Shackmaster Dave`s Favorite Station K6TZ

Vol 61, No. 04
April 2014
Shackmaster Dave’s Favorite Station K6TZ
Contents - April 2014
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Directory
Club Repeaters
Prez Sez
Club Shakmaster Dave’s News
SBARC April 18 Club Meeting.
The Future of Ham Radio?
Local Contacts Not Gun Shy!
Field Day 2014
Earthquake Preparedness
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• First Cellphone Call is Made
• The Collaborative Transmitter Hunt
• QRP Operation
• 2014 VE Sessions
• Membership Application
• Calendar of Events
• Help Wanted
• Back Cover
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SANTA BARBARA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
An Educational, Charitable, Non-Profit Corporation
Founded in 1920 - ARRL Special Service Club 1737
sbarc.org
Board of Directors
Jay Hennigan, WB6RDV President
Darryl Widman, KF6DI
Executive VP
Bruce Gordon, N6OLT VP Emergency Services Andy Seybold, W6AMS VP External Affairs Al Soenke, WA6VNN
VP Education & Training
Rick Whitaker, KG6VLB VP Operations
Dorothy Oksner, KJ6UGL Secretary
Tom Saunders, N6YX Treasurer
Rod Fritz, WB9KMO
Director at Large
Adam Houser KK6AXY
Director at Large
Theo Howe KK6YYZ
Director at Large
Levi Maaia K6LCM
Director at Large
Jordan Sideris, K6YVJ
Director at Large
Committee Chairs and Other Positions
ATV
Rod Fritz, WB9KMO
Outreach
Darryl Widman, KF6DI
Club Station Shackmaster Dave Milton, K6HWN
Finance
Tom Saunders, N6YX
Membership
Harry Rouse, K6PDQ
Hamfest
Tom Saunders, N6YX Red Cross
Mike Wapner, K6QD
Repeater Trustee
Bill Talanian, W1UUQ Rover Manager
Jordan Sideris, K6YVJ
Key-Klix Editor:
Dorothy Oksner, KJ6UGL
Key-Klix Proof Reader
Darryl Widman, KF6DI
Membership Data Base
Kevin Schmidt, KD6NCA
VE Team Leader
Tom Saunders, N6YX
VE Team Contact
Darryl Widman, KF6DI
Webmaster Michael Reynolds, NO6O [email protected]
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SBARC Club Station, located behind the Red Cross, 2707 State Street—open Saturdays, 0900 to noon,
and Tuesdays, 1930 to 2230. The station telephone number is 805-563-0391.
Club meetings the 3rd Friday of the month, year ‘round at 1930. Location and topic are announced in
Key-Klix, on K6TZ net announcements, and the club website (sbarc.org).
Nets on K6TZ 146.79(-)(131.8): Mon—ARES 1930; Tue—ATV Net 2030*+; Wed—Newsline 1900*,
Club Net 1930*, Swap Net 2000*; Thur—Tech/Elmer Net 2000-2100*; Weekdays—Cuckoo Net 07000800*, Cuckoo WeatherNet 0800*
SSB Net 144.21 USB Wed 2030
NTS Traffic Net 147.00(+)(131.8) Sun 2100
* Usually linked to 224.08(-)(131.8)
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Marvin’s Marvelous Build-it-Yourself
Transmitter Sniffer Antenna
SBARC Repeaters
Call
Location
Frequencies/PL 131.8
Manager
Phone
K6TZ
W6YJO K6TZ
K6TZ
K6TZ
K6TZ
K6TZ
K6TZ
1 LaVigia Hill
2 Santa Ynez Peak
Goleta (Portable)
3 Santa Cruz Island
4 La Cumbre Peak
2 Santa Ynez Peak
5 UCSB
1 LaVigia Hill
146.19/146.79
144.58/145.18
144.64/145.24
222.32/223.92
222.48/224.08
222.52/224.12
222.56/224.16
441.40/446.40
Pat Lennon, WA6QBT
Bill Talanian, W1UUQ
Bruce Gordon, N6OLT
“Jug” Jogoleff, WA6MBZ
“Jug” Jogoleff, WA6MBZ
“Jug” Jogoleff, WA6MBZ
“Jug” Jogoleff, WA6MBZ
Bill Talanian, W1UUQ
687-5575
964-7432
967-3174
560-0605
560-0605
560-0605
560-0605
964-7432
Call
Location
Frequencies/SoftwareTNC/Specs
APRS Network - National
K6TZ10
K6TZ
K6TZ11
LaVigia Hill
