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The ARALB NetThere has been a good deal of

discussion lately about the ARALBFriday night net. Several issueshave been raised. Is the 7:00PMtime a good one for most people?Should we move to another night?

Should we use a simplex fre-quency? Should our club net use arepeater so that more people canparticipate? Should we be on mul-tiple frequencies?

These questions were raised atthe April general meeting. Mostattendees agreed that Friday night isa good night for the net. Thursdayevening already is crowded withnets for ARES and other clubs. The

Orange County Hospital DisasterSupport Communications Systemholds a net on Wednesdays. Thereseems to be no argument with Fri-day. However the 7:00 time seemsto be awkward for some people. Atthe April meeting it was decided tochange the net to 7:30PM. Listenfor the net on Fridays at 7:30,145.520 simplex.

A more difficult question con-

cerns which band we should use forour net, and whether to use a re-peater.

Dino described the history of our current net, ex-plaining that we chose to use simplex 145.520 so wewould not be dependent on a repeater not owned bythe ARALB. In addition there is no expense to theclub. However, the use of simplex operation for the

(Please see Editors Commentson page 7)

Volume LXXIV, Issue 5 May 2001

The Oscillator

The Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, I nc.

Published monthly by the ARALB, Post Office Box 7493, Long Beach, California 90807

W6RO

ARALB 74 Yea rs of Commun i ty Servi ce

M ay M eeting

Friday, May 4, 7:00PMat the Signal Hill Community Center

1708 E. Hill Street, Signal Hill

Dino Kitsios, KF6ECOField Day 2001

The program will cover all aspects of Field Day 2001. Dontmiss it! Were going to have a blast!!! Transmitter types, capabilities, modes, and antenna types! Generators and batteries - the set up and maintenance for

"in field" use! Antennas - the set up and proper locations! Site logistics - including site layout for transmitters,

antennas

! Camping, food service, and restrooms! Preparation logistics - including transportation of transmit

ters, antennas, masts, batteries, generators, tents, tables,chairs, ladders, food, etc.

! Setup logistics - including transmitters, band allocations,mode allocations, eating accommodations, testing accommodations, project accommodations, etc.

! Tear down logistics - including safe removal of antennas,transmitter, batteries, generators, tents, tables, chairs, trashand transport of same to "owner/lender" locations.

I nside this issue2001 Southwestern Div. Convention 2

The Joy of Kit Building 3Calendar of Events 5Field Day 6Rig Installation Help 6For Sale 7ARRL Application 8


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ARALB Board of Directors

John Rogers, [email protected]

Ray Rittenhouse, KF6WZN

Vice [email protected]

Tom Gibbons, W9EYBVice [email protected]

Lisa Gibbons, [email protected]

Kostas Dino Kitsios, KF6ECO

[email protected] Projects Chairman andPast President562-421-7582

Rick Silva, [email protected] Assistant Director562-423-2663

Carol Apt, [email protected]

Fred Wagner, KQ6QDirector andResident Technical [email protected]

Hank Burwash, [email protected]

Jerry Sulentich, [email protected]

Director

Dennis Kidder, [email protected]

Carina Lister, KF6ZYYDirector, and Oscillator [email protected]

ARRL Southwestern Division ConventionBy Rick Silva, WA6ES

The 2001 Southwestern Division (SWD)Convention will be held Friday through Sun-day, September 79, at the Riverside Conven-tion Center.

On-site registration will cost $15, but youcan get an Early Bird registration until the endof April for just $10. Registration must be postmarked by April 30.Early Birds will be entered in a special drawing for a Yaesu FT-817Transceiver. Early birds also will receive a free convention logo pin,a $5.00 value.

