I have been proud to serve as your Public Information Office (PIO) during my 2017-2019 term. It is time to turn over the reins to a younger more energetic sole, Mike, KB6USJ, who will inform you, entertain you, and keep you on your toes. Wishing all the CARS members a safe and happy Xmas season. May the New Year bring us better band conditions, more dx, more local QSOs, and happiness for all, (oh yes, add world peace). 73 for now and see you at the next Club Meeting, January 9th . MARK , N6IV
CARS XMAS BREAKFAST
Grand times had by all at Murphys Hotel TOO MANY CHOICES !!
The CARS Christmas breakfast was held last Saturday Dec 7, at the Murphys Hotel. Many old and new members enjoyed the fellowship and good food at the event.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL THE CARS MEMBERS.
73
Happy Holidays
The view over our repeater location from about 8:45 this morning ,Nov. 25
Greetings from our Treasurer, Ken, AE6LA
Our next club meeting will be January 9, 2020, 6:30 PM at Round Table in Angels Camp. Please share your ideas for the coming year and plan to be there. We continue pursuing improvement for our repeater system. I’m hoping to hear you on our regular Monday night net, 7:30 PM on 145.170 MHz, -600 KHz, PL 100.0. Best regards, Kenneth A. Sanders, AE6LA, Treasurer, Calaveras Amateur Radio Society, Inc.209 795-5947 c209 768-5941
CARS ELECTION RESULTS
This random photo appears only to get your attention, Thanks.
Our last club meeting for the year was held Thursday, Nov. 14th and the attendance was huge. Many new members joined us and our meeting room was packed. Ken brought us up to date about our repeater and the members elected a slate of officers to serve for the next term as follows:
Chuck Farr, W6AJW, has consented to running a second term as President. Steve Airola, W6RXK, will continue as Vice President. Jack Luoma, W6JAK, was elected as the new Secretary. Ken Sanders, AE6LA, will continue as Treasurer. Mike Grcevich, KB6USJ, will be the new Public Information Officer (PIO).
Congratulations to all of the new officers and thanks to all that participated in the CARS election process.
73, Mark Godbout N6IV, PIO
CLUB MEETING: NOV 14th
You are invited to attend the November 2019 CARS club meeting.
Thursday Nov 14th at Round Table Pizza in Angels Camp, CA.
Meeting starts at 6:30 pm but arrive earlier if you want to eat something and socialize with your fellow members. Hopping to see everyone there. 73
Mark, N6IVPIO
CARS EM-COMM TRAILER
Call for volunteers on CARS em-comm trailer.
Chuck, W6AJW, our CARS president, recently took me on a tour of one of the club’s current endeavors, the em-comm trailer. The trailer was donated to the club and is located at Chuck’s QTH in San Andreas. For the most part the trailer has been cleared inside allowing for the construction of radio operating positions and equipment shelving. One vhf/uhf port on the roof has been established and HF is planned for. Presently a butternut vertical is inside awaiting it’s light of day opportunity along with vhf/uhf antennas. A generator mount is present at the trailer’s rear. Chuck reports that he has all the tools needed for the trailer completion and that any assistance to the project will be welcomed. Contact Chuck at (209) 304-3475
73, MARK, N6IV, PIO
Amateur Radio Balloon 10/27
Dave Voit, WB6TOU, a fellow CARS club member, is involved with ebarc and has sent us the following opportunity to contact a repeater on a near-space balloon. Info on the launch: Date: October 27thTime: Either 11:00 or noon Radio: Wouxon KG-UV8D with input on 145.56 MHz (162.2 Hz tone) and an output on 445.525 MHz. Last time it transmitted at 0.5 W. A handheld should work fine.
The call sign will be W6MRR-11 (this was changed from KJ6DZB-11) The altitude reached should be 100,000 feet or higher. The line of sight range is 1.23*sqrt(altitude in feet), answer in miles. At 100,000 feet the range is 389 miles. At 50,000 feet the range is about 275 miles.
The balloon will be tracked on APRS.fi and will show the balloon icon. The sponsoring group is East Bay Amateur Radio Club at http://ebarc.org/index.html. The total flight time is likely to be 2:45 or so. The beacon should appear when the balloon reaches a couple hundred feet. The APRS display will show altitude and you should be able to estimate when you can hit the repeater. Since launch time is not certain, watch APRS.fi for the icon to expect to worky the repeater. If you are far away, do the math for line of sight.
Contact Dave for more info at: dvoit1944@gmail.com
Good luck to Dave, the balloon, and everyone involved. Should prove fun and or challenging. 73. Mark, n6iv
Emergency Traffic Control
Here is a communication from our fellow CARS member Chad Cossey, KM6MG. He is also the Emergency Services Coordinator at Calaveras County OEM San Andreas. In that capacity he has forwarded a website that deals with traffic control especially during emergency situations. Many of us engage in emergency services as ham operators and sometime are called on to fulfill other rolls other than working the radio. Here is your opportunity to learn about handling real traffic. For those interested:
The ham cram is this Saturday, 10/19 West Point. There are 20 signed up for Tech and 2 for General, this session is at capacity. For those of you that reserved a seat, please bring a ID, Snack and your Lunch. We start at 8 am with the paperwork and instructions.
Contact Sam, WS6P at 209-293-4010 or SamTheHam@flojobrew.com
