W6SCE

GEO Transmitter Hunting

Admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:23:07 +0000

A hidden transmitter hunt with no contest that is ran 24/7.
This is a cross between a Geo-Cache and a Fox Hunt, where clues are given out by people who find it.

for more info click here.

EARN Repeater System is BACK

WA6PZB — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:08:38 +0000

The outage of the Santiago Repeater hub was resolved today by the diligent work of Jim WA6FUT, Charlie W6KK and a technician on the peak. Jim has given it a full bill of health again as of this evening 10-23-2009.

73 Dan WA6PZB

A HIKE TO GARCIA TRAIL – PZB/YGD

Admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:25:22 +0000

Oct 12, 2009

Dan (WA6PZB) and Myself (KG6YGD) hiked to the top of Garcia Trail Located just above the city of Azusa.

Our intent was to scout the area and attempt to work QRP atop the peak @ 2000′, both were a success – We managed to work a few people via 2 meter simplex @ 0.5 miliwatts of power using the standard rubber duck on the yeasu 817-ND. Dan’s First contact was located in Chino Hills (mobile) and was hearing Dan at S8, My contact via 2 meter simplex at the same power setting came in from the city of Laguna Hills, whom was really surprised at the power level I was running.

After playing with 2 meter simplex Dan and I setup for HF operations, which turned out to be less fruitful than are activities on 2 meter.

All in All the hike up was fun and being on top of a peak with awesome views of the city is just awesome.

Here are some pictures and a video i shot with my phone, Enjoy!
P.S. If your interested in joining us or have an idea for spot to hike and operate, let us know.

Garcia Trail at EveryTrail

Map created by EveryTrail: Travel Community

FCC Issues Public Notice on Amateur Service Communication During Government Disaster Drills

Admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:24:49 +0000

FCC Issues Public Notice on Amateur Service Communication During Government Disaster Drills.

On Tuesday October 20, 2009 the FCC released a Public Notice clarifying the Commission’s rules relating to the use of Amateur Radio by licensed amateurs participating in drills and exercises on behalf of their employers. Entitled Amateur Service Communications During Government Disaster Drills, the Public Notice addresses participation by paid employees of organizations taking part in drills. MORE

KG6YGD

EARN meeting Nov. 4th 6PM in Diamond Bar

Admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:56:16 +0000

A Message from our President.

Hello All
We have a new meeting place in Diamond Bar! This is a great place for discussing our club business with room for 30 people. For those that can’t make the drive we have a conference phone available. I will send out the phone number on request for those that would like to join in from a remote location. Also if you know anyone who would like to give a talk on anything radio or communication related, this is a great place for that also. We already have a few ideas in the works.

So come on and join us. The place is at the AQMD building in Diamond Bar, 21825 Copley Drive. The Date and time: Nov. 4, 6PM.
As you walk in the front door turn left we will be in the first room on the right just past the restrooms.

David Bizon – KE6WYM

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EARN Repeater System is Degraded

WA6PZB — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:30:11 +0000

The Santiago Peak EARN Repeater Hub is currently DOWN for an unknown reason. This outage causes the whole system to be segmented. The follow groups of sites function as seperate linked sets ,but are not linked to each other:

Oat & Rincon
Catus, Chuckwalla & Big Maria
Xmas Tree & Red
Oak, Shirley & Musik (Oak is reported bad currently)
Ord & White

Oat & Rincon was used for the Thursday evening Net last night (15-Oct-2009).

Repairs may not be completed for weeks. We will provide updates when they are available.

Amateur radio today – hosted by Walter Cronkite, SK.

Admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:28:07 +0000

Here is a cool video about Amateur Radio, Check it out.

Where do we stand in terms of Emergency Communications?
Are we Ready?
How can you contribute?

73 KG6YGD

EARN Meeting in Diamond Bar Oct. 7

WA6PZB — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:47:03 +0000

There will be an EARN Meeting in Diamond Bar Oct. 7 at 6PM in the
AQMD/Government Center Bldg. the Address is 21825 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar,
CA, 91765. Let’s discuss among other things this new interpretation of the
FCC ruling 95.113. Hope to see all interested members.

Click here for Map

David Bizon Ke6wym

Part 97.113A Update ARRL Board Adopts Guidelines

WA6PZB — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:34:30 +0000

ARRL Board Adopts Guidelines and Recommendations on the Appropriate Use of Amateur Radio (Sep 25, 2009) — On Friday, September 25, the ARRL Board of Directors adopted guidelines on the appropriate use of Amateur Radio on behalf of commercial, non-profit and government entities, as well as recommendations for additional steps to be taken by the ARRL to educate radio amateurs and others on how to prepare and train for public service and emergency communications while complying with the current FCC Rules.

Full Story…

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/09/25/11094/?nc=1

2009 September VHF QSO Party (September 12/13)

WA6PZB — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:19:57 +0000

The 2009 September VHF QSO Party is this Saturday/Sunday
It begins 1800 UTC (11:00 AM) Saturday and ends 0300 UTC (8 PM Sunday)

Dust off your VHF/UHF gear for 6 Meters and above, see http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/sepvhf.html for more info.