Find more information about the convention at the SWD Conven-tion web site at www.qsl.net/arrl-2001swdc. The Grand Banquet

speaker will be Dr. Paul Shuch, N6TX, who will tell us about"Searching for Life Among the Stars." ARRL elected officials willinclude President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, and the SWD Section Manag-

ers Phineas Icenbice, W6BF, Tuck Miller, NZ6T, Joe Brown,W6UBQ, Cliff Hauser, KD6XH, and Robert Griffin, K6YR. TheDX Breakfast speaker will be Ned Stearns, AA7A. From ARRL HQwe will have Lab SupervisorEd Hare, W1RFI, and Field & Educa-tion Services Manager, Rosalie White, K1STO.

And check out these great topics!

Mike Reagan, "Building a Website for an Amateur Radio Group"Robert Syms, KO6ZL, "Charging Various Types of Batteries"Robert Griffin, K6YR, ARRL Santa Barbara Section Manager, "TheFuture of the National Traffic System"

Art Goddard, W6XD, ARRL SW Division Vice Director, "The

Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence - Why Amateur Radio Op-erators May be the First to Contact ET"

Ed Hare, W1RFI, ARRL Lab Supervisor, "Radio-Frequency Interfer-ence -TO- Amateur Radio Equipment"

Dr. David Rutledge, KN6EK, Professor of Electrical Engineering,California Institute of Technology, "Teaching College Electronicswith an Amateur Transceiver".

A great weekend for just $10, if you register soon! #

Garage Sale Fundraiser for ARALB!Save your old stuff for the ARALB garage sale, tentatively sched-uled for June 9 at the home of Dino Kitsios, KF6ECO. CarinaLister, KF6ZYY, can store any furniture or large objects until thesale. Especially needed are tools, furniture, and household goods.Save the date, and plan to spend some time at the sale. Proceedsfrom the sale will help pay our Field Day expenses.


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The Joy of Kit-BuildingBy Dennis Kidder, WA6NIA

How many times have you thought about"rolling your own" ham gear? Some of you read-ing this may have done some homebrewing at onetime or another. I have. There is a certain satisfac-

tion of having created something from scratch.Maybe you used a design from a book, maybe evenmade up your own. No matter, it is the sense ofaccomplishment - that act of creation that is whatits all about.

If you have dreamed aboutbuilding something yourself, areinterested in giving it a try, butdon't have the resources to startfrom scratch, then read on.

Kit-building is probably the

next best thing. You get the sat-isfaction of having createdsomething with your own hands.But the design part, well, thatwas someone else's challenge.Many today will never have theexperience of building a Heath-kit - that venerable group fromBenton Harbor, Michigan, thatturned out some of the finest kit-built gear on the market. Thosewho have will suffer a flash ofnostalgia. Heathkit is gone, asare others, like Knight-Kit, and World Radio Labs,but there is a whole new crop out there to take theirplace.

I was feeling a real urge to build somethingand with some encouragement from Fred Wagner,KQ6Q, I began a project that we hope will lead tosome kit-building in the club.

As I began looking into what was available onthe kit market today for ham radio, I began to won-der about the different skill levels of those whomight be building these kits. After all, as Isearched, I found that there are many kits out there,ranging from the simple to the complex. And Iknow that we all have very different levels of ex-perience. Over the past few months I have orderedseveral kits from several manufacturers and I willshare my experiences and rewards with you. Ihope you will have the same urge to create some-thing of your own!

There are many amateur radio kits on the mar-ket and a lot of them have evolved from QRP de-signs. Some, like the Elecraft K2, are very sophis-ticated, rivaling many thousand-dollar commercialradios in terms of performance and capabilities.However, because you build it yourself, the costsare kept at a minimum.

This is the first in what we hope will be an on-going series of articles on kits. In this and subse-quent articles, I will cover several entry-levelshort-wave receiver kits, a more advanced generalcoverage receiver, several QRP transceivers and

some test equipment.

Ten-Tec (http://www.tentec.

com) offers a variety of kits

for the beginner. If you'venever wielded a soldering ironbefore, this is the place to start.Their products, in many ways,exceed the quality and crafts-manship of the old Heathkits,providing exceptionally clearand detailed assembly, checkoutand operating instructions. Thiswas not the first Ten-Tec kit Ihad assembled. I also built oneof their first, the PM-2, back in1970! The "Power Mite" 2 wasa 2 Watt, 40 meter, direct con-version CW transceiver. Be-

lieve it or not, I ran this radio mobile while I was incollege. It worked incredibly well, too.

