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THE AIRWAVES May 2017 SIERRA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
An ARES ARRL Special Service Club
P O Box 1442 Ridgecrest California 935561442
BOARD OF OFFICERSPresident Dennis Kidder W6DQ (562) 858-2883 [email protected] VP Steve Hendricks KK6JTB (760) 608-4147 [email protected] VP Mike Herr WA6ARA (760) 375-5324 [email protected] Bill Burns WA6QYR (760) 375-8566 [email protected] Paula Herr N6VGW (760) 608-3176 [email protected]
SARC OWNED AND MAINTAINED REPEATERSRandsburg WA6YBN 145.34 MHz (-), PL 100.0 Hz, Wide Area, Emergency PowerRidgecrest WA6YBN 147.00 MHz (+), PL 107.2 Hz, Local, Emergency Power
SARC CommitteesTechnical Assistance: Mike, WA6ARA 375-5324 Public Relations: Steve, KK6JTB 608-4147Program: Mike, WA6ARA 375-5324 Airwaves Editor: Mike, WA6ARA 375-5324RF Interference: Bill, WA6QYR 375-8566 Emergency:
THE AIRWAVES CALENDAREvery IWV Emergency Net 730pm
WA6YBN Repeater-147.00MHz+600KHz offset, 107.2 tone
Monday Visitors Welcomed!
IWV 10 Meter Rag Chew Net – Night 28.400 MHz. Right after the IWV
Emergency net
08 May Board Meeting 6:30pm
General Meeting – 7:00pmHomebrew Roundup – see details inside
20 May T - Hunt
24-25 June Field Day
Every Even Month, Second Saturday10 June
Amateur Radio License Exam SessionLocation: Guns 4 Us, basement classroom417 East Ridge crest Blvd, Ridge crest CANo handicapped access Pr-reg by 05 June. Limited to 9 applicants. All must register at 9 AMContact Elvy Hopkins N0LV 760-384-3589E-mail <LVRH [email protected]>
President's ShackMay already. Where does the time go? Next thing you know, it will be Field Day! It was nice to see members at SARC and BARC in the Park. Lots of good bits and pieces for sale, and visitors from all over in town for the get together. And it was a perfect day for it.
Mike, WA6ARA, has in interesting program arranged for this month. All about homebrew gear. This is where we started ... in the early days you couldn't buy a radio at the store. You might be able to buy the pieces, but you had to build it yourself. It is a tradition that goes back over 100 years. So here is an opportunity to show off your homebrew gear. If you haven't done any homebrewing, maybe you will be inspired to give it a try. There are many of us in the club who are more than willingto help you get started!
As for ham radio events this month,don't forget the High Desert Trails Rally. I hope that members willfind time to participate in this as they have in the past. And don't forget, next month IS Field Day ... always the fourth full weekend in June.
Unfortunately, I will miss the May meeting as I will be out of town for the week. I was looking forward to the homebrew show and tell. I hope someone takes lots of photographs! (Mike will also have a couple of my projects to share, from my early days as well as current.)
See you in June.73 DE W6DQ
SARC Board April Meeting MinutesDue to a lack of a quorum, there was no board meeting held.
SARC April Meeting MinutesLisa Gibbons is the acting Secretary due to Bill’s absence.
• Meeting called to order by President Dennis Kidder, W6DQ, at 7:01 p.m.• There are several visitors in attendance.• The speaker is Terry Godley, N6AJ. The topic is Kern County Parks on the Air (KCPOTA),
sponsored by the Kern County Central Valley Radio Club from Bakersfield. It is modeled afterthe National Parks on the Air concept, and is in honor of the 65 th anniversary of the Kern County park system. • Goal: Operate 65 parks in the system in 65 days. • Operations by: HT, mobile, 440, 2m, repeaters, or simplex. • There will be prizes for the top activator participation & the top chaser.• Dates: April 28-July 1, 2017• Logs for certificate: Call sign, date, time• Novice or Extras• July 1, 2017 (The actual anniversary date) – Special event station (HF): Details will be in
the July 2017 QST magazine. The call sign will either be K6A or K6J.• SARC will send out an email blast with the event information
• Website for complete rules & log sheets: kcpota.com• Facebook: Kern County Parks on the Air
• Repeater – No report from Bob, K6ECM• ARES:
• No report from Bob, KC6YYT• Dave, W6TLA has an email sign up list for notices• Dennis, W6DQ: The last training meeting had very low attendance.
• DX – Bob, AD6HF: • The DX convention in Visalia is April 21-23, 2017.• Bob worked Greenland this afternoon.
• Public service events: May 6, 2017 is the High Desert Trails Rally. Google them to find their website to sign up.
• Radio events – Bob, AD6HF: The Blue Angels special event station logged 888 contacts, mostly by Bob. The President thanked Bob and stressed the need for volunteers to help send out QSL cards. So far about 200 have been received.
