Ham Shack. Important Dates. July 2 9th 6 RHARC NET. August

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1 J U L Y V O L U M E 3 9, N O. 7 Ham Shack A PUBLICATION OF THE RIO HONDO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Founded March 8, 1976 By WA6GEV & WA6WFC Important Dates nd July 2 9th RHARC NET RHARC NET 14th RHARC Meeting 7: Lambert Rd. Whittier, CA th 16 RHARC NET 23rd RHARC NET 28th RHARC Board Meeting Washington Blvd. WHITTIER, CA th RHARC NET th August 6 RHARC NET 11th RHARC Picnic 13th RHARC NET 20th RHARC NET 27rd RHARC NET 25th RHARC Board Meeting Join the Rio Hondo ARC Net every Wednesday evening at 8 PM on any of our Repeaters: at MHz (+), PL Hz; at MHz (-), PL 100 Hz; or at MHz(-), PL 100 Hz. All Hams are invited to participate!

2 2013 RHARC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Donald Dino Darling, KX6D President Russell Alpern, KI6ZMX Vice-President Donald Ocampo, KJ6RXV Secretary/Ham Shack Editor Bill Leslie, WA6POK Treasurer Paul In, KI6EL Don Olejnik, W6KAT Board Members David Haring, K6CJZ Past-President Tom Polley, WA6GEV Club Trustee ( ) Equipment Trustee Joe Provenza, W6UPN Dino Kitsios, KF6ECO Repeater Committee Board Meetings are held at IHOP on the last Monday of the month at the IHOP Restaurant on Washington Blvd in the Santa Fe Springs Market Place Shopping Center, at 7:00 PM. Rio Hondo Amateur Radio Club Minutes of June 9 th, 2014 The meeting was called to order by President Dino Darling, KX6D at 07:08 PM PDT. Attendees: WA6POK, KJ6PNE, WA6HXA, KI6ZMX, KK6DRW, KCCJZ, KA6SED, K6RIX, K6DP, K6NQY, KJ6GHW, W6CBA, WB6JDH, KK6DO, KX6D, W6KAT 1. There was a video presentation by KX6D on ARRL Field Day. 2. Treasurers Report by WA6POK: a. Repeater Fund= $ ; Checking Account= $ b. W6CBA transferd $ to Checking Account from Tech Class profits. 3. W6CBA gave report of Tech Class results: 5 out of 8 passed the exam. 4. Reports by KX6D: a. We are still on hold concerning moving our repeater antenna. This is because of an independent study initiated by city hall. b. Next months presentation will be on "Pickas & Raseberry" micro controllers by KK6MWX, Mike. 5. KX6D gave a verbal presentation of our Field Day plans concerning antennas, radios, layout, and band assignments as follows: W6CBA 20 meters CW KX6D 15 & 20 meter SSB W6KAT 15 & 40 meter SSB K6DP & KI6EL 10 meter SSB We will also have a VHF station and operate as Class "3A" 6. A motion so moved by WA6POK and seconded by WA6HXA to adjourn at about 8:55 PM PDT Submitted by: Don Olejnik, W6KAT Ham Shack is published monthly. Advertisements are welcomed. 2

3 J U L Y V O L U M E 3 9, N O. 7 RHARC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MAY 26th, 2014 The meeting was called to order by Vice-President Russ Alpern at the IHOP Restaurant on Washington Blvd in the City of Santa Fe Springs. The following members were present: Russell Alpern (KI6ZMX), David Haring (K6CJZ), Bill Leslie (WA6POK), Mark Leslie (KJ6PNE), and Paul In (KI6EL). Board & Committee Reports: Russel said there was no business to discuss. The next Board Meeting will be on July 28th, Adjournment: There were no further business or announcements and the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Paul In (KI6EL) Substitute Secretary HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR MEMBERS BORN IN THE MONTH OF JULY 1st 5th Edward Shamon (KJ6PMN) Roy Hinger (KA6NFL) 3

4 I hope that everyone took advantage of the great opportunity that was presented by at the end of the last session of the net hosted by Dino. I was eagerly awaiting his announcement and at the directed time I switched to channel eight only to find that I could not hear anyone. After checking three radios I found that none of them had a simplex frequency on channel eight. It took much more time to find out that I had an old frequency list. All my radios were programmed in accordance with that old list. So after digging out a new list from an issue of the "Ham Shack" I was ready to pull up my software and reprogram my radios. The first and easiest was to by my Wouxun handheld. I entered the correct frequencies into the spreadsheet and uploaded the new information to the handheld. My first attempts to use the radio met with less than success. I finally realized that our two meter repeater frequency was for some reason shifting not 600Khz but 1.250Mhz. Tried reloading the software update with the same result. Finally on the third attempt the update took affect and actually worked. Now it was time to attack the mobile. Again I accessed my software on my computer only to find that most of the software was missing. Ok, no biggie I have the disk. Put the disk in the disk drive of my laptop only to have the computer refuse to read the disk. I wound up having to use the disk drive in another computer but access it from my laptop via my network. Once the software was loaded on the laptop it should have been an easy job to just update the spreadsheet and then upload to the mobile unit. I know that it did not go quite that easy but I have already forgotten what the glitch was in the plan. All of the above is just a great reminder why we need to take advantage of any chances we get to check out our radios and associated equipment. As a sidelight at the most recent Tech Class I had noticed that my handheld was not working quite as expected. So as an added point anytime you notice a piece of equipment does not seem to be working correctly it is advisable to check it very thoroughly to make sure that it does work as expected. Hopefully, Dino, or maybe even other net control stations will conduct random tests such as the last one. Dave K6CJZ CAR FOR SALE 2009 FORD FOCUS SEL 53,000 MILES, WELL EQUIPED, STERLING SILVER $9,900.00, IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT BILL (WA6POK) AT (626)

5 RHARC BAND PLAN CHANNEL FREQUENCY OFFSET PL ORGANIZATION MHZ khz Hz Whittier EOC W6GNS - RHARC MHz Simplex Hz Whittier EOC Simplex - RHARC MHz khz Hz LAC DCS K6CPT Sta A MHz Simplex ARES MHz Simplex National Calling Frequency MHz MHz Hz Rio Hondo ARC W6GNS MHz MHz Hz Rio Hondo ARC W6GNS MHz Simplex Long Beach ARES Net MHz khz Hz Long Beach Repeater MHz MHz Hz Long Beach Repeater MHz Mhz Hz 101 DARN System (PV) MHz khz Hz La Mirada Rptr KE6UPA MHz Simplex Hz La Mirada Simplex MHz Hz Hz Orange County Hospital Group 5

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