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VOLUME XXXII #3
MARCH 2013 Q5
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
SERVING DOWNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1951
Are you ready?
The speaker for March 7, 2013 will be Asst. Fire Chief Gillaspie. Chief Gillaspie is a 24 year veteran of the Downey Fire Depart-ment. His prior assign-ments with the Depart-ment have included duties as a Firefighter-Paramedic, Engineer, Captain, Training Of-ficer, and Battalion Chief. Chief Gillaspie attend-ed Cal State University Sacramento where he majored in Fire Admin-istration. He is a grad-uate of the Rio Hondo Fire Academy and Los Angeles County Paramedic Train-ing Institute. Chief Gillaspie holds certifications from the California State Fire Marshal as: Company Officer, Chief Officer, Hazardous Materials Technician, Wild Land Strike Team Leader, USAR Task Force Leader, and Safety Officer (Type III). He was promoted to Assistant Fire Chief-Fire Marshal in September 2011 and is pres-ently responsible for managing the operations of the Joint Powers Communications Center, Fire Prevention Bureau and Fire Operations.
Chief Mark Gillaspie is also the Emergency Prepared-ness Coordinator for the City of Downey and as such, he oversees the C.E.R.T. program for the city. He will talk to us about Emergency Preparedness and where the city is currently at in regards to the City’s emergency prepared-ness.
Chief Gillaspie has been working with the board to final-ize the Downey Amateur Radio Club Emergency Com-munications Plan. The plan will be e-mailed to the mem-bers after final approval by the Board. There is some great information at www.downeyca.org/gov/emergency/information.asp on how to prepare for an emergency.
Event Date Lead
ARC Walk Mar 23, 2913 Buck Kerns
Street Faire May 4, 2013 Kent Savage
Field Day Jun 22-23, 2013 Bill Heather
Ho'olaule'a Jul 20-21, 2013 Buck Kerns
Tour de Sewer Oct 12, 2013 Norwood/Savage
JOTA Oct 19, 2013 Frank Myllo
Amazing Day Walk Oct 19, 2013 Rick Norwood
Christmas Parade TBA Kent Savage
DARC 2013 Public Service Events
New VE Coordinators
Some GREAT news! Steve (AD6HT) and Ginny (AJ6CW) Grudzinski have agreed to head up the VE team once again through the end of 2013. This will give someone enough time to work with them to learn the procedures of administering the program. The person must be a ARRL accredited VE and hold an FCC Extra class license. Those interested please contact Rick Norwood at [email protected].
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THE DOWNEY
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.
P.O. Box 207
Downey, CA 90241
Q5 Staff
Editor
John Powell, KF6EOJ [email protected] Phone: (562) 862-4608 Alt Phone: (562) 985-8610
Associate Editors
John Schroeder, N6QQ Phone (562) 404-1112 [email protected] Jon Olesen, KD6HXP [email protected]
Electronic Publishing
Rick Norwood,KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected]
Permission to copy material from the Q5 is granted provided that credit is given to the “DARC Q5”.
Q5, as in: a signal that is perfectly readable, hence the name of our newsletter. We hope you agree.
Club Officers President Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ Phone: (562) 865-5750 [email protected] First Vice President Ron Eveland, W6QM Phone: (562) 860-3623 [email protected] VP Programs
Dave Glenn, N6TEB Phone: (562) 928-8560 [email protected]
VP Membership OPEN VP Service OPEN VP Ways and Means Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF Phone: (562) 923-0070 [email protected] Secretary
Bill Heather, KB6WKT Phone: (562) 863-6607
[email protected] Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV Phone: (562) 860-4045 [email protected] Director (One Year) Buck Kerns, AE6DT Phone: (562) 634-8441 [email protected] Director (Two Years) Kent Savage, K6WCI Phone: (562) 716-6070 [email protected] Trustee, W6TOI Tom VanBuskirk, K6TV Phone: (562) 861-3085 [email protected]
Looking for an Elmer?
Here are a few resources that can get you going: Bill Heather, KB6WKT, 562 863-6607 [email protected], Helping Hams, Contesting Ivan Mikulich, KB6ATT, 562 862-4592 [email protected], Helping Hams, Field Trips Glenn Allen, KE6HPZ, 562 928-2080 [email protected], Microwave Harold ‘Buck’ Kerns, AE6DT, 562 634-8441 [email protected], Public Service John Schroeder, N6QQ, 562 404-1112 [email protected], Contesting, DXing, DXCC and WAS Card Checker, QSL cards for CQ WAZ and WPX awards.
