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iEARTHQUAKES!<br />
The Santa Cruz (Los Gato?) Earthquake caused<br />
me to dig out something I copied from the L.A.<br />
Times after some previous quake. It vividly displayed<br />
the magnitude of earthquakes vs. the<br />
Richter Scale.<br />
It was a vertical graph which ran from 0 at the<br />
bottom to Richter 8.3 at the top. It showed some<br />
of the major earthquakes of recent times plotted<br />
along the scale.<br />
The top of the scale (Richter 8.3) was 21" above<br />
the bottom (0). Richter 6 was 3/32" above O.<br />
Richter 7 was 1" above O. Earthquakes below<br />
Richter 7 are earthquakes. Those from 7 to 8 are<br />
Major Earthquakes, and those 8 and above are<br />
Great Earthquakes.<br />
The graph listed Frisco '06 (8.3) and Mexico<br />
City '85 (8.1) as Great Earthquakes; and Kern<br />
County '52 (7.7) and Eureka '80 (7.0) as Major<br />
Earthquakes; and Coalinga '83 (6.7), Imperial<br />
Valley '79 (6.6), San Fernando '71 (6.4), Santa<br />
Barbara '25 and Long Beach '33 (both 6.3) as just<br />
plain vanilla quakes.<br />
Each whole number on the Richter Scale represents<br />
an increase of 10 times in measured wave<br />
amplitude and an increase of 31 times in the<br />
amount of energy released by the Quake.<br />
I hope all of this gives you some picture of the<br />
forces involved and leads you to strap your water<br />
heater to the wall and take down the pretty dustcatching,<br />
skull-splitting, bric-a-brac from high<br />
places. If you have seen pictures of the damage<br />
done in the bay area ............. <br />
Maybe you should stash some water and<br />
canned/dried foodstuffs away for a quaky day.<br />
Maybe you should get your generator fixed up and<br />
gasoline set aside for it. Are the batteries for the<br />
HT charged up? Does your family have a designated<br />
assembly point and plan? Clothes, medications,<br />
candles, 1st aid gear, list of ARRL abbreviated<br />
text messages, battery-operated gear, animal<br />
food, and most important - water? We've been<br />
warned - again!<br />
OFFICIAL CLUB BADGES are available<br />
from John Tentor, W60LQ who is<br />
very finicky and r~qujres, not only money<br />
but, that you let hIm In on your name ana<br />
call sign so he can put them on your very<br />
own Badge - lik(; the big.,g!lYs have.<br />
John has b~~~ for:KC6AST-lJ~7EQIL<br />
N6GZI WB6NVX, WA6QCG, wB6RWr,<br />
N6UZG. If you don't want to pay full tab<br />
for your own badge, John can make you a<br />
real deal on an unclaimed one.<br />
A WORD TO THE WISE TOO MUCH<br />
Not only the good guys (we) listen to the chitchat<br />
on the repeaters (and simplex). Anybody with a<br />
scanner (or a stolen ham rig) can monit..<br />
Announce on the air that you and your family ~~...<br />
be away, it's simple enough for the bad guys to rip<br />
you off. Don't talk about it on the air. Friends and<br />
acquaintances shouldn't be "Helpful Harrys" bv<br />
telling those who call you that you are gone for the<br />
day /week/month.<br />
It has happened. The first W6NWG/R was<br />
stolen by a burglar who was directed to the site on<br />
the air! The burglar, KR00K. drove to the site,<br />
broke in and stole the repeater and the homemade<br />
duplexer. We still don't talk about the repeater<br />
location on the air - even with a full time watchman/neighbor<br />
and other security measures.<br />
The point: We have a lot of listeners out there<br />
and they are not all good guys! If you don't want<br />
the world to know, don't say it on the repeaters.<br />
SURVIVORS' ASSISTANCE<br />
Through its Survivors' Assistance Committee,<br />
the <strong>Club</strong> provides aid to survivors of Silent Keys in<br />
the disassembly and disposition of the SK's radio<br />
station and equipment. The Committee is made<br />
up of two or more club members, one of whom.<br />
preferably, is known to the survivor. The Committee<br />
makes contact and offers the <strong>Club</strong>'s assistance<br />
<strong>Club</strong> members should make the <strong>Club</strong>'s availal<br />
ity to assist known to their family. By letting tIfe<br />
<strong>Club</strong> do it, the survivor is insured that the equipment<br />
will be disposed of in accordance with the<br />
wishes of the SK and the survivor(s); and that<br />
there is no need to listen to the many oh so helpful<br />
"friends" who are quick on the scene.<br />
The Committee. will inventory the equipment.<br />
price it for sale, disassemble the station and dispose<br />
of it as requested by the survivor. The Committee<br />
reports to the survivor(s) and to the <strong>Club</strong>.<br />
O_00800_00_©©_©O_©<br />
DOWN THE TOOBE<br />
We hope we see you at the club meeting and<br />
auction. Even if you're not buying or selling, you<br />
get to see me and a flock of other good folks and<br />
you will also see the boat anchors masquerading as<br />
radios. Bring your friends and watch the fun, Join<br />
in and get rid of your own long-prized clunker, or<br />
buy new ones to keep your shack/garage from<br />
blowing away in the next typhoon. Auctions are<br />
social occasions and great for the wallet when you<br />
sell all you brought - as I did!<br />
KI6ZM has also been on the binnacle list with<br />
respiratory problems.<br />
©-©o_©©_©©_©©_©08~~<br />
'That's all," she wrote.<br />
Scope - November '89<br />
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