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.

September General Club Meeting

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IMG_6277Our guest speaker was Dick Norton, N6AA, our ARRL Southwestern Division Director. Dick spoke on the latest activities of the American Radio Relay League and how they influence our lives as hams. He brought us up to date on the Amateur Radio Parity Act and how we still need to contact our Congressperson Lois Capps and both of our Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and push for them to sign on as supporters of their respective bills in the House and the Senate.

Dick also talked briefly about the contest for the Santa Barbara Section Manager between our present Manager Rob Griffin, K6YR, of San Luis Obispo and Jim Fortney, K6IYK, of Camarillo. The ballots will arrive in early October in the mail boxes of ARRL members.

The highlight of the Club meeting was the video presentation about President Jay’s recently departed wife and best friend in the world Winnie, KA6OFZ, SK. The well produced video showed Winnie running a QSO between her students and the astronauts passing overhead aboard the International Space Station.

Listen to the full audio of the meeting here: http://www.sbarc.org/k6tz-repeater-live-audio-and-archive/general-club-meetings-audio-archives/

Post expires at 8:38am on Thursday October 15th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

Operators Badly Needed for Carpinteria Triathlon

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Operators are badly needed for the Carpinteria Triathlon on Saturday September 26th 2015. We will be using our local 2m repeaters.

Please help if you can. We currently have less than half of the operators we need, so your help will be greatly appreciated.

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

Post expires at 8:09pm on Saturday September 26th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

Lots of HT Radios for Sale on Swap Net

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There is a listing for 10 or so HT radios of various kinds on Swap Net. This is an unusual listing and is a good opportunity to pick up a good quality HT at a reasonable price. These are all Yaesu, Wouxun, Alinco and Icom HT radios. The direct link to the listing is here:

http://www.sbarc.org/2015/09/08/for-sale-yaesu-wouxun-alinco-and-icom-ht-radios//?wcz

Post expires at 7:38am on Monday September 21st, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

General Club Meeting – September 18, 2015

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We will have as our guest speaker Dick Norton, N6AA, our ARRL Southwestern Division Director. Dick will be speaking on the latest activities of the American Radio Relay League and how they influence our lives as hams. He will most likely touch on the Amateur Radio Parity Act and how we still need to contact our Congressperson Lois Capps and both of our Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and push for them to sign on as supporters of their respective bills in the House and the Senate.

Dick may touch upon the contest for the Santa Barbara Section Manager between our present Manager Rob Griffin, K6YR, of San Luis Obispo and Jim Fortney, K6IYK, of Camarillo, who has been a friend of our Club for many years. The ballots will arrive in early October in the mail boxes of ARRL members.

The highlight of the Club meeting will be the video presentation of President Jay’s dearly departed best friend in the world Winnie, KA6OFZ, SK, teaching her fourth grade class about Amateur Radio and had arranged for them to actually converse with Astronauts passing overhead aboard the International Space Station. A thrill for all the students, their parents, Astronauts and SBARC members was felt at that happening which was caught on this video which was put together by Jay, WA6RDV, and edited by Rod, WB9KMO.

Post expires at 1:00am on Saturday September 19th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.