When and where we meet:
We normally meet the first Thursday of each month at 1930 hrs in room 120 of
the First Baptist Church in Downey. The church is between 2nd and 3rd
streets, near City Hall, address is 8348 E. 3rd St. Use 2nd St, east from
Downey Ave (1 block north of Firestone Bl), adjacent to City Hall. Entrance via
double glass doors on the north side of 2nd St.
Swap Meet Information:
CHHS Electronics Swap Meet
Chino Hills High School
16150 Pomona Rincon Rd
Chino Hills, CA
Held the third Saturday of each month, 06:30 to 11:30 AM
W6TRW Swap Meet
Northrop Grumman Parking Lot
Corner of Marine and Aviation
Manhattan Beach, CA
Held the last Saturday of each month, 07:00 to 11:30 AM
Affiliations:
Affiliated ARRL Club
ARRL Special Service Club
Los Angeles Area Council of Amateur Radio Clubs
Orange County Council of Amateur Radio Organizations
Club Frequencies:
Simplex: 145.595 MHz*
440 Repeater #1: 445.640 (-) PL 156.7 Hz*
440 Repeater #2: 445.640 (-) PL 88.5 Hz
* See Calendar for Net Schedule
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General Meeting Minutes February 7, 2013
President Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ, brought the meeting to order at 19:30 with 25 in attendance. We commenced with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Rick. Following the Pledge of Allegiance introductions were done for those that were in attendance. Rick requested a motion to be made to accept the Treasurer’s report as printed in the Feb-ruary edition of the Q5. A motion was made and seconded, and passed unanimously. Rick requested for a motion to be made to accept the minutes as printed in the February Q5. A motion was made and seconded and passed unanimously. Buck Kerns, AE6DT, reported to the group that the Club's first public service event for 2013
will be the Downey ARC Walk. Volunteers are still needed for the event. The event starts at 0700 and will be finished at 1000 hours. The date of the event is March 23rd. Buck said that
he would also send out a mass email to the Club requesting for volunteers for the event. Dave Glenn, N6TEB, introduced our Guest speaker Joy Matlock, KD6FJV. Joy is the Amateur Radio coordina-tor for the Baker to Vegas run. Joy provided the group a power point presentation of her temporary portable radio setup for the event called the “Tower of Babble”. The setup consisted of multiple radios in a single grab to go rack system. Besides the radio presentation there was information provided to the members about personal preparation for the event if they were planning to volunteer. Following the presentation Joy had a short ques-tion and answer secession. After the talk the group took a short break. Following the short break John Schroeder, N6QQ, provided raffle prizes. The following individuals won prizes; Ray Olesen, AD6AF, a web cam; Leo Ferasol, AF6PF, elastic tie downs and envelopes; Bill Heather, KB6WKT, a wireless thermometer; Jon Olsen, KD6HXP, 100 ft. tape measure and Norton Anti-Virus; Conor McGarry, KJ6TIF, plastic containers. The meeting Adjourned 20:52 hours. Respectfully submitted, Bill Heather KB6WKT Secretary
DARC Repeater #2 Back On Line Paul Metzger, K6EH, Kent Savage, K6WCI and Dave Glenn, N6TEB spent an after-noon atop Downey Regional Medical Center and are proud to report that our hospital repeater is back on line. Much thanks goes to the effort and expertise of Paul who provided the majority of the redesign of our repeater cabinet, not to mention all the little extra’s such as jumpers and such. The PL is 88.5 and the ID is set for every 10 minutes (W6TOI/R DRMC). Once a transmission is heard the hang time is set to 2 seconds so as not to overhang and
transmit on top of the Altadena machine. We have set a time out time for 5 minutes. We have about 36 watts on the output after all the filters and cavities into a high gain Diamond antenna housed inside a commercial fiberglass Radom for stability. Give it a try. Comments and suggestions are welcome. But no whining allowed. Dave Glenn, N6TEB
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The Arc Walk for Independence The ARC Walk will be held on Saturday March 23rd. It’s a one or three mile walk to raise funds for
