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EXECUTIVE COMMI'ITEE <br />
The executive Committee, consisting of club <br />
officers and Chairmen of its committees, meets at <br />
7:30 p.m. on the second Thursday after the club<br />
meeting. The November meeting will be at the<br />
home of WI6B.<br />
At the October meeting at the home of<br />
KB6NMK, The Committee heard and approved<br />
the minutes of the previous meeting and the<br />
Trea$urer's report.<br />
The Committee heard WB6IQS's plans for a<br />
work party at the repeater site on 10/22 and discussed<br />
the possibility of a 6M and/or 10M repeater<br />
or digi-peater. N6UIA reported the receipt of<br />
coordinated .9 gHz frequencies from SCRRBA.<br />
Crystals for these frequencies have been ordered<br />
by N6IZW and the work on the autopatch will<br />
continue. The frequency and deviation anomalies<br />
measured in the SANDRA 147.150 repeater were<br />
discussed. The requirement for an additional or<br />
larger building at the repeater site was discussed<br />
and will be further investigated. K6HA V was<br />
appointed Chairman of the Nominating Committee.<br />
The mulled cider and no-cal crumpets were<br />
"deelightfi.Ilt.<br />
II> THE CLUB'S POLICY REGARDING<br />
INTERFERENCE ON THE REPEATERS IS to<br />
IGNORE IT! Don't give the jammer what he or<br />
she craves - notice and attention. Carry on your<br />
QSO or sign off or move to simplex, but do NOT<br />
acknowledge the crazies. Try to hear the interfering<br />
signal on the input of the repeater and determine<br />
the direction of the soUrce. DON'T TALK<br />
TO THOSE WHO ARE INTOXICATED.<br />
VEPROGRAM<br />
At the October tests our PARC VE team gave<br />
16 test elements to 11 applicants, eight of whom<br />
passed a total of 13 elements. Congratulations to<br />
Ray Miller, N6EQB, and Mark Moskowitz,<br />
KC6COD, who up-graded to Advanced. Mark<br />
also passed the 20 wpm CW element. Roy Martin,<br />
KC6BWS, is likeWIse to be congratulated for<br />
moving up to Technician.<br />
Our test crew was: KI6JM, KE6VX, and<br />
KB6NZA reception/processing; WB6R CW<br />
exams; AA6KY, WR7W, and W6YYV examiners;<br />
and paperwork by WI6B, AA60M, and K6HA V.<br />
We were dispossessed from Joslyn Senior Center<br />
and were supposed to use City Hall, but wound up<br />
in the Red Barn in a kiddies play/lunch room.<br />
Despite a late start, we were through by 12:00<br />
thanks to a very good examining team who knew<br />
what to do and got the job done in spite of the<br />
conditions and delays. de K6HA V<br />
II> FCC LICENSE EXAMINATIONS in north<br />
county are conducted by the PARC VE Team,<br />
under the auspices of SANDARC-VEC at t 1<br />
Joslyn Senior Center, (behind City Hall) l~<br />
Richmar Ave., San Marcos on the second Saturday<br />
of the month at 10:00 a.m.<br />
Examinations are also given on the 1st Saturday<br />
in El Cajon, the 3rd in Normal Heights, the 4th In<br />
Chula Vista, and by EARS on the last Saturday in<br />
Escondido at Coast S&L, 1540 E. Valley Parkway.<br />
Applicants must send a SASE, a coml'leted, signed<br />
FCC Form 610 (NO PHOTO-COPIES) and copies<br />
of license(s) and Certificate(s) of Successful<br />
Completion, if any, to SANDARC-VEC, Post<br />
Office Box 2446, La Mesa, CA 92044 10 days<br />
before the test date. Bring ORIGINAL licenses<br />
and Certificates.<br />
CLAUDE KIRKPATRICK, W6DWE, SK<br />
We are saddened to report the<br />
~assing on August 16 of W6DWE.<br />
Glaude was a long-time member of<br />
the PARCo He will be missed by<br />
~ll of us who knew him. He was 86<br />
and was a ham for about 75 years.<br />
OcrOBER MEETING<br />
At the October club meeting, the minutes of the<br />
previous meeting and the Trea$urer's report were<br />
read and approved. A former member, N6ELP,<br />
reported on the 1990 SW Division ARRL Convention<br />
to be held in San Diego. WB6IQS reported<br />
the repeater battery heater blankets are ready to<br />
install. A working party will be required to handle<br />
the 150 lb. batteries. A "new" used commercial 2M<br />
corner reflector antenna was purchased and is<br />
being readied for the mountain top. He also told<br />
us the status of the new repeater, and of the "up<br />
one" machine, which is now on 147.130 vice<br />
147.135, and the plans for further work at the site<br />
and on the equipment. K6HA V told of the passing<br />
of Claude Kirkpatrick, W6DWE; and said the<br />
October FCC exams would be held in San Marcos<br />
City Hall instead of Joslyn Senior Center. N6KI<br />
tolo of the plans to conduct the annual equipment<br />
auction at the November meeting.<br />
Paul Williamson, KB5MU, gave a very interesting<br />
and comprehensive slide-illustrated presentation<br />
on the state of amateur radio satellites. Paul is<br />
helping in the preparation of the new all- digital<br />
micro-satellites.<br />
The tasties were courtesy of all of the goor'<br />
people who remembered and brought them and r:ry-.<br />
Mac, NH6EW who does all of the work. 72 of us<br />
attended and had a great time.<br />
Scope - November '89 Page 2
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