HF Antennas

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HF antenna project.

2 classics available: Cushcraft A4S 4 element tribander with 40 m add-on and A3WS 3 element duobander for WARC bands with 30 m add-on. Both are in need of rehabilitation. Some small parts like pieces of capacity hats may be missing but should be available from Cushcraft / MFJ or sourced locally. This is a good, cheap project to get great HF antennas that may not look great but will perform well for sunspot Cycle 25. Either one $50 or both $85. 

Details from Paul W1PR – 805-69-GUD-DX (805-694-8339) or w1pr@arrl.net.

Expires 8/03/2021  Mike Williams, W0JFB

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 4/29/2021

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The audio archive of this net can best be followed by downloading the .mp3 file for the appropriate date here and listening with the media player of your choice. You can move the progress slider forward or backward to the subject of interest to you.

We had another interesting net tonight with 11 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • How efficient are Discone antennas on HF?
  • Are digital HF modes dependent on propagation and and can they be predictive of propagation for other modes?
  • Any hints on decommissioning an antenna tower and large Yagi antenna?
  • Interference/noise coming off LED lights power supplies.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 4/22/2021

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The audio archive of this net can best be followed by downloading the .mp3 file for the appropriate date here and listening with the media player of your choice. You can move the progress slider forward or backward to the subject of interest to you.

We had another interesting net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included:

  • 224.08 repeater linking to K6TZ (146.79) and what do the hams in Santa Barbara use 220 for these days?
  • New FCC regulation requiring hams to do RF measurements.
  • Antenna analyzer.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

Replay Club Meetings on YouTube

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Care to revisit one of the awesome presentations from our socially distant streaming club meetings? We’ve assembled a YouTube playlist with our 2020-2021 General Club Meetings. Relive the action and catch up on anything you may have missed. From Amateur TV to Earth-Moon-Earth operations to SBARC telecom site tours, our meetings on archived on the SBARC channel.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net 4/15/2021

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The audio archive of this net can best be followed by downloading the .mp3 file for the appropriate date here and listening with the media player of your choice. You can move the progress slider forward or backward to the subject of interest to you.

We had another interesting net tonight with 7 check-ins plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Troubleshooting RFI emanating from HP monitor given free with radio purchased from Yaesu.
  • General discussion and thoughts.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

April General (Zoom) Meeting – Solar Cycle 25

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It you received last months issue of QST magazine, you may have noticed that Solar Cycle 25 is here!

After some regular club business is taken care of we are going to share a video about operating during a solar cycle that we think will be especially interesting to newer hams that have never experienced solar cycle operating before.

It is an “exciting time” for hams, and bands that are usually dead will come alive with activity. Even Technicians can get in on the action.

So please join us on Friday, April 16, 2021 on ZOOM! The virtual doors will open at 7:00pm and thee meeting will begin at 7:30pm.

SBARC K6TZ is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: SBARC General Club Meeting
Time: Apr 16, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87986436135

YouTube feed is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfrkJ7zO58g

 

Post expires at 10:00pm on Friday April 16th, 2021 but will still be available in the archives.

K6TZ Club Station @ Chrisman California Islands Center

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K6TZ will provide educational outreach to the community as part of the permanent gallery space at the Chrisman California Islands Center.

The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club  and the Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation  have been invited to build an Amateur Radio Station at the new Chrisman California Islands Center (CCIC) in Downtown Carpinteria.

The CCIC, opening in Q4 2021, will be home to the Santa Cruz Island Foundation and its museum-quality collection of artifacts from the California Islands. Radio Station K6TZ at the CCIC, a fully-functional HF-VHF-UHF and microwave amateur radio station, will be prominently featured on the gallery floor as both a working display to bring the wonders of radio technology to the visiting public through an interactive display and a functional station for club members to operate.

SBARC presently operates a club station at the American Red Cross building in Santa Barbara. The CCIC Station will expand SBARC’s footprint by offering an additional physical station location serving members in Carpinteria and Ventura County. The Club plans to host Club gatherings at the CCIC Station as well as offer regular open station hours and support radiosport contests from the site. The Carpinteria station will be open to the public during the CCIC’s open hours and part of a living exhibit to promote amateur radio and digital wireless technologies.

The Santa Cruz Island Foundation is providing the 12′ x 7′ gallery space dedicated exclusively to the radio station along with a 55″ TV monitor to display a demonstration of SBARC’s various systems, including the camera and vessel tracking systems on Diablo Peak, Santa Cruz Island.

More details, including opportunities to support fundraising efforts for K6TZ @ CCIC are forthcoming.

AMATEUR RADIO ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
Ed Stanton, the San Diego-born businessman who purchased Santa Cruz Island in 1937, operated on HF frequencies from his island ranch.

Over the years, numerous radio operations have taken place on the Channel Islands, including Islands on the Air (IOTA) and UHF Field Day activations.

Today, SBARC/SBWF maintain public safety and amateur radio telecommunications facilities at 2,429 feet above sea level atop Diablo Peak on Santa Cruz Island. Diablo is the tallest mountain on an ocean island in the contiguous 48 states.