people with intellectual and develop-mental disabilities. It starts and ends near Acapulco Restaurant at Stone-wood Center in Downey (corner of Firestone and Lakewood Blvds). Registration: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies: 8:00 a.m. Walk Starts at: 8:30 a.m. Free breakfast courtesy of Acapulco Restaurant for paid participants and our volunteers. “WALK THE WALK”. Join us for a morning of giving and hope. DARC members should plan on being at our net control spot (usually in front of BJ’s Restaurant) at 7 AM for as-signments and final instructions. A HT with an earphone or headset is recom-mended. Dress accordingly as the weather varies from year to year. Club jackets or hats are required for identifi-cation. Most locations require standing for the entire event, assisting the Downey Police Explorers in crowd and traffic control, as well as relaying any need for the “Sag Wagon”. For the last 15 + years DARC has supported this event and a great time is had by all. We will need about 14 + members to assist this year. Please contact Buck Kerns to sign up. E-mail [email protected]
February Meeting Photos
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CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW Call: N6QQ Operator(s): N6QQ Station: N6QQ Class: Single Op Assisted HP QTH: CA Operating Time (hrs): 15 Summary: Total: QSOs = 341 State/Prov = 55 Countries = 22 Total Score = 73,381 Club: Southern California Contest Club Comments: QTH: Carl - WU6D and Cathy - K6VC Carl and Cathy's home has 3 phase verticals - and long wires for 160 meters Saturday Morning - good opening into JA land. Saturday Evening - Eu was strong. Sunday - morning --- band was almost dead. No Asia signals. Who was that ?? :: Heard W6BH with very strong signals. Thanks to Carl and Cathy for the use of station. AL-1500, IC-7800 and three phase verticals. 73 John -- N6QQ ARRL and CQ awards QSL checker Past President of Southern California DX Club - 2011 www.scdxc.org http://www.qrz.com/db/N6QQ
CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest Call: N6QQ Operator(s): N6QQ Station: N6QQ Class: SOAB HP QTH: CA Operating Time (hrs): 17 Summary: Band QSOs ------------ 80: 40: 142 20: 273 15: 286 10: 166 ------------ Total: 867 Prefixes = 456 Total Score = 875,976 Club: Southern California Contest Club Comments: 10 Meters - Worked 32 JA's Saturday afternoon - signals were mostly around S5 15 Meters - Best of the bands - Europe was strong Saturday morning, and JA's were over S9 in the af-ternoon 20 Meters - Had a run of 130 Q's during one hour period. Best run on RTTY so far. The reports are getting shorter allowing more Q's per minute. Rig: IC-7800, Acom 2000A, 4 element SteppIR @ 40 feet during the contest. City was running around looking for problems. 73 John -- N6QQ ARRL and CQ awards QSL checker Past President of Southern California DX Club - 2011 www.scdxc.org www.qrz.com/db/N6QQ
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Treasurer’s Report—Income
Treasurer’s Report— Expense
2012-2013 Jan 13 (OVER)/
ACTUAL YTD ANNUAL UNDER
ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
EXPENDITURES
Attendance Prizes $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Repeater $2,192.32 $2,251.98 $0.00 ($2,251.98)
Club Merchandise $116.20 $0.00 ($116.20)
Correspondence
Printing $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Supplies $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Postage $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Committees
Award $31.81 $0.00 ($31.81)
Education/Awareness $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Membership $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Publicity & Public Relations $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Sunshine $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Equipment/Maintenance $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Events
Christmas Party $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Field Day $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Luncheon $1,100.00 $0.00 ($1,100.00)
Picnic $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Fund Raisers $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Other Events $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Insurance $325.00 $325.00 $0.00 ($325.00)
Misc. Expenses $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Officers' Expenses
Board Members $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Treasurer $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Other Organizations
Dues $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
P.O. Box Rental $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Refreshments, Meetings $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Total Expenditures $2,517.32 $3,824.99 $0.00 ($3,824.99)
2012 - 2013 Jan 13 YEAR-TO-DATE ANNUAL (OVER)/UNDER
ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET
INCOME
Club Merchandise $117.02 $0.00 ($117.02)
