JAN'94 ~]Dpe Palamar lIilldfeur Radio Club Inc. Post Office Box 73, Vista, California 92085-0073 SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII JANUARY ******* 1994 ** 57 YEARS OLD OPEN REPEATERS I CLOSED AUTOPATCHES '111111111 CAL END A R IIII111II JIIIIIIIIIIIII Volume XX, Number 01 PARC FREQUENCIES USED: Jan. 5 Wed. Palomar ARC Club Meeting ifIIfI Published every month by PARC 145.050 Packet, W6NWG I "PALMAR- %% Jan.13 Thur. PARC 7pm Board Meeting %%S%%%% An ARRL Special Service Club 146.520s, ARRL National Simplex Freq Jan. 8 Saturday PARC VE Carlsbad SC Membership $12including $3 for SCOPE 146.535s, Palomar Amateur RC Simplex Jan. 8 Oceanside Ham Swap Meet, Rd76 Coffee 7:00pm and Meeting at 7:30 pm 2m Simplex Emergency Portable Rpt. Jan.21 DEADLINE FOR SCOPE ARTICLES Carlsbad Safety Center(CSC), Palomar 146.175+, *PATCH,PL,Fallbrook,WA6IPD Jan.25 SCOPE placed in mail at Vista Airport Rd. to North on Camino Real, 146.700-, RTTY, PLed, IN = OUT U Feb. 9 Wed. Palomar ARC Club Meeting East on Farady .25 mi, left to CSB, 146.730-, *PATCH-PLed, Palomar.Mt.%% *** Date Changed, start 58th club yr Thomas Bro. Pg.14F6.Talk-in 146.730. 147.075+, *PATCH, PL, Palomar Mt.%% Feb 11 Thur. PARC 7pm Board Meeting '1'1,1111111111111111'11111111111111 147.130+, *PATCH, PL, Palomar Mt.%% %11111111111111;;111111111111111111< *** ELM E R S *** (call for info) 224.900-, PL, Palomar Mt, 220 ClubSD 11111111- NEXT CLUB MEETING -1111111 CARD IFF, Duane-WB6R, 753-4821 WD6HFR, Palomar Mt. II11111I11111I11I111II111I11I KC6UOH CHULA VISTA, Steve-N6RUV, 422-4415 METROLINK, Packet link, 9600 baud %% Art McBride-KC6UQH, VP and pro­ ESCONDIDO *** Harry-WA6YOO", 743-4212 446.000s, National Simplex Frequency gram chairman, has announced that *** PALOMAR AMATEUR RC PRESIDENT 449.425-, *PATCH, PL, Palomar Mt. %1 the January club meeting will be on -~, La MESA, Roger-N6UUW, 697-6025 AUTOPATCH OUTLET CENTERS:WB6FMT-VSTA receiving pictures from the National LAKESIDE, Mac-WB6GXR, 561-2211 WV6Z-MMSA;N6IZW-LMSA Ocean & Atmospheric Administration RAMONA, Vern-AA6UU, 789-3070 * = PATCHES on Palomar Mt. Repeaters (NOAA) TIROS weather satellites. Art SAN DIEGO, Dennis-N6KI, 271-6079 Covering 2,000 sq. miles of SDCo will demonstrate the equipment $AN MARCO$ ** Ralph-KC6WAN, 727-7415 1% = W6NWG, PARC, trustee Ron-WI6B required by using pre-recorded NOAA *** PARC MEMBER$HIP CHAIRMAN (107.2 Hz used for all PL's) passes. These satellites can be VISTA. • Jack-KI6JM, 598-0420 ~III;;;;;;;I;IIIIIIII"'IIIIIIIIIII~ received on VHF using a modified SAN MARCOS, Rus ty-AA60M, 747 -5872 A MAT E U R TEL E V I S ION scanner receiver interface board and (Head PARC VE testing program) an IBM compatible computer. Art was 1111111~1\11111111;'IIIIIIIIIII'II" Prospective amateurs ONLY can At the December PARC Board formerly a chief engineer for Ocean call 1-800-32-NEW-HAM at the ARRL meeting MIKE Hollis-WA6SVT of ATN Satellite systems and he developed a Hdq. 8AM-5PM EST M-F for information (Amateur Television Network) made a shipboard receiving system for use on amateur radio. presentation on placing an Amateur on fishing boats. Sllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllill Radio Television station at our site SHOW &TELL: Please feel free INS IDE: on Palomar Mountain. Mike is to bring in new and old items that Pg. 2 Board Info, Last Mtg, Editor associated with several ATV you think club members would be repeaters to the north of us and interested in seeing or learning Pg. 3 HRO Ad, Membership, Thanks made comments about ATV repeaters on about: bought or constructed. Talk Pg. 4 Nets, News, Stolen •••••••• Ad Pg. 5 Rptrs., Autopatches ....... Ad San Miguel and Santiago Peak. He to Art-KC6UOH before the meeting discussed: frequencies, ATN possible starts to reserve a time slot for Pg. 6 Work Parties, FOR SAIL •••• Ad Pg. 7 Letters to Ed ••••••••••••• Ad help, linking to the ATN network and your Sand T item(s). Pg. 8 PARC Standing Committees .• Ad problems with the link from our site '11111111111111111111111111111111111 on Palomar Mountain (good for SDCo III111I PRESIDENTIAL QRM 1111111111 Pg. 9 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Ad Pg.I0 Swap Meets ••••••••••.••••• but poor to the North), trustee, 1111111111111111111111111111' WA6YOO Pg.ll 5 YRS A GOGO, Questions ••• ownership, antennas (18 dipoles), As I look back over the past Pg.12 Application Form, Addr. Label and power requirements. year. I am amazed in the changes I (Cont.Pg.9) see in our world. Diplomacy may (Cont.Pg.9) SCOPE-JAN'94 CLUB MTG WED JAN. 5th, 1930 Hr, CARLSBAD SAFETY CENTER Pg. 1 JAN ' 94 NEWSLETTER HELPERS up chairs. which has been re-filed from the ~ D~C.~COPE ~ KI6JM, Jack Hanthorn, Refreshments­ HARRY-WA6YOO, club preSident, Military Amateur Radio System (MARS) KC6WAN,Ralph Powell,printing, labels showed slides nf his recent trip of to the Amateur traffic distributior WA6YOO, Harry Hodges, Staples the far east visiting Korea, Hong system. KB6YHY, Anita Nye, labels Kong, Mainland China, and Hawaii. He During most of this period, KB6YHZ, Nye, folding was supervised during the trip by SDCTN has had a more or less low ~rt N6TCB, Jerry Carter, labels his wife, JERRY-N6TCB. Korea took constant flow of messages except for KI6JM,Jack Hanthorn,folding,Refresh. care of all 1 iving expenses of all during emergenCies when nets last W6TFB, Lloyd Hunt, folding of the vetrans of the Korean war for hours rather than the usual 15­ W9FQN, Stan Rohrer, Editor. PO Forms while the group was in Korea. If you 20 minutes. Samalia and the Gulf War I11111111111111111111111111111111111 are a Korean