144.390 javAPRSSrvr
Diablo Peak
144.390 WXTrak
La Cumbre Peak West 144.390 WXTrak
KPC-9612, 1200 baud, APRS I-Gate
TinyTrak, 1200 baud, WX xmit only
TinyTrak, 1200 baud, WX xmit only
APRS Network - Santa Barbara Special Events
K6TZ-12
K6TZ-15 LaVigia Hill 145.630 javAPRSSrvr
La Cumbre Peak West 145.630 Kantronics, firmware 9.1
KPC-9612, 1200 baud, APRS I-Gate
KPC-3+, 1200 baud, APRS Digipeaer
9600 Baud Backbone
K6TZ-13 K6TZ-11 La Vigia Hill
Santa Ynez peak
438.950 (out-of-service)
438.950 (out-of-service)
MFJ+mod, 9600 baud
Tapper tiny-2, 9600 baud
145.050 Winlink2000, LinuxRMS
145.050 Kantronics, firmware 9.1
145.050 Kantronics, firmware 9.1
KPC-9612, 1200 baud
KPC3+, 1200 baud
KPC3+, 1200 baud
Local Access Network
K6TZ-14 La Vigia Hill
K6TZ-4 SBPBBS La Cumbre Peak East
K6TZ-3 SBDIGI La Cumbre Peak East
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Prez Sez – from August 1995
SBARC - Seventy-five Years Old And Second To None!
That’s what it’s like to be us. Have you picked up the vibes? Do you feel the
momentum? Are you a part of it? The direction is onward and upward. Let’s go!
But where do we start?
We need to continue to develop new hams and train them. We have developed an effective, coordinated program of public relations, recruiting, training,
and ongoing assistance targeted at prospective hams in the area to foster continuous growth in Amateur Radio. Membership in our Club is shattering all records.
Our Elmer’s Auxiliary will help the new hams when called upon. To encourage
our youth to develop an interest in radio-electronics, this fall we will organize
and support the first of the junior high radio clubs in the area at the Santa Barbara Middle School.
The service provided by our SBARC-sponsored South County ARES is legendary. Its members are on call 24 hours a day for emergency or public service.
More of our Club members should become skilled in communicating effectively
during emergencies and be prepared to assist when needed. Our ARES Communications Van is the envy of Amateur Radio clubs nationwide.
Our Club actively participates in many operating support activities as well
as our own major operating activities throughout the year to ensure that we
maintain a high level of operating skills. We will continue to add new ways to
provide communications assistance to others for emergency or public service.
We will continue to provide upgrading classes so you may climb to higher
classes of licensing. This will help to ensure that you, our Club members, are
technically competent, familiar, and comfortable with modern radio-electronics
technology. And to help push the state-of-the-art, we have just formed the Communications Technology Group.
The concept of the ARRL’s Special Service Club originated right here in
SBARC, and we have qualified as an SSC for many years. We support an active
National Traffic System net. We have our own Club library and librarian. The
annual Field Day activity is eagerly supported, as are local T-Hunts, “Bazaar,”
and our fantastic Hamfest. The Club has its own telephone number, the best
Club newsletter in the country, Key-Klix, our own WAS Awards manager, and
eight repeaters and digipeaters.
It may be seventy-five years, but we’re just beginning! Hang on tight. The
next twenty-five will be totally awesome. And to those who came before us,
thanks for the ride. We couldn’t have gotten here without you.
