Operators Needed for the Century 100 Bike Race

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Need 2m operators, HT’s and mobiles for the Century 100 bike race coming up Saturday October 17, 2015.

This is a big event and the organizers rely on amateur radio operators for their communications because nothing else works reliably. Please help if you can and let’s not let them down!

Contact Rick KG6VLB by email at rickwhtr@cox.net or if necessary, by phone at 964-5440.

Post expires at 7:31am on Sunday October 18th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Elmering and Mentoring Net – October 1, 2015

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The time stamps below are best followed by downloading the Mp3 file for the appropriate date here and listening with Windows Media Player.

Tonight’s net had 8 check-ins plus net control (K6HWN) and 8 chat room participants.  Subjects included:

  • 09:05 – How the club station radio room has changed over the years since we moved into the Red Cross building over 30 years ago, how many radios and what bands are available to experiment with there, how one can be trained at COMMCOM (Communications Command), and a little history.
  • 18:35 – Continuation of the discussion on heterodyning.
  • 34:30 – Aspects of 220 MHz – Pros and cons, commonality, and usage in the Santa Barbara area.
  • 58:00 – Issues on 40 meters over 50 watts causing a stuffed dog to bark and RF chokes.

Tune in to the SBARC Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net  next Thursday at 8:00 PM or 2000 Hrs   and see what interesting questions will arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week and join in with questions and /or answers to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

 

 

For Sale – Very Special Antenna for HF

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Single loop fractional wave antenna (formerly referred to as a magnetic loop antenna). This is a very rare item because they are built by an antenna expert who does not sell his creations to the general public. Please visit QRZ.com and lookup K8NDS to learn more about his antenna designs. You can also look up AG6LJ and see these antennas in service here in Santa Barbara.

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This antenna is a high Q, high gain, very low noise antenna that can achieve incredible results. It is only 36″ in diameter and only needs to be installed about 6 feet off the ground.

Covers 15 to 40 meters and includes all items necessary to get it on the air. Hands on instruction is available locally to help you learn how to best use the antenna to make your station world class.

Asking $2000. This is half the price that it cost to build. The original builder is going to do a full maintenance inspection and adjustment before delivering this to a new owner.

Contact Jerry, KK6FNP at 805-896-4484 (no blocked numbers please) or jerryfarwest@aol.com

For Sale : Pair of Quadcopters for Racing & Arial Photography – Ready to Fly

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Sold – 10/29/2015

Two quadcopters, both of which are well made and in very good condition.

The first, a Q450 was built for photography and has a 20 minute flight time.

The second, a ZMR250 is a racing quadcopter that can travel in excess of 45 mph – it is equipped with a First Person View setup which live-streams video to goggles so the pilot can have a direct view of where the drone is going.

The larger drone has been used to deploy a cross band repeater. From a few different tests, the repeater has worked very well when up in the sky.

The smaller drone uses the 5.8ghz, ham radio band to live stream video back to the pilot.

The seller is listing everything as a set and is not open to splitting the items up.

Asking $550 OBO

Contact : Haydn – KK6OYV – KK6OYV@yahoo.com

Click on the “Read more…” link to get a complete part list of the set.

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K6LCM Article on Cuban Amateur Radio Published in QST Magazine

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Levi Maaia, K6LCM

Levi Maaia, K6LCM

SBARC is proud to announce that we have a published author in our ranks! Levi – K6LCM submitted an article to QST about his recent trip to Cuba and his visit with a group of local hams. QST liked the article and it was printed in the current (October 2015) issue of QST magazine!

If you attended the June 2015 General Club Meeting, Levi also gave us a great presentation and slideshow on his trip. There is more about that meeting and a link to the audio archive here: http://www.sbarc.org/2015/06/21/june-2015-general-club-meeting/

Getting published in QST magazine is quite an accomplishment for any amateur radio operator! Congratulations Levi!

Post expires at 9:00am on Saturday October 10th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.