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Amateur Radio Club of El Cajon meetsevery 2nd Thursday at 7:00 pm at theFirst Lutheran Church of El Cajon. Theaddress is 867 South Lincoln Ave.Next meeting:June 7th, 2005 7:00 pm

Table of Contents

From The President Page 2Meeting Minutes Page 3V.P. Corner Page 4Calendar of Events Page 4Membership Application Page 5Fun Page Page 6Ham Spot Light Page 7Editor's Corner Page 8Thing to keep in mind Page 8Crest Radio Museum Page 9The A.R.E.S Connection Page 9Photos & For Sale Items Page 10

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“WOW" now that was a suprise. That was very nice ofSeth to think of the club. Seth will alway be with us.

May meeting Speakerwas Scott Weber

KF6ZRT talking aboutHomeland SecurityMore on page 10

President KG6JCW Mike "Stogie" Panger 263-4439Vice-President KG6QCO David Cyr 328-0246Secretary N6OPH Mike Maston 296-9067Treasurer KF6WXA Susan Kochel 445-6067Past President WA6MHZ Pat Bunsold 593-1111

Affiliated Clubs AE6AV Larry Plummer 460-1818Club Attire AI60 Ed Felter 668-0928Public Service N6NKJ Rich Beisigl 444-5465Prizes WA6PPG Carl Ferree 328-2694Welcoming AE6CQ Michael Martak 562-6477Social KD6PRV Anselmo Ruiz 574-0720

SANDARC Delegate K5WFW Len Fulbright 258-1322Membership KC6TBG Ann Rios 593-9445Public Relations KC6QLS Paul Rios 593-9445Counterpoise Editor KC6QLS Paul Rios 593-9445Education N6OPH Mike Maston 296-9067Estate Sales N6JOJ Tom Myrick 449-3547Field Day KG6QCO David Cyr 328-0246Health & Welfare OPENHistorian OPENNet Manager KG6CQO David Cyr 328-0246Post Mistress KC6TBG Ann Rios 593-9445Technical W6RHV Bob Boehme 448-4728Swap Meet N6JOJ Tom Myrick 449-3547Bylaws KF6XY John Cordle 697-2175WA6BGS Trustee AE6CQ Michael Martak 562-6477WAMO W6LKK Erich Bennett 401-7332

2005 Officers

2005 Board of Directors


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Hello fellow club members. I am sorry andwould like to apologize for all the confusionconcerning Field Day. It will be held asscheduled on the 25 and 26th of June at the AlBahr Shrine Camp. This confusion was causedby some problems that the camp is having. Wewill be one of two events occurring at the LodgeSaturday Night. Since there will be a bandplaying from 1900 to 2100, we may have toshutdown operations due to noise. The foodservice will be changed a little due to an inviteform the Shriner’s. More information will be putout at the next club meeting. I would like tothank Chet Smith, a long time member and aShriner’s for straightening out the SNAFU. Theclub is looking for band captain to manage andschedule the operators. We currently have oneband taken care of, the Six Shooters will bemanaging the Six Meter band operations. Theyare currently repairing the antenna. If we haveenough equipment, we will also be sponsoring aGOTA station on the 10M band. Please comeout and have a good time.