Vet, contact Harry for really tested SDCTN with the large BOARD of D IRE C TOR S 1%%%%;; more information. flow of military traffic from MEMBERS present: Elected to 1994 club positions soldiers to their loved ones in the President: Harry Hodges. WA6YOO were: HARRY-WA6YOO-Pres, ART-KC6UQH­ SDCo area and even to the north of VPpresident: Art Mc Bride, KC6UQH VP, NASH-W6HCH-Secreta ry, JENNIFER­ us. Sec.:(appointed)Nash Williams, W6HCO KM6WG-Treasurer with board members Our SDCTN does have some Treasurer: Benton Caldwell, KK6LX MIKE-AB60T and RICK-KC9LV. problems. Since the traffic during (elect) Jennifer Thieme, KM6WG SHOW &TELL featured a crossed the past 2-3 years has fluctuated so RTechnical: John Kuivinen, WB6IQS antenna ny B!LL-KB6MCU and a greatly. we have found that the SCOPE/ETC: Stan Rohrer, W9FQN filtered-MOV 2-plug to 6-plug number of traffic members does not Membership: Ralph Powell. KC6WAN adapter WG ch n be bought from always fit the need. When we have Control(packet): Tim Low, N6ZUC TARGET for aDDU: S10. little traffic, net members tend to Board Member: Rick Zimmermann, KC6LV DENNIS-N6KI forgot to show up drop out because there is never - also present - with the DANCING girls but assures traffic for their area. Then when Traini ng/FD: Bill Smith, KB6MCU us that they will be at our February traffic picks up, we don't have Constitution: Jack Hanthorn, - KI6JM anniversary meeting to celebrate our enough operators to cover all of OTHERS: Sybil-W6GIC, Paul-KD6JXY 58th year of being a club •• one of SDCo. and it takes quite a wh ile to (ATV)-> Mike-WA6SVT, Gene-WB6COY the oldest biggest general purpose build the net back up to handle the %1111111111111111111111111111111111\ amateur radio clubs in the world. traffic •• which then drops oft Club members are invited to ART-KB6YHZ and his charming again. attend these meetings to observe the wife, ANITA-KB6YHY, supervised the Several years ago SDCTN's main Board of Directors in action •• or drink and goodie table with members repeater for passing traffic in and non-action •• es (and) get an bringing goodies: KE6BUB, KC9LV, out of SDCo was the 147.645 repeater activity pt for attending! Harry's KE6CDH, K06YKX, K6TCB, WA6YOO, on the Laguna Hills. The 147.645 brownies were especially good this KE6BUE, N6ISC, KM6PY, W6HCH, operators termininated the agreement KI6J~. month and Jerry-N6TCB's cookies were KK6LX, W6G!C, WB6GXR, KE6BSV, and with SCNV and since then 5CNV has fantastic. KB6YHY. Ar: and Anita have been jumped from LA repeater to LA DISCUSSED: EquipBal $1543, editors of a neat flower newsletter repeater with the 50Co NTS members GenFund $4634, Prepaid $2782; published Vista for the past sometimes unable to reach the new LA i~ programs; Mac-WB6GXR's camper several years. repeaters. This isolates us from NTS available in January; Chris Boyer­ The goodies were great and you traffic in and out of SDCo and KC6UQG: Club badge: 58th year Feb were rewarded with "I" partiCipation reduces the traffic within SDCTN. recognition; membership 709; .& ATV ticket each (not per cookie •• or Then Packet entered the picture repeater at our site. twinkie) 1 which diverted messages from SDCTN APPROVED: MFJ-1270B packet IlIlnn'UilU with its automatic relay from area $130: looking into Feb. cake: & Feb -EDITOR- to area but packet bulletin boards 9th general meeting. Iliunnunu are not always checked so messages Please contact one of the board Stan-W9FON 30311 Circle R Ln were lost, delayed, duplicated, or members for more info. or see the Valley Center, CA 92082-4806 never delivered where voice traffic secretary for written comments. 749-0276, 11:30am or 9:45pm had a better track record •• even if !lll'lllllllllllllllllllllllllllilli PARe has sponsored the San it is more painful. (Cont.Pg.10) ~ A S T M E E TIN G ~ Diego County Traffic Net (SDCTN) for 11111111111111111111111111111111111% at least 20 years delivering amateur Are you involved in Attendance were 102 members, 11 messages within SDCo and throughou: public service? guests, for a total attendance of the USA. More recently the net has Pg. 2 BOARD ~fTG THUR, JAN.13th, 1900 Hr, WA6YOO's OTH SCOPE-JAN'94 JAN'94 "LARGEST HAM OUTLETIN THE WORLD" ALL MAJOR BRANDS IN STOCK NOW! CLAIRH>NT 6" *1.IS4.9.ft tfcr:nceptr ..-­ O~ (g.]!tl,j OUTBACKER. IJlgBill !. ICOM BenCHeR,inc. ~! Astron ~) Iri-Ex A&Itf.R.,.••1I iijjjji -- MF. Ire!Kantronics iI ........_IEA ~Larsen Antennas It!ll­ ~W£§§(1JJ ~ .J-9',- KENWOOD Opt::l1~ 560-4900 10a.m. - 5:30p.m. Monday thru Saturday· or toll free 1-800-854-6046 5375 KEARNY VILLA ROAD, SAN DIEGO 11111111111111SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII11 the PARC blue shirts. If there is program. =TNX= 111111' M E M B E R S HIP I11I111I enough interest, we will make up LARRY-W6HKI for the donation of 111111111111111111111111;;;;; KC6WAN another order. =SK= $7.80. Larry gives the club 10% of de Ralph, Vista 727-7415 Membership is 707+. whatever PARC hams buy from him at NEW CLUB MEMBERS wanting NEW/RENEWED: the 2nd Sat. Swap Meet. Recent sales confirmation of their membership 3yrs= W6PQO-Steve were to FISHING HAMS TED-KC6MWR, and/or an autopatch information 2yrs= KD6GNA-Gerald, BILL-KN6AB, TOM-KD6ABC, and DAN­ sheet should send W9FQN a (S)elf­ lyr= KA3ZYN-Carlos, KA3ZYP-Oon, WB6YOO. =TNX= (A)ddressed (S)tamped (E)nvelope KC6YYT-Bob, KE6AFG-Charles. KE6ARQ­ ROGER-K06EFQ for the 22 (SASE) requesting same (see Editor's Kent, KE6ASP-Everett, KE6DFB-Glen, beautiful color photographs of address). KG6T-Tom, KD4UFD-Tom, WB6HSZ-John, PARC's winning 1993 (1st SA) Field ASSOCIATE members who have N60WF-Charles, WB6ZJZ-Charlie. Day operation. These will be added received their new calls should N6SAN-Eugene, KB6UCF-Ed, KE60FD­ to the club's Hysterical Field Day report them to me along with their V.L., KE6CSB-Heinr1ch, KA7MEM­ File (HFOF). =TNX= expiration dates ASAP so that our Morris, KC6ZEC-Tuck, K06YOJ-lyle, To someone who gave ur editor a records can be updated. KE6DFA-Isabel, copy of the GOOD NEIGHBOR (FRANK­ A cheCK of recent NEW HAMS in CHANGES: K06UXW is KD6JXW; WB6HFE) article from one of the the SO Co. area indicates the oldest KN6?RG is KN6RG; KE6SE to 6032 local papers. The clipping will be was 62, the youngest 14, with an Sunnyside, Glendale, AZ 85304; W6HCO put in the club files. =TNX= average age of 36. The average age to 32001 Via Ararat Dr., Bonsall CA MILT-W6MK for more copies of of those joining ARRL was 52. 