Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club Bulletin October 2020

No Regular October Meeting We Will Be Doing A Virtual Zoom Meeting.

Members To Get Email Invite
Visitors Will Need To Contact Webmaster.

[email protected]

The Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club normally meet at 3:00 PM on the first Saturday of the month.

Normal Meeting Location, The Scout Hut, 231 E. Hawthorne St. Map

THIS MONTHS MEETING AGENDA

  • No Regular September Meeting, Virtual Meeting By Zoom.
  • Doolittle Raid, presented by John Landry

Fallbrook Amateur Radio Renewals

NameCallDate Expires
Dropped
Lara, ConradKG6JEI6/30/2020
Third Notice
Duffy, MichaelW6MJD7/31/2020
Second Notice
Kadien, TomAF6UL8/31/2020
Cooley, JerryWX6AAA8/31/2020
First Notice
Leonelli, PhilWF6L9/30/2020
Bart, JonK6QVA9/30/2020


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Amateur Radio License Map

https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map


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ARES Members,

If you are considering building or improving your home station sometime in the future, below are links to two excellent presentations by Marty Woll N6VI with tips for getting the best performance within your budget. The videos cover both VHF/UHF and HF best practices. Marty lives in the Los Angeles area (DM04 Chatsworth), is active with many ham radio groups, and he often connects with San Diego hams during VHF contest weekends.
Building a Capable Station, Part 1: antenna choices, inexpensive homebrew designs, and selection of transmission lines
Building a Capable Station, Part 2: cable routing, radio options and power sources
If you like the videos, please click on the YouTube thumbs up button. Thanks . . . Rob K6RJF


de KF6ODE

Two complete Kenwood TM-D700 radio setups with external GPS receivers.

All are in good working order. $300 each.
kf6ode at fallbrookarc.org


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AT&T’s current 5G is slower than 4G in nearly every city tested by PCMag

arstechnica.com

Listening To An IPhone With AM Radio

hackaday.com

Closely Examining How A PG&E Transmission Line Claimed 85 Lives In The 2018 Camp Fire

hackaday.com

Patient dies after ransomware attack reroutes her to remote hospital

arstechnica.com


de KG6HSQ

Coronavirus Pandemic Update 108: High Risk COVID 19 Behaviors; Cases Rise in Europe


Great video.

Meeting Minutes

Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club
Virtual Meeting, Fallbrook, California
September 5, 2020

Vice-President Ron Patten, KG6HSQ, called the Virtual meeting to order at 1503 hrs.

The pledge of allegiance was conducted by Forrest, KK6BYR.

Brent, KJ6UMY, gave Ken’s last financial report.

Checking Balance July 31, 2020 $7,414.70
Petty Cash Balance July 31, 2020 $58.81
Total
$7,473.51

AUGUST INCOME
ARRL Dues $0.00
Membership Dues $40.00
Total
$40.00

AUGUST EXPENSES
ARRL Renewal Fees $00.00
Total
$00.00

PETTY CASH
Petty Cash Balance August 20, 2020 $58.81
Expenses August 2020 $0.00
Total $58.81

Checking Balance August 20, 2020 $7,454.70
Petty Cash Balance August 20, 2020 $58.81
Total $7,513.51

Ron gave the current temperature at Red Mountain as 111 degrees.

Ron indicated that with Ken’s departure, it would be necessary to appoint an interim Secretary/Treasurer. Ron nominated Brent. The nomination was seconded by Forrest and the appointment was approved.

Changes to the banking information and signatures cannot go forward until the club secures a Tax ID (EIN) number. This requires approval by the State of California before a request can be filed with the IRS.

Stephen, KC6MIE offered to email Ken’s new P.O. Box address to anyone requesting it.

Ron presented the results of a two question survey he sent out to the members via email. The first question was if the members were interested in the ability to pay dues via Paypal from the club website. The second question was whether the member would be willing to pay the transition fee. 34 members responded to the survey. 27 members were in favor of this ability. 22 members will willing to pay for the convenience. The capability will eventually be available on the club website, but this will not be possible until the club navigates the process of obtaining an EIN from the IRS.

Ron indicated that the club’s new post office box address is posted on the club website and should be used for correspondence.

Ron explained that the ARRL allows the club to retain $2 on each ARRL membership renewal paid through the club. This rebate is supposed to be possible using the ARRL website, but the feature doesn’t work.

Bob, W6VR, reminded the club that the 2 meter Red Mountain repeater will be offline tomorrow for maintenance.

Ron presented details for the Volcano Fire in De Luz. Units were sent to an intersection to the Los Gatos Rd. and Los Gatos Rd., somewhat east of the actual fire location. Dispatch provided the name “Volcano Fire” based upon the transition of Los Gatos Rd. to Via Volcano north of the intersection. The fire was actually closer to Tenaja Truck Trail, actually in San Diego County.
The fire was turned over to San Diego agencies the next day.

South of the fire area and west of De Luz Road is a pond with an island that was the location of special effects filming for the 1961 movie Devil at 4 O’Clock. The story of the filming was retold in the March 1, 2004 edition of the San Diego Union by staff writer Betty Johnson. Lawrence W. Butler was the owner of the ranch with the pond. Larry was a special effects director and offered his ranch for the filming. He was the inventor of the blue screen and winner of an Academy Award for The Thief of Bagdad. The movie is available for viewing on youtube. Ron fished in the pond in the day. Ron showed screen captures from the movie and pictures of the special effects setup from Life Book and Getty Images. Ron’s uncle was invited to the filming and Ron will continue his search for pictures.

Ron called for further business and members reported local temperatures.

Ron adjourned the meeting at 1547 hrs.

Brent Dussia, KJ6UMY
Interim Secretary/Treasurer
Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club