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AUG'91 <br />
The San Diego County Amateur<br />
Radio Council (SANDARC) of which we<br />
are a member has been having its<br />
troubles the past year or so. It<br />
first started with the losing of<br />
money on the ARRL San Diego<br />
Convention due to fewer hams show1ng<br />
up than expected. Then the capital<br />
money invested some time ago<br />
apparently was not spread around and<br />
a $42.600 investment turned into a<br />
$7.600 loss when the money was<br />
withdrawn before the firm went<br />
Rbe11y·up,· On 10·25-90 SANDARC's<br />
balance Capital was $48.549.50 and<br />
on 6·27-91 was $31,002.29. A<br />
special committee has been appointed<br />
to look into these problems.<br />
SANDARC's const1tution limits the<br />
council to only spending the<br />
interest on its capital so reduced<br />
capital and interest will limit<br />
SANDARC's spending ability.<br />
Inaustrial <br />
Comrnen:ial <br />
R.esUkntial<br />
Lie. # 556187<br />
(619) 749-2699<br />
Joseph Conto9enis<br />
P.O. Box 1560<br />
VaCCey Center<br />
CA 92082<br />
NU6L <br />
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< ARRL SECTION MANAGER's REPORT ><br />
de Art Smith, W6INI<br />
DEPT of FORESTRY's RED FLAG PATROL<br />
How did the Amateur Radio<br />
Emergency Service (ARES) become<br />
1976. a program was presented by the<br />
San Diego Ranger Unit Fire<br />
Prevention Chief, Doug Allen. This<br />
was CDF's introduction to Amateur<br />
Radio and vice versa. Chief Allen<br />
pOinted out the need for volunteers<br />
with reliable radio communications<br />
to patrol critical areas during Red<br />
Flag Alerts.<br />
The Red Flag Patrol is a fire<br />
prevention program which is<br />
implemented when weather conditions<br />
present an EXTREME FIRE HAZARD in<br />
the wildland areas usually<br />
occur1ng during Santa Anas when hot<br />
weather, low humid i ty , high<br />
northeasterly winds. and low fuel<br />
moisture exist. Patrol objectives<br />
are to: (1) identify and report<br />
situations that may cause fires.<br />
(2) serve as a deterrent to<br />
arsonists. (3)report fires in their<br />
incipient stages. and (4) after<br />
reporting. extinguish very small<br />
fires. The occurrence of fires.<br />
whether major or minor, do not<br />
necessarily signify the need for Red<br />
Flag Patrols. It is determined by<br />
severe weather conditions. Patrol<br />
routes are in the Ramona, Lakeside,<br />
Harbison Cyn. Alpine, Fallbrook.<br />
Escondido and Valley Center areas.<br />
Aweek after the June meeting.<br />
the first call came to assist CDF<br />
with special Red Flag Patrols fn the<br />
Santee/Lakeside area after a series<br />
of arson fires had plagued the area<br />
for several days. For four days,<br />
with temperatures over 100 degrees,<br />
operators covered the area by ground<br />
and air. Ffres contfnued fntermit·<br />
tent1y thoughout the perfod. but on<br />
the fourth day. Bob Frye. W6JWU.<br />
spotted the arsonist. CDF fire<br />
prevention officers immediately<br />
surrounded the area and arrested the<br />
culprit.<br />
Since then eight to ten patrol<br />
routes have been covered regularly<br />
during each ffre season.<br />
If you like action. this program<br />
is for you. Volunteers must be over<br />
Flag Patrol. they become volunteer<br />
employees of the State of California<br />
w1th workers' compensation protection.<br />
Patrol vehicles must have two<br />
persons - driver and observer. Only<br />
one needs to be a 1icenssed Amateur<br />
Radio operator (Tech or higher) with<br />
2-meter or 220MHz 25w mobile in<br />
vehicle (no HTsl). The second<br />
person may be unlicensed or hold a<br />
Novice Class license. Here's a<br />
chance to get your spouse or a<br />
friend involved with you. Classroom<br />
and/or on-the-job training is<br />
provided.<br />
In the past. the headquarters<br />
stations (at Monte Vista) required<br />
the assigned operators to bring<br />
their own equfpment. Recently the<br />
Amateur Radio Club of E1 Cajon<br />
provided a 2-meter radio and SANDRA<br />
a 220 radio which could rema1n at<br />
the headquarters facilitating<br />
operation.<br />
The coming fire season is<br />
expected to be severe and it takes a<br />
good many operators to sustain<br />
operations over several days.<br />
There's room for you! contact me at<br />
273-1120 or on 146.265(-) at 1900<br />
Sundays to sign up.<br />
11111111111111#111#11111111#11111111<br />
> FIE L D DAY 199 1 <<br />
de Dennis - N 6 K I<br />
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVERYONE<br />
WHO PARTICIPATED IN FIELD DAY TO<br />
COME TO THE CARLSBAD SAFETY CENTER<br />
AUGUST 7TH FOR FD PICTURES TO SEND<br />
TO THE ARRL. We will also have some<br />
more pictures of Field Day for you<br />
to look at.<br />
Below are some of the stats on FD<br />
91. If we would have had<br />
propagation on 10m we most likely<br />
would have achieved our goal of<br />
5,000 QSOs. Of course. all of our<br />
competitors were at the same<br />
disadvantage. We can only hope that<br />
Murphy took a bigger bite of our<br />
nemesis K4BFT who nosed us out of<br />
involved with the California 18 years of age and will be 1st place in 1990. Because of<br />
Department of Forestry's Red Flag registered in the Volunteers in problems with the N6NAB dup program<br />
Patrol? Prevention (VIP) program. When it might be wise to switch to the<br />
At a SANDRA meetfng in June, assigned by a CDF official to Red K1EA program. Club contesters<br />
,<br />
SCOPE-AUG '91<br />
EXEC MTG THUR, August 15th, 19300r, Jac'-kI'JM', QTf\e\(l oa'i · Pg. 8
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