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antenna. This is a new building and we are lucky<br />
to have our "foot in the door". We have been<br />
offered the use of their meeting room which would<br />
~. easily seat 100 in a well lighted room. We hope to<br />
have one or more of our meetings there next year<br />
so that more of us can see the facility.<br />
Reference the 902 MHz TORRANCE BAND<br />
PLAN in the October <strong>1989</strong> SCOPE. The 906.0<br />
909.0 FM repeater INPUT should be OUTPUT<br />
and the 918.0-921.0 FM repeater OUTPUT<br />
should be INPUT. The ARRL publication had it<br />
listed wrong and Karl Pagel of SCRRBA called<br />
my attention to the error. Thanks Karl.<br />
We are a good GENERAL PURPOSE CLUB<br />
and have one of the "cleanest" repeater operations<br />
in SoCal so it hurts a little when we hear people<br />
failing to mention to new users of 146.730 and<br />
147.130 that P ARC is "available" for membership.<br />
The Wednesday evening COMPUTER NET still<br />
appears to be functioning but needs alternate net<br />
controls to make life a little easier for Chuck<br />
KI6TG. We hope to start next month a HAM<br />
HELP NET Thursday evenings and a sample VE<br />
CODE TESTS (CW) Friday evenings before the<br />
Saturday morning VE code examinations. We are<br />
looking for members who can help with these two<br />
new nets at 9:00 p.m. each week.<br />
David Lien-W60VP, author of some 36 computer<br />
books, has donated to the club a lot of surplus<br />
computer books. I will have some of them at<br />
the Christmas meeting for sale. What is not sold at<br />
club meetings will go to a swap meet.<br />
There are lots of good CWIRTTY programs for<br />
Apple and Commodore computers. I will bring<br />
info sheets on these to the next meeting.<br />
###--- THANKS to ---###<br />
THANKS to Paul-KB5MU for the ~ program<br />
on Satellites at the last club meeting. I am<br />
very interested in the future of amateur radio<br />
relative to satellites and Paul really filled us in on<br />
the direction amateur radio satellites will be taking<br />
in the near future. Paul prepared the program on<br />
short notice and expanded it from a Show and Tell<br />
to a full program after Alexander Battery Company<br />
canceled out two days before the meeting. We<br />
hope to hear from them sometime next year.<br />
THANKS to Ed-N6GZI for picking up a 450<br />
MHz Motorola unit for the club.<br />
THANKS to Floyd-W6JSP for running the<br />
A.R.E.S. Net each Sunday morning for the past<br />
several months. We have openings for several<br />
more net controls if anyone is lnterest in helping us<br />
out. We are working towards each net control<br />
doing the net for two months every two years<br />
which should not be a hardship for anyone.<br />
Scope - November '89<br />
73 de Stan W 9 F Q N<br />
ANSWERING THE CALL<br />
There are instances when no one responds to a<br />
call for assistance on the repeater. Don't be<br />
bashful. If there's a need for assistance, step in<br />
and do it - don't wait for someone else. If you are<br />
the calling station, I'm sure you're as quick as I to<br />
resent those who do run respond.<br />
When calling for assistance on the repeater, stay<br />
cool. Be specific about the problem at the outset.<br />
Be sure you and the responding station have each<br />
others call signs. When some one responds, be<br />
clear and concise about WHAT the problem is<br />
(three-car accident with injuries), WHERE it is<br />
located (1-15 southbound, number 1 & 2 lanes,<br />
one mile north of Gopher Canyon Road off ramp).<br />
Once your information has been received, STAY<br />
ON THE FREQUENCY in case of questions from<br />
the safety service bein~ g!Oned. Highway ~<br />
.are. always numbered r .the B nearest till:.<br />
center (there'S always a number one lane!). If you<br />
are the calling station, don't be too quick to give up<br />
the ghost and go to another repeater - sometimes I<br />
have to go clear across the house to get to the rig <br />
I don't always sit, poised, mike in hand waiting for<br />
your call! But if I'm home and listening, I WILL<br />
answer your call. You too, please. Make your<br />
calls for help selective as the "promiscuous caller"<br />
soon gets old.<br />
In phoning in an emergency to the CHP, 911<br />
seems the fastest way to go. CHP responses to<br />
quasi-emergency calls on non-emergency numbers<br />
are not always happily responded to. 911 is supposed<br />
to be used for "felony in progress" or "lifethreatening"<br />
emergencies, but the rule is: When in<br />
doubt, call 911. When using 911 let the responding<br />
party know you are an amateur radio operator<br />
reporting a fire. accident. felony in progress, etc. in<br />
a location ~ .tha.n ~ as your phone number<br />
and address appears on the monitor at the responding<br />
safety agency. If you are in Oceanside<br />
reporting a fire in Vista, the call will go to the<br />
O'side FD unless you make it clear at the outset<br />
where the problem is located. Your response CAN<br />
save a life.<br />
JOIN THE ARRL<br />
You support your hobby by belonging to the<br />
P ARC. The American <strong>Radio</strong> Relay League is the<br />
national entity to which you should belong. Who<br />
else lobbies for our wonderful hobby?<br />
When joining/rejoining the ARRL, do it via the<br />
<strong>Club</strong> which will receive a modest stipend otherwise<br />
going to the ARRL. Make your check payable<br />
to the <strong>Club</strong> and get it, with your membership<br />
application, to Trea$urer Ron, WI6B. New<br />
ARRL membership application which include the<br />
PARC number (1703), garner the <strong>Club</strong> $5 - and it<br />
doesn't cost you a fat farthing more!<br />
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