1992 - Palomar Amateur Radio Club

NOV'92
building at lOam and by early
afternoon had all of the sides up
and the door hung. It looks very
nice but ft fs minus a roof. ~
~ came up in the afternoon to
help make plans for completfng the
many little things that need to be
done on the building: bracing.
secure the door fixtures. and extend
the 6' cefling so that Art-KC6UQH
can walk fnto the building without a
brain concussfon. Joe made plans for
some welding on the shed and coax
vault plus items needed for the
emergency crankup tower next to the
repeater buildfng.
John-WB6IQS and Jim used their
IFRs (we had two of them) to check
.A;ItIt the new frequency and how it
affects other repeaters in the
building. The results are
encouraging since they were done
without the use of various filters
and antenna separation which will be
added later. WB6IQS. after most
others left. spent some time on the
new 12vdc power distribution system.
David-KC6EBY dropped in after his
work at the observatory and pfcked
up a key for the battery shed and
Monday will check all the batteries
for correct acid levels. Some of us
arrived home at 7pm so it was a full
day on beautiful Palomar Mountain. ­
SK~
(10-13) John-WA6ZJC and ~
KA6UAI worked on 147.130 to find out
why the power output was dropping
after several minutes of use. After
many tests and trouble shooting it
was decfded to replace several
coupling capacitors. One of them
must have been bad since the problem
was fixed. Erik also replaced his
control antenna on the tower and
Stan-W9FQN cut brush. painted the
motor shed. and made lists of things
needed for the following Sunday work
party. -SK­
(10-18) John-WB6IQS and Art­
KC6UQH worked in the bunker checking
~ome measurements needed on
several repeater antennas and thefr
interaction.
John-KD6NMJ supervfsed the
framing of the roof raising wfth
Ted-KC6ZRY. Dav1d-KC6YSO and ~
~ helping. They were work1ng on
the freezer building which fs befng
turned into a repeater bunker. It
measures 7.S'x7.S' and looks as if
it could hold 7 repeaters easily
with space to work. David also found
time to work on the exhaust fans and
fnstalled the second one in the main
bunker. Jim~KC6PAS came over and
supplfed us with all the tools and
nafls we needed •• thanks Jim.
John. Ted. and Joel were
supervised by Julie. Ted's wife. and
Janet respectively. Julie is
awaftfng her ham license •• now if we
just could get the other two Yls
interested.
The freezer sides were extended
2' so Art-KC6UQH could enter the
building. These were made from 3/4"
plywood and 2x4 framing. The roof
was installed leavfng a bunch of
items that still need to be done:
painting inside and outSide.
caulking. weather proofing the roof.
table. AC wiring. DC wiring.
earthquake braCing and anchors.
lighting protection. grounding.
ventilation. building anchors. coax
cables. etc. We could use some help!
We are hopping to move into the new
building before winter descends upon
us.
It appears as though we will
move four repeaters into the new
building when it is finished which
should free up space in the main
bunker for other projects we have on
the drawing board. -SK-
There is st 111 a lot of work
that needs to be done before winter
sets fn so there wfll be more work
parties soon. We have been greatly
pleased with the help some of you
have gfven us the past two months
and only wish that more of you would
find out what is going on at the
repeater site.
We can always use help at the
repeater site. If you have some
speCial talent (besides years of
pressing your m1c button ••or
sitting on it). please contact Stan­
W9FQN for possible projects that you
could help with at the site.
FIE l 0 0 A Y past
HOW OOES IT FEEL TO BE A FIELD
OAY WINNER OF THE SA CLASSIFICATION
TWO YEARS IN A ROW? It feels great.
just ask Dennis-N6KI and Bill-KB6MCU
••and Gene~B9COY ••and all of the
FD gang. A great effort was put in
by EYERYONE and ~ contact
counted!
It needs to be remembered that
conditions were not as good this
year and it took better equipment
and antennas to do almost the same
score. As Alice in Wonderland said.
·you have to run twice as fast just
to stay where you are."
de Dennis-N6KI
As you can see from the results
of the top 10 stations for 1991 &
1992. PARC moved from 6th to Sth
place nationwide. I still believe
PARC has the potential to make S.OOO
raw QSOs which would put PARC in the
Number two spot. It would be almost
impossible to take 11 spot in the
nation because of Clubs running 22A
or 2SA. the Novelty Class as I call
it. I think we were 12th in the
nation in 1990.
I want to thank all
participants for a great effort
considering the loss of the San
Diego DX club CW operators and the
declining sunspot cycle which made
propagation poorer.
1992 Top 10 Stations
K6CAB 20.25S 25A*
W2GD lS.388 4A
NINH 15.1S6 lSA
W3lIF 14.162 3A
W6NWG 13.422 SA
KONA 13.220 2A*
AI4U 13.138 6A
K4BFT 13.110 SA
N6AW 12.960 3A
K8Bl 12.940 8A
*-extra multo 4 battery
Score leaders SA
Palomar ARC
W6NWG (+N6YMD) 13.422
Huntsville ARC
K4BFT (+KD4IYD) 13.110
Billerica ARS
WN1Y (+N1HED) 12.328
West Coast ARC
WD6X (+KC6SKQ) 10.606
l fvingston ARK
KW8G (+N8SKE) 8.662
Orange Co ARC
Pg. 8 EXEC MTG THUR. NOV 12th. 1900Hr. WA6YOO QTH SCDPE-NOY'92