November 2015 The official publication of the Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club

President’s Corner

Margie Hoffman KG6TBR

I would like to thank all the

members who attended the last

General Meeting and showed their

support for the Officers and Board

Members for this year.

The elections were non-contested

except for the Board positions,

enabling us to keep most of the

present folks holding the positions

and they will serve as your

Officers and Board for the year

2016. Carol AF6OV moves up to

the position of your new President,

while her husband Eugene

KG6SLC becomes our new Vice

President and will tackle securing

all speakers for the coming

monthly meetings. Dan W6DAS

will again serve as Secretary as

will Gary WA6TWT as Treasurer.

Gary WA6WFC will continue as

your Master at Arms and I will

move over to Ex-Officio advising

the Officers and Board in any area

that I can be of assistance. We

have two new Board members and

they are: Dick Miller KJ6W and

Matt Stewart K6MES. In the only

non-elected but a voting position,

Keith K6GXO will of course

continue as club Trustee.

Congratulations to all. Please see

the list in the minutes as published

is this newsletter and refer to the

bottom to find the contact info for

all who serve.

Each year we have an event called

Anchors Away, or as I refer to it: (Continued on page 4)

From The Veep Carol Humpherys AF6OV

Meeting Notice

http://www.avarc.club

Thursday, November 19,

is the next meeting of the

AVARC at Jane Reynolds

Park, 716 West Oldfield

Street, in Lancaster. Talk-

in is available on the

Hauser Repeater (146.73

MHz. PL 100) if you need

directions. Eyeball QSO

starts at 7 pm, and the

meeting starts at 7:30.

The new phone number

for the club is (661) 265-

6131.

This month’s speaker will

be our own Larry Mock

KI6BKP, who will be

talking to the club about

CERT (Community Emer-

gency Response Teams)

and how you can become

involved in this very im-

portant activity.

Congratulations to the new

AVARC 2016 officers!

Elections for 2016 were held at the

October 2015 club meeting. Dan

Sherwood, Gary Barr and Gary

Mork continue as the Secretary,

Treasurer, and Master-at-Arms re-

spectively.

New 2016 officers include:

Dick Miller ( KJ6W) and

Matt Stewart (K6MES) as

Board Members

E u g e n e H u m p h e r y s

(KG6SLC) as Vice Presi-

dent

C a r o l H u m p h e r y s

(AF6OV) as President.

Please join me in thanking the 2015

officers that are departing in Janu-

ary 2016:

John Isles (J6RJC) has

served as a reliable, solid

board member, always of-

fering a fresh perspective.

Paul L’Heureux (KD6SMC)

advised the club as the Ex

Officio. Paul is always en-

couraging, anxious to serve

others, and a strong field

day supporter.

M a r g i e H o f f m a n

(KG6TBR) will be transi-

tioning from President to

into the Ex Officio role.

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The Short Circuit 2

From the Secretary’s Desk AVARC General Meeting

October 22, 2015

Opening: Margie Hoffman KG6TBR -

President

7:33pm – Call to order followed by Flag

salute and introductions.

Minutes from last meeting: Taken by Dan

Sherwood W6DAS. Any corrections:

Motion to approve as printed in Short

Circuit Made by: Carol AF6OV Sec-

onded by: Alan KJ6ZYQ Approved?

Yes

Treasurer’s report: Gary Barr WA6TWT:

Balance: $ 3,951.00 (inc. cash $

162.00 )

Membership Report: Gary Barr

WA6TWT - Members: # 104 ARRL

members = 74.04 %

Members present tonight: 26

Old Business:

1) Board Meeting was held on October 1,

2015 at Keith’s.

2) Margie requested the Board continue to

update their job description list for future

review and the benefit of the incoming

officers and board members as no one had

their list ready for discussion. Get lists

together by December meeting.

3) Net Control Ops and Newsline Ops are

needed now and for the new year. Please

advise if you can help out in this very

important role.

New Business: (Request any New Busi-

ness?)

1) Elections: Tonight we continue to take

nominations for the 2016 Officers and

Board. In order to be eligible you need to

have been a member since October 21,

2014 or earlier. Rule is membership is

required one year prior to election night

of October 22, 2015. Terms of elected

office is one year.

