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FIKLD DAY 1986
The Annual YPL AUC F i e l d Day w i l l be held on
SATURDAY JUNE 28th. and SUNFAY JUNE 2F, 1986.
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It w i l l be held at Crystal Lake Campgrounds.
The aelacred s i r e i s a t an a l t i t u d e of 6,300 f t .
facilities include water, picnic tables,
and fluah toilets. The travel t i m e from the
210 Fwy. and Highway 39 t o the s i t e i s approx.
50 minutes, The s i t s fw and meals w i l l be
furnished by the JPL ARC. Ralph West UGYM has
agreed t o cook for us this year. XI you miased
Ralph'e cooking a t last years Fiald Day, don't
mise this m e ! This is also an excellent time
t o meet JFL ABC manbers and friends. Field Day
operations w i l l be discussed a t the May meeting,
pleaae try t o atten&.
If you have any questions or cements, please
call Walt Huklehagian K6DWS X3036 or Jerry Hawkes
W6WXL X2542.
Pleaae return the attached Ffeld Day Form aa
soon as possible.
(Walt K6DNS)
Come Plong!
COMB AND JOIN
TXE FUN
FOR THE DAY OR THE EWTIRE
WEEIC&ND,
JUlBB 28th. and 29th.
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of the activftielr o f our elub that doss not
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aewice work that our membmrs prfarm. Thio is
Very little hae been W r d on the ham bando f r o m
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true wlth mgard to the help that our
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m this month, oo I'm relying totally on the
pmvfda to aetivit1t h LA -then
LmBIBullstin~ay~c.*wllatlis~Ibm
and atmt our own Running Clubts events.. Sam
donm hkB not sham the
to be i n vary good
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rannrirrg Club,
oh.p*,but I may have jwt been unlucky! llrdl now,
lastotlm&alloftbw@ppfroh%Ipeeinthir~t
rorumar~oo,
recent Arroyo Sew Prlco event. So, I w o u l d alaa
lihto~amtmof~fmmallofusinbtu
m - V 8 5 m m m frms OMllZ On el14,227
elub t o all of you who g i n your time t o hmlp out
kEU or 14.230-14,215 kHz. 40 a d 80 meter wraIn
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CHI~-BYSlW is available arouru9 14,180 kHz most
w.
CYPRUS-IBOW partleipatas i n t h Ramlly Hour on
14,227 kHz from lasoz. Fb *loo s b w a up on 11,183
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or w w h w e r e them mjoyd the AmatSpmca Telascop prwmntation organized by Jon
~ ~ t h b l a s t m e & ~ * I w a r Z d l l l r r e t Q ~
bia f m aatt* up-tatian
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SAINT VYWrntT-387CD attracts lots of take- a
14,206
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14,238 k?k at 18962.
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willing to valmtem thlr tlm fw e
rtc., mo m 1 1 wa need is aomom williw to t a b
U m l ~ m x l p o i n t o u t w h t ~ t o b a ~ .
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Don't forget Field Day comlng up in June. Walt
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APRIL 1986
Report
Present: Stwe T-s,
Rick Winney, Rusn
Jon Adam. Etsrv MacMedan, W a l t EIusbagian,
Dm,
Sfd Johnson. Jerry hwker, and several other*.
1. We ne%d an mrg%ncy Ccmaarmicatiwe
Coordinator. Any volunteers should step forward,
2. Diacuasion of waye t o advise non-member JPL
Ham of Club a c t i v i t i a e . aucb as F ~ a l dDay.
Walt Plushagun w i l l sac i f wa can put a notice
in "m U~.tv%rse".
Walt lfuehagj.m gave a brief report on
preparations f o r Field Day.
3.
WRRW
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Crystal ~ake/JkerFlat8 Campground.
apace is available there and
nearby.
June 27/28 (SatlSun)
Walt rsqueated $450.00 from Club for sfte fees,
food, miaise. Mototion for approval by Uck McKPnneg
aecanded by Steve Townas, approved tmanimualy.
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n 14acP(edan eremenred t o the Board a
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propoeed letter t o WLC requesting a grant o f
$3,250 for repeater upgrades. Motion for approoal
of letter by Ilusa Dew, ~ e c a n dby Jon Adam.
PIotion carried.
&spsctfully submitted,
Russell C. Doop WA6JCK
Secr~targ
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held
m2kw&
on the first Thursday of April and I reportad on
the program the Steerlng Group had made. A plan
for im~rwiQ?t h spotty cmwqp of mm into
thm San Fernando Valley w a s pragrossing. It includes raislng t b tranamltter pwer (our 6.5
mte
mmwbsbly well, but ooe mkd twwwh4t
more to reliably cover non-lirm-of-might areas)
sndm~requi=w#toaddwitiesintb
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duplsrper.Wahon#8toaddamm~teraoeiverin
the Valley and link it back to the r m t e r sit.
with a wtlng system. Of course, e&ch n e w trammitter
add a h
a ca~trols
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it mz-lagal.
