2015 02 CVARC Newsletter - Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club
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1. April 12 at 8 30 a m at the East Valley Sheriff Station CVARC VE sessions are sanctioned by the ARRL VEC and are conducted by a team of experienced Volunteer Examiners CVARC Volunteer Examiners donate their time to help advance Amateur Radio and their assistance is greatly appreciated VE sessions are one of the components that help CVARC qualify for the ARRL s special service club designation In 2014 CVARC VEs administered 87 exam elements to 58 candidates Submitted by Jeff Reinhardt AA6JR CVARC VE Session Coordinator HF Roundtable reminder When Every Wednesday at 07 30 PM to 08 30 PM GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US Canada Where Frequency 21 333 kHz or a few kHz depending on QRM 21 330 21 335 This is an informal rag chew style net that is conducted by various CVARC net control ops to enable you to talk to other CVARC members and occasional guests who sign in on the high frequency band at 21 333 kHz or thereabouts At the time scheduled the band is operating on ground wave so you don t need 1 KW to sign in and say hello If you have not operated HF because you don t have a tower and yagi the simplest of stealth antenna varieties will work So please come join us at least to check it out Page 2 QUA CVARC AA6CV FEBRUARY 2015 Amateur Radio Exam and Study Guide Websites http www grz com On the right column under Ham Study go to Practice Tests http www eha2. please bring it to the Editor s attention Thank you For quick reference you may wish to pick a local repeater shown courtesy of Zak Cohen with their offsets PL from the abbreviated list below 146 805 100 0 Simi Valley AD6SV 147 885 127 3 Thousand Oaks BOZO N6JMI 147 915 127 3 Camarillo WB6ZTQ 146 970 127 3 Oxnard WB6YQN 145 400 NIL Ojai Valley N6FL 147 975 127 3 Ventura N6VUY 146 385 127 3 Santa Paula amp County Wide SOUTH MOUNTAIN WB6ZSN 145 460 127 3 Moorpark K6ERN 146 880 127 3 Red Mt County SMRA County Wide WA6ZTT 146 850 94 8 Thousand Oaks Grissom N6EVC 224 700 156 7 Thousand Oaks Grissom K6HB 223 960 141 3 Thousand Oaks Rasnow Peak N6CFC 445 580 100 0 Simi Valley KEERN 449 440 131 8 Thousand Oaks AMGEN W6AMG 447 000 103 5 Camarillo Springs KEERN For questions concerning ACS ARES please call Zak Cohen or go to the ACS ARES section of the CVARC website at http www cvarc org Net Control operations for the weekly ACS ARES Area 2 check in are run from the ACS ARES communications center at East County Sheriff Station on Olsen Road every Tuesday starting at 7 00 p m Visitors are welcome and have the opportunity to operate the station Please contact Zak Cohen whose info is listed below to arrange it 2015 CVARC Officers President Tim Wheeler seeren 805 222 0023 csseeseseseseseseseees KEPOI yahoo com Vice Presid
3. February QUA CVARC 2015 A Monthly Publication for the Members of the Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club Inside this Issue President s Message ccccceee 1 Meeting Discussion s 2 Dinner With the Speaker 2 Feb 8 VE Session Results 2 HF Roundtable Net Reminder 2 Amateur Radio Study Guides 3 Guide to non taxable donations 3 Application to Join CVARC 4 Depiction Software cccceeeeees 5 Straight Key Century Club 5 CVARC Calendal ccccccscssesseeeeeees 6 CVARC Announcements 6 Trivia Question ANSWeE 000 6 Ventura County ACS Repeaters 7 CVARC List of Officers 7 Membership Info sesessseseeees 8 The CVARC club meeting is held at 7 30 PM on the third Thursday of the month except for December at The East County Sheriff s Station 2101 East Olsen Road Thousand Oaks CA 91360 The East County Sheriff s Station ECSS facility is just off the 23 freeway from the Olsen Road off ramp north between Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley Presidents Message by Tim Wheeler K6POI Twas a blustery day at Acorn Acres as a dedicated band of radio practitioners slowly gathered around nine ish at the benches at TO Community Park OK OK So the wrap sandwiches were a bother Mine was soggy at best hope better for the others But We still made the Mini Micro Nano Field Day I can t keep e
4. e there s an expensive way and a no cost way to get the same job done Right now Rather than hand loading each entry one at a time in every one of your radios CHIRP THEM Jaap de Goede is at it again telling how this can be done with Dan Smith s freeware program Better yet get a preview of Jaap s program at Dinner With The Speaker starting at 59m Thursday at Topper s Restaurant in the shopping center on the SE corner of Janss and Moorpark Thousand Oaks C U There Tim K6POI Dinner With Jaap de Goede KK6LMJ Join your fellow CVARC hams and guests this month for the pre club meeting dinner with our speaker Jaap de Goede KK6LMJ at Topper s Pizza 1416 N Moorpark Rd Thousand Oaks in the Ralph s Shopping Center at the corner of Janss Rd amp Moorpark Rd Phone 805 495 4444 If available we will be in the group room beginning at 5 00 pm otherwise we will plan to push together a few tables Just walk in order your food pay up front then come find us Mark KK6IKX Michelle KK6RBW CVARC VE Session Report Feb 8 2015 The February CVARC VE session results were not yet available at press time for this newsletter This is the result of a combination of heavy snow in Washington DC where FCC headquarters is located compounded by the Presidents Day Federal holiday The results of the February session will be posted in our March newsletter The next CVARC VE session will be held Sunday