Ten-Tec 1054 Regenerative Shortwave

Receiver - a beginners radio.I started this project with the Ten-Tec T-Kit

Model 1054 Regenerative 4-Band SWL Receiver.The kit can be ordered from their Web site for amere $24.00. I placed the order for this and an-other, more advanced kit and sat back to wait forUPS to deliver the goods. Ten-Tec even offers an

accessory kit, providing an enclosure and knobs fora few dollars more. I opted to go without it. In thetrue amateur spirit, I will come up with my ownenclosure and the extra bits.

I was pleasantly surprised by the speed withwhich Ten-Tec filled my order, barely a weekpassed before I received the package. Opening thepackage, I took a quick scan through the contents

(Please see Dennis Builds Kitson page 4)

This is the first in what wehope will be an ongoingseries of articles on kits.

In this and subsequentarticles, I will cover severalentry-level short-wavereceiver kits, a moreadvanced generalcoverage receiver, severalQRP transceivers andsome test equipment.


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to confirm that I had received what I had ordered.Thus ended the second anxious moment, the firstbeing that point where you push the button, send-ing your precious credit card number across thathostile, scary place called "The Internet."

The next step was to read the documentationthat accompanied the kits. Yes, I really DID readthe manuals first. After all, I was going throughthis effort to help others get started. What struckme was the quality of Ten-Tec's product. Even at$24.00, it was given the attention to detail that Iwould expect from a much more complicated (andexpensive) kit.

The contents of the kit were sorted and inven-toried (everything was there!) and arranged in sucha manner to help assembly. I like the old Heathkitmethod of slicing up one of the kits' cartons, usingthe cut edge to hold the small parts (resistors andcapacitors) by their leads. Unfortunately, thesenew kits use very small components, and they tendto slip right down into the corrugations. Instead, Iused small divided plastic bins and Styrofoam. Iwill caution that Styrofoam should only be used forthings like resistors, capacitors, and inductors.Unless the material is static-safe, it will tend to in-flict permanent damage on static-sensitive devicessuch as transistors and integrated circuits. Theseare best kept with the materials in which they areshipped until it is time to actually install them.

The kit requires a minimal amount of tools,

just the basic stuff. A good quality, low-wattagesoldering iron is a must, along with something tokeep the tip clean. I use a small sponge, dampenedwith tap water. You will have to supply the solder.Good old 60-40 rosin core solder is what youwant. A pair of small, flush-cutting wire cutters,and a pair of needle-nose pliers are about all you'llneed in the way of hand tools. You can obtain thesolder and tools at any Radio Shack store.

If you have never used a soldering iron before,spend some time before you begin assembling thekit, and learn the proper techniques. A little bit ofpractice ahead of time will go a long way to helpyou solder the PC board in this kit. It also spares alot of wear and tear on the parts you will be assem-bling. For tips on how to solder, check out the"Radio Amateurs Handbook" from the ARRL. Re-fer to the section on construction practices.

Follow the step-by-step instructions in themanual, checking them off as you progress. Thiskit can be assembled in 4-6 hours. It is a bare-bones assembly, having no cabinet, or knobs. Youmay choose to create your own enclosure and pro-vide your own knobs or order the enclosure kit pro-vided by Ten-Tec.

The 1054 is a regenerative receiver. A smallamount of positive feedback is applied to the detec-tor stage, bringing it to the verge of free-runningoscillation. As you approach that point of oscilla-tion, the gain will start to rise, and the signals willcome right up out of the noise level along withthe screeches and howls if you give it a little bit toomuch. Use a light touch on the regeneration con-trol and it works just fine. It is a modern version ofa very old design.

