San Benito County ARES/ACS/RACES

The exact URL (web address) for our website has changed. Please go to http://www.sbcares.org for the new website and please update your bookmarks in your browser.

Thanks, 73, & Happy New Year!

We will have our weekly San Benito net on Thursday 12/1, 12/15 and 12/29 @ 1930 hours PST on N6SBC-R

We are planning to have a multi-county net on Thursday 12/22 @ 1930 hours PST on N6SBC-R and linked to the Western Reflector - IRLP: 9257 / Echolink *DCF-ARC* (Emcomm Nets)
336037.

See October Minutes (PDF)

Test

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

A big thank you to Jack & Cathy Kirk (KJ6AMZ/KJ6AMY), John Meeks (KJ6KQI), Gary Cameron (K5CHP), Ron Ross (KD6ZXG) and Heatherly Takeuchi (N6HKT) for help with antenna maintenance at the EOC at HPD. The HF antenna has never looked so good and I think we all got an education on knots!

This website tries to stay away from politics, but this is a MAJOR impact to ham radio given our 440MHz/70cm band would be significantly cut.

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.

Got this from Linked In...

A set of printable cards to help those interested in learning Morse Code for Amateur 'Ham' Radio or other uses is available from my website. Full resolution PDFs can be downloaded from:

• Fronts
• Backs

Print on A4 stout card. Print all fronts first, then reverse the card, re-feed into your printer and print the backs. To trim, use a cutting mat and knife along with a metal rule for safety. Stay within the card and cut across from trim mark to trim mark.

Steve Smith (UK)

In our efforts to become a more officially recognized ARES group, we're collecting filled out and signed official ARRL ARES forms. If you haven't filled one out (we've been distributing these during the 2010 meetings) could you please print out a form and bring it to our next meeting or mail it to me at:

Tim Takeuchi
1760F Airline Hwy, Suite 135
Hollister, CA 95023

The form is a PSD98: ARES Registration Form.

Thanks & 73,
Tim Takeuchi