Carolyn Jacob, W6VNI President Hope everyone`s summer is going

Carolyn Jacob, W6VNI
President
Did you buy a new radio?
Did you make a really cool contact? Did
you use ham radio to help someone?
Write it down and send it to
[email protected].
Please submit articles no later than
the 22nd of the month.
Hope everyone’s summer is going well!
August is ARRL month in Amateur Radio. WARA
is happy to announce that Carl Gardenias, WU6D,
Orange Section Manager for the ARRL will be our
guest speaker. Our next club meeting will be held
on Monday August 3, 2015 at 7:00pm at the Sizzler
Restaurant in Fullerton. The membership meets for
dinner prior to the meeting at 6:00pm. Carl’s
presentation will deliver informative information
regarding the ARRL. We hope to see you there,
bring a friend.
The final results have been turned in to the ARRL
for Field Day 2015. WARA was able to report 223
contacts on the 4 bands we operated during the 24
hour period. We also received points for having
members of Law Enforcement visit the site and for
the site being in a public place. We weren’t out to
collect a lot of points but we are very happy with the
750 points we did receive and report. This Field
Day was the first WARA had planned and executed
as a single club in more than 10 years. I again would
like to thank everyone who made the 2015 Field Day
weekend a huge success.
Carolyn Jacob, W6VNI
WARA President
Michael Berchtold , K6MKL
Vice President
Hello everyone!!!
I would like to say thank you to all the members
and visitors who attended the July meeting! Even
though our guest speaker was sick and could not
make it, we all had a really good time. For those of
you that were unable to make it, due to the short
notice of the speaker not being able to attend,
Carolyn Jacob, (W6VNI) and I decided to show the
club members the pictures that were taken from
WARA’s Field Day. After some quick thinking on
how to show the pictures which were on a disc at
one house and on a computer at another house, we
had a streaming presentation put together in less
than an hour. There were even pictures shown of
our Field Day layout, which were taken from a
quadcopter by Eric Berchtold, KJ6WZK. So,
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everyone got to see what we had out for Field Day
on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. Thank you again
to everyone that helped out with the setup, tear
down, information/food booth and of course
operating the radios!! Carolyn and I also submitted
the information for WARA’s Field Day to the
ARRL.
Our guest speaker for the August meeting will be
Carl Gardenias, WU6D, and is the Orange Section
Manager for the ARRL. Carl will be talking to the
club about the ARRL, since August is “ARRL
Month”. Looking forward to what Carl has to say!!
Hope to see everyone at the August meeting!!!
Come and join us for dinner and to socialize at
6pm, before the meeting.
73,
session at HAMJAM or better known as
“HRO” Ham Radio Outlet Anaheim. We had
19 applicants and better than half of the
applicants passed the test and will be getting
their Technician class license. The FCC is
now issuing license with the following call
sign KK6VN?. The team is now looking
forward to next year.
The next WARA testing session will be held on
August 20th 2015 at the La Habra community
center, 101 W. La Habra Blvd. La Habra,
CA. The testing session starts promptly at
6:00p.m. However anyone wanting to test
that evening would you please arrive at the
community center between 5:30 p.m. and
5:45 p.m.
Until the next time, STUDY STUDY STUDY
STUDY.
Michael Berchtold, K6MKL
Vice President of the Western Amateur Radio
Association
73’s
De, George T. Jacob, Jr. N6VNI
FCC AND ARRL, V.E. LIAISON.
ARRL V.E. LIAISON.
George Jacob, N6VNI
Past Pres./ Member @ Large
Meeting Notice
Monday, August 3rd, 2015 at the
Sizzler Restaurant,
1401 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA
Time: 19:00 – 20:30 (7 – 8:30 pm)
(Meet at 18:00 for dinner)
From the desk of the V.E. liaison.
Western Amateur Radio Association
Testing Session
The WARA V.E. team over the last few months has
been very busy. On the testing nights we
have had on the average 10 applicants to take
the Technician Test element 2A and a few
upgrades to General element 3A. The Extra
test element 4A is much harder and more
study time is required, so we do not see that
many Extra’s.
For the second year in a row the WARA V.E. testing
team has been asked to conduct a testing
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Our Guest Speaker:
Carl Gardenias, WU6D
Orange Section Manager ARRL
Best of 73’s
Kris Jacob KC6TOD
[email protected]
Cell (562) 619-8870
Kris Jacob, KC6TOD
Secretary / Treasurer
August
is our yearly ARRL
meeting. Our guest speaker is Carl
Gardenias WU6D, Orange Section
Manager, Carl has been a friend to
WARA for many years and it is a
pleasure to have him join us. The
ARRL not only reflects the
commitment and enthusiasm of
American hams, but also provides
leadership as the voice of Amateur Radio in the
USA, whether in dealings with the Federal
Communications Commission, the International
Amateur Radio Union, or with the general public.
The ARRL is the primary source of information
about what is going on in the ham radio world. It
provides books, news, support and information for
individuals and clubs, special operating events, all
sorts of continuing education classes and other
benefits for its members. Being a member of the
ARRL is important for hams! The ARRL is devoted
entirely to Amateur Radio. I encourage those of you
who are not members to join the ARRL.
2015 Board of Directors
President
Carolyn Jacob – W6VNI
[email protected]
(562) 691 – 7898
Vice President
Michael Berchtold – K6MKL
[email protected]
Secretary / Treasurer
Kris Jacob – KC6TOD
[email protected]
Members @large
George Jacob – N6VNI
Linda Souder – W6QE
Chris Roemhild – AG6TJ
Repeater Trustee
Gene Thorpe – KB6CMO
[email protected]
(714) 680 – 4258
Please remember to check into the net each
Wednesday at 8:00 PM. It is great to hear from our
members and guests as well. Make a reminder to
yourselves to check into the net.
Please join us Monday, August 3th at the Sizzler
Restaurant, 1401 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton at the Y
where Brea Blvd. and Harbor meet. The meeting
starts at 7:00 pm, some of us gather for dinner
around 6:00 pm …
If you have any ideas for club activities, please send
them to your board, the email address is
[email protected]. This email address will be
directed to each board member.
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John M. – AF6QK
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Website: www.warahams.net
Chris Roemhild, AG6TJ of the Western Amateur
Radio Association receive the following letter from
his District Representative. It is regarding antenna
restrictions. This would be of great benefit should it
pass.
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July 8, 2015
Dear Chris,
Knowing of your interest in amateur radio, I thought that you would like to know that I cosponsored
H.R. 1301, the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015.
I recognize the importance of volunteer amateur radio operators. They provide an essential emergency
communications service to government and private relief agencies during times of national disasters.
After natural disasters, ham operators provide emergency communications when other forms of
communications are down. They are often the only ones who can relay messages from victims in
disaster areas to loved ones in other locations.
As you may know, the Federal Communications Commission has stated that there is a "strong Federal
interest" in supporting effective amateur radio communications. It also found that zoning ordinances often
unreasonably restrict amateur radio antennas in residential areas. The FCC created a policy to
accommodate amateur radio when it comes to state and local land use policies. But this policy did not
extend to private land use regulations. However, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ordered the FCC
to enact regulations to preempt municipal and private land use policies over small satellite dish antennas
and TV antennas. The FCC also has stated that if Congress instructed it to do so, it would extend this
policy to amateur radio.
The Amateur Radio Party Act would provide this parity and uniformity in land use regulations. The
existing FCC "reasonable accommodation" policy would apply to amateur radio for all types of land
use regulation. If enacted, the bill would help to preserve the amateur radio community.
Should you have any questions about this bill or any other concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
EDWARD R. ROYCE
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