San Benito County ARES/ACS/RACES

ARES: Amateur Radio Emergency Service
ACS: Auxilary Communication Service
RACES: Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

OES Mutual Aid Region II - Agency XBE
ARES Division: Pacific; Section: Santa Clara Valley; District: San Benito

Net: Thursdays 1930 except when we have a meeting
Meetings: Typically Third Thursdays of the month
Contact us: info110@sbcares.org

Upcoming Dates
Sat	5	/	19	@ 1000	—	GPS Training
Thu	5	/	24	@ 1930	—	SBC Net on IRLP
Sat 5/26 - Sun 5/27					—	Hollister Airshow
Thu	5	/	31	@ 1930	—	SBC Net
Thu	6	/	7	@ 1930	—	SBC Net
Thu	6	/	14	@ 1930	—	SBC Net on IRLP
Thu	6	/	21	@ 1900	—	SBC ARES/ACS Meeting

Weekly Nets

First and fifth Thursdays are local only. Second and Fourth Thursdays will be nets that are IRLP/Echolink connected. Third Thursdays are our monthly meetings.

To connect us via IRLP or EchoLink on the second and fourth Thursdays via the Western Reflector useIRLP: 9257 / Echolink *DCF-ARC* (Emcomm Nets) 336037. Please connect via the western reflector and not directly to our repeater on those Thursdays.

Hollister Airshow - Sat 5/26 & Sun 5/27

Encourage people to support this event to help our local community.

Congrats to New Hams & Upgrades!

From our test session on Sat 2/18 the following received their license:
KJ6UKN - Gilda Aguayo KJ6UKO - Aracely Lopez KJ6UKP - Jason Lopez KJ6UKQ - Christian Sumares KJ6UKR - Susan Sumares	KJ6UKS - Alan Williamson KJ6UKT - Kile Gentry KJ6UKU - Richard Puccinelli
And new upgrades to general class
KB6ECV - Kevin Bonvie	KJ6KQI - John Meeks

Congrats to New Hams & Upgrades from Radiofest 2012!

From our test session on Sat 3/3 the following received their license:

KJ6UVV - Clark Ackerman KJ6UVW - Lura Jane Allen KJ6UVX - John Csongradi KJ6UVY - Jeff Henion	KJ6UXZ - Jason Littge KJ6UVZ - Frank Lowry KJ6UWA - Myla Steffora KJ6UWB - Robert Winningham
And new upgrades to amateur extra class
N6ACK - Matthew Ackerman	AG6JY - Michael Hult

Auxilary Repeater Project Completed!

In January of 2012, we finished construction of our third repeater. Located on a hilltop near Union Road, this repeater serves as a backup to our main repeater in downtown Hollister. The coverage "footprint" is slightly different that the downtown repeater, and has improved coverage for some areas of San Juan Valley

The frequency is the same as the downtown repeater, but with a different PL (146.2 Hz). By staying on the same frequency, this repeater will allow the coverage on our main frequency to be seamless in case our main repeater should go down or develop problems.

The construction of the site was done as an Eagle Scout project by Varsity Team 0777 of Hollister. Once the pad and the cabinet were installed by the Scouts, the ham members finished the radio portion of the project.

A special thanks goes to:

Ace Hardware
Dave Andrus, K7DAA
California PC Products
Gary Cameron, K5CHP
Mike Carter, BSA
Grimsley Ready Mix & Rockery
Jack Kirk, KJ6AMZ
Mc Kinnon Lumber
Jeff McMullen, BSA
John Meeks, KJ6KQI
Johnson Merrell, BSA Varsity Team 0777
Steve Merrell, BSA, KJ6RTF
Alan Pagaran, KJ6RTH
Ron Ross, KD6ZXG

Congratulations to New Ham Radio Operators

Congratulations to new amateur radio operators who passed their test during one of our two exam sessions in September.

Saturday September 10, 2011
Beck, Jon	KJ6RDK	Technician
Gallon Steven	W9SSG	Amateur Extra (Upgrade)
Smith, Craig	KJ6RDI	Technician
Wednesday September 28, 2011
Bonvie, Kevin	KB6ECV (was KJ6RTB)	Technician
Cameron, Jason	KJ6RTC	Technician
Coleman, Sam	KJ6RTD	Technician
Merrell, Jeanne	KJ6RTE	Technician
Merrell, Steven	KJ6RTF	Technician
Nordstrom, Leif	KJ6RTG	Technician
Pagaran, Frederick	KJ6RTH	Technician

Yaesu WIRES Function - How to turn it off.

Those with Yaesu radios have a tendency to accidentally turn on a function called WIRES. It is a feature that isn't used locally, but can cause annoyances.

KB6OT wrote up directions that Jack Kirk found to turn off this feature that is handy. Included in this note in this PDF File

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San Benito County ARES and ACS

Audio may include linked conversations from the N6SBC South County Repeater as well as IRLP or EchoLink traffic.
Direct link w/ more: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=8897

Documents

Links

Click for Hollister, California Forecast

W6TST Weather

NOAA Satelite West Conus Visible Loop

NOAA Weather - Fire Enhancement Satelite View

NOAA Radar