Rover Emergency Repeater

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The Rover is back at the Red Cross Chapter Headquarters on Alamar Rd. The repeater can be on the air anytime the Club Station is open. The fequencies are 144.930 Mhz. output, (where you listen) and 147.585 MHz. input, (where you transmit). The PL is the standard 131.8 Hertz.

Ventura County has a similar repeater with a 127.3 PL.

Repeaters on this frequency pair are usually on the air for practice or for an event, but they will not be on the air all the time !!!

We are trying to get more members of SBARC on the Rover Repeater. The Rover is not on all the time, but can be turned on by request during regular [AnythingPopup id=”2″].

January 2015 SBARC Club Meeting

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3D printer in action

The January Club Meeting featured an interesting presentation by Julianne Walsh on 3D printing. She brought along a working 3D printer to demonstrate and a couple of “home brew” printers to show. 3D printing is going to be the revolution of the decade and will soon be able to print almost everything from tools to human organs. Thanks Julianne for the great presentation!

Post expires at 11:00pm on Monday February 2nd, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

ATV Special Modes Net – January 20, 2015

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Last nights net was very active with a lot of good discussion about antennas and lead lines. Two of the participants have recently installed new end fed antennas that have impressive all band, 6m to 160m coverage. The particular models we discussed are the DXtreme from UTILMAX Antennas.

We also operated JT65 with several of the checkins participating. Jt65 is a fun mode that works especially well with very weak signals. There are several JT65 programs available for Windows and Mac. The image below was captured last month using a JT65 variant called JT65-HF-HB9HQX Edition. Click on the image below to view it full size.

JT65 operating on 10m

JT65 operating on 10m

We will be going on the air next week and learn more about this mode, so try to check in!

Local Repeater Outages

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There are currently two 2m repeaters in our area that are out of commission for different reasons.

145.180 (SY Peak)
147.075 (Gibraltar)

The WB6OBB repeater, which was off the air for awhile, is back up and operating fully.

The K6TZ 146.79 repeater is completely operative, and alternative repeaters are encouraged for secondary use. These are as follows:

Ventura – 146.88 negative offset, PL 127.3
La Vagia 440 – 446.40 negative offset, PL 131.8
WB6OBB 440 – 449.30 negative offset, PL 131.8
Note: The OBB 440 repeater does not ID. Please identify that
you are using the WB6OBB repeater periodically.
Santa Cruz Island – 223.92 negative offset PL 131.8

The Shackmaster will scan-monitor all the above repeaters during normal club hours.

Levi’s Mini Ham Equipment Sale on the Mesa

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Levi’s mini ham radio bazaar will take place on Saturday, January 24th, from 0800 to 1300.

Levi will donate 50 percent of his gross sales to the Club Station. Other hams may bring their own equipment to this sale and donate as they
wish.

Contact Levi at 805-604-5384 or via his website www.k6lcm.com, for details and his address.

Post expires at 1:00pm on Saturday January 24th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.

November 2015 Club Meeting – Election Night

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The November meeting was election night to select the new, smaller, seven member board for 2015. Here is your new board!

2015 Board of Directors

2015 Board of Directors

From left: Jay Hennigan WB6RDV President, Brian Milburn K6BPM Director, Rodney Fritz WB9KMO Director, Dorothy Oksner K6DSO Secretary, Theo Howe KK6YYZ Director, Rick Whitaker KG6VLB Director, and Tom Saunders N6YX Treasurer.