5. ent Mike Slate aes 818 917 6868 n6tea arrl net Secretary Jaap de Goede 818 540 5417 jaap de goede gmail com Treasurer Christian Ylagan 202 558 2009 kd6dwt verizon net Public Relations Joe Sprissler 805 449 4359 pj91360 verizon net Technical siecsicssascsvesaveissseess covecces AV COMM eset aa sesessesseecseseeescseeeeee QO5 616 2636 w cccccecceccsecessesesessesessetseeeseeseeee AVI Carmi us Operations Adrian Jarrett 805 915 7562 g4frz hotmail com Newsletter Editor Mike Slate acting ee 818 917 6868 n6tea arrl net Webmaster Dean Nedelman sites 805 446 9129 Dean timelord com Mark Michelle Horner 805 523 0789 mahorner sbcglobal net Member at Large 805 844 8708 kd6rcm arrl net Member at Large KIGNON 818 370 3402 ki6non arrl net Member at Large ws KG6CLT 805 495 6701 crpember aol com Educational Director QUA CVARC AA6CV FEBRUARY 2015 Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club PO Box 2093 Thousand Oaks CA 91358 2093 Address Correction Requested FIRST CLASS MAIL CVARC Online For up to date information and back issues of newsletters please visit the CVARC website at http www cvarc org In addition to visiting the website you may like to join the CVARC Yahoo Group at http groups yahoo com group CVARCDiscussion The Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club is an ARRL affiliated QUA CVARC is published mont
6. hly on the Monday preceding Special Service Club Meetings are held on the third Thursday the CVARC club meeting by the Conejo Valley Amateur Radio of every month except December The meeting location is the Club AA6CV PO Box 2093 Thousand Oaks CA 91358 2093 It is Community Room at The East County Sheriff Station 2101 E e mailed free of charge to all members Olsen Road Thousand Oaks Meetings start at 7 30pm with a pre meeting social and technical assistance session from 6 30 Opinions expressed in articles in this newsletter are those of to 7 30pm Meetings are open to the public and members are the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the encouraged to bring their friends club its board or its members CVARC Membership Rates Visitors are always welcome at our monthly meetings and we do not pressure newcomers to join If however you would like to support the club and its activities by becoming a member then we will be very pleased The simplest way to join or to renew is to write us a check bearing your address and give or send it to our Treasurer Make the check payable to CVARC and please put your call sign and or email address if you have one on the memo line of your check Name call sign or address changes may be e mailed to the Treasurer Current annual rates are Regular Membership 25 Family Membership 30 Special discounts are available for new members licensed in the last 12 months 10 Ful
7. l Call Sign Single Membership 25 Class Family Membership 30 Address Multi year years 20 year City State ZIP New Ham licensed in last 12 months 10 Telephone Single Membership amp full time student 10 E Mail ARRL Membership Renewal incl ARRL form ARRL Member expiration date on QST label Ad Space 2x3 One Year member 35 ACS ARES Ad Space 2x3 One Year non member 75 Date Update Roster Only Total enclosed Family Membership 30 Names Calls Cash Check Number Interested in License Upgrades Joining ARES ACS You will automatically receive the newsletter via E Mail If you wish Disaster Action Team Earning a ham license to receive a paper copy by mail check here QUA CVARC AA6CV FEBRUARY 2015 Depiction a Slick Program to create maps Editor s note Greg made up a program to plot various CVARC member stations who communicated on the HF Round Table Network to illustrate propagation between the various stations All it took from members was GPS coordinates which can readily be found on Google Earth for your home address Greg used the software described below The results were excellent You are encouraged to try it The following list of topics are given for those who might be interested in a program that allows the user to create maps and other graphical items 1 Who uses Depiction http www depiction com wh
8. l net VHF Spring Sprint 144 mhz 7 11pm https sites google com site springvhfupsprints home International DX Convention Visalia www dxconvention org Rookie Roundup phone VHF Spring Sprint 222 mhz 7 11pm VHF Spring Sprint 432 Mhz 7 11pm This is where future for sale by members ads will be placed Does anyone know the CORRECT e mail address for David Haskell please He apparently gave us an incorrect address when he joined the club His e mail is not listed on QRZ either Please let this editor know Thank you Trivia Corner What is the greatest single cause of vacuum tube failure per Tom Rauch http www w8ji com the designer of many HF amps It is manufacturers errors Surprised That is why Eimac codes and dates their tubes with the factory run info in case they need to issue recalls Now how many S units of signal strength does one gain by increasing amp output from 1K to 1 5 KW QUA CVARC AA6CV FEBRUARY 2015 Ventura County ACS ARES Times and Frequencies Area 2 ACS ARES members are encouraged to check in every Tuesday night at 7 00 p m on the Area 2 check in nets Please note that the detailed list of ACS ARES frequencies repeaters off sets etc is available on the Internet The official frequency list was updated 9 20 2013 and is available at http vc ares org Please note that these frequency charts are notoriously difficult to edit If you see an error
9. l time Students 10 Regular members renewing for multiple years 20 year Family members renewing for multiple years 25 year
