SANTA CLARA AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATIONVOLUME 8 NUMBER 6

FIELD DAY FEVER

ORGANIZED IN 1921JUNE 1989

STRIKES AGAIN

For many hams, field day (and it~spreparation) is a Source of greatexcitement and ant~cipatjon.If you have not “gotten on the air”,well this is a qreat time. If you havebeen “off the air” for a bit or don’thave near at home, well this is a Dreattime. If you are an “old hand”, we needyou especiall to share youre:xoeriences and show us some of thetricks of the trade.

THE PREZ SEZUSUALLY BY THE MONTH OF JUNE WE

HAVE EASED OUT OF THE WINTER DOLDRUMSAND ARE EAGER TO TEAR INTO BETTERWEATHER AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, WELL,SCCARA MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. HERE’ S YOURGOLDEN CHANCE TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OFFUN AND MAYBE GET A TAN DOING IT! FIELDDAY 1989 WILL BE A WINNER. , . WHETHER WEACHIEVE A HUGE SCORE OR NOT.

THE JUNE MEETING WILL HAVE AS ITS

TOPIC “FIELD DAY”. WE’LL SEE SOMEPICTURES OF LAST YEAR’S EFFORT AND HEARFROM OUR F.D. CHAIRMAN LOU~WAéQYS ONTHIS YEAR’S TREK TO THE WILDS ABOVESARATOGA. LOU WILL BE LOOKING FOR SOMEVOLUNTEERS,, .50 DON’T BE SHY. SCCARA.FIELD DAY IS SUCCESSFUL EACH YEARBECAUSE WE HAVE FUN.. . MAYBE IT SHOULDBE CALLED “FUN DAY” BECAUSE I KNOW OFNO EVENT THAT PROMOTES AS MUCH EUN ASFIELD DAY. IF YOU LIK.E TO CAMP OUT.LIKE TO COOf:~OUT, LIKE TO OPERATE, LIKETO FOOL AROUND WITH ANTENNAS AND SUCH,OR RUN THE COMPUTER TO LOG THE ZILLIONS

NEXT MEETINGDate: Monday 06/12/89Time: 193O~22OOPlace: Agnews Development Center.

Located on Palm Ave. Just a bitEast of Monte~ue and

Lay+avette.

SPEAKERLou (WA6QYS) will fill us in on the1q89 SCCAFA. field day effort. Bob(KS~QHO) will also have pictures -fromprevious field days.~~eld Day is the hi~hIiqht of theSCCARA ~ear. RI ease plan to atte~.

MEETING AGENDA1. E~eld Day.2. Paci~icon Status,3. Reoeater Status.

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5—1—89INCDME~Meetin~ Ra-ffle

EXPENSES~

May Meetzng Fri~esxr~,S Dinner DeDositMay Flea Mari::etField Day Filter~ 4-30-89

~irf ~hSK 4-1-89P~ ~ 4—30—89

SAVDES 4-1-89INCOME~1st Qtr InterestStock Dividends

S~VD~S 4—30—89

24. oo

Parts .::9~11.$2225.75

$ 4q~.79$ 4~’. 79

$2814.45

28.2944.30

$2SS7.0~

SEE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.. .73DE DAN, WM6M

GET YOUR FOODORDERS INHerb (KB~ABG) needs to know your fieldday dinner intentions. Call your orderin at 418 22~—2919. Cost this year is$10.00. This price also includesbreakfast Sunday morn. ______

The editor wants to add that Herb andhis wife have taken on this job forseveral years and are a decided assetto our field day operations. A famousham said (I think) A FIELD DAYOPERATES ON ITS STOMACH. Or was itNanoleon. that said it???

OF CONTACTS.. . THERE IS SOMETHING FOREVERYONE AT FIELD DAY.

STAN,WA6VJY WILL SHOW/TELL ABOUTtHE FIELD DAY FILTER SET. THIS YEARWE’LL ALSO HAVE A SECOND TOWERAVAILABLE~ SO BOTH THE CW AND PHONESTATIONS WILL BE WORKING WITH GOODANTENNA SYSTEMS. WE DO NEED TO BUILD ORBUY TWO DIPOLES (FOR 40 AND 80 METERS).HOW ABOUT A 40—METER DELTA LOOP AS 40METERS IS THE BAND OF ACTIVITY DURINGTHE WEE HOURS OF THE CONTEST.

ONCE AGAIN, LET’S HAVE A CW VSPHONE CHALLENGE, NOT TO SHOW THESUPERIORITY OF ONE MODE OR GROUP OFOPERATORS OVER THE OTHER, BUT TO CREATESOME FRIENDLY COMPETITION. GOOD EFFORTSFROM BOTH GROUPS WILL MEAN ARESPECTABLE SCORE FOR SCCARA, SO SHINEUP THAT KEY OR MIKE~ GET OUT THESLEEPING BAG AND GET READY FOR THE FUN!