There was pure joy the first time the power

was applied to the receiver (it is no longer a kit,but now a completed assembly) when I was greetedwith the rush of static in my headphones. Twonine-volt batteries and a ten-foot length of hookupwire rewarded me with Radio Australia on 11550kHz. Next, tune to WWV on 10 MHz. WWV, thegovernment's time and frequency station, providesknown references on many HF and LF frequencies.A little bit more tweaking and I was copying ama-teur CW on 40 meters. A little bit more tweaking(with a very gentle touch) and I was able to copy afairly strong sideband station, also on 40 meters.

I was amazed at how well this little radioworks. I had built a "regen set" as a kid using vac-uum tubes (!) and remember what a pain it was totune in any signal at all with that one. This was ajoy. Although the controls were a slight bit touchy,it did indeed work as advertised. It was stable, andI could pull in quite a few foreign broadcastsacross the HF short-wave bands.

This is a good beginners kit that performsquite well. It is easy to build. Ten-Tec has done a

great job with the documentation, being wellthought out very clear. This is not a "complete"kit. There are things that will be needed to finishthe radio, like knobs and an enclosure, but I foundthat the radio works satisfactorily if left as-is. Andwhile the performance is pretty good for such alow cost, it cannot be expected to replace a big dol-lar communications receiver. If you want to get a

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start on building yourown radios, this is agood selection.

Next time, I'lldescribe another kit

from Ten-Tec. It'sanother regenerativedesign, but with a fewmore features that make it easier to operate. It is amore complete kit, including a speaker and an en-closure. If you have questions or comments, pleasefeel free to contact me at [email protected].

73 and keep that soldering iron hot! #

Do Not Wait To Learn The CodeBy Tom Gibbons, W9EYB

The countdown is under way...The Morse code is with us, even after the De-

cember 30, 1999 historic and controversial Ama-teur Radio restructuring order by the FCC.

Yes, the U.S. Technician Class license comeswithout knowing the Morse code. That is goodnews for many of us, but the lure of the worldwideshort wave bands remains strong for many others.The General Class or Amateur Extra Class licenseis required if you want to work these long distancemiddle-frequency and high-frequency bands. Toobtain these licenses, one must demonstrate profi-ciency with the Morse code at five words per min-ute.

As your ARALB Testing Committee chairman,I want you to know that Morse code testing will bea greater challenge starting July 1, 2001.

Today your Testing Committee uses straightfive words per minute tests for five minutes, givenat five words per minute character speed. To passyou must show 25 character count solid copy on thetest answer sheet, or successfully answer seven outof ten multiple choice questions. The current mul-tiple choice 10-question tests offered by theARALB team will not continue after June 30, 2001.

Starting July 1, there will no longer be a multi-ple choice test for Morse code testing; you willhave to copy code. And the code will be sent usingthe Farnsworth method. The slower, five words perminute character speed will be administered by theVolunteer Examiner team only as a special accom-modation.

What is the Farnsworth method? Simple, butdifferent. The characters are sent faster than theoverall speed, with additional spaces between char-acters, words and sentences. Farnsworth characterspeed will be in the range of 13 to 15 words perminute, while the overall speed (characters plusspaces) will remain at five words per minutes.

Wait until July 1, 2001 or later at your ownrisk.Tom Gibbons, W9EYBVolunteer Examiner-in-ChargeThe ARALB Testing Committee,using the Greater Los AngelesAmateur Radio Group-VECTelephone 562-529-8644 #

Club Breakfast -- New LocationOur monthly, informal ARALB breakfast is an

opportunity to gather with members between meet-ings. You are most welcome and encouraged toattend this 8:30 AM event each 4th Saturday morn-ing.