• T Hunt – No report in Mike’s absence• Upcoming events:
• SARC & BARC in the park – Lone Pine park April 29, 2017• Tower trailer work – May 13, 2017
• Electrical wiring• Put up the tri bander & test it• Put tower up higher• Test repeater
• The trailer may be used for the KCPOTA event• Show & Tell – None• Old business:
• HF sideband net – Mondays on USB at 28.4 MHz• 2m sideband net – Saturdays at 7 p.m. on 144.2
• It can get to Lone Pine, but not Bishop.• No drawings due to the absence of the Treasurer.• May meeting : Home Brew Roundup with Mike, WA6ARA – Anything is OK• Meeting adjourned by the President at 7:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Lisa Gibbons, acting Secretary
Treasure's Report Beg Balance in April 2017 $10,949 Income $81
Expense $(120)End Bal at March 2017 $10,910Reserve $(1,000)Cash Available $9,910
Income is primarily membership duesExpenses is for meeting room
Paula Herr SARC Treasurer
N6VGW
May ProgramHomebrew Roundup !
The May meeting program will be about stuff you built. It doesn't matter what you have built, or when you built it or what it does. Built a radio, bring it in. Built and antenna, bring it in. Did something with a 3d printer, bring it. Just about anything you built, modified or bought that would be of interest, bringit. 73 Mike WA6ARA
SARC and BARC in the Park
May T-Hunt
The next hunt will be on 20 May. This is also the National T-Hunt weekend. Start time will be at 0900 . Starting will be as always at CrestDonuts. Our T-Hunt frequency is 146.565 MHz. Come on out and enjoythe fun. Dave, AI6S, will be the fox for the event.
Malin, AC7MC, on a SOTA in theRadamacher Hills
IWV 10 Meter Rag Chew NetThe 10 meter Rag chew net meets right after the IWV Emergency Net on Monday nights – so about 7:45pm, +/-. The frequency is 28.400MHz, USB. Very informal, but a good chance to stretch out the ssb gear, and get on 10 meters! Please join us!
For Sale/ FreeThree IC-22S two meter FM rigs free1 meter offset feed dish and 10 GHz feed $20.Steel TV push-up masts freeLengths of aluminum tubing, ½ inch to 3 inch diameters, 1/16th wall freeStainless steel powder cans 15 inches in diameter by 23 inches high with lids freePower pole 14.5 ft tall by 1 ft diameter freeMany round meters, ma, volt, frequency, misc. freeBill WA6QYR 247 Rebel Road 375-8566 [email protected]
WA6YBN.COM
Open Area Repeater
Status Location Call Freq in MHz Tone Notes Distance
UP Randsburg WA6YBN 145.340 (-) 100.0 Wide Area, Emergency Power S 18.6 Mi
Down Ridgecrest WA6YBN 146.640 (-) S 2.5 Mi
UP Ridgecrest WA6YBN 147.000 (+) 107.2 W 2.5 Mi
Standby Ridgecrest WA6YBN 147.060 (+) 100.0 Club Portable Repeater, used only for events SW 1 MiUP El Paso Pk WI6RE-2 145.050 Packet Node (ELPASO) S 10 Mi
UP El Paso Pk WI6RE 144.390 APRS W1 Digi, iwvaprs.net – [email protected] S 10 Mi
UP El Paso Pk WI6RE 147.975 (-) 100.0 Allstar Node usually on WINSYSTEM S 10 Mi
UP Trona K5GFM 146.970 (-) 123.0 Trona – low level repeater E 15.9 Mi
UP Bird Springs KF6FM 146.085 (+) 141.3 Wide coverage of Indian Wells Valley - swrrc.org WSW 27 Mi
UP Mazourka Pk W6TD 146.760 (-) 103.5 RF Linked to Silver Peak in Bishop 146.94 N 96.5 Mi
UP Hauser Pk K6OX 146.730 (-) 100.0 Near Palmdale, Wide coverage of Antelope Valley SSW 80 Mi
UP Keller Pk KE6RYZ 146.385 (+) 146.2 kpra.net - Near Big Bear, Wide SoCal Coverage SSE 104 Mi
UP Lake Isabella N6SR 145.450(-) 156.7 Lake Isabella area W 60Mi
UP Ridgecrest WI6RE 446.500 100.0 IRLP-3741, contact [email protected] for codes W 2.8 Mi
UP El Paso Pk WI6RE 448.800 (-) 100.0 IRLP-3877 - WinSystem.org S 10 Mi
UP Ridgecrest NC9RS 927.0125 (-) 88.5 Input: 902.0125 – Linked to others - NC9RS SW 2.0 Mi
Email to [email protected] to report invalid data.
Last Update: March 05, 2017
Translator, No Squelch Tail, Emergency Power
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