May 2011 The official publication of the Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club

From The Veep Larry Bianchi KG1B

Thursday, May 26, is the next

meeting of the AVARC at the

Emergency Operations Center

(EOC) at Lancaster City Hall,

44933 N. Fern Ave. in Lancas-

ter. Talk-in is available on the

Hauser Repeater (146.73 MHz.

PL 100) if you need direc-

tions. The eyeball QSO starts

at 7:00 pm, and the meeting

starts at 7:30 pm.

At this month‟s meeting, we

will be discussing our prepara-

tions for Field Day. This is

our club‟s premier operating

activity, and all members are

urged to participate. Your in-

put is needed, so be sure to

mark your calendars and plan

on attending this very impor-

tant meeting. Hope to see you

there!

Meeting Notice

It is also refreshing to see the new hams that are com-

ing into the hobby. Kudos to those that help to teach

and prepare these new hams. A special thanks to Adri-

enne and Dan Sherwood for their countless hours as

VE‟s (Volunteer Examiners) to administer the ham

tests and prepare the results for final submission so the

new hams can get their callsigns.

I have seen some of the new hams take off and learn

beyond just “pushing the button” on their handhelds.

As I have said, there is so much to learn and so many

different directions that are open to hams, and it is ex-

citing to take a step away and talk “outside the box”.

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If April showers bring May flowers? What do May flowers bring?

There are 2 answers. The first answer is “Pilgrims‟ and the other is „Field

Day”!

Indeed, it is that time of year where Field Day takes center stage. It

seems that the first part of our „Ham‟ year is in preparation for FD. A lot

goes into the planning and since I have been involved with FD, I have

learned quite a bit about ham radio as well as emergency communica-

tions.

Over the past couple of years, there have been hams that have stepped up

and volunteered to help. Last year, we had many that helped with FD

setup (which will be on Friday June 24th starting at 12 noon) and many

that helped to tear down (Sunday June 26th starting at 11am). I would

like to commend and thank those that pitched in! Without them, FD

would have been a pain in the .. (pick a place!).

This year, I would love to see that same level of support and already we

have had hams volunteer that for the first time. Let‟s keep the ball roll-

ing.

The next club meeting (May 26th) will be a Field Day discussion, plan-

ning and preparation meeting. There will be a lot discussed, ideas to be

presented and final preps made.

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Guest Speaker: Larry Bianchi – Field

Day Chair 2011

● Reminder: Addie needs the Short Cir-

cuit on Sunday night May 15, at the latest.

Meeting Adjourned: 6:37pm

AVARC General Club Meeting

April 28, 2011

Meeting called to order at 7:32PM by

Margie Hoffman, President.

Flag Salute

Member Introductions. 43 members pre-

sent.

Minutes from last meeting as published in

the Short Circuit. Moved to ap-

prove: NB6V Seconded: N6FOD Ap

proved.

Membership Report, (Gary Barr): Total

membership as of 4/27/11: 113

Treasurer‟s Report, (Dan Row-

lan): Current balance:

$3349.06. Insurance paid for the year.

Old Business:

Margie – Kate Hutton presented a traffic

handling class at PRMC last Satur-

day. Kate was surprised at the high turn-

out.

Baker to Vegas – Good turnout at Stage

15, everything went smoothly after setup

was finally completed at the last minute

due to frequency changes. Thanks to the

volunteers who helped out.

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From the Secretary’s Desk AVARC Board Meeting

April 28, 2011

Opening: Margie Hoffman KG6TBR -

President 5:42 p.m. Location – El

Toreo, Lancaster

Minutes from last meeting: Due to this is

a SHORT meeting- Request approval as

printed in Short Ciircuit written by Secre-

tary Dan Sherwood WA6PZK.

Motion made by: Dan Rowlan Seconded

by: LarryBianchi. Approved.

Treasurer‟s report: Waived due to short

meeting.

Membership Report: Waived due to short

meeting.

Members present tonight: KG6TBR,

KG1B,WA6PZK, WA6TWT, WA6YEO,

K6GXO, KI6BKP, WA6WFC

New Business:

**Margie‟s Request:

1) Request that the club release the car-

cass of the club trailer that is standing in

the weeds at Rich Stocking's house to

Dan Rowlan KG6PQA.

It has no paper trail and if we as the club

try to re-license the trailer, it would

probably cost the club about $500-$600 in

penalty's. Therefore, I believe the club

can request that Dan donate a token $5-10

and take it off our hands. He is just going

to use it for scrap and rebuild whatever he

wishes. Dan R. also said he would contact

Rich and set up a time to go retrieve the

item himself. All the club will need to do

is notify Rich that we have made this

transaction with Dan Rowlan.

Discussion:

It was decided that the trailer be given to

Dan Rowlan for a nominal fee of

$1.00. He will be responsible for contact-

ing Rich Stocking to arrange pickup, and

he will be responsible for moving the

disabled and unregistered trailer to his

home.

Moved: Larry Mock, Seconded: Gary

Barr. Motion carried 6-0.

2) I have purchased some Field Day items

on behalf of the club that may not need a

vote. The total is $30 which includes

shipping ($5).

With that package, I have some 300 bro-

chures and ham info and some Lucite

stands ($15) and and a package of Radio

Band charts ($5)

I got these from the ARRL website. I also

have a $5 Field Day 2011 pin for the June

raffle coming in the package.

Discussion:

It was determined this was an exempt pur-

chase, and no motion was necessary.

● Announcements:

******** MS Walk: This Saturday,

April 30, 2011

● Next Hamcon 2011 planning meeting

to be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011

hosted by Jim and Bev Pitman. Loca-

tion: at the Marriott Hotel in Tor-

rance. Margie plans to attend.