73, Darryl Widman, KF6DI
This Blast from the Past was from the August 1995 issue of Key-Klix Darryl
Widman. who was then the President. That was almost 20 years ago!
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Club Station News by
Shackmaster Dave K6HWN
As you may know, your Shackmaster is a scanner nut. At the club
station, one of the scanners there can listen to all the AM VHF air traffic
control transmissions. These air traffic controllers guide the planes out
of Los Angeles airspace. When the planes head east (over land), other
ground-based controllers take over so the plane is never out of contact with a controller. But what happens when they head west, over the
Pacific? There are no VHF stations en route, so guess what? They use a
single side-band HF base station in San Francisco, which communicates
with planes over the Eastern Pacific all the way to Hawaii, if not further.
In fact, they use specific frequencies—about 30 of them—spaced between 160 meters and 12 meters. All of this is on upper side-band, and
their radios must be good because everyone is spot-on frequency!
Listening to this stuff is instructive, as they follow the same day/
night band use pattern as we hams do when we use 75 meters at night
and 20 meters during the day. As they approach the west coast, the planes
contact San Francisco, giving position reports (sometimes by latitude and
longitude or by specific way-points), weather, ETA at the next way-point,
and even how much fuel they have left. Then they ask for a cell phonefunction check.
On one of our 28 radios, we have programmed these 30 channels into
memory, so you can simply tune to any one of them, and follow the air
traffic day or night. This laborious programming was done by Glenn,
KE6WXP.
The station is in the Santa Barbara Red Cross chapter headquarters, at
2707 State, at Alamar Street. Go down Alamar to the parking lot, and we
are the door to the left before the stairs. Open every Saturday morning
9-12, and every Tuesday night, from 7:30-on. Listen for us or call us on
our “intercom repeater” 146.79 (but we monitor all channels, or call us at
the new, direct, club station phone number, 563-0391).
73, come visit!!--
Dave
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SBARC April 18, 2014 Club Meeting
The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will
hold its April 18, 2014 club meeting this
Friday at the Goleta Union School District,
401 No. Fairview Ave. in Goleta, right across
the street from the Goleta Library. The meeting gets under way at 7:30 PM. Come shake
hands with our guest speaker, Dick Norton,
N6AA.
Dick was first licensed in 1955 as KN2PHF.
Initially active in traffic nets and DXing, he is
mostly active today on-the-air in contests.
Operating in CQ WW DX Contests from all of the 40 zones has given
him an opportunity to see the world and meet with amateurs from all
corners of the globe.
Dick is currently our ARRL Southwestern Division Director as well as
president of the Southern California Contest Club. He has spoken frequently at Dayton, Visalia and other conventions. He has appeared at our
club meetings in the past as well as at our annual Hamfests. He will talk
on ARRL happenings plus a few interesting observations made operating
from around the world.
Dick will speak on happenings in Amateur Radio and the ARRL, as well
as answer any questions on League policies and activities, not to mention
that this year celebrates the 100th
anniversary of the founding of the
American Radio Relay League by
Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW. Come
to our April 18 SBARC club meeting
this Friday and meet Dick Norton, a
fascinating gentleman.
You will be inspired.
SBARC will be having a raffle drawing at the club meeting that you will
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really appreciate. We have obtained one remaining copy of the 2014 100-year anniversary
hard-cover ARRL Handbook for Communications with impressed Gold Foil on the cover.
It will look great on your book shelf and even
better on your workbench! Come see if you are
the lucky winner. Make it happen. If you’re not
there, you can’t win.
Oh yes, please bring lots of stuff you no longer
want and place it on the free-to-good-home
table. Please take it back with you if no one else takes it. We do leave a
clean room.
Also, please bring some cookies, cakes, donuts, fruit, pies or other goodies for the coffee table. We’ll all appreciate that!