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list t o d o t h i s ~ d r a w n w a m l w n t
to Rick MeKimmy (whom you know as our club
t r m e r , ) but in thfs case he w a s wearing h i s
OTHER hmt # ERC sub-club chairman. Rick and I
took advmtsge of the agportunity for free eteak
d l m r o md grmmtmd a r-t
(at the BRC
camzil me8tlrrg on Mar& 26) for a grant of $5260.
X am h p p y to r e p r t i t was a p p r d . We are n o w
well on our way to getting the repeater properly
h-t
u#lrcded.
By the way, when they d l s e u s d the grant, ERC
ask& me w h a t an amateur radio club like ours
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I b l d thsm brbfly m
t hElw pnr commmiaata
a 0 8 (hut that m a m mt C h m , )
thQn went into the excellmt support some 90 or
m u e m b i m s m i f k l t o t h first LA
c a p h of mtb w. T k l I *iw
the -1lent publlclty W6VIO gave JPL and NASA w i t h our
S p c l a l h n t *ration for the Voyager Urencounter in which w e sent elo-scan pieturw
arwnd thm world and wfll ber following up each
-tact
w l t h spscial collmctiblr QSL arb. T h a t
ptas
tb m i l W club 15 UI
t h e b a l l g 1 8 B o i I q ~ ~I&-f
of you involved in doing these g#d things
It
blgsd t b club's imp! immxFely?
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Spcial thanks at this time also go to Kerry
-is,
Brian Staphtm d Stan
Sander for t k l r site
orork; Stan Smbr evnd
Sid Johnson for their inspection of the present
{we h a w to exterminate termites in a telet o J a 5 U l ~ t e h f c r r ~ f r o m ~ C i a site
n
@ mpole,
~ vm&l y m beliew?); Gury
to Advanced clasa In o m sitting at the monthly
Jim Parkyn for their help with the lfnk margin
exams h . l d at t h Lockheed M l o Club an Apil6.
analpis; mt Dieln For his rseolslllwfiBatfone ar how
Jason has great pl.ns for DXfng w i t h h i s new TStocldldtheaxtraeavitie8tawhtvmalWU;
4305 on solre cho3ce n e w fraqwneiw! Mew, H a ,
Rut18 Dow for locating a possible a l t a r M t f ~ *
WPO administering other
8t Lor:and
contract sfte for our remote recafvsr: and 81d
askad him If ha ~ l s ssure he didn't w a n t t o aJohnson for remearching the isolator market to
change h i s call for o~ 8ppmpriate to hia n e w
combat our intermod ("grunge"]problem lem the
clase. (It'san option on thm application.) Jason
thowands of other little j o b t h t he somehow
replied no thankanyou donit get a call l i h m i n e
aoeS to lPeep t h
mrkfng.
tMt rwlly says
ofto throw
i t m!
He'll
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Wa'll lowp yar p
td rmtt month as we prclgress.
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Hember of Techriled Staff
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Twelve menbere of the JPL Amateur Radio Club
lpwrjded ~ m d ~ t i o n s
for the flrst Los
Arplee Marathon on Sunday, March 9, A total of
267 amateur radio operators pmvid& support to
o w r 11,MlO ntryncrs. The 26.2 m i l e
starand finished mar the Coliseum. Several nets
o p x a t e d elmult-ly
an tha 144 end 220 MHz
M.
tl~w
i w t i m
a m by
wlunteem an t h 470 HEk Winess band.
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Jay Kolladay (W6WJ) provided communications on
shadwo mt far orae of t h mce officials. All
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Particlgatirrg weze: S t a n Bmkl (N2YQ), Walt
Diem (WMPM), Ibrry grf*
(N6E@3), Sld J o h m
(WB6VWH), J i m L u m d n (WA6MYJ), George Horrio
(-)I
P l W IWTPW), sten
~WGblP),
Brian St@(KWAJ), mph wwt (Ism), and Art
Zwie1wmAL. -,
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and r m s m i b l e for organizing tha medical net.
Jlm, Wh6MYJ, ard Stan, N6MP. were keep very busy
during the marathon as they shared net control
responsfbility.
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p e r f d in an aatstanding fiatahion and t h i s perforhae k e n
recognized by race and city officials. It was
aImwr & day for a m a m redio!
T b amateur
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WWXA will
b m
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m i b l e anf listsnLne for
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on 3530
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1-tfom
at nor*1 .nB 1:00 M Rst at
on tim da- gim:
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Way 8 thru biy 11
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thrum24
hcsntly I ordered some replacement parts for an
alder Hy-Gain Antenna that I will put up shortly
(TFI3-JR).
