1989 - Palomar Amateur Radio Club

KEN KLIPPEL, W6FN, SK
We are saddened to note the
passing of Ken Klippel, W6FN, on
August 22. Ken was a good club
member who will be missed by all
of us who knew him.
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
The executive Committee, consisting
of club officers and Chairmen of
its committees, meets at 7:30 p.m.
on the second Thursday after the
club meeting. The October meeting
will be at the home of KB6NMK.
At the september meeting at the
home of KB6NMK, The Committee
discussed the lack of anyone to run
the annual auction.
Friction arising from SANDRA's
allegations of interference from
KA6UAI/R were discussed. A lack of
understanding of repeater fundamentals
and the state of the art of
remote frequency and deviation
measuring techniques in use by
engineers like Bob Gonsett, WA6QQQ,
is apparent. (The FCC accepts Bob's
remote measurements of the frequency
and deviation of commercial broadcast
stations in Southern California.)
The solution to the problem
is made more difficult by SANDRA's
refusal to cooperate.
KA6UAI/R will have its output
moved down to 147.130 per TASMA's
request by the end of September.
KA6UAI was informed of the requirement
to make certain improvements to
his repeater. Habitual use of
KA6UAI/R by non-members was also
discussed.
WB6IQS outlined the work to be
done on the repeaters before the
winter sets in - mostly involving
antenna and feedline problems and
the movement of the emergency power
batteries out of the repeater bunker.
W9FQN is again looking into the
use of a shipping container as an
Rstorage building at the repeater
site.
The tea and no-cal crumpets were
deelight.tYl..l.
VE PROGRAM
At the August tests our PARC VE
team gave 18 test elements to 1f
applicants, eight of whom passed ~
total of nine elements. Congratulations
to Ray Miller, N6EQB, who
passed the 13 wpm code test to make
General; and to Bernice Rosenberg,
KB6TJW, who up-graded to Technician.
Our test crew was: KI6JM reception/processing;
WA6HYB CW exams;
KB5MU, W6TFB, and N6RUV examiners:
and paperwork by N6RUV and K6HAV.
de K6HAV
FCC LICENSE EXAMINATIONS in north
county are conducted by PARC examiners,
under the auspices of SANDARC­
VEC at the Joslyn Senior Center,
(behind City Hall) 111 Richmar Ave.,
San Marcos on the second Saturday of
the month at 10:00 a.m.
Examinations are also given on the
1st Saturday in El Cajon, the 3rd in
Normal Heights, the 4th in Chula
Vista, and by EARS on the last
saturday in Escondido at Coast S&L,
1540 E. Valley Parkway. Applicants
must send a SASE, a completed
signed FCC Form 610 (NO PHOTO-~
COPIES) and copies of licensees) and
certificate(s) of Successful Completion,
if any, to SANDARC-VEC, Post
Office Box 2456, La Mesa, CA 92044
10 days before the test date. Bring
ORIGINAL licenses and Certificates.
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HAM STAMP PINS
The Club has for sale ($5 a shot)
some of the attractive amateur radio
postage stamp replica pins. See
Ron, WI6B or Stan, W9FQN.
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THE CLUB'S POLICY REGARDING INTER­
FERENCE ON THE REPEATERS IS to
IGNORE IT! Don't give the jammer
what he or she craves - notice and
attention. Carryon your QSO or
sign off or move to simplex, but do
NOT acknowledge the crazies. Try to
hear the interfering signal on the
input of the repeater and determine
the direction of the source. DON'~
TALK TO THOSE WHO ARE INTOXICATED.
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