92003; N6FYK to 2000 S. Melrose Dr. the W5YI report ••10 pages of up to (Reasons for difference? -Ed) 180, Vista CA 92083; etc. the minute news from the world of amateu radio, personal computing and The club is selling PARC blue '1111~1~IIIIIIIIIIIllilllll'IIIIIII' hats with the PARC logo on it for $5 ~lllllllllll Thanks to: '11111111111 emerging electroniCs published twice and we are selling the commemorative 111111111111111111111111111111111111 monthly at $24.50/yr (W5YI Group, 5c cent stamp pins for $5. See me at TIM-N6ZUC for the donation of a 2000 E. Rando 1 Mill Rd. #608A. meetings. Sorry. but we are out of printer to the Esconido RACES Arlington, TX 76011) =TNX= Pg. 3 SCOPE-JAN'94 CLUB MTG WED JAN. 5th, 1930 Hr, CARLSBAD SAFETY CENTER JAN'94 MARK-N6NNI for getting KE6DFB The Challenger JrHS ARC will to sign up with PARCo =TNX= operate January 28, 1994, to 111'1••' ••111111••••••, ••••••11••••• commemorate the 8th anniversary of .1111.11,••1. NET S ' ••1111111•••• the Challenger space shuttle 11111111111111.111111111111111111111 tragedy. Hours will be 1400Z to --146.7 RTTY Net, Sunday 2030 %~~~~ 2400Z on 14.280, 21.280, and 28.380 (Daily QSO 2030-2130 N6TEP*) depending upon conditions. For a Jntfustrio.£ --146.73 NIGHTLY SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII special QSL card, send your QSL card CorrtI1l£rci.a£ MON. 1915 RACES North Co, Sub-Net and SASE to Challenger JrHS ARC, 2000 San Diego County Traffic Net ~esidentiaf 10810 Parkdale, San Diego, CA 92126. (except 1st Wed. club Htg Lie. # 556187 RALPH-K6HAV and PAT-N6NNI where Net managers: N6RVO*, N6TJT* in town Nov30th to work on a slow Mo-WA1ZEN,Tu-N6RVO,We-N6WVP,Th-W6EYP (619) 749-2699 escrow •• they wanted to say HELLO to F-KC6ZEC, Sa-KE6VX, Su-N6TEP Joseph Contogenis all of their old friends and they MON. 2100 S.D. Microwave, N61ZW* wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR and P.O. 'Bo:{1560 TUE. 2100 S.D. Packet Voice, KB5HU* expect to return again early in 'Va££e_1.f Center WED. 2100 Spanish, KA6FPS*, W6HCD*, January of February. He also gave to C192082 W9FQN (2nd and 4th Wednesday) W9FQN a 160m vertical which the club THU. 2100 Computer Help Net, N6ALA* has used on previous Field Days. NU6L KD6JXY,KC6ZRW,W6QCA,WB9COY,KC6YOX (Ralph was the previous Editor of ARES 0830 Emerg.Serv, *W9FQN, KB6NMK the SCOPE, PARC president, and W6HCD,N6NZX,KB6NZA,WB6HFE,N6QQF Repeater site chairman dating back WA6UTQ,N6QJE,W6JSP,N6WEG,N6WEF to the early 70's. He now lives in SUN.1000 SUN. SAILERS, W6QCA*, AA6TR Salt Lake City. -Ed) =SK= 2100 THIS WEEK IN SDCo., W9FQN* JERRY-WB6FMT who built the KD6JXY club's autopatch system has just --147.075 NIGHTLY Mo->Fr .1111111111 finished installing an amateur radio 1900 Code, 20-5wpm, AB6LY*, N6ZUC television system in one of his WA6YOO, W9FQN, KC6QHU radio controlled airplanes allowing REGISTERED 2015 TUE MARA EMERG SERV.KE6VX*,WV6Z him to see what is below the model 2000Wed LicenseTheory, AB6LY*, AB6QT U.S. PATEl\'T AITORNEY airplane as he flies it. =SK= KC6UQH, N6YMD + others LARRY-WA6ATQ indicates that the 2000 THU HAM HELP, *AB6LY, N6YHD 723·0620 Arizona Bullhead repeater in one of KC6UQH, AB6QT and others the last issues of the SCOPE shOuld --147.13 EVAC 2/4th Tue.1900,KH6TL* have been listed as 145.17-. =SK= Loyal M. Hanson • W9WV --0 THE R NET S '1111111.1• •1. The DAYTON AR Association is Fallbrook, California MONDAY 1930 RACES on net on 147.195 now accepting applications for its NIGHTLY 1:30Z Maritime Net 28.313 annual $2,000 scholarships. Licensed So. Cal. Mark-AA6TR* amateurs graduating from HS in 1994 SAT-SUN 2000 SSB on 28.340 KD6AKT are eligible and questions should WBOYCQ immediately be directed to DARA MON->SUN KING HENRY's Round Table Scholarships, 45 Cinnamon ct•• on 147.13 at 2200 Springboro, Ohio, 45066-1000. * Net managers (pse send ur updates about amateur radio. and to provide WORLD RADIO MAGAZINE: $14/yr, to the editor) emergency communications to the San mail to Worldradio, 520 Clavados, PARC Net Coordinator - W9FQN Diego Community. =SK= Sacramento, CA 95815. The magazine 111111111111111111111111111'11'11111 I1111111II11I1111111111111111111111 uses newspaper style type and print The Palomar Amateur Radio Club NEW S I1I111111111I and covers news and information 11'lttllllll~ supports the above 28 nets during lil••111111111111111111111111111111 about amateur radio subjects. Great the week with its repeaters located Contributions to should general purpose magazine. See your =~EWS= on Palomar Mountain. We will add be sent to your editor by the 20th editor for a "look see" at the next additional nets if there is a demand of the month. =SK= club meeting. (from time to time we for them by the amateur community. STOLEN: Alinco DR-570T publish some of their articles or The purpose of these nets is to 10002163. RCI 2950 10m xcvr 1921409, humor -Ed) =SK= bring our club members closer and M-300 10m amplifier on Dec.14th: together, to answer their questions Dan KC6PRW ••••••• Pg. 4 BOARD MTG THUR, JAN. 13th, 1900 Hr, WA6YOO's QTH SCOPE-JAN'94 JAN'94 11"'1"" •••••••••, •••, ••••••1••••• re-transmission out of California on 1IIIili REP EAT E R S 1••11.1••' HF RTTY or AMTOR. WB6IQS Sll.'