The nominations from September to date

are:

President: Carol Humpherys AF6OV

Vice President: Eugene Humpherys

KG6SLC,

Secretary: Dan Sherwood W6DAS

Treasurer: Gary Barr WA6TWT

Master at Arms: Gary Mork WA6WFC

Board Members (2 open positions): Pat

Okawa KJ6CJI, John Isles K6RJC, Mat

Stewart K6MES, Dick Miller KJ6W,

Larry Mock – KI6BKP

Additional nominations:

Motion to Close: M: Larry Mock, S; Matt

Accepted. Dick Miller moved to accept

uncontested offices – Passed.

Request Master at Arms pass out neces-

sary ballots.

Members will cast votes while we con-

tinue with the new business, followed by

Anchors Away.

The final announcement of elected offi-

cers will be announced after the break.

Results of contested positions: VP –

Eugene KG6SLC. Board Members: Matt

K6MES and Dick Miller KJ6W.

Election Results for 2016, (Attested by

Dan Sherwood, W6DAS, secretary):

President: Carol Humpherys AF6OV

Vice President: Eugene Humpherys

KG6SLC

Secretary: Dan Sherwood W6DAS

Treasurer: Gary Barr Wa6TWT

Master at Arms: Gary Mork WA6TWT

Board Member: Matt Stewart K6MES

Board Member: Dick Miller KJ6W

2) Margie: Announcement to proceed

with Anchors Away and request any items

that members wish to donate to our club

as a result of sales profits will be greatly

appreciated.

3) 50/50 Drawing status. We need more

donations on the table for this drawing in

order to have enough funds to boost and

purchase items for our annual Holiday

Party membership holiday event. Margie

requests club add a dollar amount from

the club treasury to be added to the petty

cash fund in order to purchase additional

items.

We now have $146.75 in holiday fund.

Also, Margie requested any other donated

items can include new non-ham items.

Suggested amount $400. (Note: Last year

the club donation was $450.) Vote on

this.

David Hosman moved to advance $400

club funds toward prizes for Christmas

party. Larry KI6BKP seconded. Word-

ing modification suggested by Gary Barr.

Discussion – Margie suggested larger

volume of prizes. Matt K6MES queried

Margie about potential income from

Hamcon. Margie estimated abou $1000

or more. Motion passed for $400 of Club

funds to be advanced.

Announcements:

Next board meeting: Thursday, Novem-

ber 5. Location TBD. Arrive at 5:30-

6pm. The meeting begins at 7pm is open

to all AVARC members and should end

by 8:30pm. This is a potluck and all at-

tending will bring a dinner dish to share

with 8-10 others.

Adrienne WA6YEO: Next VE session -

Monday, November 9, 7pm at First Chris-

tian Church.

Address: 1702 E. Ave J - Across from

Wal-Mart. Session is GLAARG session

with $5 fee.

Short Circuit articles for October will be

due on Sunday, November 8.

Please submit them directly to

Adrienne at wa6yeo@sbcglobal.net

Next Board meeting: Nov. 5, 2015 – lo-

cation TBA.

Next General meeting: Thursday, Novem-

ber 19 – This is one week earlier due to

the Thanksgiving holiday. Please remem-

ber to mark your calendars. Speaker

TBA

Upcoming regional events were dis-

cussed.

Meeting Adjourned: 8:39 pm Door Prize

Drawing: Won by Larry KI6BKP $8.00

AVARC Board Meeting

October 1, 2015

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Secretary’s Desk… Board Meeting - MINUTES November 5,

2015

Opening: Margie Hoffman KG6TBR -

President

7:04 p.m. @ Texas Cattle Co.

Minutes from last meeting: Secretary Dan

Sherwood W6DAS. Any corrections?