I was referred t o a toll free number
for technical advice: (1) (800) 328-3771 and
apoke t o Mr. Al Ebplan who was very h e l p f u l and
who made the following recolmnendation: %en
assembling aluminum tubing sections first brueb
mating eurfaces with 000 steel wool and them
coat l i g h t l y with an anti-oxidant preparation.
He specif l e d "Pennetrax-A" , a Greenlee Product,
the "A" designating the aluminum f o m l a . Faf lure
t o prepare joints tbualy eventually results i n
corrosion and raaisrive j o i n t s . (Which w i l l alter
and probably degrade antenna performanceJ He ale0
aaid the comon practice of epraying '?lrylontlor
a similar urethane coating over a tubifig joint
w i l l protect for rr while, but eventually moisture
w i l l produce corrosion. I was unable to loaare
any "Pennetrax-A" locally, but found the
following substitutes at a local electric holesale supply: "NO-LOX" by Ideal Corp. 8 o t s . f o r
$4.15 end '%E-MI" by ILSCO b r p
8 o w . for
$4.15, Both available from Union Wholeeale
Electric Co. 1509 W. Valley Blvd. Illhambra (818)
289-6142. They atock the producte for applieariona such as joining alurnlnm sections of highcurrent bues-bars, and will sell over-the-counter.
(Jason P16BCI)
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APRIL 1986
W6V10 CALLING
CONFERENCE
GRISWOLD'S HOTEL
FULLERTON CR, M R Y 2,3,4
VHF/UHF
SCHEDULE:
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FRIDAY
T r a v e l and c h e c k - i n , r e g i s t r a t i o n . n o i s e f i g u r e m e a s .
S A T U R D A Y - R e g i s t r a t i o n 8 AM
Lectures b e g i n 9 AM
D i n n e r , p r i z e d r a w i n g s 6 : 3 h ?!*I
SUNDAY - A n t e n n a g a i n measuremen',
flea market
P L A C E : G r i s w o l d ' s ~ o t e t i n F u l l e r t o n C a l i f o r n i a . O n l y m i n u t e s away f r o m
O i r n e y l a n d , ~ n o t t ' sB e r r y F a r m , E 2 n 2 a d i o O u t l e t .
Courtesy transp o r t a t i o n i s a v a i l a b l e t o a n d f r o c many ~ t t r a ~ t i o n s .A l t h o u g h
t h e r e a r e 2 6 0 r o o m s a v a i l a b l e , t r y a n d m ~ k ey o u r r e s e r v a t i o n e a r l y
t o i n s u r e a room.
For r e s e r v a t i o n s c a l l 8 0 0 - 8 5 4 - 7 2 3 1 , I n CA ( 5 0 0 3 6 7 - 5 5 0 0 . o r 714-635-9000.
F E E S : P R E R E G ~ S T R A T IUONNT I L A P R I L
R E G I S T R A T I O N A T T H E DOOR
25
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513
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ROOM R E S E 8 V A T ~ ~ $N4 5 S I N G L E OR DOUBLE P E R N I G H T , B E l S U R E TO
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M E N T I O N THE
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u p f o r y o u r enjoyment.
B r i n g t h e f a m i l y , come and see o l d f r i e n d s , make
new ones and e n j o y your West C o a s t C o n f e r e n c e .
p r e r e g i s t e r now!
M A I L T O : VHF/UHF C O N F E I E N C E , c / o
K E I T H THOMPSON K 6 P V S ,
15130 F I R ,
CALL:
NAME :
ZIP:
CITY:
PREREGISTRATION ($13 after A p r i l 2 5 )
$10
O i n n e r ( l i m i t 1.20 s e a t s ) C h i c k e n T e r -
$14 x
= f
514 x
= b
yaki)
Roast fop
Round o f
Beef
X
TOTAL ENCCOSEO:
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HOTEL
1500SouthRaymond Ave., Fdertan, CA92631
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W6VIO CALLING
APRIL 1986
FIELD DAY SA!LVRDAY JUNE 28th. AND SUNDAY JUNE 29, 1986
CRYSTAL LAKE CAMPGROUND
NAME
CALL
HOME PHONE
(
JPL PHONE X
1
I AM INTERXSTED IN THE JPL ARC FIELD DAY, I AM WILLING TO HELP IN THE
FOLLOWING AREAS :
FIELD DAY PREPARATION PARTY
-EQUIPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
-SET UP EQUIPMENT & ANTENHAS 8 : 0 0 AM
-OPERATIONS:
HF SSB
DAY
VHF PHONE
-DAY
HF CW
- DAY
- DAY
OSCAR
PACKET
-TEAR DOWN 12:OO NOON SUNDAY,
-ALL OF THE ABOVE
-YOUR
JUNE 28, 1986
- DAY
-NIGHT
-NIGHT
- NIGHT
-NIGHT
- NIGHT
JUME 29th.
C(mMEMTS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE
APPRECIATED*
FLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED FORM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO WALT MUSHAGIAN
K6DNS. 238-420 X3036.