By request, we have a new location starting

Saturday, April 28. We will meet at the BestPlace Cafe, 2099 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach.It is one traffic signal south of Stearns Ave., on thesouthwest corner. Best Place Cafe claims to havegood food at reduced prices. Come for a meal, fora cup of coffee, or just to visit! #

Calendar of Events4/28 ARALB breakfast, the Best Place Caf

(see below for details)5/4 ARALB meeting, Signal Hill Com-

mumity Center5/7 ARALB BOD meeting

5/19 ARRL license exams, CSULB

The NetSomething New!Dino Kitsios, KF6ECO

The ARALB Friday night net will be broadcastsimultaneously on 145.520 simplex and on

449.780, the K6CHE repeater, and the time willbe 7:30PM. You can check on either frequency --they will be linked together. Please join the netevery Friday at 7:30PM!


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Testing At The Field Day SiteBy Tom Gibbons, W9EYB

Amateur Radio testing, all license classes,continues as a popular ARALB Field Day attrac-tion. Your Testing Committee will offer theAmerican Radio Relay League (ARRL)-VolunteerExaminer Coordinator procedures, includingMorse code testing using the Farnsworth method.

Pre-registration is recommended throughARALB member Don Boyce, NN6Q, at562-420-9480. Walk-in candidates will be ac-cepted on a space and time available basis. Handi-cap accommodation absolutely requires advancearrangement and individual coordination with theVE-in-charge.

ARRL-VEC test fees are $10.00 for each ap-plicant, for all desired license class elements. Re-tests require the payment of another $10.00 fee. #

More Prizes!Dino Kitsios, KF6ECO, has come up with somestupendous prizes for the Field Day drawing.The prizes for the drawing will be a mobile ADI220, two 440 Radio Shack handy talkies, 1Bencher paddle, and two atomic clocks. Six

winners total! You cant beat this, and ticketsare just $2.00 each. Buy them at the ARALBmeetings, or from any board member. #

David Clark, KB6TAM, Is Back On TheHigh SeasFrom the ARRL News

Rebounding from the February 7 disaster thatsank his first sailboat, the Mollie Milar, DavidClark, KB6TAM, again set sail April 11 from Cape

Town, South Africa, in a new boat. His goal is tobecome the oldest person to sail solo around theworld. Clark will turn 77 on May 17. The newboat, the Mickey, is a 34-foot fiberglass hull ves-sel.

Now some 800 miles out of Cape Town, Clarkhas been keeping a daily ham radio schedule withthe Pacific Seafarer's Net on 20 meters, accordingto Bob Reed, N6HGG. The net has been runningphone patches so that Clark can speak with hiswife. Reed says Clark has been keeping a daily

schedule on 14.245 MHz at around 1400 UTC.He's also keeping in touch with South Africanhams at 1500 UTC on 14.195 MHz.

Clark says he expects to be back to his startingpoint, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, sometime betweenthe middle of June and the first of July. WhileClark has some corporate sponsors, he has fundedhis trip largely out of his Social Security incomeand his occasional clarinet gigs.

For more information on David Clark's jour-ney, visit http://www.dclark.com and http://www.

captainclark.com. #

Perfect Ham Rig InstallationBy Joe Maynard, K6JMA

I am enjoying amateur radio very much, but Idont have enough time for hands-on work. Theremay be others like me who do not want to work onthe electronics of their car but still want a perfectinstallation of a ham rig in their vehicle.

I found help in the person of Alfredo Lopez,specializing in mobile auto, boat, truck, car, audio,security, and accessories installations. He liveshere in Long Beach, has a business in Cerritos thatdoes all of these things, AND he will also come toyour home to do an installation. His telephone

number is 562-653-9808.Alfredo did a wonderful job installing my

Yaesu 7100 in my Chrysler 300M. The installationcannot be seen by looking inside the car or trunk.He used 8-gauge wire to the battery per my recom-mendation at no extra cost. He has done work forHRO. He is a young man with a family living inLong Beach, and he is very technically proficient.I highly recommend him. #

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Field Day CaptainsRay Rittenhouse, KF6WZN and Rick Silva,WA6ES, are our 2001 Field Day Captains!