Dues $40.00 $180.00 $0.00 ($180.00)
Raffle $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Misc.Income $12.50 $370.00 $0.00 ($370.00)
Fund Raisers $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Total Income $52.50 $667.02 $0.00 ($667.02)
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Treasurer’s Report— Summary
March Birthdays
Kenneth Carlson, N6SWO, 7th
Augustine Roman, Assoc, 15th
Jack Gardner, KE6PD, 21st
Ray Wheatley, AE6XC, 24th
Richard Hodge, KJ6GHW
Conor McGarry, KJ6TIF
Timothy Nguyen, KJ6TIG
Robert Patterson, K6ZCM
Larry Tinkler, K6LXT
DOWNEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
TREASURER'S REPORT
1/1/20013
SUMMARY
CHECKING-WA MUTUAL $9,686.77
BALANCE AS OF Dec 31, 2008
INCOME $52.50
EXPENDITURES $2,517.32
Raffle (Month)
Raffle (Total Holdings) $0.00
Brunch (Month)
Brunch (Total Holdings) $0.00
CHECKING-WA MUTUAL
BALANCE AS OF Jan 31, 2009 $7,221.95
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Board Minutes January 8, 2013
President Rick Norwood, KD6KHJ brought the meeting to order at 17:14 hours in the Emergency Operations Center at the Downey Fire Station #1. Besides Rick, other
board members present were: VP-Ways Means, Steve Hartranft, KI6SUF; VP Programs, Dave Glenn, N6TEB; Treasurer Frank Myllo, KC6YPV; Secretary Bill Heather, KB6WKT; Director 2 years Kent Savage, K6WCI Director 1 year Buck Kerns, AE6DT. Absent: First Vice President, Ron Eveland, W6QM VP Service Open; VP Membership Open. Rick asked for any additions to the agenda. Repeater: Kent, K6WCI, reported that Paul, K6EH, has had a health issue
which has prevented him from being able to install the new repeater at the hos-pital. Once Paul is back to normal, Kent and Paul will coordinate with each other
to install the repeater.
Mass Mailing: Dave, N6TEB reported that no progress has been made on the mass mailing project. March Speaker: Buck, AE6DT, reported that Fire Chief Gillaspie has not responded to an email regarding being the guest speaker at March's General Meeting. Dave, N6TEB, reported that if Chief Gillaspie cannot be our speaker that Dennis Kidler, W6DQ could be scheduled instead. ARC WALK: Buck, AE6DT, reported that he spoke to event organizer yesterday and plans to have volunteers for setup at 6:30, operators at 7:00, and on station by 8:15 Buck reported that only 2 people responded for the event. Rick requested for an article in the March addition of the Q5 Amazing Day walk: The event has been moved to the 3rd weekend of October, this conflicts with the JOTA event which is scheduled at the same time. A short discussion took place about the two events. Bill, KB6WKT commented that a decision can be postponed about which event the Club should support. It was agreed to table the discussion for a later date. VE Program: Arlene KF6GFI is officially no longer the VE coordinator for DARC. A short discussion took place and the consensus of the board is to continue the VE sessions. Rick, KD6KHJ will email to a few mem-bers directly, following up with an email to all members of the Club. Budget: Frank, KC6YPV, provided a hard copy of proposed budget. Frank provided an explanation of the budget. A short discussion took place amongst various Board members. Buck, AE6DT, made a motion to accept the budget as amended Dave, N6TEB seconded the motion. The budget as amended passed unani-mously. Field Day: Bill, KB6WKT, Advised the board that the first Field Day meeting will be held March 19 at 19:30. The meeting location will be at Bill's QTH. Meeting adjourned at 19:56. Respectfully submitted, Bill Heather KB6WKT, Secretary
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March 2013 DX
By Mike Gauthier, K6ICS
2/14/13
March Propagation Outlook Winter is nearly over. This is your last chance to operate in the good portion of winter propagation. The long nights and cold weather has brought low noise and great sig-nals on the 80 and 160 meter bands. There has been a lot of activity on 160 meters. Conditions will also be great on the 60, 40 and 30 meters bands with evening open-ings to Europe and morning long path openings to Africa. All bands from 20-10 me-ters will continue to improve with the longer daytime hours. 17 meters may be the best daytime band. Listen to 10 meters for spot openings. If the band sounds dead, call CQ. It may be open and no one is transmitting. Monitor yourself with the Re-verse Beacon Network http://www.reversebeacon.net/ . March DX BARBADOS, 8P9RM. Look for W1VE operating 8P9RM from Barbados Island from until March 3
rd. He’ll be on 1.8 through 50 MHz. QSL via W1VE.