Stogie KG6JCW

2005 Standing Committee

From The President"Stogie"KG6JCW

The membership meeting of the Amateur RadioClub of El Cajon was called to order by clubpresident at 1900hrs.Tuck, NZ6T presented Stogie, KG6JCW $1000check from the Estate of Seth Collier, W6CDD.SECRETARY’S report: was approved aspublished in the Counterpoise.TREASURER’S report: was given by Susan,KF6WXA. It was approved as read and filed foraudit.Scott Weber, KF6ZIQ gave the presentation onthe topic of homeland security.After the break, the business portion of themeeting resumed.PRESIDENT’S report: was given by Stogie,KG6JCW. Stogie, KG6JCW stated thatnegotiations for the repeater site for the clubmachine. Rattlesnake peak is the probablesite. The problem with the Crest site is thatthere would be no room for the repeater.Another possibility would be the Helix watersite. Negotiations are ongoing. We will needto provide some labor from the club to clean upthe site and dealing with the cables. The nextmeeting will be a discussion of the upcomingfield day. There would be many topics ofdiscussion in regards to the field dayoperation. The El Cajon fire station will nolonger allow the club to use the training room.Sites are being investigated. The minister ofthe church stated that he is very pleased withthe presence of the ARCEC at the church forclub meetings. The six shooters club ispossibly able to repair one of the club’s beamantennae.SANDARC report: was given by Larry, AD6AV.He stated that the slate of officers have beenre-elected for a two year term. CERT SanDiego leader Barbara Ayers addressed thecouncil regarding radio volunteers for theCERT teams. Volunteers are being requestedto operate the ITU radio station during the ITUconference.

The conference will be held from 18 May to 27May at the Sheraton Harbor Island. The DelMar fair will be held from 10 June to 5 July2005. Clubs are asked to provide operatorsfor the SANDARC station at the fair. A reporton the convention committee meeting was alsotendered.PUBLIC SERVICE chairman: Rich N6NKJannounced that the club participates during theSpecial Olympics during the first weekend inJune (4th & 5th). The club handles the Sundayactivities. Eric will be the control operator forthis event. He also reminded the members thatall who participate in drills or help out duringemergencies should acquire the picture AREScard.Steve Early, AD6VI reported on upcomingclasses to be held within the county, which issponsored by SANDARC.EDUCATION chairman: Mike N6OPH reportedon the club class schedule. The general classhas concluded and the next class will be theCW instruction after Field Day. This classshould start in July.PUBLIC RELATIONS chairman: Paul KG6QLSreported that a CW presentation will be madeon the Jay Leno show. Paul stated he neededpeople for the “Ham Radio Spotlight.” Thedeadline for the Counterpoise will be extendedone week to the Sunday a week from thegeneral membership meeting. He also statedthatWELCOMING Chairman: Mike AE6CQannounced that we had 34 members and onenew member who signed up this evening.SOCIAL CHAIRMAN: Xemi KD6PRV apologizedfor the lack of donuts during the meeting.It was announced by the club president,Stogie, KG6JCW that the June discussion willbe a comprehensive discussion on field day andthat in July, Cal, KG6FBV will give theprogram. They’re being no further businessbefore the general membership; the meetingwas adjourned at 2056hrs.

Respectfully Submitted

Michael Paul Maston, N6OPHSecretaryAmateur Radio Club of El Cajon

Amateur Radio Clubof El Cajon

General Membership Meeting12 May 2005


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Calendar of EventsJune 2005

June 4: Swap Meet, Santee Drive In, 6:30 amJune 4: T-Hunt, Grossmont College lot, 6:00 pmJune 7: Board Meeting, 7:00 pmJune 9: General Meeting, 7:00 pmJune 11: ARES Meeting, 8:00 amJune 18: Swap Meet, Santee Drive In, 6:30 amJune 18: T-Hunt, Grossmont College lot, 6:00 pmJune 25-26 ARRL Field Day

WA6BGS NetsDavid Cyr: KG6QCO Net MangerMike Oberbauer: KG6TDP Net ControllerFrito N6WKB Wide Open Nets

WAMO NETS:Wednesday and Saturday Nights8:00 pm local time 7:30 "Checkins"10 Meters: 28.480Tuesday Night Rag Chew net:8:00 pmNets held on club repeatersWA6BGS Repeaters2 Meters SANDRA RepeaterOutput 146.265 " Otay"Input + SplitPL 107.2

224.080 – 107.20 PL445.900 – 141.30 PLDon’t miss it. All members welcome.

Club Attire ***** Shirts on hand Call for Sizes *****Get your jackets, hats and t-shirts.Show off your club colors and let all knowthat the Amateur Radio Club of El Cajon isstrong and growing.

