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try a longer test the next time we are on<br />
the hill or move KA6UAI to 147.735 again<br />
with antenna separation. Bob-KA6BZF worked<br />
on the generator door. Stan-W9FQN did the<br />
tower climbing.<br />
The 146.730 repeater has been having some<br />
problems and in trying to isolate the<br />
problem(s) we have changed the four dipole<br />
antenna system and feedline over to the<br />
corner reflector which is headed out over<br />
San Marcos. We hope to go back to the four<br />
dipole antenna as soon as we can get the<br />
problem(s) isolated. When we go back to<br />
the dipole antenna we will probably rotate<br />
it along with the corner reflector 10-15<br />
degrees more towards the south. Its nice<br />
to have extra antennas on the tower that we<br />
can change to in case of problems. THANKS<br />
to WB6IQS, KA6BZF, WB6ZJD, and N6UIA for<br />
all of your help. We were short workers<br />
and did not have time to check out the<br />
146.730 antenna system.<br />
The NEXT WORK DAY at the site will see us<br />
cutting into two more trees, cleaning up<br />
brush and hauling it away from the site,<br />
and attempting to find the trouble in the<br />
previous 146.730 cable/antenna system. The<br />
new packet system should be ready by then.<br />
*---* 0 N DEC I *---*<br />
The following members are "on deck" for<br />
the May ~meeting:<br />
Coffee -»<br />
Duane-WB6R(May) Fred-N6QJO(May-June-FD)<br />
Ien-N9AKB(FD)<br />
Cookies-»<br />
Pat-N6RBS (May) Mary-N6NOG(May)<br />
Eleanore-N6QJE(June) Loreen-N6RAO(June)<br />
Please work out problems with our VP,<br />
Mac-NH6EW. Coffee helpers serve three<br />
meetings and goodie helpers two meetings.<br />
lII-POTPOURRI-###<br />
Mexican licenses now cost $71,500 pesos<br />
($30.10 U.S.) and take several weeks<br />
through Tijuana or four hours in Mexicali.<br />
I have a step by step' direction sheet for<br />
those taking the IE trip.<br />
CONGRATULATIONS to Terry Ashley and<br />
George Salzberg the first two members of my<br />
novice class for passing their Tech<br />
licenses early and they did a good share of<br />
the studying on their own. The rest of the<br />
class is still working on their code.<br />
I counted 95+ people at the last club<br />
meeting with only 93 signing in. Remember<br />
that your FREE tickets for the picnic<br />
prizes depend upon the number of meetings<br />
that you have during the year. You get a<br />
ticket for coming to Field Dayl<br />
DO NOT PARI in the small parking lot<br />
behind the cafeteria without permission<br />
from Stan-W9FQN or Mac-NH6EW. This area is<br />
reserved for officers and committee<br />
chairmen who have things to carry into the<br />
meeting. We have also given special<br />
permission to several hams who have<br />
difficulty in walking to use this parking<br />
lot.<br />
###-THANK8-###<br />
THANKS to Felix-N6IE for the donation of<br />
a TEN-TEC TRITON IV. This is a great CW<br />
rig with full break-in up to 50 wpm which<br />
should be ok for most of us at Field Day<br />
this year. Felix, you will have to come<br />
out and show us how to use it on Field Day.<br />
If anyone has a manusl for this rig, please<br />
let us know so that we can make copies of<br />
it for our club records.<br />
THANKS to Jack-KI6RF for the engineering<br />
of the donation of power supplies which can<br />
be converted to 12VDC for battery charging<br />
duties at the repeater Site, trailers, and<br />
emergency centers. We really appreciate<br />
your looking out for our needs. Also<br />
THANKS to you and your son, Jeremy-N6QDB,<br />
for getting Todd-KI6ZM up and running with<br />
the new Digicom C-64 INC/software which<br />
looks real neat.<br />
THANKS to Joe-N6RVO for repairing the<br />
emergency trailer windows. It was a real<br />
pain. Joe is installing two more shelves<br />
in the trailer for additional equipment<br />
above the main operating desk.<br />
THANKS to ICerry-N6IZW and the MICROWAVE<br />
group for taking a look at our four 900 MHz<br />
transceivers (eight more on the way?) to<br />
see what can be done with them: high speed<br />
packet, auto-DFing, links, autopatch(s)<br />
into specific calling areas, repeater site<br />
remote control, data collection, remote<br />
receivers for 146.730 so that all or<br />
specific areas of S.D. Co. can be covered<br />
equally well with just an BT t and we would<br />
be able to "turn off" any section of S.D.<br />
Co. where problems were cOming from. If<br />
any of you are interested in any of the<br />
above projects, please contact W9FQN and·<br />
get your name on the list along with the<br />
project that you are interested in<br />
.supporting.<br />
73 de Stan W 9 F Q N<br />
SCOPE-MAY •89 EXEC MTG THUR MAY 11th 1930Hr at IC6HAV's-Vista Page 4
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