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Work Parties<br />
(General workparties are usually scheduled the<br />
first Sunday after the first Wednesday <strong>Club</strong><br />
meeting -Ed)<br />
Next general workparty: May 7th<br />
Summer projects:<br />
Cleaning ofinsides ofbuildings<br />
Repairing winter damage<br />
Repair t~e 6m antenna<br />
Move 224.380 to Freezer Bldg.<br />
Move 224.900 to Freezer Bldg.<br />
Move another Rptr to Freezer<br />
Removing a tower to Cargo Container<br />
Replacing all the old heliax on twr<br />
Additional security stations<br />
Installation of several video units<br />
Replacing aging batteries<br />
Modification ofBlock building for<br />
new batteries (24)<br />
Possible replacement ofcrossarms<br />
going from 10' to 20' long<br />
Possible tree trimming<br />
Diagrams ofunderground wires<br />
Additional AC and DC filters<br />
Additional monitoring stations<br />
Minor painting jobs<br />
(these are not in order ofimportance -Ed)<br />
Members need to be reminded that<br />
they recive 2 activity points for working<br />
at the site each time they come up to<br />
work.<br />
The work generally is not strenous<br />
and many times requires little electrical<br />
knowledge but you would be furnished<br />
with equipment and proper instruction.<br />
Since we are going to work on the<br />
tower this year, we need tower climbers<br />
and we have "belts" that climbers use<br />
for safety. Your editor "stopped" climbing<br />
at 60 but he is still climbing at 70<br />
.. so where is all the new blood?<br />
Police!<br />
Ok, supposed you are stopped by the<br />
police for any reason and they have<br />
problems with your amateur radio call<br />
sign plate .. they say it is not valid! So<br />
what do you do? Here is an interesting<br />
comment by W6ABE:<br />
Hi Stan, I was at work last Friday<br />
when I noticed a PolIce car parked m<br />
among the employees cars at the Encinitas<br />
parking lot. He was using his binoculars<br />
to catch cars running the light<br />
down below the post office. I decided to<br />
have a chat with him.<br />
I wrote my call W6ABE on a slip of<br />
paper and asked him if he could run it<br />
through his computer to see if it was<br />
valid as my license plate. Lo and behold<br />
he did not come up with it!<br />
He thought that it was strange and<br />
had no explanation. He then asked me<br />
for my last name and what town I lived<br />
in. He then put that into his computer<br />
and came back with the necessary info<br />
on my pickup. 73, Ed Genest, W6ABE<br />
(Ofcourse, they can always run your VIN# but<br />
it is easier to ask them to run you name and all<br />
ofyour cars will pop up on their screen -Ed)<br />
449.420 ->447.200 ??<br />
Late last year, because of SCRRBA<br />
going to 15kc spacing, P ARC was<br />
asked to move 5kc downward from<br />
449.425 to 449.420 whichAB6QIMike<br />
was able to do without changing crystals.<br />
He just changed the capacitance<br />
across the crystal and "rubbered" it<br />
down 5kc.<br />
At the time this was a "stopgap"<br />
measure and we were aware that older<br />
70cm transceivers did not have a 5kc<br />
switch and therefore would not be able<br />
to hit the new 449.420 frequency and<br />
would sound distorted if they tried to<br />
use the new frequency.<br />
At the time we asked SCRUBBA if<br />
there was another frequency available.<br />
We didn't hear back from them until this<br />
month when they "notified" us that we<br />
were being moved to 447.200 which<br />
came as a surprise to us.<br />
We will give the 447.200 frequency<br />
a try sometime in May after crystals<br />
have been ordered and installed in the<br />
repeater. We will try to keep you in·<br />
formed as to when the change is going<br />
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