STAN AND I HAVE OBTAINED TWO FIELDDAY LOGGING PROGRAMS FOR IBM—COMPATIBLEMACHINES WHICH WE ARE EVALUATING. SINCEWE LOST SEVERAL HUNDRED LOGGED OWCONTACTS LAST YEAR WHEN THAT OLDEVILLAIN RF GOT INTO THE ACT~ BE ASSUREDWE WILL HAVE TOROIDS EVERYWHERE. . MAYBEEVEN ON THE COFFEEPOT

I URGE YOU TO CONTACT HERS.KA~ABGTO MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THE EAT lNG.CONTEST. HERB AND HIS XYL ALWAYSPROVIDE GREAT FOOD AND THE PEACEFULOUTDOOR DINING JUST COULDN’T BE BETTER

THE FLEA MARKET EFFORT BYFRANK. AA~LL~ JOE, N6TED~ JO, KéYKG ANDSEVERAL OTHEP.S HAS ENABLED OUR CLUB TOESTABLISH AND ADD TO A REPEATER FUND.WE HAVE HAD REPEATER FUNDS IN PREVIOUS.YEARS BUT THROUGH THE WORK OF THE“MUCH TOO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING GANG.WE ARE ABLE TO FUND SOME MUCH NEEDEDREWORK AND UPGRADING OF SOME PRETTY BADGEAR. WE NOW OWN A 220 TR.ANSCEVEF: ANDWILL ADD THAT OPERATION TO THE SCCARARESOURCE. MANY HAVE BEEN RIGHTLYCRITICAL OF THE 2—METER REPEATEROPERATION BUT, I STATE THAT THEIMPROVEMENT OF THAT REPEATER. ISPRIORITY NUMBER ONE OF THE COMMITTEEAND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. BY THE WAY~IF YOU SHOULD WANT TO MAKE A CASHDONATION TO THE REPEATER FUND, I’M SUREKATHY, KB&I CO OUR TRUSTY TREASURER WILLSTAND READY TO ACCEPT ANY AND ALLCONTRIBUTIONS.

TREASURERS REPORTT~EàSURER’ S RKPO~T FOP 5-31-89

Print~nq SCCARAG.FfAM

4-1-R9 $ ~INCOMEFlea Market (May) 21~.00

EXPENSESNew Crystal 12. lOS:Topo Maps <P.00:::.220 Radio <150. co:.

~EA~ FWW 4—30—Bc 297.23

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~WlDEl If you ~iCfl to join or renewwith ~RRL, please do so through SCCAR~.This is the only way that SCC~R~ willreceive the commission on your ~RRLdues. Simply make your check payable toSCCAR~ and send the check and ~RRLjoin/renew -form to me. ~lso let meknow o-f any changes in your ARRLmembership status. SCC~RA must have atleast 50X ~RRL members to remain anARRL a-ffiliated club and I need thisinfo for reporting purposes.

REPEATER REPORTRepeater Committee Report(5/3.0/69:’ Dy Stan W~6VJY

Well1 there are a few thingsto report this month. I wentto the USGS and spent $9.00 tobuy some topo—graphic maps. Iwanted to get an idea of theheight of our repeater site.It is at about 120 feet abovesea level not includanc theheight o-f the hospital. (WestValley’s site is at about 260feet, by the way..)

~t last month’s Foothillflea market I found and boughta Midland 13—509 220MHz transceiver for sale for $150 afterdiscuss:ng it with some of theboard of directors, It will befor use as either a 220control receiver or as a 220repeater ~after some e~tensiyere—work1 that is). It workswell1 in both transmit andreceave.

I’ve been asked to peneratea list of imorovements to therepeater (and tneir costs) bythe board of directors. Theseimprovements will most likelymci ude:1. Purchase and replace the 2m

antenna with one that isdirectional generally tothe west (with newfeedi me)

2. Install 2 M1CORtransceivers as new 2mhardware (1 as xmtr, 1 asrcvr) when they are madeavailable to us by the SanJose Fire Department

3. Purchase and install asecond RC—95 for use as the440 repeater controller,enabling us to split thetwo repeaters or link themtogether for nets or otherfunctions

4. Repackage the 440 repeaterfor ease of maintenance andinstall new feedline

5. Investigate a 220 frequencyfor possible repeater useand, if available, get oneset up, running, andlinkable to the other twomachines

6. Install a phone patch formember use.

Our lack of altitude at theantenna site is now and willcon.tanue to be a limitingfactor to improving coverageof the remeater in general.However, the new 2m antennashoul d help things somewhat.

Look for a survey -form in afuture Sc.C~iR~—6ram asking foryour input on repeaterimprovements. When itarrives. I encourace you tofall it out end return it.