If you have not as yet renewed your club membership or even become a
member of our award-winning club, our Membership Chairman, Harry,
K6PDQ, will be on hand to take your application and our Treasurer,
Tom, N6YX, reminds us that the dues are still a measly $24.
Yes, we will be having another challenging Transmitter Hunt at the meeting. Set your radio to 146.565 MHz.
See you this Friday.
Please like us on
Facebook.com/sbarc.org
Lots of photos and an Event
Page to watch.
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The Future of Ham Radio?
I was underwhelmed by an article on the future of ham radio in the
April QST. There was no mention of future technical developments driving and changing ham radio as a hobby!
I asked myself the question “what is the core activity that might
bring and keep people in ham radio?” The short answer is “the capability
to communicate reliably with specified and unspecified people at close
and distant locations.” In addition, a critical feature that sets the amateur
apart from ordinary mass-consumers is knowledge and interest in using
radio devices that can be modified or constructed.
Here’s my entry for a future product/service that could build on ham
radio’s existing platform: Remote multiplex radio stations controllable
from personal computers! The stations would generate multiple radio
frequency signals from the same transmitter–in contrast to single frequency stations that currently sell access to users one at a time. Azimuth
directionality could be handled using isoradiating antennas or multipleuser control versions of the directional loop antenna reviewed in April
QST. Software Defined Radio technology would allow frequencies in
different bands or portion of bands to be selected from home computers.
The do-it-yourself component would be attractive to open-source
code writers and radio equipment builders would find new challenges
constructing multiplex receivers and transmitters for remote multiplex
stations. CC&R limitations would be obviated and the hobby would be
opened up to lots of people who are currently unable to have stations in
their home.
The only technological breakthrough required is the development of
transmitters that can generate multiple signals without intermodulation
products!
Ovide, K8EV
[email protected]
The post The future of ham radio? appeared first on KB6NU’s Ham Radio Blog.
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Local Contacts Not Gun Shy!
By Bill Talanian, W1UUQ
I have often times stated that I was outgunned before I ever arrived in Goleta. It was December 1974 when Anita and I started our
cross country journey to California. We arrived in Goleta the first week
of January 1975 and never left. That was 39 years ago this month after
spending years in SE Asia.
Returning to the states from the Philippines and a short task at
Camp Pendleton we returned to Boston and packed up for Goleta, warm
weather, and a more stable assignment. Back in Massachusetts I had
purchased a brand new 4-door Buick V8 with all the extras for $5200
(yep, that’s right). Our goods were moved by a national carrier so there
were just Anita, our young daughter going on 3 years old, and myself.
Well there was one more thing I had with us on the trip. It was a Heathkit HW-202, a two-meter 6-channel crystal controlled 10-watt FM rig.
There were no synthesized radios at that time. Since 146.52 was very
active across the country we made numerous contacts during the twoweek trip. I only recall one repeater in this area at that time which was on
147.000. Arriving in Goleta at a motel, we were at the Calle Real center
where Anita decided to get some laundry done while I played radio on
52, a CQ call was returned by K6RCL, whom I credit with being the first
person I met upon arrival. Little did I realize he was only a few feet away
at the Buena Vista Gun Store. I walked around the corner and met Dennis
who is affectionately known as a generational Goleta Valley redneck who
still holds his Buena Vista license as a gun dealer. After comparing gun
technology and radios, we were matched up and I learned quickly that I
was outgunned long before I moved west.
Soon thereafter arriving from Hong Kong and teaming with Dennis
were Coleman and Anna Kwong, KC6IQZ, KC6IRA, who also hit it
off. Dennis was already on the police force and assisted Coleman with
his application to the PD as one of the first uniformed Chinese speaking
officers. Both have served on the PD for decades and are frequent shooters at the range. Beyond police work they partnered with the California
Microwave Repeater Association (CMRA) and are the principals of the
1.2 GHz and 220 systems operating from Santa Ynez Peak and Gibraltar
Peak.