June as everyone knows is “The Annual ARRL Field Day”This years event will be held June 25& 26. A few wereconcerned about our location at the Al Bahr ShrineCamp. Well, we are on for the use of the location with afew changes. Due to over booking by the campmanager, we will be using the porch as usual but notthe lodge itself, as there is another function going onwhile we will be there. Also we will probably be closingdown our stations for approximately 3 hours Saturdayevening as there will be a live band in the lodge. Thelocation of the Al Bahr Shrine Camp is on the left side ofSunrise Hwy off of Interstate 8 at the 26.5 mile marker.If anyone can help with the transporting and setup ofantennas and stations, please drop me an e-mail [email protected] We are also in need of radios forsaid stations, Mike N6OPH has 40 meter radio that hewill be bringing up. We will be needing 10 & 20 meterradios and Mike N6IEF will have a station of his own upthere and the 6 shooters will have the station setupthere as well. Please see Mike N6OPH has far as lodginggoes for the site, and I’m sure he will have somethingdealing with that subject. Junes general membershipmeeting will be centered around field day so please tryto attend. Hope to see you all there.

73 David KG6QCO

From The VPCorner

KG6QCO David

VEC Testing Sites1st Saturday: El Cajon 10:00 am First Lutheran Church of El Cajon

867 South Lincoln Ave.2nd Saturday: Carlsbad 10:00 am

Carlsbad Safety CenterOrion Way Carlsbad

3rd Saturday: North Park 10:00 amNorth Park Recreation Center4044 Idaho Street San Diego

4th Saturday: Chula Vista 9:00 amSalvation Army643 Third Ave Chula Vista

5th or last Saturday: Escondido 10:00 amEscondido Chamber of Commerce720 north Broadway Escondido

To make advance reservations or to find out more infofrom the site captain, please call 465-EXAM (3926)


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Birthdays

June 1 WB6POW Gordon RipleyJune 2 KG6QCO David CyrJune 7 KF6CVG Robert LangJune 11 N6WHK Phil PedigoJune 12 W6RHV Bob Boehme (L)June 12 KF6CSY John DuranteJune 15 KF6MLK Carl ScavoJune 18 KF6ZCA George Miner , JRJune 20 NX6Q Mel DunnJune 22 KE6QCA Allan IngramJune 22 W6PEA Patrick AllenJune 26 WA6YWC Frank RattyJune 27 WB6ODR Bob SmithJune 27 N6OEI Matt LunatiJune 29 KE6QVF Bill GeilerJune 30 K7SD Steve BertalanJune Lucille Kelm (L)

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FUN PFUN PFUN PFUN PFUN PAAAAAGEGEGEGEGE

Last Months Word Search

One dark night outside a small town in Wisconsin, afire started inside the local chemical plant and in ablink of an eye it exploded into massive flames. Thealarm went out to all the fire departments for milesaround. When the volunteer fire fighters appeared onthe scene, the chemical company president rushed tothe fire chief and said, “All our secret formulas are inthe vault in the center of the plant. They must besaved. I will give $50,000 to the fire department thatbrings them out intact.”But the roaring flames held the firefighters off. Soonmore fire departments had to be called in as thesituation became desperate. As the firemen arrived,the president shouted out that the offer was now$100,000 to the fire department who could bring outthe company’s secret files.From the distance, a lone siren was heard as anotherfire truck came into sight. It was the nearbyNorwegian rural township volunteer fire companycomposed mainly of Norwegians over the age of 65. Toeveryone’s amazement, that little run-down fireengine roared right past all the newer sleek enginesthat were parked outside the plant.

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Jokes "Big Fire"

Word Search " Homeland"

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versatility and says, “There’s something foreverybody in ham radio. We need to get theyounger kids involved.”