On another note, I havebeen able to acpujre all ofthe parts necessary to hu~ld 5band—pass filters for usedurang Field Day with theexception of some toroidalcores (on order and due in anyday now..?. These should be adefanite help in eliminatancthe interference and desensewe experienced last yearbetween the CW and Phonestations. If the cores arrivein tame, I will be bringingthe filter parts to the Junemeeting for some soldering andassembly. If my employerpermits. I will be bringing aspectrum analyzer (withtracking generator) to themeeting to tune the filters.See you at Field Day.

~s alwe.vs, inputs regardingthe repeaters and improvementsare welcome.P~ge 3

DOC RECALLS FIELD DAV 1948

In remembering Paul Tibbs, W6WGO in my col u.mn 1 ast month. I mentioned that he had been active in ARRL field days when he lived in San Jose. The first of these was the 1948 Field Day~

which was the first that SCCARA participated in a4ter WWII.

We star t ed ma king plans at the January or Febr~arv meeting just like we do now. !t cer-ta.inly wasn't as easy in t hose days as it is now. There wa.sr;'t as much commercial equipment available and mobile and portable communication was just not common then.

Where we might take our Icom~

Yaesu or Kenwood rigs today, in those days it was more common to

bring military surplus equipment , perhaps home-brew equip ment, and vour- shack r-ecei ··;er. I should point out that transcei~er s were not common then~ and to most of us a "rig" was a (tr-ansm:tter ) e..nd rece i ··;e r . Most of our- receivers 1·;ere Na.t ion :>.l, Hammerland, PME or Ha.ll i cr .;:..f t er-s, 1.,:i th Hall icra~ters being the most common.

At ~ield Day 1948 we wor ked in the five tr-ansmitter class, to the best of my recollections . I worked on the 40 meter s station and Paul handled 75 meter-

There was no 40 meter-phone . Pa.ul I<Jas using a GF1 1 s u.r;::alus ri g a.nd I :a.n't r-emember what we used on 40 CW.

One of the pr-oblems in t hose days was the f act that many of us were usi ng cr-ystal control ~i gs~

much more common than VFOs ~

and they did not do well for contesti ng .

The location for- our- Field Day that year- was Mt. Lama Pr i eta where W6WSH r-epeater an d several others ar e now l ocated. At that time there was no channel 11 on the mountain, the on ly fi :-:ed feat ure being the for est lookout

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station. We scor-ed in about the middle of our- class that year­and one of my clear-est recollections is that near- the end of Sunday just befor-e we shut down we wer-e making as high as 16 contacts and hour on 40 CW. That was outstanding for- many of us because we were not contesters and in fact contests were not as popular- at that time.

We had the usual generator problems !we r-an out of gas in the middle of the night! and of course had a great steak BBD.

The contest ended at 4 PM and we wr- apped it up in a hurry and came down Route 17 ti r ed but happ y . It was much the same as

i t is today and Field Day led to other­even bigger attempts at winning. We used Loma Prieta the nex t couple years but then star-ting in ! 951 we moved to Mt. Ham iltcn and the big time.

Some of the calls I r-ememb e~ from the 1948 Field Day besides W6WGO and W6!RJ were W6HC ~ W6NX~ W6UTV. W6LZL. W6CFK, W6YDN, W6GFJ, W6FYA, W6MVL, W6TAN, W6AVJ , W6HAN and I'm sure t here were many others. If I l eft you out please tell me so that I can give you credit in a later- col umn .

FLEA MARKET INFO Were you at t he last flea mar ket. SCCARA was ' 1 1 1 1 We sold e ver- yth i ng but the Br oo klyn Bridge and made a ti dy sum for our repeater fund .

