Election Night – Home Brew Night – November 15, 2019

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unknownIt’s that time again! Time to elect your club officers and board of directors. If you cannot make it to the meeting, and want to vote by absentee ballot, please see below.

In addition, this will be our Annual Home Brew night. Bring whatever you have that you had a hand in — Designing, Building, Modifying, Ruining — all will count. Put something in writing next to your entry to let us know about what you did. This is the time to share your talents and skills with the rest of us. Don’t be embarassed — be proud. Bring it!

Nominees for the Executive Committee
These candidates are presently running unopposed. (i) = incumbent candidate
President and Chief Executive Officer: Brian Milburn, K6BPM (i)
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer: Tom Saunders, N6YX (i)
Secretary: Dorothy Oksner, K6DSO

Nominees for Director At Large
Members may vote for up to 4 directors.
These candidates are presently running unopposed. (i) = incumbent candidate
Director At Large: Levi Maaia, K6LCM (Previously served as a director)
Director At Large: Wayne Beckman, AF6GX (i)
Director At Large: Michael Taylor, K6RQV (i)
Director At Large: Rick Whitaker, KG6VLB

Absentee Voting:

The official SBARC ballot is available by clicking here. We hope you can make it to the meeting, but if you can’t for some reason, we still hope you will cast your vote by absentee ballot. Here is the procedure:

  • Download and print the ballot.
  • Make your selections, sign and date it at the bottom of the page.
  • If you have a scanner, please scan the document and save it to a PDF file.
  • if you don’t have a scanner, take a clear digital picture of the completed ballot.
  • Send either the scanned ballot or photo of the ballot by email to the Club Secretary, Dorothy K6DSO at secretary@sbarc.org.

Please note, if you are submitting your absentee ballot by email, it must be received by 11:59 PM on November 14, 2019. 

Of course, you can also send it by regular mail to the address below. Please make sure your ballot is received by November 14th.

Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Post Office Box 3907
Santa Barbara, CA 93130-3907

 

We hope we can count on you to attend! It is at the normal place at the normal time. This is our last regular meeting of the year, so please try to make it. We’ll be having our Christmas Pizza Party in December so be sure to watch for the announcement next month. You can check out Clarity Voice restaurant phones system solutions to boost sales and safeguard your business.

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, November 15, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

We hope to see you all at the meeting!

Post expires at 11:00pm on Friday November 15th, 2019 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 10/31/2019

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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 5 check-ins plus net control Chuck, K5CAW. Tonight’s topics included:

  • New fire breaks out on South Mountain.
  • 3D Printing.
  • How to volunteer to assist at local events as a ham radio operator.

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 and join in with questions and /or answers and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 10/24/2013

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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 5 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Listening to 80 meters recently and the “unique” QSOs encountered.
  • DXpedition going on right now Pitcairn Island VP6R.
  • Did anyone you went to school with ever become famous?

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 and join in with questions and /or answers and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 10/17/2019

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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 Chuck, K5CAW. Tonight’s topics included:

  • DMR Radio and Contact database loading.
  • Are e-mail addresses case-sensitive?
  • Marijuana fertilizer runoff attracting increased shark activity in local waters?

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 and join in with questions and /or answers and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

General Club Meeting – October 18, 2019

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Sorry for the late post, but I was still hoping for a presentation we’ve been trying to arrange for quite some time. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out for this month. Hopefully it will for the November meeting.

SBARC may have never had a “Comedy Night” so this month, by popular demand, we’re going to change that. One of our favorite activities down at the club station on Saturdays is to watch “ElectroBOOM” videos. Mehdi Sadaghdar is an Iranian Canadian comedian, electrical engineer and YouTube personality. He has a hilarious way of explaining electronics so that you learn while being entertained. He generally starts with an electronics problem he wants to solve and works through it through trial and error, explaining why things work (and DON’T work) as he goes along. Hint: There’s a reason it is called “ElectroBOOM”. This is one of those examples where you can easily lose half a day watching YouTube videos. Come join us. You’ll get a good laugh and maybe even learn something!

 

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, September 20, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

We hope to see you all at the meeting!

Post expires at 11:55pm on Friday October 18th, 2019 but will still be available in the archives.

Diablo Peak Island Repeater Back on the Air!

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CH-60 landing at Diablo.

CH-60 military helicopter landing at Diablo with the repeater package and crew

On October 7, 2019, members of the SBARC Technical Team went to Diablo Peak and installed new 223.92 repeater hardware, bringing that service back on the air. Listening on channel the past few days I notice the repeater is exceptionally quiet. Typically when a new system comes on line everyone is anxious to use it and find out what coverage there is.

Tait 220 repeater during installation and testing.

Tait 220 repeater during installation and testing

There was an absolutely huge effort that went into getting this system to the best location anywhere on coastal California. This included the CH-60 military helicopter and getting the team to Diablo. SBARC contributes partial funding to the system cost however, the major cost of the equipment plus time and materials comes from out-of-pocket. The next step with the installation is to integrate the 220 to an RLC controller which shall also be tied to the Club’s 2-meter repeater 146.655. To sustain continuing support and interest it is important that members show their interest.

Bill Talanian, W1UUQ
K6TZ Trustee

 

Call Location Output Freq Input Freq PL
K6TZ Diablo Peak on Santa Cruz Island
Live Camera		 223.920 222.320 131.8
W6XC Diablo Peak on Santa Cruz Island
GRONK/SBARC co-sponsored; open; FM & P25 supported		 146.655 146.055 131.8
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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 10/10/2019

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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 10 check-ins plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Programing Radioddity GD77s DMR Radios.
  • 2M SSB radios?
  • General topics.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting questions might 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 and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.