CAMBODIA, XU7ACQ. John, KF0RQ is operating as XU7ACQ from until March 18. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL to home call. CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7LC. ZL1LC, Jim, is planning on operating from the Chatham Islands as ZL7LC from March 14-21, 2013. He will be running PSK31 only. Jim has listed ZL7LC on QRZ.com and will be updating it at http://www.qrz.com/db/ZL7LC . EASTER ISLAND, XR0YG. XR0YG will be on the air from Easter Island (CE0Y) from March 20th to 27th, 2013. Plans are to be mostly on CW on 1.8 through 28 MHz with a focus on the low bands and Europe. They expect to upload to both Club Log and LoTW daily. For Club Log go to https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=XR0YG , which will also have OQRS. QSL via G3TXF and LoTW. GRENADA, J38RF. Roy, KE4TG is on the air as J38RF until March 8. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters, and pos-sibly 60 meters, using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL to home call. GUINEA-BISSAU, J52HF. J52HF is on the air from Cumura until March 2. Activity will be on the HF bands, including 6 meters, using SSB. QSL via I3LDP. HUNGARY, HG66MALEV. Special event station HG66MALEV is on the air until March 31 to commemorate the former Hungarian airline MALEV. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL direct via HG4I. KENYA, 5Z4/LA4GHA. Roger, LA4GHA is on the air as 5Z4/LA4GHA from Nairobi for the next two years while on work assignment. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes as time permits. QSL to home call. PHILIPPINES, DU6/OE9MON. Chris, OE9MON, is operating as DU6/OE9MON from Panay Island, IOTA OC-129. Activity is holiday style on 160 to 6 meters. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via LZ1JZ. RWANDA, 9X0NH. G3RWF (aka 5X1NH), Nick, will be on the air as 9X0NH from March 4-12 from Rwan-da. He has requested the callsign 9X0NH. His license has “been confirmed” however he will not know his call for sure until he gets in Rwanda and pays for it. He will take a K3 and wire antennas and will operate from Ki-gali, the capital city. The license is good through the end of this year “so there is a good chance I will get there again (from Uganda) later in 2013” says Nick. QSL via G3RWF.
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SOUTH SUDAN, Z81B. Massimo, IZ0EGB is living in Juba and on the air as Z81B. Activity is on 40 to 6 me-ters using SSB and various digital modes. He may be active from other areas as well. QSL to home call. SOUTH SUDAN, Z81Z. K4ZW, Ken Claerbout, is in Juba, South Sudan where he is operating as Z81Z until March 6
th. His work requirements dictate his schedule”. QSL Z81Z via K4ZW.
SPRATLY, 9M4SLL. DXpedition 10 - 18 March 2013 will be active from Layang-Layang Island, Spratly (IOTA AS-051), on all bands 160 - 10m CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL Manager for this operation is Tim, M0URX (OQRS, direct, bureau, LoTW). Logs will be uploaded to LoTW as quickly as possible after the DXpedition. More de-tails to follow later. SUDAN, ST2/ZS6AKB. Lourens, ZS6AKB is operating as ST2/ZS6AKB in Kutum in the Darfur region of Su-dan until June while on work assignment. Activity is in his spare time on 40, 30 and 20 meters. QSL to home call, ZS6AKB. TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLANDS, ZD9KX. Gerard, ZS1KX is on the air as ZD9KX from Gough Island, IOTA AF-030, until October 2013. He is active on the specific frequencies of 14175, 18145, 18155 and 21210 KHz. This may soon include being active on 7078 KHz. QSL via ZS6KX. _________________________________________________________________ This months DX news was made possible with information provided by 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, The Weekly DX, and ARRL thanks to all. DARC Member Recent DX Contacts: 40 Meters: C6AGH*, C6AVA*, J5NAR, C6A/AA4NN, 3D2RX, FG/F6ARC, TI2KWN, HS0ZKE, DS3HWS, PJ2/K8ND, 9M2UST, UA5C, YN9SU, UA0ZC, ZS1JX, & DL4CF. 30 Meters: BA7NO & XE1CCB, 20 Meters: OE2013A, V31RL, HC2AC, 3D2RO, PJ2/W9NJY, FM/R5GA, & K3Y/KH6. 