Rich has worked Special Olympics and withmany public service events. The largest eventhe’s been part of was the Cedar fire. As amember of A.R.E.S., he received a call fromRoxanne from the CDF to help staff Julian forevacuation center communications. Afterstaffing the sites needed, Rich worked at theMonta Vista CDF office.

His biggest challenge was learning the code.He likes the diverse range of people he hasmet on the radio. He would like to encouragethe younger generation to get into ham radioand see what all the fun is all about. After all,on the Jay Leno show, it’s been proven: a hamradio still out beats cell phones and textmessaging anytime.

No longer just a voice on the radio, thespotlight shines on Rich Beisigl. 73s!

Tassy Rios, Staff Writer

MAZE

This month’s ham spotlight shines on RichBeisigl, N6NKJ, WAMO #573. Rich first gothis ham radio license in May of 1985. He isnow has an extra class license. His favoritemode and band is 20 meters sideband. Hehas 190 confirmed DX including China,Russia, parts of Africa and across the SouthPacific. He likes working DX and emergencycommunications. His late father-in-law,Dave Cathers NV5H, was also a ham. Rich isa native of San Diego, has two grown sons,five grandkids and lives with his wife, April.

Rich first met his wife to be, April, at aservice station, but she was engaged to bemarried. As fate would have it, they metagain. He then learned that she wasdivorced. With that, they began to date andlater married. They have been happilymarried since 1979.

Rich served in the California National Guardfor six years, ranked as E4. His unit wasartillery, he was the generator operatorthat supplied power to the guns and radar.Later it became a tank unit. He remembersgetting out of the National Guard thesummer of the watts riots. He later workedfor the city of El Cajon and retired in 1999,after serving 28 years as a custodian.

One of the people responsible for hisinvolvement with ham radio is, John K6BX,who was a supervisor for the city of ElCajon. He was always kidding Rich about hisCB radios, calling them the chicken band andtold him to get on to the real radio. WhenRich got frustrated about the CB limitations,he moved on to ham radio. He likes

N6NKJ


Prize Table Needs HelpThank you for your contributions to the PrizeTable! We still need your Support and Help or itmay just end up a thing of the past. To Help,contact WA6PPG Carl Ferree at 328-2694e-mail at [email protected]

Things to keep in mindSan Diego County Fair needs Hams to work

the Ham Radio Station.

Fair starts 10 June and the El Cajon Clubmans the booth during that Friday and firstweekend. There are three shifts during theday, starting from 1000 to 1400, from 1400to 1800 and from 1800 to closing (around2200 or so, sometimes earlier).

Contact: Mike N6OPH

Get on the El Cajon ARC ReflectorTo sign up visit:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elcajonarc/You will get the latest news about The Club

and things going on in the Ham world.

New MemberKG6YZE Paul Schmidt is the newest mem-ber, Please welcome him to our club.

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As soon as I heard there was to be acontest on the Jay Leno show, CW versustext messaging, I knew that CW was goingto win. Radio to radio versus input,encryption, cell phone, cell site, computer,cell site, cell phone, decrypt, display wasnot really going to be a contest. Yes, ourradios don’t take pictures and don’t makefunny ringing sounds, but when somedisaster hits, and the phone lines getovercrowded and shut down, Ham radiowill always be there helping out with thecommunications that need to be done. Thishas been proven time and time again withthe Cedar fire, school shootings and otherdisasters.

I do carry a cell phone, but do not rely on itwhen a real emergency happens. I only useit for communicating with non-Ham’s inbusiness that I cannot do over the air. Iwould like to see more people get into hamradio.

Paul Rios [email protected]

The Editor'sCorner

KC6QLS Paul

Club Hats are inList of members to pick up hats at the next meeting.Bring in your $5.00. 10 more hats are available.See ED AI6O.

AE6AV, AE6QW, KA6NFC, KC6QLS, KC6TBG,KC6YSO,KD6VKZ, KE6GLM, KG6FBV, KG6NNU, KC6QCO, KG6UQA,AND WB6MNR

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CREST RADIO MUSEUMPat Bunsold WA6MHZ

This months photos of some items from ourpast. We hope you enjoy. Some of you mayremember working on one of the rigs ormay know someone that might have.