•••••••••••, •••••, W9FQN Tests seem to indicate that the To get into the new RTTY repea­ RTTY repeater fits in nicely with ter you will need about 1-2 seconds the 146.7 repeater which is only of a "MARK" tone to bring it up AND 30kc away from 146.73. =SK= a PL of 107.2Hz. Without the PL tone We are now noticing that you bring up only the RTTY repeater sometimes when someone is on the in the LA. When you turn your PL on 147.13 repeater that interference is you bring up the PARC RTTY repeater Two Meter Vagi heard on 147.075. The interference ••and probably the LA too. We have Great for Packet is weak and most stations, even been toying with the idea of HT's, can talk right over it. We are Radio or FM allowing 5-10 seconds of voice to not sure whether the problem is due activate the repeater so that verbal to problems inside of the new instructions can be given to new building, intermod, rectification on RTTY operators who will undoubtly the tower, or just what is going on. need help. The other possibility Unfortunately, this is taking place would be to OPEN up the repeater for when the weather prevents us from voice only during RTTY nets (someone looking at all of the possibilities. even suggested we allow CW contacts =SK= and practice on the 146.7 repeater). The 449.425 repeater is We hope that as more amateurs become H·Plone a.omwtdltl60 deg begining to show more usage. You can Banowlortl 144.5-147.5 MHz acquainted with RTTY on 2m that they SWR <: 1.7 at Band Edge actually make a call and expect will be encouraged to try RTTYon Imosoonce 50 ohm someone to come back to you. For Sliver Plored Teflon SO-239 the HF bands which is much more Maximum Power 500 Wc:rtts those of you with dual-banders, it Chsmrllm Treatment On Brackets difficult •••and even to try AMTOR Balanceo MatchIng System would be wise for you to state that which many amateurs think is THE Two Port illY Potting you are on the "70cm" band when you Block Oelrln InsulalOrs ONLY WAY TO FLY. --' make your call so that your "friend" Most of the military (MARS) does't call back on 2m. =SK= .... fC" i..,...... messages came into us on RTTY from "111111111'1'11111111'111'111111111 the Gulf, Samolia, and the various HMHAUTO PATCHESH4H ,~~.':~: military ships and commands in WB6FMT 'II'IIIII'IIIIIIIIIIII~ W9FQN Europe and the Pacific. NEW MEMBERS should request an 11O"~_ Several club members have AUTOPATCH INFORMATION SHEET for the II suggested adding to the RTTY mode five autopatches describing codes & a...n'O .110"' . , .. ~ the ability to pass high speed CW. dkl . 1.........0.... areas covered by sending a SELF AMTOR, and PACKET, but because of ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE (SASE) to * our coordination for 146.7 we must W9FQN (see Editor) with ur PHONE & only pass RTTY and possibly short CITY •• or see me at the next VOICE RTTY HELP messages to help (619) 748-2286 meeting. =SK: members get their RTTY rigs in oper­ The SAN DIEGO COUNTY TRAFFIC ation. The purpose of the RTTY re­ Gene Swiech, WB9COY NET (SDCTN} which meets on 146.730 peater is to get members familiar each evening at 8pm to pass traffic with RTTY operation and hope that see if any of the messages from the in and out of SDCo sometimes does they will be able to put this 8pm 146.73 traffic net are being not have enough check-ins from all information to use on the HF bands passed on 146.7 RTTY. Its fun to be parts of the county. Net members who (3-30MHz). During emergencies we able to send out your messages in do check in are encouraged to take will need UHF and HF RTTYI REAL TIME without CONNECTS (es traffic even if it is not in their The following club members have disconnects) knowing that the area and pass it by use of the been heard on 146.7 RTTY: Charles­ receiving station is receiving the club's autopatch system. We would N6TEP, Ruff-KR6K. Bernice-N6QWR. information at the time your are prefer that you try to pass the Joe-N6YMD, and others too humerous sending it. autopatch traffic first on 449.425. to mention. Most packet TNC's have During emergencies there is the then 147.075. 147.13, and last on an RTTY mode so why not check in possibility that many health and 146.730. The 147.075 repeater has a some Sunday evening around 8:30pm or welfare messages will be sent to net on it most evenings from 7-8pm listen in from about 8:15 to 9pm to WA6YOO on VHF RTTY in Escondido for and 8-9pm on Wednesday and SCOPE-JAN'94 CLUB MTG WED JAN. 5:h, 1930 Hr, CARLSBAD SAFETY CENTER Pg. 5 JAN'94 Thursdays. This means that everyone wonders what he came up to the site can get in on the traffic handling to do. Art helped everyone with net and get some practice using the their problems and solved a few of autopatch system at the same time! his own: installed the new control =SK= receiver, attached fittings to hard DRIVING AT NIGHT AND TRYING TO line, tightened heliax connectors, KEY IN THE AUTOPATCH CODES COULD BE and connected up the spare heliax "HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH" SO IF YOU line to the new control receiver. HAVE AN EMERGENCY YOU MIGHT ASK FOR STAN-W9FQN installed a new SOMEONE TO DIAL UP 911 FOR YOU. IF "inside-outside" $14 Radio Shack YOU DO DIAL 911, WE SUGGEST THAT thermometer in the new building to SIGNAL STRENGTHS FAVOR THE MIDDLE keep track of the temperature AUTOPATCH WHICH IS SECTION #2. SINCE swings. He also helped out others by MOST AUTOPATCHES ARE RUN IN THE providing them with tools and UPPER SECTION, IT WILL TAKE SOME information to complete their tasks. EXTRA THINKING ON YOUR PART TO He also was the only one on the REMEMBER TO USE THE MIDDLE SECTION tower and worked at the 60' level FOR 911 CALLS. connecting up a new heliax run to our old control antenna .