17Meters: S57DX, IK2CIO, PZ1DV, 6W2SC, ZS2DP, ZK3T, F6HKA, G8DX, DS5USH, & 4A2I. 15 Meters: MD0CCE*, C6AVA*, A45XR*, BA4WR, FK8IK, V73NS, 6V7S, OE2013A, & M0IKE. 12 Meters: OJ0H/MM*. 10 Meters: CE2/CX1EK*, ZP6CW*, J79SB*, G6PZ/MM*, OH2PM*, ZK3T*, FO5RH*, V31TP*, HI2UD*, ZL1BYZ*, NP3CW*, T88UE*, 3D2RO*, PY2NGN, RA0CHK, & YV5FCK. *More than one report. DARC Member DXCC Count N6QQ - 338 Mixed, 321 SSB, 295 CW, 222 RTTY, 6BDXCC, 5BWAS, 3052 WPX. K6ICS - 307 Mixed, 300 Phone (AM & SSB), 166 Mixed on 40 Meters. KB6ATT - 305 Mixed, 60 CW. K6TV - 257 Mixed, 240 SSB, 126 QRP, 151 CW, 30 RTTY. W6TOI - 212 Mixed, 145 Phone, 94 CW, 100 RTTY. WA6OUD - 157 Mixed, 130 Phone on 10 Meters. W3OB - 150 Mixed. KJ6YQV - 61 Mixed, 47 Mixed on 10 Meters. K6EH - 57 on 30 Meters CW. I am interested in receiving DX reports for this column, one contact or many. e-mail: [email protected]
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FIELD DAY TIME - Really?
Well, not really. However it is just a short 3 months away (June 22nd-23rd). At January’s Board meeting the Board agreed to do Field Day like the Club did last year. Last's year's Field Day returned back to the field which was held at the North parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Downey.
Like last year, this year's Field Day chairman is Bill Heather KB6WKT. Since last year's Field Day site was liked by most, more likely than not the Field Day committee will choose
to use the North parking lot again. This gives Club members easy access to come out and enjoy Field Day.
The first committee meeting will be held on March 19th, In order for Field Day to be a success it takes more than just those that volunteer on the committee. The needs are many, from Station Managers, operators, public relations, to people handling logistical needs like getting ice.
Field day is actually designed to be an emergency preparedness event. The goal of the event is to setup and operate for a period of 24 hrs without using commercially available power. With the Club revamping our EMCOM Plan this gives the Club a chance test out our abilities. If you would like to either become part of the committee, or can contribute, or just have a suggestion for the event, I would like hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or call me at work or home. The home phone number is (562) 863-6607, the work phone number is (562) 945-7631.
Bill Heather, KB6WKT
Ten Tec Kits for Sale (assembled, used)
Model 1209, 2 Meter to 6 Meter Transverter. No longer available from Ten-Tec. List $139, Selling for $70. For those that have a 2 Meter HT and want to use 6 Meters. 5 Watts in, 8 Watts out.
Model 1253, 9 band Short Wave Receiver. List $93, Selling for $45. Super regen style, but a fun little receiv-er. Good for kids intro into Ham Radio.
Contact John Powell, KF6EOJ. 562-985-8610, days, 562-862-4608, evening. Email: [email protected]
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DARC Annual Membership
Single: $20 Associate: $10
Maximum for Family: $35
Make checks payable to “DARC”,
Send to: DARC Membership
PO Box 207
Downey, CA 90240
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DARC INFORMATION VE Exams
The Downey Ama-teur Radio Club provides VE exami-
nations for all classes of Amateur Radio licenses on the third Saturday of each even-numbered month. Exams are held at the Downey Fire Department Head-quarters EOC rear building, 12222 Para-mount Boulevard, beginning at 08:30 AM.
The upcoming dates are:
April 20, June 15
Contact Steve or Ginny Grudzinski 951-674-4699 prior to the session.
The ARRL/VEC test fee is $15.00 for all tests which goes to the ARRL to cover their expenses in providing the tests and handling the applications.
After the test session please wait 10 days before contacting the ARRL at (860) 594-0300 or http://www.qrz.com/callsign for new license information. Please do not call the FCC directly.
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