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WB6FMT patches cover every prefex
covered by the KA6AUI patch. We are
also consfderfng the opening of the
Ramona area to autopatch use. ff
there is interest.
We wfll probably keep our present
autopatches on 147.13 in operatfon
unt n the new system is up and
workfng properly. The new system
will probably be connected as
follows: 1st 146.730. 2nd 449.425.
and 3rd 147.13 wfth the possfbilfty
of the 220 machine next year. Past
experfence indfcates we will not
move as fast as we would like to
move but we are looking at Palomar
Mountafn additions in September.
146.730 connection fn October.
449.425 in November and completion
of the project by the end of 1991.
Everything would move much more
rapidly if we had more help •••and
more slowly with problems or without
help. Remember. all officers.
trustees. and committee heads are
volunteers and don't receive lc for
work done! Everything is done
during our ·spare time- with surplus
equipment modified to work in the
Ham bands.
When the basic cost of a repeater
is $30 for the transmitter and
receiver. and the controller fs
$150. you know we are taking the
cheap way out with John-WB6IQS
supplying the -know-how." Many
clubs spend $1,500-$3.000 for the
repeater and $2,000 for an
intellfgent talking controller.
That doesn't take into account
filters and antennas. Autopatches.
radios, fdentification. ff1ters, and
antennas for autopatch systems could
cost $1.000-2,000 for each patch
($4,000-8,000 total for four
patches) but so far we are operatfng
at a fraction of that cost. Durfng
the testing phase of the autopatches
the club has been usfng equfpment
supplf ed by Er fk-KA6UAI, Jerry­
WB6FMT, and items supplied by the
PARC (ie., prefex filters, a
telephone line, antenna, etc.) In
tfmes of emergency the abi11ty to
access the phone l1nes with 2-3
phone connections reduces the
possibility that an accident would
completely sever us from all of the
phone lines.
Provisions are being made in the
new system for the possible
-dumping- of ALL unauthorized calls
to SPECIFIC NUMBERS or CALL AREAS,
and ALL calls made by non-members
although you could still call up the
patches for a non-member, if you
-wanted to -do so •. The restriction of
the patches to only club members is
because we feel that club members
will be more aware of the problems
connected with the use of
autopatches by their reading of the
club newsletter, the SCOPE. At
present we only restrict you to
specific call areas and to specific
telephone numbers that are abused.
The priority on the "dump· feature
IS NOT HIGH on our list but it could
easily be moved up hfgher if we
detect problems in the future.
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LOYAL M. HANSON
Registered u.s. Patent Attorney
Fallbrook 723..06.20
We are gett1ng a lot of -new
hams" who are not familiar with
amateur radio and this could
possibly open us up to problems in
the future on our repeaters and
autopatches. We could issue each
member his own personal access code
but we would like to stay away from
too many restrictions. Club members
need to continue using the patches
inte1l1gently within FCC ANO CLUB
guidelines ••note the use of ·CLUB"
guidelines. We not only want to be
"LEGAL" but we want to be
Conservative, Pol1te, and Qufck
(CPQ).
- BK ­
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> FORSAIL <
If you have an item for sale.
bring it to the SALE TABLE at the
club meetings. tagged with name.
call and minimum price. if any. The
Club takes 10'1 and you go home with
$$. PARC takes NO 1 on the ads
below and they ARE FREE TO CLUB
MEMBERS. The month of first being
run is indicated by date at the
beginning of the ad. PLEASE tell us
when the 1tem(s) are sold.
Oeadl1ne FORSAIL items is the
15th of the month addressed to the
temporary editor at his home
address: 30311 Circle R Ln. V.C •• CA
92082-9423 or call 749-0276. Late
items will appear the following
month.
SILENT KEY'S ESTATES: A club
member is app01nted by the PARC
execut1ve committee to handle each
individual station with initial
contact by Eleanore-N6QJE and
pricing of equipment being done by a
PARC committee headed by Dennis­
N6KI. Announcements of Silent Keys
in the SCOPE is done only after PARC
contact with the family.
MEMBERS FREE ADS are for the sale
of their own used personal
equipment. or for the sale of
approved PARC Silent Key Estates
(which must be so designated in the
ad.) Sale of new items or other
items incidental to a commercial
operatfon should be done through the
purchase of a PARC paid ad with the
exception of items offered by PARCo
SWAPMEETS: Oenn1s-N6KI (price$);
John-WB6IQS (VHF. UHF, Hard1fne);
Kerry-N6IZW (Microwave & test
equipment); Paul-KB5MU (Pkt.
Computers); and Bi1l-KB6MCU (ATV).
- BK ­
(6-23)Kenwood
TM-TS-700(SP) service
COPE-JUL '91 EXEC MTG THUR. July 12th, 193DHr. W9FQN('3). Valley Center Pg. 6