SICK BAY

Ji~ ~ills !KBbVDOI had surgery on ~i ~

right hip a few days ago. He is 2t Seouoia Hospital 4!5 369-58!! ~m 351-2

• MAP TO~j~.P.O.A. CAMPSITE/RANGE

Booker Creek Rd. L3Mi.) ______S.C.CPO.A. Sign. Turn Wtand follow the signs.

~~~~rooming FacilitU ngs campground *

To S.C.CP.O.A.Carnp~ound

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/ H~. 9

~tOS.aAtaCruz

HighwaLj 9 / Los Gatos — Saratoga Rd.~ ~Saretoga

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Intcr~tate ~28O

***NOTE: The S.C.C.P.O.A. campsite Is approximately 1.4 milesfrom the Saratoga Springs campground entrance.

SANTA CLARn COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION~~ P Bo~ 2121 San~se. Cwfon,~a 9S~Oii Plimie: 4O4~ i26.1774

1. open on wood £i..~es one aLLowed ANYWHERE excep.tat She co.mp~J..ne anAOZe.

2. Veh.~c~eo wiLL be dnnven Q~ on She noad4 and wiLL . 5 C C &4~~ t~ 11/’ A g L?~ tZ~be panked ~o She duLL w.LdSh o~ aLL .‘toadwayh oJLe aLwa~4 ~~~avanLabLe.

3. I4.~non.o WILL SE SUPERVISED bY ad~LS4 aS aLL S.inie.o. t~*L,efr’ 7.4~’ ,C~~.7g2~/ ~4_y4. RESPECT ou’~ pnopen.ty and She envnnonmenS toSay on She

noad4, .tnanto, and nn the pncnnc anea).

5. TebLe~, 5S~’~ and aShen pnopen.ty WIlL 140T be moved jYe~~’s 74e e’oin~ow.i.ShovS pn.non wn.c.tSen penm.6..o.o.ion 14Dm SCCPOA.

6. The anea o~ She ganage, waSen .CRnk4 and waSen 4y4Se~n 040OFF LIMITS So aLL gnovp4 £ Shenn niembeno. 74ip~ )7/9~ 7~ /c

7. The pnopenSy MUST be .te~ Lii aS .tea4.t 04 good o~ cond.i52c,n0.4 .iS woo

0. The ne4Snoom4/4howen4 WILL BE LEFT CLEAN.

Th’w ,1’,54~T9. NO caSSnng o~ anN vegeSaon.

30. Pno.on to depa*Sniig Inom She pnopenSy, aLL Snooh C0n4 w.~L1be empsLed and new .t.ineno pLaced .inoLde. II at aLL pa4oLbLe,She gnovp 4haLL mahe annangemenS4 So Sake She..n Snook w~ShShem. AnnangemenSo ~O4 540.611 d.~opooaZ MUST SE MADE w.~..thSCCPOA PRIOR So w4.~ng She pnopeiiSy. Gnoupo/pv_noono NOTd.Lopooi.ng o~ Sheon ~ pnopenLy woLZ be ~ned $700.00 ouncoaL ol dwmpong She ganbage)

11. ~ pnobLema 04 accLdenLaL damage MUST SF .‘ieponSed SoSCCPOA £mmed.ia.teLy. (406) 926-1774 Aaan. O~o~ce

(400) 267—2069 Pn.opency O~.s~ce

12. Yovn gnoup wiLL be heLd l2nancoaUy neapona2bLe £o~ anydamage on nequ.Lned cLean-up cooSo.

13. Wh.LLe the SCCPOA aSSempLa So keep She neaSnooma aSochedw.aSh acap, SodLeL papen, ezc., Lange gnoupa aSay.Lng nonethan Swo (2) daya ahaLL pLan So pnovode ouch 4u.ppLLea£04 .the.ut gnoup.

74. SCCPOA MUST have a aogned waiven on £.Lte. Thoa wanvenBE on £1~T7onm pnov.Lded.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATIONIIIIIIIIIIIflhIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIrIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIftIIiSIflhIIIIIIIII

CLUE OFFICERSPres~dant Don Diet ~v16M 761-8958

\Iio. Pr.sid.nt George Allen WASO 289-4302

twy Don Village K6PBQ 283-2789/-

Treasurer Kathy Getela KBGICQ 275-0735

477 Pam tar Aye. San Jose, CA 95128

SCCARA STAFF

Coffee Stan Getsla WA8VJV

Facibes Lou Steirer WASQYS

Good I Welfore Herb Himmelforb XB6ABG

SCCARA-GRAM STAFF

Editor Mike Hastings KB6LCJ 243-6745

Publishing Lou Steirer WAGOYS 241-7999

Photographer Bob Keller KB6OHO 282-2090

Data Base Joe Quirantes WA6DXP 371 -0959

Mailman Tony Sanchez K6MOB 2866676

The SCCARA-GRAM is published monthly by the Santa Clara County Amateur Radio Association Permission to reprint articles is herebygranted, provided, the source is properly credited.

SCCARA HOTLINE 408-249-6909 ARRL VEC HOTLINE 408-984-8353

SANTA CLARA COUNT,’

AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION

Affiliate of

American Radio Relay League

P.O. Box 6, San Jose, CA. 95103

TIME DATED BULLETIN

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WD6CHDRawlinson,Ed2619 Aragon WaySan Jose, CA. 95125

DIRECTORS

Herb Himmeffarb KBGABG

Bob Fors’ter N6PCQ

Ed Rawiinson WD6CHC

Lou Stewerr WA6QYS

REPEATER COMMITTEE

Wally Britten KA6YMD

Keith Butts KNGK

Stan Getela WASVJY

Trish Gibbons WA6UBE

Nate Klrschman NSPHW

REPEATER INFO

Call W6UU

2Meter 146.385+

440 442425+ (PL)

Nets are held every Monday evening at 1930 sharp,except for the second Monday wi’~ich is our meetiflgnight

STATION TRUSTEEJean ~Doc Gmelin WSZRJ

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