Motion to approve as printed in Short

Circuit: Made by: Keith K6GXO Sec-

onded by: John K6RJC Approved? Yes

Treasurer’s report: Gary Barr WA6TWT -

Balance: $ 3,951.00 (inc. cash $162)

Membership Report: Gary Barr

WA6TWT - Members: # 104, ARRL

membership- 74.04%

Members present tonight: Margie Hoff-

man KG6TBR, Carol Humpherys

AF6OV, Dan Sherwood W6DAS, Gary

Mork WA6WFC, Keith Hoyt K6GXO,

Eugene Humpherys KG6SLC, John Isles

K6RJC, Paul L'Heureux KD6SMC, Adri-

enne Sherwood WA6YEO, Matt Stewart

K6MES, Gary Barr WA6TWT.

Old Business:

1) Margie requested the Board continue

to update their job description list and

turn them in no later than the December

Board meeting. Matt mentioned physical

mail and email need to go through a cen-

tral location, e.g. post office and QNET

server for email. Club equipment – per

Carol it needs to be reviewed.

2) Elections for 2016 Officers and Board

members were held at the General meet-

ing on October 22, 2015.

Margie congratulated all the incoming

new slate of Officers & Board members:

President: Carol Humpherys AF6OV,

Vice President: Eugene Humpherys

KG6SLC,

Secretary: Dan Sherwood W6DAS,

Treasurer: Gary Barr WA6TWT

Master at Arms: Gary Mork WA6WFC

Board Members: Matt Stewart K6MES,

Dick Miller KJ6W,

Non Elected Officers: Ex Officio:

Margie Hoffman KG6TBR, Trustee:

Keith Hoyt K6GXO,

Appointed Other Non Voting Positions:

Short Circuit Editor: Adrienne Sherwood

Respectfully Submitted,

Dan Sherwood W6DAS

AVARC Secretary 2015

WA6YEO, Membership Chairman:

Gary Barr WA6TWT

2a) Signature cards for the bank need

updating in January for the new offi-

cers.

3) Anchors Away was held at October

General meeting. Discussion. Most

members thought it worked out OK.

Could be bigger as new members need

to be drawn in. Margie mentioned that

for sale items can be brought into any

meeting during the year.

4) 50/50 Drawing status and Holiday

gift items status:

We need more items on the table for

monthly donations. Club members

voted to donate $400 to the Holiday

gifting. Margie is handling procuring

the gift items. Requests other donations

of new items as well as 3 membership

renewal gift certificates. Margie men-

tioned how the DX club does their

drawings with higher value prizes lead-

ing people to spend more on tickets.

5) Holiday Meeting in December status:

It has been confirmed that we will hold

this event on Friday, Dec 18 at the First

Christian Church. Brian Hoffman has

confirmed that he will be available to

perform a magical show and MC the

event. Adrienne will play opening mu-

sic on her harp. $400 of Club funds

have been allocated for prize purchases.

12/12/2015 Saturday 9am. ARRL

Donation from members’ excess prop-

erty can be put out. Holiday party

should start 6:30PM, with setup avail-

able early around 4:30 whenever

W6DAS can get off work and open the

door. Paul will purchase the paper

plates and disposable cutlery, napkins,

cups, etc. Raffle ticket distribution:

Members get one ticket, renewals and

life members get a second ticket. Mem-

bership re-ups need to be done before

6:30PM.

6) Status of legal filings: Margie re-

quests an update only at this time.

Gary still working the issue due to his

recent illness. Gary Barr offering to

make a USB drive with all Club data-

base and all Club records in his posses-

sion. Method to be determined.

7) Net Control Officers/ Newsline Re-

port Operators:

Discussion: Still need more to sign up.

Margie brought the list and requested

volunteers. Dan W6DAS to update the

net script listed on the web site.

New Business:

1) HAMCON wrap up meeting was

held on Nov 3 for the convention held

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The Junk-A-Thon. Members show

up with their items for sale and

many of us look forward to this

event as our own private tailgate

sale. We come to it expecting to

find bargains and things that we

didn’t know we needed until we

see them on the table. This year, I

was not disappointed in the

amount of items brought for sale,

but more so in how many of us

participated. I think in the future,

we should all try to take advantage

of this opportunity when it is

presented to us. It is free, it is

many times interesting, and we

basically have a captive audience

and a warm venue in which to hold

this event. Remember, although

we only hold this event once a

year, we occasionally have one or

two items brought in for sale by

our members and in addition, ham

radio equipment can be offered

through the use of our Short

Circuit newsletter.