In recent times gun talk is on the increase on TZed. People like
world class shooter John Reeside, AG6LJ, and Jerry Payne, KK6FNP, are
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frequently heard on the air. Maybe it is in the DNA of radio people. After
all the co-founder of the ARRL, Hiram Percy Maxim, is the son of Sir
Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim machine gun in the mid
1800’s. With so much open speech being relegated to the scrap heap of
politically correct it only leaves salutations and the weather to talk about.
So don’t fret, it’s all quite normal.
Field Day June 28-29, 2014
It’s time to start thinking about Field Day.
The objective is to work as many stations as possible on any and all amateur
bands (excluding the 60, 30, 17, and 12-meter bands) and to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions. Field Day is open to all amateurs in
the areas covered by the ARRL/RAC Field
Organizations and countries within IARU
Region 2. DX stations residing in other
regions may be contacted for credit, but are
not eligible to submit entries.
Field Day is always the fourth full
weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC
Saturday and running through 2059 UTC
Sunday. Field Day 2014 is June 28-29.
SBARC will set up at Camino Real Marketplace, on Storke Road at
7012 Hollister, in the parking lot near the theater. Look for the tall antenna on the van or the rover. Set up will begin Friday 1 pm to 5 pm and
operations will begin Saturday morning
11 am until 11 am Sunday.
To learn more about Field Day, go
to the ARRL website at https://www.arrl.
org/field-day.
Contact club member Tom Saunders
N6YX at [email protected] or call him at
(805)967-7351 to participate. Operators
needed. See http://sbarc.org/annual/fieldday/index.html.
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April is “Earthquake Preparedness Month.”
How Prepared Are You, Personally And As A Ham?
By Lou Dartanner N6ZKJ
Previously printed in Key-Klix April 1996
We live in Earthquake Country and we are always hearing about
being prepared for “The Big One.” However, many of us are not even
prepared for The Little One.
Maybe your neighbors know, and don’t particulary care, that you’re
a ham. But when the earth shakes and the phones go down, to whom are
they going to turn for help for “communications?” You! They’ll expect
you to know everything from First Aid, where to get gasoline, and how
to tell everyone in the family tree they’re OK. And if you have a generator, you may bring them in droves when your Mr. Coffee sends out its
aromatic announcement.
Jim Sackey N9ESM, a member of the Simi Settlers ARC, wrote an
article for Worldradio (March 1994) about his experience in the Northridge Quake. In it, he said, “After a disaster, you and everyone around
you will be in a state of shock, varying from confusion to almost catatonic paralysis. How well you handle the immediate crises and the aftermath
will depend a great deal on (a) how well prepared you were, (b) how
much training you have had in dealing with emergencies, and (c) your
mental attitude.
“Your preparation and training are important. The most important
factor in your survival is mental attitude! After an earthquake you will
find many things are damaged or destroyed.” But your preparation to
minimize injuries and damage, plus your mental attitude of being a survivor will allow you to not only get on with your life but to help others less
fortunate.
Sackey asks, “Where is your handi-talkie? It won’t be on the desk
or shelf where you left it. Do you have a two meter rig in the car? How
much gas is in the car? It may be days before you can buy more, so keep
tanks at least half full.
“Do you know your local repeater frequencies and backup simplex
frequencies? Do you know when to talk and when to just listen? If you
are a member of ARES or RACES, you already have had disaster training. If you are not a member and have nothing to contribute, stay off the
air! A big problem is people wanting to help but with no knowledge of
disaster response, directed net procedures, or any training.”
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“Have at least one HT battery pack for your HTs. Without electricity, how do you recharge NiCads?” Rotate batteries every six months or
store in the refigerator. Use only high quality alkalines like Duracel or
Energizer. Let them come to room temperature before using. Batteries
for emergency flashlights or broadcast radios can be taped to the outside
or loaded backward for storage.