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From The SecretaryBy Tom Gibbons, W9EYB

Year 2001 dues are delinquent if not paid be-fore April 1. A current roster will be available atthe May 4 meeting. This means that delinquent in-dividuals lose member privileges, including receiv-ing The Oscillator newsletter. Dues are $15yearly, each additional family/household member$5 yearly, under 18 years of age $5 yearly. Mem-ber dues are the main source of revenue for ourclub. Pay dues directly to Treasurer Lisa Gibbons,KF6QNG, at meetings, or by mail to ARALB, P.O.Box 7493, Long Beach, CA 90807-7493. Thenew, April 2001 membership roster will includeonly paid-up members.

Meals at field day 2001 (June 22-23-24) willagain be provided at ARALB expense. A donationis encouraged at each meal, especially from non-members, to reduce the cost of Field Day to ourclub. Dino Kitsios, KF6ECO, is the 2001 FieldDay chairman.

The annual banquet 2001 report of income andexpenses is available through the treasurer. Thedirectors again thank Dick Boone, KF6HKA, forhis management, culinary skills and great effort.

Morse code test speed will increase on July 1from a simple 5-wpm to the Farnsworth Method,15 wpm characters with greater time between char-acters to equal 5 wpm total speed. Your last

chances for regular ARALB Morse code testingwill be on May 19 and June 16. Testing at FieldDay 2001 will use the Farnsworth Method.

The official minutes of proceedings at recentARALB membership meetings and at Board of Di-rectors meetings are available through the Secre-tary at meetings. Past meeting minutes are alsoavailable on request. A copy can be mailed to youor sent by e-mail attachment.

The contact information for your club direc-tors and director-officers is printed in each Oscilla-

tor newsletter issue. #

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net seriously limits the number of members thatcan participate in the net. Many people have ex-

pressed their frustration at not being able to beheard on the net.

Several people have suggested using a repeaterfor our net. Tom Gibbons suggested that we couldreserve a time slot on the new Pryme sponsored Si-erra Peak Repeater at 146.610. There would be nocost to ARALB. Our club would get a lot of expo-sure because our net would be heard throughout theLos Angeles basin. Although it is not clear whatbenefit the added exposure would bring us, it isclear that using the repeater would allow everyone

in ARALB to participate in the net.The question of whether or not to use a re-

peater is an important issue for our club, and afterseveral months discussion we have not yet reacheda consensus. Please give some consideration tothis decision. Make your concerns known to theBoard. Voice your opinion at the May meeting.We need to reach a decision and put this issue be-hind us. Ed.

For Sale!The following equipment is from an estate that

George Riggins, WA6DZR, is liquidating.Please call him if you are interested in obtainingsome items. You may reach him at his work

phone, 562-598-7007, or at home, 562-596-6247.

1 MFJ Model 941D Antenna tuner/SWR/Wattmeter/Antenna SW

1 MFJ Model 941D Versa Tuner II1 Kenwood PC1A Phone Patch Controller1 Regency Polaris Receiver2 Maxcom High Speed Auto Antenna Switchers,

200 W PEP, 0.3-70 MHz1 J W Miller Low Pass Filter, 50/50 Ohm Z1 SU*P*MOD TV Interface1 Kenwood Mike Base and Microphone2 packages mounting hardware

2 Kenwood TS430S Transceivers with HandHeld Microphone (serial numbers 4040760& 4060555)

1 Kenwood TR7950 2 Meter Transceiver (serialnumber 5100691)

1 Swan ADF 100 Auto Direction Finder

May ARALB Board of Directors MeetingThe BOD meeting will be held Friday, May 7, atthe home of Dino Kitsios, 5450 Lanai (at Bell-flower Blvd., one block north of Spring). Themeeting begins at 7:00 PM.


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SAVE MONEY WITH ARALB VE-TESTINGBy Tom Gibbons, W9EYB

The Associated Radio Amateurs of LongBeach, W6RO, Testing Committee offers monthlylicense testing each 3rd Saturday at 0900 hours. Alllicense classes are available.

Pre-registration is recommended. Call DonBoyce, NN6Q, at 562-420-9480. Walk-in candi-dates are welcome on a space and time availablebasis.