10. m net On the left column under Resources go to Ham Exams http www KBOMGA net Log in is required http www radioexam or Practice Exams Tax Deductible Donations to CVARC CVARC is an IRS certified 501 c 3 charitable organization and donations are deductible pursuant to the IRS rules If you have working radio equipment and ancillary equipment that you can and wish to donate to the club please contact one of the board members and we will be happy to talk to you about the process Many companies will either grant or match employee s gifts to non profit organizations like CVARC Please determine if your company is among these and contact a board member so we may help fund and grow CVARC We cannot accept certain donations and have to place some restrictions around them no hazardous materials nothing we could not sell etc If you are interested look me up or any other board member at one of the meetings or contact us via email our addresses are on page 6 of the newsletter CVARC is recognized by the ARRL as a Special Service Club SSC To be a part of the ARRL s Special Service Club program the club must regularly show that it is actively involved in certain areas including New Ham Development and Training Public Relations Emergency Communications Technical Advancement Operating Activities Page 3 QUA CVARC AA6CV FEBRUARY 2015 Name New or Renewa
11. m straight a good time had by all A total of eleven faithful communicators were still gathered for a mid day meal Plus throughout the day a good number of other club members and some general public stopped by to mingle with the Ham Band and to sample the ever present jug of Starbucks Thank you Michelle and Mark It was Ham Radio at its social and playful best for me hopefully for you too Thanks to all of the above for making the event a success Here s an item I m not alone in my excitement to honor one of our own Hugh Bosma for his contributions to our club and to the local advancement of Amateur Radio Your Board of Directors is looking into issuing a perpetual trophy in Hugh s name recognizing similar uplifting contributions by members of the CVARC on a yearly basis in the future What do you think of this idea Please email your reactions to k6poi arrl net If you would like to share your experience of the Hugh an anecdote that would typify the man who you knew I ll try to honor your comments in a summary article in a future edition of this Newsletter Or Submit your finished piece directly to Mike N6TEA at QUA CVARC See Ya On The Radio Tim Wheeler K6POI QUA CVARC AA6CV FEBRUARY 2015 Meeting and Discussion Feb 19 2015 Have you ever had to load four radios with a number of frequencies for an event that s happening today There s a hard way and an easy way to do it Likewis
12. o uses depiction 2 What versions are available http www depiction com latest build 3 What if you don t want to buy the program but would like to evaluate it Go to the home site and explore all those topics that may be of interest http www depiction com 4 Youcan download a free Depiction Reader program and explore the sample files or download the user manual for a more detailed presentation of the program features 5 Sign up for a free lessons http www depiction com webinars My personal notes on the program Version 1 4 3 latest Build is a stable program and has a fairly good manual on the features and use Like any program there might be glitches as each of us has a level of impatience s when trying new things This program can be very useful if you are involved in any emergency response group Other hams have used this in their activities The features I like most 1 Once Icreate my map and data it resides on my computer so I do not have to be on the internet 2 like the APRS Live package so can track any ham assigned to an activity as it gives me the ability to know where the asset is as well as sending data over RF networks back and forth for updated information The use of FLDigi is also possible with some training on how to move data to a map 3 This is a good situation awareness product You can show and or protect the data that you wish to present It takes some time to be good at it but tha
13. t goes without saying you get what you put into it Good luck You can email me at k7sdw verizon net with DPN_Questions in the subject field Iam not a paid employee of Depiction I am a tester for the version 2 0 which is being worked on to provide many features that version 1 4 3 users have requested over the many past years Editor s note and another excellent article submitted by Greg Just click on the link to see details about perhaps the premiere CW site for ham radio If you want to send CW like an accomplished long time ham do click on the link SK CC Straight Key Century Club SKCC Straight NSHHF Key Century Club RICK www skccgroup com BATON ROUGE LA 73 de Greg K7SDW Paged QUA CVARC AA6CV FEBRUARY 2015 CVARC Calendar of Upcoming Events Announcements and Trivia Question February 21 22 February 28 March 1 March 1 March 7 8 March 14 March 28 May 9 April 13 April 17 April 19 April 21 April 29 Announcements Help ARRL International DX Contest CW Tech Class starts 0900 1300 T O City Hall Oaks rm 5 Saturdays Zak n6pk arrl net Crop Walk Thousand Oaks CLU 1 00 4 00 pm Zak Cohen n6pk arrl net Crop Walk Pt Hueneme Oxnard area Stewart Stone kg6bov arrl net International DX Contest Phone http www arrl org arrl dx Palm Springs Hamfest http palmspringshamfest com Honor Ride Conejo Valley Zak Cohen n6pk arrl net Cruisin the Conejo Zak Cohen n6pk arr
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