Start today. Take a survey of your preparedness as a citizen and as
a ham. Do one little thing to be better prepared. Then do another. With
each step you take, you’ll be better prepared for any disaster: quake, fire,
flood, whatever Nature throws our way. You’ll never finish, but you can
sure start!
Go through your house room by room. What do you see that could
fall over during an earthquake (china cabinet, bookcase, file cabinet,
etc.). What could go flying across the room and hit someone (books, statues, lamps, etc.)? What could fall off the walls (pictures, mirrors, etc.)
Are beds under windows that could break? Could dishes go tumbling out
of cabinets?
Do you have a disaster plan for your family so everyone knows what
to do and where to go if you’re separated? Do you have an evacuation
plan? Does every member in your family know when and how to shut off
utilities?
Do you have a flashlight in every room? Do you keep shoes beside
or beneath your bed? There will be a lot of broken glass and other debris
around. Do you have three days of food, water, medicines and supplies
for your entire family including pets?
Figure on a gallon of water per person per day. Store it in several
locations, including your freezer, and recycle frequently. Turn the intake
valve of the water heater off to prevent contaminated water from entering it.
There is a lot of information available on disaster preparedness. The
American Red Cross is a good source. Check out http://www.redcross.
org/prepare..
As an amateur, consider what role you would like to play during
a disaster. But don’t expect to pop on the air to volunteer and be given
an assignment. Like all skills, emergency communications sound easy
when done by experienced and trained operators, but it takes a lot of
work to get there! The local ARES unit has positions for amateurs who
wish to go in the field and for those who can assist at home. They have a
net on 146.79 MHz Monday nights at 7:30. The National Traffic System
(NTS) can use operators on many different modes of Amateur Radio and
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has a net every night on 223.92 MHz at 9 p.m. [Now on Sunday nights
on 147.00 at 9 pm.]. It is very active passing health and welfare traffic
following disasters. The American Red Cross also uses communicators,
both amateur and non-amateur.
So if you’d like to help in an emergency, get involved NOW. Your
skills are needed, training is free, and the rewards are immeasurable.
[See The Great California Shakeout. http://shakeout.org/california/
for current information.]
A Moment in Time / April 3, 1973
The First Cellphone Call Is Made
By Dave McGinn
Martin Cooper didn’t think the call was of any great historic importance. If he had, he might have chosen words more appropriate for such a
revolutionary moment.
Cooper, a Motorola employee, was standing in front of the New York
Hilton in Manhattan when he called Bell Labs in New Jersey, where scientists were also developing cellphone technology. “I’m ringing you just
to see if my call sounds good at your end,” he reportedly said.
It would take another decade for the phone he was using to go on sale.
The DynaTAC 8000x weighed 2.5 pounds, stood nine inches tall (not
including the huge antenna), took 10 hours to charge and cost $3,995. It
was nicknamed “the brick” because of its weight and size.
Now, we carry the future Cooper brought us in our pockets.
2014 The Globe and Mail.
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The Collaborative Transmitter Hunt
in Santa Barbara is Ongoing
Jay Hennigan, WB6RDV
There’s a hidden transmitter somewhere in the Santa Barbara area.
It’s on the T-hunt frequency of 146.565 and transmits for four seconds
about once a minute. Every tenth transmission is 20 seconds in length
and includes CW identification. It runs 24/7 so feel free to listen, observe, and hunt at any time.
Collaboration is encouraged. Discuss your ideas, signal strength,
bearings, etc. on the various local nets as appropriate, as well as on the
SBARC mailing list. When you decide to venture out to find it, take others with you as part of a divide-and-conquer strategy.
With the transmitter is a logbook. Enter your name, date and time,
and callsign if any. Take a picture and send it to [email protected].
After people have had a good opportunity to locate the transmitter we’ll
move it to a new location and let the fun start all over again.
[1] http://www.thunter.org/geothunt/
[2] http://home.comcast.net/~foxbw/site/?/page/FOXRADIO/
[Jay will relocate the transmitter ocassionally, and he will announce it on
the SBARC List Serve. Sign up here to join the list:
http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list
Over 800 entrants in the 2014
Chardonnay Run
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QRP Operation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
QRP low-power transmitter and receiver
that fits inside an Altoids tin.
