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It t h I*. falls an a v - h & l3w irsllawino srPnrXay will b t h wins, Y ~ P . artielm, e, #lot-, - 8 itlst-fars, or artic le8 you'd like t o a re mlntd frrm * - (rdth r h of tha plbllmt3m. date. Q ~ G . ) should ba 8~bmitted t o the abom -.

Parmiasion Is granted to copy encloed articleu mmsq ctadit ia g i ~ n to ' W W O Call&$'*

FIKLD DAY 1986

The Annual YPL AUC F i e l d Day w i l l be held on SATURDAY JUNE 28th. and SUNFAY JUNE 2F, 1986.

It w i l l be held at Crystal Lake Campgrounds. The aelacred sire i s a t an al t i tude of 6,300 f t .

facilities include water, picnic tables, and fluah toilets. The travel t ime from the 210 Fwy. and Highway 39 t o the s i t e i s approx. 50 minutes, The s i t s fw and meals w i l l be furnished by the JPL ARC. Ralph West UGYM has agreed t o cook for us this year. XI you miased Ralph'e cooking at last years Fiald Day, don't mise this me! This is also an excellent time t o meet JFL ABC manbers and friends. Field Day operations w i l l be discussed at the May meeting, pleaae try t o atten&.

If you have any questions or cements, please call Walt Huklehagian K6DWS X3036 or Jerry Hawkes W6WXL X2542.

Pleaae return the attached Ffeld Day Form aa soon as possible.

(Walt K6DNS)

Come Plong!

COMB AND JOIN TXE FUN

FOR THE DAY OR THE EWTIRE WEEIC&ND,

JUlBB 28th. and 29th.

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Very little hae been W r d on the ham bando f r o m l46m this month, oo I'm relying totally on the L m B I B u l l s t i n ~ a y ~ c . * w l l a t l i s ~ I b m donm hkB not sham the to be in vary good oh.p*, but I may have jwt been unlucky! llrdl now, r o r u m a r ~ o o ,

m - V 8 5 m m m frms OMllZ On el- 14,227 kEU or 14.230-14,215 kHz. 40 a d 80 meter wra- tim la also

CHI~-BYSlW is available arouru9 14,180 kHz most w. CYPRUS-IBOW partleipatas in t h Ramlly Hour on 14,227 kHz from lasoz. Fb *loo s b w a up on 11,183 rn #1 - I-. SATm PE I ~ Z D 7 S E i8 active daily on 14,026-14,- Hk frrrs 180ae.

SAINT VYWrntT-387CD attracts lots of take- a 14,206 14,227 W k h 18002. .

w x m c r n - g m t a m - a r m r r r d 10 metars. HQ I s rhgortsd to hmva k e n worked on 14,238 k?k at 18962. - -4

Bob, mm

Por the early ri-ra and commuters, how abut start*anIsrlyBMImtontbQOmsFhirr,irola 5:00 to 7:OQ A.M.. If interwtd contact Rlck

or Didc -1 at M.S. 168-521, or lism i n E h R L Y ~ ~ 0 0 o n . Rick-=DAN

OM of the activftielr of our elub that doss not W-lrrueRrrotice-itslmldh~6loodplRlic aewice work that our membmrs prfarm. Thio is -elally true wlth mgard to the help that our

pmvfda to aetivit- 1- t h LA -then and atmt our own Running Clubts events.. Sam m l m , t h w t of - rannrirrg Club, - lastot lm&alloftbw@ppfroh%Ipeeinthir~t recent Arroyo Sew Prlco event. So, I w o u l d alaa l i h t o ~ a m t m o f ~ f m m a l l o f u s i n b t u elub t o all of you who g i n your time t o hmlp out In - ~ b * - or w w h w e r e them mjoyd the Amat- Spmca Telascop prwmntation organized by Jon ~ ~ t h b l a s t m e & ~ * I w a r Z d l l l r r e t Q ~ bia fm aatt* up- -tatian tlm fim a l a t e f a t h - t o f t b ~ * F l - t r y t o * an mFfort to attmd Um

Mew M a c b d m a d tha rwt of the m t e r Cornit-mwafinsjabWthwmwytWq ontradr. I ~ ~ z p a l l o f y c r u w l m ~ ~ -tars t o h.lp tlm committee in any m y that yw -. I'm M i l l ladcfnO ioo. un --lam 4 a milit* -. mat OQa & is

not-iry- t o & * I l O t WPODPQC, k t - wtm will +ah t tm -mt im -1- bilftiem, Wm huvm lato of club marbra wkm are willing to valmtem thlr tlm fw e mi.e, rtc., mo m 1 1 wa need is aomom williw to t a b U m l ~ m x l p o i n t o u t w h t ~ t o b a ~ .