Clegg 22 MK II AM

Communicator II 2 Meter

Ad from the past

Hello to all,Last month I urged all of you to apply forthe new and improved A.R.E.S./R.A.C.E.S.ID card, and once again I urge you to getthis card as soon as possible.My good friend Eric Crosser, N6SUB, and Iwill be meeting with Roxanne Provaznik,who is in charge of the Red Flag patrol, toplan this years training for the upcomingfire season.It does look as though this years trainingwill once again be Wildland Fire SafetyTraining, in fact there will be at least threechances for you to take this training.R.A.C.E.S is going to offer it the first ofJune, and I do believe it will be open toother people as well. Then north county willalso offer it, but I am not sure when.So listen to one of the local A.R.E.S. nets orread the A.R.E.S. Alert. The Alert can bepicked up at HRO, or you can read it on lineat www.qsl.net/sdgarrlIf you have a question about A.R.E.S. thatyou would like me to answer, please let meknow, and I will do my best to find theanswer to your question.My neighbors are building a cabin up nearJulian, and they told me how beautiful theflowers are along the roadsides as youdrive to their cabin. But later on, this areawill once again be very dry and we all knowthat in a blink of an eye, we could haveanother wildfire going.Just last night, I heard one of CDF’S finestsay this will be a very dry and dangerousfire season. So lets all be ready. So until next month, stay safe, have fun,and enjoy life.Rich, N6NKJ.

The A.R.E.SConnection

From Rich, N6NKJ

To recap, the speaker at the May meeting was ScottWeber KF6ZRT, formerly WA6KGH, who works forHomeland Security Department of Defense. Hediscussed the role of HAMS and how the EPA and FEMAhave grown since 1977 and changed over the years asa result of what they have learned from emergenciesand disasters.

In 1981, at the Oklahoma bombing, in addition to theusual first responders like fire, police, and search andrescue folks, approximately 150 HAMS responded andparticipated, and they had their own equipment. Theincident commander also had HAM equipment, whichfacilitated communications. As technology changed,the county got a new trunking system, and thedepartment obtained approximately 70 old radios touse. However, in spite of the new equipment, it wasapparent that there were some communication gapswhich needed to be filled, and the Governor requestedspecific assistance of HAMS to handle communicationand to fill the gaps in the radio system. This disaster,the changes made and the resulting report, led to thedevelopment of nine Emergency Operations Centersinvolving the Departments of Justice, Energy,Customs, DOD, FBI and CIA and led to a largercommunication system.

At the Northridge earthquake and Yosemite fire manyHAMS responded and participated in the handling ofemergency traffic. These two incidents challenged thecommunication system again and led to moreimprovements. However, there was still no Federalcommunications system.

As a result of 911, the National Emergency BroadcastResponse System was developed, which is a largeradio system through satellite links that support allagencies at all levels. It included designatingcommunicators at command centers to organize allagencies and facilitate communication in the event ofan emergency or disaster.

KF6ZRT indicates that HAMS will have a continued rolein the communications system, and he recommendsthat all HAMS be familiar with the ARRL Traffic Formatas a fantastic and reliable form of communication. Thisformat was proven useful and complimented theefforts made during the Yosemite fire. The ARRL alsohas a book on the procedures. Today, nationwide, hisdepartment is building additional communication sites,and it is anticipated that they will meet their current

goals by October 1, 2007.

The question was asked as to what band and modeare most helpful. The response was that mostcommunication is being developed through microwaveand satellite links. However, frequently used fieldcommunication are: 388Mhz - 399Mhz ; 406Mhz–420Mhz ; 800Mhz– 855Mhz; and 925Mhz – 960Mhz.