In amateur radio, QRP operation
means transmitting at reduced
power levels while aiming to
maximize one’s effective range
while doing so. The term QRP
derives from the standard Q code
used in radio communications,
where “QRP” and “QRP?” are
used to request, “Reduce power,”
and ask, “Should I reduce power?” respectively. The opposite
of QRP is QRO, or high-power
operation.
Renewals for 2014 are now past due.
Your membership can be renewed on-line at
http://www.sbarc.org/clubinfo/index.html#forms
OR
Your dues can be paid on-line at
http:/sbarc.org/donations.html
OR
You can take a check or cash to the club station and Dave will
see that Membership receives it.
Membership application for new members may be completed on page 17. Dues are $24 single membership per year,
$36 for a couple, $12 for a junior and associate memberships.
Key-Klix is published monthly by the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 3907, Santa
Barbara, CA 93130-3907. The contents do not necessarily reflect the policies or views of SBARC,
its Board, or its members. Material contained in Key-Klix may be reprinted provided credit is given
to Key-Klix and the author, except material published by permission of a copyright holder. This
publication may not be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the SBARC
Board of Directors.
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2014 - VE Sessions
The next VE Testing Session will be May 10, 2014.
Whenever you feel you are ready to become an Amateur Radio
operator or take an exam to upgrade your present class of license,
please give me a phone call during the week just prior to exam
date. The number to call in Santa Barbara is (805)969-2326.
Test Dates:
- Saturday, May 10, 2014
- Saturday, July 12, 2014
- Saturday, August 10, 2014 (Hamfest)
- Saturday, September 13, 2014
- Saturday, November 8, 2014
Register: Candidates should pre-register at least three days in
advance of the session with the VE Contact. (Pre-registered candidates will have first preference.)
Bring:If a candidate has a license or a still-valid Certificate of
Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE), the original and
a copy of each must be brought to the session. The examiners on
the VE team also need to see two forms of identification, at least
one with your photo ID such as a driver license. A fee of $15.00 is
charged to cover out-of-pocket expenses of the SBARC VE team
and the VE Coordinator at ARRL headquarters in Newington, CT.
Address of VE Session:
Santa Barbara County Health Care Services
Administration Building
300 North San Antonio Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Darryl Widman, KF6DI
Please keep our VE Team busy in 2014. Contact Darryl at
(805)969-2326 to reserve your place in one of these sessions. If you
are already an Extra Class ham, please consider joining the VE Team.
Becoming a VE is easy, just contact Tom Saunders at (805)967-7351.
Tom Saunders, N6YX
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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Name ____________________________________ Call Sign __________________
Street Address _____________________________ Phone ____________________
City/State/ZIP ______________________________ Email _____________________
From time to time SBARC sends email notices of club events and timely information.
Do you wish to be on the list for these notices?
Yes
No
Are you an ARRL member?
Yes
No
FCC AMATEUR LICENSE CLASS
Novice
Technician
Technician+
General
Expires on: ____/____/_____
Advanced
Extra
None
KeyKlix, the Club magazine, is available on the Club Web site – www.sbarc.org
For up-to-date info, register to add the sbarc-list service to your e-mail.
SBARC ACTIVITIES – Please indicate an interest to participate by checking:
Club management – Board, committees
Event Communications – triathlons, etc.
Education, training, Elmering
Repeaters – technical, operations, training
ARES - Emergency Services
Club events – Field Day, HamFest
SBARC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES *
Full Member - licensed amateur 18 years or older
Junior Member - licensed amateur under 18 years
Family Member – same family, residing with Full Member
Associate Member – unlicensed other than above
* All dues are 1/2 price after July 1st for new members.