Test fees currently are $4.00 for each appli-cant, for each desired license class element taken.Re-tests require the payment of another $4.00 fee.Monthly testing is through the Greater Los AngelesAmateur Radio Group-VEC (GLAARG-VEC).

Administrative upgrade services are availableduring test sessions at a $2.00 fee. This includesrenewals, name or address changes, and vanity callsign application service fee (in addition to the FCCfiling fee). #

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Goodbye Jim Young, W7JLBy Lisa Gibbons, KF6QNG

A small group of ARALB members gatheredon short notice at the home of Phillip, KE6MSZ,and Ruth Margaret Peters, AC6SI, on Friday after-noon, April 20.

Jim is leaving for a long visit with a daughter,son-in-law, and grandchildren in Florida. We ex-pect Jim to return to the Long Beach area, butprobably not any time soon.

Jim is a long time ARALB member and for-mer officer-director. We wish him all the happi-ness and love possible while with his family inFlorida! #

Queen Mary QSL Cards, W6ROBy Lonnie Bingham, K6CBN

Thanks go to Irene Bingham, Co-Chairman,KD6RVU, Don Boyce, NN6Q, Louise Chapman,N6ELK, Art Roberts, W6UPL, Frank Baldwin,K6UVU, Erma Baldwin, XYLK6UVU, and LonnieBingham, Chairman, K6CBN. These fine peopleprocessed W6RO QSL cards last month. Their out-put: USA, 63; Canada, 5; England, 1; and Austra-lia, 1. A total of 70 QSL cards were mailed.

W6RO, the ARALB StationHas it been awhile since youve worked

W6RO on the Queen Mary? The station isowned by the ARALB. Any licensed amateur iseligible, as long as you are willing to operatefour hours per month. This is a great way tolearn a lot about hamming. To learn about thisopportunity and schedule your training tour, callHenry Lulli, W6OLZ, at 714-963-2986. (If your

telephone blocks call identification, dial *82 infront of Henrys phone number.) If you alreadyare a W6RO operator and have scheduling ques-tions, call Nate Brightman, K6OSC, at 310-427-5123. #

W6RO 22d anniversaryApril 29th marks the 22nd anniversary of theoperation of W6RO aboard the Queen Mary.

Why do ships and aircraft in trouble use "mayday"as their call for help? This comes from the Frenchm'aidez- meaning "help me" - and is pronouncedmore or less "mayday."

Lets Eat!Dont forget! Hams like to eat. Please note yourdate, and please bring some goodies to the clubmeeting! Thank you.May - Vickie ElliotJune - Mario and Mariana RubioJuly Leilani Jaskobiak

Elmering and CW!Come early to the ARALB meeting and enjoy anhour of Elmering and CW practice!


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Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach

P.O. Box 7493

Long Beach, CA 90807

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Dues are $15.00 annually (Jan. 1 through Dec. 31). Additional family members are $5.00 each annually. You will

receive a copy of our monthly newsletter, the Oscillator, with your paid membership. Only one Oscillatorwill besent per household. Membership badges are available for $8.50 each. Your first and last name and call sign will be

printed on the badge. Badges will be distributed at the meetings.

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Items that can be purchased at the meeting:Additional family membership, $5.00 Club Badges, $10.00 Jacket, blue, heavy quiltedUnder 18 Membership, $5.00 Club Hats, $10.00 incl. call sign & club patchARRL dues: $34.00 Large Club Patch, $5.00 S,M,L,XL $75.00 XXL $80Embroidery order (Your name, call sign, ARALB logo on YOUR shirt or jacket), $10.00

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Oscillator EditorCarina Lister1021 Amelia Dr.Long Beach, CA 90807

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The May 4 meeting will be held at the Signal Hill Community Center, 1708 E. Hill Street, SignalHill, beginning at 7:00 PM. Dino Kitsios, KF6ECO, will present the Field Day plans and coordinatethe volunteer opportunities.

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