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was then replaced.
We are trvinq to treat the 5~~00
pounds of batteries with respect bv
wearing rubber gloves~ face masks~
and rubber aprons. It sure is hard
to work that wav especially when yOU
have your nose to the grindstone. We
also have a liberal supplv of special
eve wash and plenty of bakinq soda.
We finished the day at 5130pm.
- ElK ­
WORKPARTY- Dec.14. Erik-KA6UAI and
Stan-W9FQN when to P.Mt. to change
the autopatch antenna from a pole
ne~t to the repeater building to a
higher spot on the 80 P tower to
improve reception for Jerrv-WEl6FMT P s
autopatch in Vista. Erik installed
new crystals ($80) in the 147.13
machine to cure driftinq~ replaced a
jumper of coax that had water in it.
and checked evervthing for the long
winter months. Stan sealed the
inside of the battery shed with duct
tape. poured 5 qal of distilled water
into the battery. put a variac (tnx
KK6LX) on the batterv chargers to
adjust the "float" current to the
batterv banks to about 1.SA for each
strinq~ and checked the repair job on
the cracked cell which still leaks
sliqhtlv. It was a beautiful dav on
the mountain. There was the smell of
fallen leaves. the sun was shining
warmly. and yOU could tell that
winter in the mountains was not far
off.
BK ­
Our repeaters in the PARC b\'lnker
on Palomar Mt. at S.600 P cover 2.000
sq.mi. of S.D.Co. and 150+ miles out
to sea. It is club policy that these
repeaters are open repeaters FOR CLUB
MEMBERS AND OCCASIONAL TRANSIENT
USERS. Be FRIENDLY to those that yOU
talk to and invite them to support
the club with their membership. You
can check their membership in PARC bv
askinq them if they have seen
something in the most recent SCOPE.
AUT 0 PAT C H E S
WA6IPD/R. Art Rideout ••••••• WA6IPD
FALLBROOK + surounding towns
KA6UAI/R. Erik Thompson •••••• KA6UAI
ENCINITAS + surounding towns
*KA6UAI/RI Jerrv Hauser •••••• WB6FMT
VISTA + surounding towns
*W6NWG/Rc Dennis Vernacchia•••• N6KI
SAN DIEGO + surounding towns
The WB6FMT (Jerrv Houser)
autopatch on KA6UAI will probably qo
on line Januarv 15th. Note that it
has a different access code to enter
the patch. Also there is a good
possibilitv that many of the Carlsbad
and Oceanside prefexes listed under
WB6FMT will not be available even
though listed since they are already
covered bv KAbUAI. A final listing
will be given in the Februarv SCOPE.
The r\.ll e at present is that VO\.l
should use the KA6UAI patch for all
those numbers vou have been usually
calling and the WB6FMT patch for new
numbers in Vista. San Marcos~
Escondido. Valley Center. Bonsall.
and Fallbrook. If yOU are in ranqe
of the WA6IPD in Fallbrook. we would
rather have yOU use that patch rath
than the WB6FMT patch in Vista.
To put it simply. There are two
autopatches on KA6UAI/R. One is
based in Encinitas (KA6UAI) and the
other in Vista (WBbFMT) which is the
reason that they need different
access codes to "steer" the patch
audio from KA6UAI/R to the proper
autopatch. They have separate
equipment and phone lines at those
locations. Thev onlv thinq they have
in common is the repeater (KA6UAI/R)
on Palomar MO\.lntai n.
The N6KI patch. at the home of
Dennis Vernacchia. is slated to be in
operation sometime in the early
Spring covering 150+ prefexes in the
San Diego area. Dennis now has about
30/0 of the equipment needed for this
project. The PARC patches should
cover almost all of the countv
covered by our repeaters with nontoll
calls. The autopatch capabil i'" .
is deemed necessary for rOL~
emergencies and for use bv the
Amateur Radio Emergencv Service
SCOPE-JAN' 90
EXEC MTG THURSDAY.
JAN 10th p 1930Hr Fog 6