2000 - Palomar Amateur Radio Club

P.A.R.C. Ine
(2000 Board)
Pres: Allen Maslowski N2DCA 8S8.64l.2400xJ229
N2DCA@amsaLorg
.~ VP: Charlie Ristorcelli NN3V 858.6763307
NN3V@ARRL.oct
See: David Patterson WB6DAV 760.727-5560
WB6DAV@jIlllO.com
Treas: JoAshley KB6NMK 760.741.2560
KB6NMK@amsat,org
Dir#l: Ted Wilcox KF6BFI 619.295.1202
KF6BFI@amsalorg
Dir#2: Marsh Parker W A6SAX 760.751.8930
W6SAX@amsal1lQ!
SCOPE: Stan Rohrer W9FQN 760.749.0276
W9FQN@1I1lO.com
Teehnieal: Mike Doyle AB6QT 760.742.1573
AB6QI'@amsal1lQ!
MSh: Al Donlevy W6GNI 760.630.3096
aldoole..y@JlIlO.com
Board Mtg. 7:00 pm Wednesday of week
following the Club meeting as announced.
Treasurer $$,$$$
JoAshley
KB6NMK @aImat"'l!
See me at
club mtgs for
"hard copies"
of fmancial
statement( s).
Past
months
"projectsl
•available": !
02.31.96 57,884 6.30.99 $8,700
02.31.97 54,880 7.3 1.99 $8,888
02.28.98 $8,414 10.31.99 510,191
2.28.99 510,118 11.30.99 59,038
4.30.99 $8.540 1.31.00 510,212
Routjne: Scope printing -$3OOImo; ~ posIa!je -$1OImo;
eIectridIy -1501mo; phone -$5O/mo -$570/810. (lnsumoce
eacb Nov. -$I,IOOlyear)
Under .....W!tjoo: 6m ~ spn -$200; 449.42 Iepeller
spare -$200; spare 8IlIe/ID8S -$700; etc ~ --51,100.
Approved eIl!!!!_ not SIleII: $)00 tent tmiIer; = --5100
Last mOlld!'. Seope Hdpen:
'I1I.uIIs to An lIIId AIlIt. for die foldiea ........d die
rer....._u.. Really Ift'It eookies.
KB6YHZ Art & KB6Y11Y Anita
W6GNl AI
W6YOOHany
N6lJZH Terri &. MY2K1D TyJerlMatt
KG6AEWBilI KB6NMJC 10
""FQN Sian
LocabonIdue 3.31J18 6.38JI8
C04114-01t19,98 2,271,99 2,3(lJ80
CD5#2-JOJJ9.98 2,428.50 2,462.85
CDI#J-.05,24.98 2,37253 2,415.84
CD4#1~,13,99 2,896.66 2$37,62
Checking 5,115,31 3,515.38
Post Oflic:e 99.25
101.38
CaSh«:D's 15,184,24 13,13(i87
Pre­ 5,152,00 4,576.00
pmjeclsl IG,03l.24 9,160.87
Discussion continued on how to increase
membership.
Mike's technical report stated that
the preamp for 147.130 was powered by
the same source as 146.075. For this
reason, wben 147.075 was left unplugged,
the receiver was down on
147.130. When the power supply was
plugged in, the repeator was working
fine. Mike suggested that repeaters be
turned off using the control codes to
avoid this kind ofproblem in the future.
Mike received two official observer
notifications as a result offield day. One
claimed that the 20 meter pbone station
had an excessively wide signal. The
other was that the 40 meter phone station
was operating out of band on
7.1506 mhz, lower sb.
Mike has not yet ordered the 70cm
brick: as approved at the last meeting.
Marsh has not gotten the paperwork
from Lake Dixon yet. The dates of the
picnic are of concern due to conflict
with the Olympics? Mike offered to
assist with preparations for the picnic.
Ted reported that the auction is progressing
well. Jo will send Ted an email
with Marvins phone # and email address.
Next Ix>ard meeting to be at AI's
(W6GNJ) bouse.
Goodies were by Barbara, KA6FPS.
Meeting adjourned at 2055 Hrs.
Ted Wilcox, CAPT USNR, Deputy
Knowledge Officer, (858) 537"()529
President's Message
Allen Maslowski N2DCA@amsat.org
I have never commented on the
new licensing restructuring that happened
in the beginning ofthis year. I
believe that the new structure of the
licenses are in order with the rest of
the Amateur community throughout
the world. A lot of the U.S. amateur
community feels that the reduction of
the code requirement has hurt the
hobby. In my opinion, one's skill in
their technical ability should not be
judged by the speed of the Morse
code they can send. I am a died in the
wool CW operator for the last three
years exclusively.
The newly restructured license
plan, in my opinion, has made it
easier than ever to upgrade. Yes,
there are more questions on some pg.3
of the tests, but after reviewing ;!~3
both the old and the new licens- Allg.
ing exams for the General, Advanced
and Extra class licenses, they
are definitely easier. The elimination of
the higher speed code requirement, 13­
WPM for the General and the 20-WPM
for the Extra class licenses has enhanced
the ability of some people that
would not have entered the hobby a path
to get there.
CW is an old communications mode.
In low power, QRP, operation, it is the
preferred mode of communications.
With its 51 Hz bandwidth requirements,
and its simplicity of circuit design, CW
has never fallen out of favor with the
true HAM. It is true that you can
design a SSB QRP radio and have tons
of fun in the process, but it is the CW
signal that will persevere were other
signals may fall short of reaching there
destination. For those who doubt that
CW is alive and working, all you have
to do is listen to the CW portions ofthe
bands.
As I mentioned above, the licensing
structure has been made to conform to
the rest of the Amateur Radio community
throughout the world. With the
restructuring, it was made easier to get
and hold higher class licenses. In part I
think: that the ARRL has done a good
job and has worked closely with other
groups to consider how to attract new
people to our hobby. If we don't consider
new modes ofcommunications and
other refinements in our privilege to use
the FCC's RF spectrum, our privileges
will be lost forever.
With the ever growing communications
industry constantly looking for
more spectrum, some of the Amateurs
spectrum has been looking very attractive
to this industry.
Amateur Radio plays an important
part in the development of new ideas.
For instance, the company that I work
for was originally designing and building
slow-scan TV equipment and CW
keyboards for the amateur community.
Now it is part of a billion dollar corporation
involved in the electronic security