• and found 11111"I'I'IIIII'I'IIII'IIII'IIIIII~ HHlWORK PARTIESHHM out what "wind chill" was all about. David-KC6VEC and Ted-KC6ZRV ~"'II""I"""""""""~ W9FQN If you are on a work party, dropped in around noon time to show make sure that it is reported to the us a new ATV antenna. editor. (12-1) OAVID-KC6EBY checked (11-21) The weather is colder battery levels and adjusted charger but its still nice working at the currents. site .• with the exception of (12-1) FREO-KE6BGI can't come climbing a very cold tower up into to work parties but sent as a the cool breezes. substitute a complete set of NEW TOM-KN6BN and his charming drills from 1/16 to 112" by 1/64ths wife, ROBIN, contributed greatly to which will be kept at the site. Fred several unfinished projects. They gave the club a tool chest last installed flourescent lights behind month to be used at the site. =TN~ the 14ea 1,680AHr cells so we could J J see the acid levels more easily. FOR E S A I L mllDIUIUldiDlUnmmrmdldlUIII' Robin almost single handed dug ap­ Masts R 4 antennas! ~ proximately 100' of trenches to bury Phone or send ads to W9FQN, (C our 3" copper ground strap. Editor's address) B4 the 20th of the DAVE-KD6EBY came over at noon month with ur NAME, CALL, Ph #, & time to run checks on the battery CITY. Personal ads R FREE to club system and to draw up plans for members. All others cost 25c/co1umn 12vdc bus bar protectors for all of line (36spaces). =SK­ the cells which W9FQN will (12-14) SWAN 100MXA xcvr w/PSU­ construct. all of the ground connections 5C pwr $295; JUKI 6100 Letter TOM-KD4UFD cut up the 12" wide together. We still have a few more Quality printer immaculate w/ribbons by 50' copper into 3" strips for a cennections to make before we are $50: Bill N6COU 758 7163 Ocsd. total of 200'. He "jacked" out a done. To sell old radios and related ground rod that hit a rock and MIKE-AB6QT adjusted level items, write Vintage Radios Wanted, helped others with their projects. controls on the 449.425 and 146.73 Box 214, Des Plaines, IL 60016, or Tom joined the club since he is repeaters. to sell old or odd television sets taking a navy electronics course in PAUL-KB5MU and BRIAN-WB6CYT write collector, Dan Gustafson at SO and will be in the area for at worked on the 70cm METRO LINK to GSA AdvertiSing, 211 E. Ontario St., least the next six months. south county: adjusted levels and 1750, Chicago, IL 60611. Enclosing a DAVID-KC6YSD (after instruction frequencies. photo or description with names and by Art-KC6UQH) became our new expert ART-KC6UQH sometimes finds model numbers and an addressed. on silver soldering as he soldered hims e1f spread so thin that he (Cont.PglO) Pg. 6 BOARD MTG THUR, JAN.13th, 1900 Hr, WA6YOO's QTH SCOPE-JAN '94 FREE ADS FOR MEMBERS JAN'94 with a weak Signal is told that they LETTERS to the EDITOR can barely be heard •• so they SHOUT ~ ~ .• hence dropout and distortion -Ed) ~iilllllillilllllllllllllllllllllll~ Ur Ed & Board reserve the right to Barry is a Senior Engineer for print letters &edit as needed. Coded Communications in Carlsbad and KlVlSWG The following is a letter we hope that he will consent to put received from via JOE­ on several meeting programs for us BERNICE~N6WQR N6RVO, PARC SDCTN manager, which was in the near future -Ed. =SK= sent to her by KI6CI: "Hello Fellow Bookkeeper (de MARK-KC6ClO) Ref. Chris Ham Radio Operator •. thank you Boyer, KC6UQG in last SCOPE ••quite Bernice for your personal concern Accountant coincf~ntal I think, I just and commitment to =getting the happen(ed) to be listening to the mes~ sage thru!= It was important to me San Diego Police on the scanner I to receive the report the message have at work on my desk and heard was received •• it delt with a young the whole thing. I can testify to (619) 599-1134 grandson and an award with a check. his frustration in trying so many My wife, KB6ILV, and I have been repeaters to get help and finding involved with NTS .• for quite some 770 Sycamore Ave. #J·126 none. Where were all the controllers t 1me. I was Net Mngr of the SCN Vista. California 92083 on those repeaters? .• r know the Santa Barbara Section. My wife and I feeling when I have come upon a still operate as Net Control serious accident with personal regu~ larly. We have found the RN-6 NTS injury in my daily travels .• 1 come net on HF has been 90% reliable in up on the repeater (trying all the passing traffic. However, packet has PARC and other repeaters) calling been only about 30% successful. emergency break and get no Somehow, when operations become very responses. Sure does impress those automatic reducing the actual parti­ involved in the accident who are cipation by human beings, the imper­ standing at my window listening to sonal nature of such systems demands me getting no response •• then I have that =machines & gadgets= take on a to resort to stopping a vehicle too personal conscience! Once again with go to a phone to call 911 wasting a bundle of thanks. 