One item we discussed this month

at our Board meeting was how to

“grow the club”. This is a topic

that brings a lot of questions and

mostly very few answers. We

need to get more involved, share

information and work together to

make this happen.

I asked for suggestions in this area

and am also asking for members to

let me know the answer to a few

questions. What is it that keeps

you interested? What do you want

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President’s Corner...

Margie served tirelessly as

the AVARC President for

two years, and is very ac-

tive in numerous amateur

radio activities in the

Southland, including The

Los Angeles Area Council

of Amateur Radio Clubs

and Baker-to-Vegas.

I’m excited to have the opportu-

nity to serve as your President in

2016! Looking forward to hearing

your ideas on how the club can

meet your needs, stimulate your

ham radio interests, and provide

opportunities for you to learn,

serve, and grow—all while having

radio fun! More to follow…

(Continued from page 1)

From the VEEP...

to see, learn or share at our

meetings? Please feel free to

contact any of the Officers or

Board members and let them

know how you feel so we can

come up with relevant ideas and

retain and gain members of the

Antelope Valley Amateur Radio

Club for now and into our future.

Remember, that the next meeting

will be held one week earlier in

the month due to the Thanksgiving

holiday and so; we will meet on

Thursday, November 19.

I look forward to seeing everyone

at the meeting, so until then, keep

finding ways to incorporate your

ham skills into your everyday life

and most importantly, have fun!

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

1. Kenwood TS-940S lo-band station xcvr package which includes numerous accessories. A lot of equipment for a rea-sonable price. This package was previously sold but not

picked up.

2. Kenwood TS-430S lo-band xcvr with PS-430S power sup-ply. This unit may have some switch contact problems but could be obtained for a very reasonable price and would be

good for a knowledgeable amateur to work on. Hand mic included.

3. Icom 22A 2 meter FM xcvr with hand mic. Condition un-known.

4. Also available is a 54 crank-up tower in excellent condi-tion and 2 lo-band yagis, one tri-bander and one 12/17 meter,

along with some coax. 5. I have numerous smaller items available such as an elec-

tronic keyer, regulated 12vdc power supplies, and test equip-ment.

All of this equipment came from the estate of a deceased AVARC club member.

You may contact me directly by e-mail or phone. Keith Hoyt

661-533-4025 K6GXO (at) AS.net

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Master-At-Arms

Board Member

Board Member

Trustee

Ex Officio

Margie Hoffman

Carol Humpherys

Dan Sherwood

Gary Barr

Gary Mork

Eugene Humpherys

John Isles

Keith Hoyt

Paul L’Heureux

KG6TBR

AF6OV

W6DAS

WA6TWT

WA6WFC

KG6SLC

K6RJC

K6GXO

KD6SMC

president@avarc.club

vicepresident@avarc.club

secretary@avarc.club

treasurer@avarc.club

masteratarms@avarc.club

boardmembers@avarc.club

boardmembers@avarc.club

trustee@avarc.club

exofficio@avarc.club

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Place

Postage

Here

To ARS:

Amateur Radio is a National Resource FIRST CLASS

The Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club K6OX

Post Office Box 1011

Lancaster, CA 93584-1011

AVARC board meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month. All mem-

bers are welcome to attend, although they should let the president or another offi-

cer know that they are planning to attend, as the meetings usually include a pot-

luck dinner at the home of one of the officers.

The club net is on Wednesdays at 8:00, on the Hauser repeater (146.73 MHz PL

100). The net includes Amateur Radio Newsline, and all members and guests are

invited to check in.

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Master-At-Arms

Board Member

Board Member

Trustee

Ex Officio

Margie Hoffman

Carol Humpherys

Dan Sherwood

Gary Barr

Gary Mork

Eugene Humpherys

John Isles

Keith Hoyt

Paul L’Heureux

KG6TBR

AF6OV

W6DAS

WA6TWT

WA6WFC

KG6SLC

K6RJC

K6GXO

KD6SMC

297-6567

722-4616

264-1863

946-2717

948-8317

722-4616

942-1337

533-4025

305-1838

Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club 2015 Officers