchange
is call sign, name and state.
Lots of mid US - East coast stations.
Dave
AI6VX
Though you might be interested in this new kind of ham contest for HT
owners.
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From: Geoffrey Mark <km6tvj(a)geoffmark.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Subject: A new kind of ham contest - I need volunteers
To: <brian(a)k6bpm.com>, <k6lcm(a)maaia.com>
Hello,
My name is Geoffrey Mark - call sign KM6TVJ. I am writing to you
because I am looking for ham radio operators within grid square DM04 to
help me develop a new kind of contest. One designed for all hams, but
especially brand new hams using low cost HT's.
I designed this contest to show that hams working together could send a
message across America, using only 5w HT's and no repeaters or
internet. The idea is that each one would hear a verbal message and
send it on with as much accuracy as possible. So - using good mic
techniques, holding their HT vertical - the basics. All those basics
will count in this contest! I call it "HT's Across America."
Here's a link to more information about me and the contest.
https://www.qsl.net/km6tvj/
I would like to ask you to tell your membership about this experimental
contest. The more hams involved, the more likely it is to work. Also -
I am still developing the rules and parameters for this contest, so the
more input I receive, the better.
Feel free to forward this email, with my email address and link to that
web page, to any ham that might be interested.
Thank you and 73,
Geoffrey
KM6TVJ
Terrestrial network connectivity has been restored to the Talanian
Communications Facility on the Santa Barbara Mesa. As a result, AllStarLink
nodes 43763 and 43764 are once again accepting incoming connections.
I will remove the temporary conference on my personal node 42437. If you
are using your own node, please reconnect to 43763 for SBARC Hub traffic.
LCM
*Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM*
*Director at Large | K6TZ Trustee*
*Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club* <https://www.sbarc.org/>
*Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation* <https://sbwireless.org/>
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation
www.levimaaia.com | www.k6lcm.com
+1.805.604.5384