73 KI6CI precious time for the injured. r (Bernice called an important message don't have the autopatch codes and to KI6Cr when she realized it would most of the time I get too busy take too much time to get to him - giving first aid and CPR to be Ed) • mess i ng around with punching COMMENT- In addition to buttons. There's too many hams that Bernice, CHARLES-N6TEP has also gone use the- clubs repeaters for me to out of his way to see that the mes­ believe that there is really no one sages "get through" and he was using listening ••when I was working on his "own nickle" to call outside of the Palomar Mt. fire about 4-5 years his calling area when no other ago, I was asked to remain longer stations on our SDCTN would take the than it originally planned •• 1 got traffic. NO\~ he sometimes picks up distorted in the IF filter of the on the repeater and had asked a ham from 10-20 messages on the club's, receiver. Either way. the result is to please call my wife and inform RTTY repeater which he then delivers non-linear distortion, and any her I was ok and would be late by a using the club's autopatch system.­ improvements from increased couple of hours. He wouldn't because Ed. =SK= deviation are offset by this distor­ he 1ived in Vista and .. it woul d (de BARRY~KC6QJR ref Dec. SCOPE tion. ~dditionally. if the TX cost him about 20 cents •• Oh well, FH deviation and shouting) •• wou1d limite~ is not symmetrically bal­ guess I better get a cellular phone like to add to your comments by anced. the TX synthesizer can get so I can get help for victims, huh? noting that while it is true that fooled. As you mentioned, the bottom UPDATE- the last issue of the Signa1-to-noise improves with the line is don't shout! If readers need SCOPE reported that the HT was in additional deviation, the increased more convincing, they should listen the hands of the police in one deviation is clamped by the limiter to a public safety repeater when an article and ended up in the hands of circuit in the transmitter or emergency is in progress. (a person RACES in another. Your editor was Pg. 7 SCOPE-JAN'94 CLUB MTS WED JAN. 5th, 1930 Hr, CARLSBAD SAFETY CENTER JAN'94 told later that the HT really ended ---PARC STANDING COMMITTEES --­ up in the hands of the Sheriff's de­ If vour antenna I (if you can stand, we need you) partment who was trying to hold the system looks like I ARES REP •••. K7DCG ...•Dennis Shirrel HT as evidence although no one had this and you •••••••••••...• 748-9046, Poway been charged with a crime. Someone want it repaired, AWARDS, WAS ••• NN8P •••••• Howard Frank commented that the HT would be replaced or even •••.••••••• 943-8336, Encinitas removed, please handed over to RACES. BILLING ••••••• W60tQ •••••• John Tentor call for a free I AL-N6GNM called me to say that •••.••• 672-3891 R. Penasquitos estimate! i RACES did not have the HT and RACES Radio systems BADGES •••.•••• W60LQ •••••• John Tentor i would write me a letter to that installation, BY-LAWS •••••••KI6JM •••• Jack Hanthorn effect which have not yet repair and .•••••••••••••• 598-0420, Vista received. I was then told that the removal, and COFFEE(Mtg) ••• KB6YHZ ••••••••• Art Nye interferance Sheriff's Department was having ••••••••••••••• 758-0234, Vista resolution. trOUbles keeping the HT or giving it CONSTITUTION, KI6JM •••• Jack Hanthorn to RACES because of various Edward Ross, N6GZI ••••••••••••••• 598·0420, Vista pressures (bad publiCity?) being 542·1405 GOODIES{Mtg). AB6LY, Larry/Kay Gugle brought upon them from several ••••••••••. 439-4109, Oceanside areas. It now appears as though this EMERGENCY QTH·s ••.•• For EMERGENCIES pressure has forced the Sheriff's •••••• WA6YOO-Harry, Escondido Department to give the HT back to •••..• N6KI -Dennis, Mira Mesa the FCC who also finds it a HOT EQUIPMENT "SK", ?- --- POTATQ •. it was rumored that the FCC EQUIPMENT INV, W9FQN •••• Stan Rohrer has tested the HT from the locat ion ••••••• 749-0276. Valley Center where the accident occured and EVAC REP., KH6TL, Scottie Haskell reported that they could bring up ••••••••••••••. 727-8836, Vista several repeaters •• which really FCC VE Testing, AA60M, Rusty Massie misses the point since Chr1s said ••••••.••••• 747-5872,Escondido that he could not get an emergency • Perfect for setting your hand held FIELD DAY OPS .•••• N6KI •••.•••Dennis message out on any repeater (no one radio or hand held scanner in •••••• Vernacchia 271-6079 S.D. would respond) •• the FCC now appears • Mobil or nome use FIELD DAY EQUIP, KB6MCU, Bill Smith to be leaning towards forCing Chris • Powder coated steel construction ••••••••••• 582-2313, San Diego to donate it to a charitable • Padded GRAPHIC ARTS, KB6NMK •••••••Jo Ashley • Ufetime warranty institution (RACES?) in lieu of •••••••••••• 741-2560 Escondido • Custom applications available fining Chris. If Chris donates the HEALTH/WELFARE, N6QJE, Eleanore Call $14.00 HT to some group. the FCC apparently and up •••••••••••• 729-0850, Carlsbad won·t fine him. Some of the ARRL r $3.50 HISTORIAN •••••• KI6JM ••• Jack Hanthorn shipping communication on the subject seems INTERFERENCE .•• KB6MCU ••••• Bll1 Smith to indicate that the ARRL thinks MEMBERSHIP .•.••KC6WAN ••• Ralph Powell that the SO FCC office ·over ••••••••••••••• 727-7415, Vista reacted" to an emergency communica­ METALWORK-club. N6QVW •••••••• Orlando tion with no intent of harmful in­ ••••••••• Vernacchia, San Diego terference. Chris was also faulted NETS/SINs ••••• W9FQN ••••••Stan Rohrer for not asking help from the ARRL. NEWSLETTER•••• W9FQN ••••••Stan Rohrer Almost no information is coming out brea~ •• the US Coast Guard called PAST PRESIDENTS (active)-> of the FCC SO office for various the EMA office to request a direct ••••••••• Ed-N6GZI, Stan-W9FQN reasons. There is more to this story radio link on 155.29 MHz for commun­ PICNIC, ?