1992 - Palomar Amateur Radio Club
1992 - Palomar Amateur Radio Club
1992 - Palomar Amateur Radio Club
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KB6NMK,Jo Ashley, ads,labels<br />
W60LQ, John Tentor, billing<br />
W9FQN, Stan Rohrer, Editor,<br />
RECOGNITION<br />
Dave-KD6EBY for helping<br />
Mike-KC6KCQ on the new<br />
449.425 repeater. Dave has<br />
been acting as a "runner" to<br />
pick up things that Mike<br />
needs: parts, cabinet, etc.<br />
Dave also lives and works on<br />
<strong>Palomar</strong> Mountain.<br />
Also Carl-N6NZX and<br />
Mary-KB6NZA picked up some<br />
chips which Mike needed for<br />
the 450 repeater.<br />
Nash-W6HCD for some 2x6<br />
boards for battery bracing<br />
in the club's 3,300 Amp Hour<br />
battery shed. Your car<br />
battery is about 90 Amp-Hr.<br />
Benton, KK6LX, for the<br />
making of wood and plastic<br />
brochure boxes to be placed<br />
at various locations<br />
throughout the County.<br />
Orlando, N6QVW, for the<br />
two crank handles which he<br />
made up for the two towers<br />
given to us by radio station<br />
KGB thru John-WA6ZJC and to<br />
Carl-N6WLX for delivering<br />
one of the cranks. (Never<br />
saw a crank I liked - Ed.)<br />
- E D ITO R <br />
Billy J. McCord, WB6TBQ<br />
died February 29th. He was<br />
71 having been born in<br />
Indianola, Iowa, in 1920.<br />
Billy was a self-employed<br />
accountant for 25 years, a<br />
World War II U.S. Army<br />
veteran, and Secretary of<br />
the <strong>Palomar</strong> <strong>Amateur</strong> <strong>Radio</strong><br />
<strong>Club</strong> for four years ending<br />
the year that I became<br />
president in 1985. Billy<br />
suffered a heart attack in<br />
January which left him in a<br />
weakend condition ending in<br />
sucoming to phenonia. It<br />
~was rumored that Billy had<br />
several speeding tickets for<br />
the operation of his wheel<br />
chair.<br />
Dee-N6ELP lost her<br />
husband, John, also an<br />
amateur radio operator, on<br />
December 30th. The original<br />
notice which was to be in<br />
the February SCOPE was lost<br />
in the big computer crash<br />
and it was only this month<br />
in looking through some old<br />
notes that I realized that<br />
the notice had never been<br />
printed. John was active in<br />
Sam's <strong>Radio</strong> Hams, and an RV<br />
group. Dee is still active<br />
in Animal Rescue, ARES and<br />
RACES for North and Central<br />
S.D.Co.<br />
The club has also had<br />
had a recent rash of<br />
illnesses and operations<br />
among the spouses of our<br />
club members and we wish<br />
them all good<br />
days to come.<br />
73, Stan, W 9 F Q N<br />
health in the<br />
REPEATERS etc.<br />
W6NWG TRUST: Ron W. WI6B <br />
TECHNICAL John K. WB6IQS <br />
AUTOPATCH Jerry H. WB6FMT <br />
450 RPTR Mike D. KC6KCQ<br />
SITE OPR Stan R. W9FQN<br />
KA6UAI RPTR: Erik T. KA6UAI<br />
WA6IPD RPTR: Art R. WA6IPD<br />
UPDATE 145.050 &<br />
146.175: Normal.<br />
UPDATE 146.730: Normal<br />
with slightly reduced<br />
coverage. Possible coax<br />
problems which will be<br />
checked on next antenna<br />
climbing session.<br />
UPDATE 147.130: Normal.<br />
Deviation returned to<br />
normal. Can be worked with<br />
20-30 watts from Palm<br />
Springs.<br />
UPDATE 439.050 PACKET<br />
NODE, W6NWG-2: part of the<br />
San Diego Metro Net, to be<br />
placed in the bunker<br />
sometime in April when a new<br />
antenna can be put up on the<br />
tower.<br />
UPDATE 449.425: The old<br />
APR' 92 <br />
repeater has audio problems<br />
and the autopatch has not<br />
worked from time to time.<br />
At this stage John-WB6IQS<br />
feels that rather than spend<br />
a lot of time on an old<br />
"tube" repeater (90Ov on the<br />
plates of the final) and the<br />
"hard to find" intermittent<br />
problem that we should<br />
concentrate on the new<br />
449.425 machine. With help<br />
from Jerry-WB6FMT they think<br />
that they have now narrowed<br />
the problem down to two<br />
transistor stages.<br />
Mike-KC6KCQ now thinks<br />
that the new 449.425<br />
repeater could be up and<br />
running by April 15th •• if<br />
things down't turn out too<br />
taxing.<br />
AUTO PATCHES<br />
AUTOPATCH STATUS: The<br />
autopatches on 146.175,<br />
146.730, and 147.130 are<br />
functioning properly.<br />
Prefix 390 has been added to<br />
the lower third autopatch.<br />
The 449.425 patch will be<br />
connected to the new 450<br />
repeater around April 15th<br />
if all goes well.<br />
Be sure to inform the<br />
people that you call most<br />
often that their telephone<br />
connection is NOT PRIVATE<br />
and that they are being<br />
heard over 2,000 sq miles of<br />
San Diego County. Also<br />
instruct them not to bring<br />
up as items of conversation<br />
anything that could be<br />
construed as being of a<br />
business nature.<br />
The most recent repeater<br />
access codes are on your<br />
address label although new<br />
members should request an<br />
autopatch information sheet<br />
by sending a Self Addressed<br />
Stamped Envelope (SASE) and<br />
home phone to W9FQN (see<br />
EImers) since you need to<br />
know several additional<br />
SCOPE-APR'92<br />
CLUB MTG WED APR 1st, 1930Hr, LINCOLN MID.SCHOOL<br />
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