Field Day 2015 Wrapup

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thTheo Howe, KK6YYZ – Unfortunately, this year the SBARC rover based Field Day had to be modified for lack of volunteer operators. The suggestion was made to operate from the Clubstation’s radio room, and quickly the call was put out for interested operators.
At 18:00 Zulu Saturday (beginning of Field Day) things started slowly with a few people stopping in to the club station to operate and visit. As the afternoon progressed however, we had a steady stream of visitors and club members excited to operate the Club station on Field Day. We now also have two new members of the Club because of the event.  We worked 40,20,15, 6 and 2 meter contacts. Modes were SSB except for 2m which was FM and SSB.

The Club Station, which is not known as a “big gun” in town, nevertheless made many contacts all the way to the East Coast, American Virgin Islands, Hawaii and New Zealand (though they are not a part of Field Day, officially). You can be proud of your club stations’ reach on Field Day!

I wanted to put out a big “Thank You” to everyone who participated, and we will be inviting you all back again for other ARRL contests at the Club Station! There are plans to upgrade your radio room and improve our contesting abilities. We will have at least one- if not more- logging station to allow for high speed contesting. We look forward to all of your participation! A big thank you goes out to Ken KA6KEN who was there the entire time helping to work DX.

Post expires at 1:00am on Saturday July 4th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

SBARC Field Day Participation Details

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stnmapSBARC will participate in Field Day at the club station on Saturday June 27 from 11:00 to at least 18:00. We will NOT be setting up the Rover at the Calle Real Shopping Center.

The radios will be set up and ready to go and you do not need the proper license to operate because proper supervision will be provided. Field Day is an exciting event and there will be a lot of stations on the air.

Please call ahead by radio or phone at 687-6737 if you want to come in and operate. Instruction will be provided beginning at 09:00.

The Club Station is located at the Red Cross Headquarters, 2707 State Street (access from lower level in Alamar Avenue parking lot), Santa Barbara.

 

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And, in the spirit of Throwback Thursday, here is a picture from field day a little while back.

Believe it or not, this picture shows Dennis WB6OBB and Chuck N6CPM “working the world” with a tandem bicycle generator during Field Day at Goleta Beach.

Post expires at 4:00pm on Saturday June 27th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

Annual SBARC Bazaar July 18, 2015

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MeetingMapThe annual SBARC Bazaar will be held this year on Saturday July 18. Setup will begin at 06:00 to 07:30 with selling to begin at 08:00 and continue to 11:30. Equipment you donate will be sold to raise funds for the club. There will also be a consignment table where you can bring items you want to sell if you like and the club will accept a 10% “commission” from those sales.

The Bazaar will be held in the parking lot on the north side 401 North Fairview Avenue – across the street from the public library. This is where we hold the monthly general meetings, however it is not the same parking lot. Look for the activity on the north side of the building.

We will need help and people with pick-up trucks and/or hand trucks to move the equipment and set things up. Sales people are also needed. Please contact Darryl at 969-2326 to sign up to help.

Post expires at 1:24am on Sunday July 19th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

Field Day Invitation From Satellite Amateur Radio Club

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From W6AB, Satellite Amateur Radio Club – I’d like to extend an invitation to your club members and anyone who is still interested in operating during field day to visit the Vandenberg Satellite Amateur Radio Club House, W6AB. Myself and a few others will be participating in the event. Our main goal this year is to get on the air, test some antennas for JOTA and have fun.

Need additional information? please email: michael@lbee.com

Directions W6AB: http://www.satellitearc.com/directions.html

Thanks Michael!

Post expires at 4:20pm on Wednesday June 24th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

June 2015 General Club Meeting

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Levi Maaia, K6LCMIf you missed this months meeting, you missed a great presentation by Levi – K6LCM on his recent trip to Cuba. Levi had the rare opportunity to join a research delegation visiting the normally closed off island nation to meet the people, experience the culture and even get together with a local ham club in Havana. Listen to how Levi initially made contact with them and developed a relationship with this group of Cuban hams. It is very interesting to hear about the resourcefulness of the Cuban people and how they get by without access to equipment and parts to fix their radios, vehicles, and all the other things we take for granted.

The full meeting audio is available in the audio archives area.

Listen to Levi’s presentation portion of the meeting below.

 

Post expires at 8:23am on Saturday July 4th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Elmering and Mentoring Net – Thursday June 11, 2015

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The Technical Mentoring and Elmering for Thursday, June 11th had 9 check-ins plus net control Dave (K6HWN). Discussions included Hayden’s (KK6OYV) fractional wave antenna construction progress and he’s promised to take pictures of the different stages and share them on his website when it’s up and running. Jim (KK6SXB) added to the conversation stating that there are magnetic loop and Faraday loop antennas but the fractional wave antenna gets its name because of the helically wound copper strapping that surrounds it.

I (K6FLD) had a question about why there were different types of amplifiers to consider when choosing one for the different ham bands we might operate on. Shackmaster (K6HWN) explained that for VHF and above its handed a little differently as it’s not practical to tune for the different bands. The amplifiers are made specific to the VHF/UHF bands and there’s just not that much need tune because the bands are relatively close in frequency. For HF 160-10 meters maybe even 6 meters you will need to tune your amplifier as often as your antenna for the bands. Also of you’re operating SSB the amplifier needs to be a linear amp, not so if just FM. You can listen to the audio archive of the net here.

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 Technical Mentoring and Elmering net each week and join in with questions and /or answers to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Job Available at UCSB

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An interesting permanent part time (30 hours/week) job is available in the UCSB Physics Department. Lab Assistant position working under Bob – AC6PZ maintaining and setting up lab equipment including things like 3D printers.

Here is the link: https://jobs.ucsb.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1434637715449

Under Job/Apply click “View/Apply”

Post expires at 7:08am on Saturday September 19th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.