- --- than meets the eye (or ear) and we ications between its helicopters and PRINTING{special),K3PXX,Terry Runyon hope it does not go any further from the EMA office. We pulled the cover ••••••••••• 726-0595, Oceanside an FCC standpOint •• so we leave this off B111's 2-meter rig and field PROGRAMS •••KC6UOH •••••••• Art McBride HOT POTATO to bake •• unti1 the next modified it for use up above the ••••••••••• 741-8143, Escondido SCOPE when we might find out who band (this sounds familiar -Ed). His PUBLIC RELATIDNS,N6UWW,Ellen Utschlg really has the intenstina1 fortitude antenna and a~plif;er worked great, ••••••••••••••• 630-0950, Vista to keep this HOT POTATO. 12/11 -Ed. allowing us to talk with the chopper •••••••• KK6LX. Benton Caldwell =SK= and direct them to the affected ............ 729·5161, Ca'rlsbad (de ARRL QST Mag Dec 93 pg 25) areas. =SK" (Cont.Pg.l1) •• severa1 levees started to leak and Pg. 8 BOARD MTS THUR, JAN.13th, 1900 Hr, WA6YOO's QTH SCOPE-JAN'94 JAN'94 nnuunuunUUUt;=ATV de Pg.l Although it wasn't cheap, we BILL-KB6MCU and GENE-WB6COY, R-X Noise Bridge again demonstrated to the world, PARC club members, participated in that when America puts its mind to the discussion where members of the it, we can accomplish anything. I technical committee present asked refer of course to the brilliant question about the proposed setup. display of technical wizardry by our Gene has worked with ATV and makes astronauts who spent hours in space­ commercial antennas which could suits repairing the Hubble Space possibly be used in this project. Telescope. Truly Amazing! Bill operates an ATV station from Again I would like to thank the his QTH and made comments on membership for your vote of confi­ possible funding and operational dence in electing me for a third parameters. term as Club President. You have Bill pointed out that with the • Learn the truth about your also put together an outstanding proper choice of frequencies club antenna. team to work with me and for the members would be able to set up • Find its resonant frequen­ club to make us the best we can be. their own receiving station for cy. We will work hard not to let you about $100 and then expand into • Adjust it to your operating down. transmitting at a later date with frequency quickly and easi· The Club is working toward the their own camera. Iy. establishment of an Amateur Tele­ JERRY-W86FMT has constructed an vision (ATVl repeater at our site on A,TV transmitter so small that he If mere IS one olace In your station where Palomar Mountain. For a modest flies it in one of his radio you cannot (lSI<. uncertain results It IS In investment in eqUipment you should your antenna controlled model airplanes sending a be ble to transmit and receive ATV picture back to his ground station. The pnce IS '71.15, in the U.S. and within the county and by link to Canada. Add $04.00 shlppmg/handllng. He buys small ATV converter kits for other areas in the state. Californ.a reSidents add sales tax. about $50 and uses a small portable It is not too early to begin TV set for the picture. thinking about Field Day 1994, the The executive board directed last full weekend in June. Larry, Bill and Gene to draw up station AB6LY, will be the Chairman, ably &tnd lor FREE catalog describing the diagrams along with estimated R-X N0o' l.e Bridge and our complete assisted by Bill, KB6MCU, and others expenses, tower requirements, and line SWA Meter.. Preampllflera, to put together another winning com­ Toroid., Balun" VLF Con"""ra, and equipment space required. This bination of people and equipment. Loop Antenna •• proposal is to be submitted ASAP to Would it not be something, to win in the technical group for conSider­ the SA class for a fourth consecu­ Palomar ation and then taken to the board t ive year? for approval. A1 s o in 1994, we have the ARRL PARC is probably interested in Engineers Southwestern Division Convention, to ATV for several reasons. First, it be held the last full weekend in would fit nicely into PARC's August at the Town and Country Hotel Box 455. Escondido. CA 92033 objective of serving the community in Hotel Circle. This is the premier Phone: (619) 747·3343 in times of emergencies. Portable event of the year. Don't miss it! ATV stations could send back I would also like to thank the pictures of disasters. Someone once demonstrations, monitoring the many club members who do so much to said, "a picture is worth a thousand repeater site and its antennas, make this a great club. From the words." The EVAC group in Ramona and bulletin boards, etc. Does anyone Editor of the SCOPE and his elves Vista have been heavily envolved have any other suggestions? &SK= who fold, spindle, and mutilate the with ATV in several of their newsletter each month to those who emergency exercises but have run ORM de Pg.l set up our meeting site, fix coffee. ~~I~~~~~%%I"llllllllli into problems with short simplex finally cause an end to the bitter­ and bring munchies and bring us ranges. repeater on Palomar ness and killing in Israel and sur­ interesting programs, to the many ~ Mountain would rebroadcast their rounding countries, and maybe, just Net Control Stations who man the signal over 2,000 square miles of maybe, we can get our own poli­ various PARC nets, handle traffic, SDeo. ticians to agree on a plan which give advice to those trying to Second, the repeater could be will provide decent health care to fathom the mysteries of packet, used for