0
__ @ $24/year =$_______
0
__ @ $12/year =$_______
0
__ @ $12/year =$_______
0
__ @ $12/year =$_______
SBARC VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
Repeater Operations Fund
Repeater Capital Fund
SBARC/ARES Emergency Van Fund
Club Station Fund
ARES General Fund
Rover Fund
Club General Fund - nonspecific items
_______
_______
_______
_______
_______
_______
_______
Total Enclosed
0
$ _______
I hereby apply for membership in SBARC and agree to abide by its rules and by-laws
Applicant signature _____________________________
Date ________________
Make check payable to SBARC and mail to the address below
Post Office Box 3907 • Santa Barbara, California 93130-3907 • www.sbarc.org
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Calendar of Events
April 2014
SBARC Board Meeting April 9 - Red Cross, 7:00 PM
Science Night - Thursday, April 10, Vieja School, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Science Saturday, April 19, Hope School 6:00 to 7:30 PM, ,
Dinner 5:00 - 6:00 PM
SBARC Membership Meeting April 18 - 7:30 pm - Goleta Union
Administration Board Room, 401 No. Fairview Ave., Goleta
SB Chardonnay Run (Volunteer) - April 19
May 2014
SBARC VE Session May 10 - 8:30 AM Santa Barbara Health Care Services
SB So. Counties ARES Meeting - 7:00 PM SB Public Health Auditorium
SBARC Board Meeting May 14 - Red Cross, 7:00 PM
SBARC Membership Meeting May 18 - 7:30 pm - Goleta Union
Administration Board Room, 401 No. Fairview Ave., Goleta
DRTE 100 (Santa Barbara Endurance Race) [volunteer] May 30-31
ARRL Nevada State Convention: May 30 - June 1, 2014 Virginia City, the first See
more at https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1497217
June 2014
DRTE 100 (Santa Barbara Endurance Race) [volunteer] June 1
SBARC Board Meeting - June 11 - Red Cross, 7:00 PM
Santa Maria Ham Radio Swapfest and BBQ - June 14
SBARC Membership Meeting June 20 - 7:30 pm - Goleta Union
Administration Board Room, 401 No. Fairview Ave., Goleta
Field Day Setup - June 27, 1-5 PM-Camino Real Marketplace, 7012 Hollister Ave.
Field Day June 28-29, 11:00 AM Saturday to 11:00 AM Sunday
Editor’s Notes
E-mail inquiries and articles should be sent to Dorothy, KJ6UGL at [email protected]
Deadline for May Key-Klix articles is April 30, 2014.
Inserts in the Swap Net are free, or try Key-Klix. Business card ads at $25 for one year.
SBARC Listserver
Subscribe to the listserver at: http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list.
Follow the instructions under the section Subscribe to SBARC-list
The administrator for the listserver is Paul, KF6TRT, [email protected].
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HELP WANTED
SBARC Telecommunications support team is looking for a few
good folks to help maintain Kantronics based TNCs for packet radio systems, multiple headless Linux servers, insure network security, and enable various associated digital infrastructure resources
that serve and benefit the HAM community, local EMCOM organization and interface with the general public. If interested contact
Bill Talanian, W1UUQ, <[email protected]>.
WANTED
Repeater site grounds keeping crew at the downtown 1000 sq ft
Mesa site. A three to four person team to clean up the site vegetation plus maintain and water hedge rows. This task is generally
quarterly and dependent on growth cycle especially during the dry
fire season. Contact Bill Talanian, <[email protected]>.
SBARC Hamfest 2012
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KEY-KLIX™
SANTA BARBARA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Post Office Box 3907, Santa Barbara, CA 93130
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
April 18 MEETING
Come Join Us
FRIDAY, April 18, 2014
ARRL SW Division Director,
Dick Norton
will talk on ARRL happenings plus a few
interesting observations made operating from
around the world and on happenings in
Amateur Radio and the ARRL
1930 hrs - Goleta Union School District Board Room.
401 North Fairview Avenue, Goleta