The question was asked as to what type of equipmentis best for HAMS to bring to an emergency. Theresponse was that the most common and reliablemodes appear to be 2 meters and 6 meters, and infact these were the most frequently used by HAMSparticipating at Northridge and at the Yosemite fire.Of course, ARES/RACES would implement their plans.220 and 440 could also be used.

KF6ZRT reiterated the importance of HAMS workingwith his department; thanked all those HAMS whohave participated in emergencies and disasters; andencouraged HAMS to continue in their capacity asemergency communication facilitators.

Ann Rios KC6TBG

Joke continued

Without even slowing down it drove straight into themiddle of the inferno. Outside, the other firemenwatched as the Norwegian old timers jumped off rightin the middle of the fire & fought it back on all sides. Itwas a performance and effort never seen before.

Within a short time, the Norske old timers hadextinguished the fire and had saved the secretformulas. The grateful chemical company presidentannounced that for such a superhuman feat he wasupping the reward to $200,000, and walked over topersonally thank each of the brave fire fighters.

The local TV news reporter rushed in to capture theevent on film, asking their chief, “What are you goingto do with all that money?”

“Vell,” said Ole Larsen, the 70-year-old fire chief, “Dafirst thing ve gonna do is fix da brakes on dat truck!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!W5COM


May'sSpeaker

Continued

Well, it all started when my laptop stopped working.It took me a long time to setup the laptop the way Iliked it. I used it to program all my ham radios thatwere software programmable. I also used it forgraphics and web-site designs. I took my laptop downto several stores to see if it could be repaired; theygave me estimates for parts and labor, which wasvery high. They also told me it is if they can find thereplacement parts as the laptop was well over fiveyears old. It took me another three weeks to tracethe parts down that needed to be replaced. The laborto replace the parts will be several hundred dollars.With my knowledge of computer repair I decided to dothe repairs myself. The laptop worked for a momentor two, but with the new parts installed the otherweaker parts decided to fail.

So at that time I decided I needed a new computer,something that was up-to-date. I looked for about aweek, asking questions, and going online to severalstores. I narrowed it down to two or three units, butI noticed that none of the newer laptops had floppydrives and/or serial ports. I needed a floppy drive toinstall some of the software that I had. The programsto manage the ham radio files on the radios were onfloppy. It was nice that USB ports were available, butI needed a serial port.

How was I to resolve this, buy a USB port adapterconverted to serial port. So I bought the new laptop,upgraded the RAM and went home and started toinstall my programs. I started to loaded graphic andWeb publishing software. After that was installed Ithen started on my ham radio programs. Four out ofthe six ham radio programs were already on CD-ROMs,and installed beautifully. The other two were onfloppy disks.

I hooked up the laptop to my own home network;however the floppy disk in my main unit, I directed thelaptop to A drive on the server, and tried to do theinstall that way. This would not work at all. I triedseveral times over and over in different ways, stillwould not install. Called the software manufacturer;they tryed to help me to the best of their ability. Wetried the USB floppy drive, transferring the data overto CD-ROM and copying files to a special folder. Stillthey would not install.

Part 2 next month

June 25th and 26th Field Day 2005. It is at the Al BahrShrine Camp in the Laguna Mountains. We need a setup crew for Friday and a tear down crew for Sunday.

Who is in charge:

David, KG6QCO Field Day ChairmanMike, N6OPH Field Day Safety OfficerAnselmo, KD6PRV Social Chairman

Please don’t call the campsite for cabins Call MikeN6OPH for the information. From Mike “First cabins 1, 2and 4 are for club use. Both dorms are also availablefor club use. I would like to cabins go for theprincipals of field day, while the dorms should be forthe general membership use. The dorms consist ofthree rooms each and totally would sleep ten.”

Please come and join in on the fun. Let's make thisField day the best ever.

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The Amateur Radio Club of El Cajon - QSL.netSpecial Olympics during the first weekend in June (4th & 5th). The club handles the Sunday activities. Eric will be the control operator