club training, interschool ALL our citizens. microwave, and the 1ike, to thos e SCOPE-JAN'94 CLUB MTG WED JAN. 5th, 1930 Hr, CARLSBAD SAFETY CENTER Pg. 9 JAN'94 who educate our fledgling hams, to completed. The new autopatch system software RTTY interface, inst books he who provides legal advice to keep to be installed in the Spring will all $200: Henry N6JWF 945 1247 Ocsd. us out of trouble, and to all of you have a SYSTEM busy tone so that you GOOD WAY TO GET ON RTTY AND RUN who work quietly whthin the guide­ will know that it is being used on CODE! lines of our FCC charter to make another repeater but until that time 6-18) Drake w4 wattmeter .2-2kw ­ Amateur Radio the great servicel you will not be able to get the scale $55; TENTEC squez keyer $55; hobby that it is, I thank you from SYSTEM to respond to your request. battery charger D-A-C cost $30 now the bottom of my heart. YOU ARE NOT REALLY A WELL $9; mobile 3.S" cone spkr $8;SCANNER May you and yours have a very ROUNDED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR IF RIS mobile + 110vac w/mt bracket Merry Christmas and a healthy happy YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SENDING w/out of area xtals UHF/VHF $20: E New Year. AND DELIVERING MESSAGES. Besides, in Voice Mic 674 W/stand & cord $25: 73, Harry-WA6YOO, 2435 Our CountryRd times of emergencies many messages Larry W7HKI 439 5855 Ocsd. Escondido, 92029, 743-4212 will need to be delivered by SDCTN ##1111111# ~ ',,1,11111 and we will need many experienced "a few good men" or "women" ~~I"'III""I~'~"~=Editor de Pg.2 operators. WILL YOU BE READY TO (12-13) The person who had the PARC at this time needs more HELP? WILL YOU KNOW THE PROPER TU-17D RTTY terminal unit for sale: members to check into the SDCTN on MESSAGES FORMAT? The SDCTN is a W9FQN. 146.73 at 8pm each evening. While training net for emergencies. You (12-13) Small oscilloscope for the net lists traffic by areas and can and will make mistakes. You will use at the repeater site to check we encourage members to pick up probably be politely corrected audio levels: control, autopatch, traffic for their telephone calling sometimes by the net control or net RX/tX, etc: W9FQN area, i: needs to be remembered that members. au: remember, it is a (12-12) DC curent probe for PARC has five autopatches which can training net. listen in a few times Tecktronics AM-503 and/or scope DC be used to deliver traffic when it and see how the net is run by the to 50MHz: Stan W9FQN 749 0276 is not within your calling area. OLD TIMERS (OT's) and /low the VllyCtr. This is also an excellent opportuni­ messages are worded and handled. (12-10) Baja Ham, XE2XU. is ty for you to get used to using the Step in and get your feet wet. =SK= looking for a 12v HF radio for 80­ autopatch system to call different 40-20. Possibly early Atlas: Nash areas within SDCo from your home 1IIIIIIIII~~%'~'!"I'~ SAIL de Pg.6 W6HCD 728 3574 Bonsall. QTH. stamped envelope for a free (12-6) To copy manuals for We have added an RTTY repeater appraisal, reply or cash offer. Techtronics Oscilloscope TM503 and on 146.7 which we are starting to (12-01) Yaesu FRG-7 rcvr gud plug-in SC502. Need schematics for use for the passing of traffic cond orig carton w/YH-55 headphones, both badly: Mountain Mike AB6QT 742 quickly in "real time" to those able bat &dust cover $125: Dave WA6HQM 1573 Paloma r Mt. to deliver it. The refiled MARS 753 2605 (Merry Christmas &a Happy (11-l7) To copy manuals for traffic can all be sent at one time New Year to you too Dave -Ed) early ALINCO ALM-201 2mHT and KENWOD with net members agreeing upon which (11-30) Kenwood TS-430S xcvr, UHF FM 70cm xcvr TR-8400: Stan W9FQN pieces of traffic they will deliver SP430 spkr, AT130 tuner, MC60 desk 749 0276 VllyCtr. from the received group of messages. mike, PS30 hvyduty PS, MB430 mobile (11-16) To copy TS-130S op CHARLES-N6TEP has really made good bracket all used <50hrs, firm $750: manual & ARRL National Convention use of this RTTY station by picking Dick W60ML 909 672 3871. program booklet: Duane AA6EE 789 up large volumes of traffic (up to (11-16) Ten-Tec Omni-D 100w HF 3674 Ramona. 20) and then jumping over to 449.425 xcvr $320 w/pwr $70; Ten-tec keyer %IIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIC or an open PARC 2m repeater to w/paddle $60; mfj-941B 300w HF tuner IIIIIII S WA P M E E T S '1111111 deliver the traffic by autopatch. $60; G5RV 10-80m ant $35; Hustler OCEANSIDE: Meets 2nd Sat. at Admittedly, this ties up the 4BTV 10-40m vertical $50; Hustler Oceanside Drive-In, Rd76 (3480 autopatch for long periods of time RM-40 resonator $15; Kenwood SW-2000 Mission Ave.) between 1-5 & El but it is worth it from the SWR/pwr meter with VHF remote sensor Camino Real. Talk-in on 146.730. standpoint that members are learning $100: Duane AA6EE 789 3674 Ramona. Buyers 50c & sellers $13. If U R to properly use the patches and the (10-16) Tony-K3UKW (east coast) selling only a few items, U might messages are Quickly delivered. has a 1ist of used gear. Contact want to double up with others to Remember, if the autopatch W9FQN with yellow box at meetings to reduce UR individual sellers cost. U system on PM is being used by one of see the list or 749-0276. might also want to check with Harry­ the four repeaters, it cannot be (7-8) Commodore C-64 computer WA6YOO for discount coupons. used by the remaining three complete ex cond monitor 2-drives 2­ MAKE THE SWAPMEET A SUCCESS repeaters until the call is printers 80col card mem-exp card WITH UR ATTENDANCE! Pg. 10 BOARD MTG THUR, JAN.13th, 1900 Hr, WA6YOO's QTH SCDPE-JAN'94