● Adrienne WAYEO-VE session to be

held on Saturday , May 07, 2011 at

9:00am at First Christian

Church. Address: 1702 E. Ave J - Across

from WalMart. This is a GLAARG ses-

sion and fee is $4. See Adrienne and give

her a definite confirmation that you will

be there to help her and Dan out.

● Next board meeting: Thursday, June

9, 2011 6:30 pm – location K6WLC

QTH

● Next General meet-

ing: Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:30 pm.

AVARC Members,

Thanks for letting HRO

meet your

Amateur Radio needs.

1525 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91506

(Between Sparks and Beachwood

Open 10:00 to 5:30

Closed Sundays

Voice 818-842-1786

Fax 818-842-5283

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Respectfully submitted,

Dan Sherwood WA6PZK

AVARC Secretary 2011

73, Larry KG1B

From the VEEP...

We are ever in danger of losing

some of our HF (High Fre-

quency) allocations as there is so

much competition for the air-

waves. Most of the attacks are

along the non VHF, UHF bands,

but there is a thrust to limit even

those.

The best ways to help preserve

our bands is to use them. The

ARRL is also working from the

legislative side to keep the bands

open to hams.

While we are talking airwaves ..

a quick update on the Palmdale

Antenna ordinance. We had a

meeting back in April to revise

the existing proposed ordinance

(which can be read on our web-

site www.avarc.av.org). We are

anticipating a copy from the city

of what will be presented at the

June Palmdale City Council

meeting.

As soon as we have a copy, we

will put it on our website and

email an announcement to you.

When that happens, we encour-

age all to read it and make com-

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the City. As always, I can be

reached via email

(KG1B@Arrl.net) or you can call

me at 818 237-0706 if you desire

to share your thoughts or ideas.

As a closing item, on Saturday,

May 21st, we are meeting at Keith

Hoyt‟s QTH at 8:00 am to go over

the club trailer in preparation for

FD. It will be a good learning ex-

perience and anyone who would

like to come and help is definitely

invited.

Well that about does it for this

month!

73 and Happy Hamming!

Secretary’s Desk...

New Business:

MS Walk – need two more people for

this Saturday, (4/30). See Adrienne,

WA6YEO, for volunteering.

Field Day – 6/24 to 6/26. See Larry,

KG1B, or Margie.

Hamcon – Sept. 9-11. Use reservation

code HAMCON2011.

Test Session – May 7. GLAARG. See

Adrienne for details.

K6WLC Open Hose – May 14. See

Ron, K6WLC.

John – Has Woxsun KG-UV3 HT

2m/440MHZ for raffle.

Break.

Guest Speaker: Marty Woll N6VI

50/50 Drawing: Frank N6FOD, $23.00

Gary Hebdon KJ6HDZ spoke about the

Acton / Agua Dulce Amateur Radio

Club. This a new group which is small

but growing. Gary is willing to have his

members help out with our field day.

Meeting adjourned: Moved by Jim,

NB6V, seconded by Dan KG6PQA.

8:59 PM.

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Session Date Day Time

GLAARG 1/8/2011 Saturday 9 A.M.

GLAARG 2/7/2011 Monday 7 P.M.

ARRL 3/5/2011 Saturday 9 A.M. GLAARG 4/4/2011 Monday 7 P.M.

GLAARG 5/7/2011 Saturday 9 A.M.

ARRL 6/6/2011 Monday 7 P.M.

GLAARG 7/9/2011 Saturday 9 A.M.

GLAARG 8/1/2011 Monday 7 P.M.

ARRL 9/3/2011 Saturday 9 A.M.

GLAARG 10/3/2011 Monday 7 P.M.

GLAARG 11/5/2011 Saturday 9 A.M.

ARRL 12/5/2011 Monday 7 P.M.

Swap Shop

Antelope Valley Volunteer Examiner Team

2011 Amateur Radio Exam Schedule

Exam location:

Antelope Valley First Christian Church

1702 East Ave. J, Lancaster, CA (Across the street from

the Eastside Wall Mart).

Please enter parking lot off the end of the cul-de-sac

17th Street East, enter the classroom annex, and look for

the “FCC Exams” sign outside the correct classroom.

Monday Nights: Please do not disturb the A.A. group or

other groups that may be using the facilities.

Dates/times may be subject to change.

GLAARG testing fee is $4.00.

ARRL testing fee is $15.00

For Sale: Icom 275A

25W Base Station All-Mode

Radio SSB-FM

$350.00

Ron Hammel K6WLC

661-810-3386

Santa Maria Ham Radio Swapfest & BBQ

June 18, 2011 Saturday of Father’s Day Weekend

SATELLITE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, W6AB Pre-registration, more information: www.satellitearc.com

Equipment For Sale

MFJ 989C Versa Tuner V, 3KW

Series Roller Inductor

Ameritron ALS 500M Solid State

Mobile Amp, No Tune, 500W

ICOM-PS515 Power Supply: 150W

ICOM IC-706 MKII

Kenwood 480HX: 200W Mobile w/

computer and internet inputs

Kenwood TS-50 HF

Henry 5K Amplifier (Dual

3CX1200A7 tubes). Excellent Cond.

Contact Bill Hoverman W6FW

661-942-8594

W6fw@hotmail.com

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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

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Master-At-Arms

Board Member

Board Member

Trustee

Ex Officio

Margie Hoffman

Larry Bianchi

Dan Sherwood

Dan Rowlan

Gary Mork

Gary Barr

Larry Mock

Keith Hoyt

Jon Clark

KG6TBR

KG1B

WA6PZK

KG6PQA

WA6WFC

WA6TWT

KI6BKP

K6GXO

N6NQ

297-6567

538-9142

264-1863

944-1123

948-8317

946-2717

943-6736

533-4025

305-6969

Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club 2011 Officers