Don't forget Field Day comlng up in June. Walt ~ I U 1 ~ d J ~ ~ ~ h a M f a d ru 8 good place to set up at Crystal lake arrd i t looh llkh it w i l l b lot of tun. Watch your mail and thin publiestlon for m o r e details.

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2. Signal. Generator - bw1ett Paclrard - In 608.D 10 HHz t o 420 Calib. 1982 Ikcellent Condition. $425.00. I6MT.I X4870 (61. llake1y)

PAGE 3 APRIL 1986

Report

Present: Stwe T-s, Rick Winney, Rusn Dm, Jon Adam. Etsrv MacMedan, W a l t EIusbagian, Sfd Johnson. Jerry hwker, and several other*.

1. We ne%d an mrg%ncy Ccmaarmicatiwe Coordinator. Any volunteers should step forward,

2. Diacuasion of waye t o advise non-member JPL Ham of Club activit iae. aucb as F~ald Day. Walt Plushagun w i l l sac i f wa can put a notice in "m U~.tv%rse".

3. Walt lfuehagj.m gave a brief report on preparations f o r Field Day.

WRRW - Crystal ~ake/Jker Flat8 Campground. wing apace is available there and nearby.

WlEU - June 27/28 (SatlSun)

Walt rsqueated $450.00 from Club for sf te fees, food, miaise. Mototion for approval by Uck McKPnneg aecanded by Steve Townas, approved tmanimualy.

4. Men 14acP(edan eremenred t o the Board a propoeed letter t o WLC requesting a grant of $3,250 for repeater upgrades. Motion for approoal of letter by Ilusa Dew, ~ecand by Jon Adam. PIotion carried.

&spsctfully submitted, Russell C. Doop WA6JCK Secr~targ

t o J a 5 U l ~ t e h f c r r ~ f r o m ~ C i a n to Advanced clasa In o m sitting at the monthly exams h . l d at t h Lockheed M l o Club an Apil6. Jason has great pl.ns for DXfng w i t h his new TS- 4305 on solre cho3ce n e w fraqwneiw! Mew, H a , WPO administering other 8t Lor:- and askad him If ha ~ l s s sure he didn't w a n t t o a- change his call for o~ 8ppmpriate to hia n e w clase. (It's an option on thm application.) Jason replied no thankan you donit get a call lih m i n e tMt rwlly says of- to throw it m! He'll -1, (rnN0)

2

A -ter -ittea m* - held - m 2 k w & on the first Thursday of April and I reportad on the program the Steerlng Group had made. A plan for im~rwiQ? t h spotty cmwqp of mm into thm San Fernando Valley w a s pragrossing. It in- cludes raislng t b tranamltter pwer (our 6.5 mte - mmwbsbly well, but ooe mkd twwwh4t more to reliably cover non-lirm-of-might areas) s n d m ~ r e q u i = w # t o a d d w i t i e s i n t b duplsrper.Wahon#8toaddamm~teraoeiverin the Valley and link it back to the r m t e r sit. with a wtlng system. Of course, e&ch n e w tram- mitter = add a h - a ca~trol sysm ta mak it mz-lagal.

h-t list t o d o t h i s ~ d r a w n w a m l w n t to Rick MeKimmy (whom you know as our club t r m e r , ) but in thfs case he w a s wearing his OTHER hmt # ERC sub-club chairman. Rick and I took advmtsge of the agportuni ty for free eteak d l m r o md grmmtmd a r-t (at the BRC camzil me8tlrrg on Mar& 26) for a grant of $5260. X am hppy to repr t i t was a p p r d . We are n o w well on our way to getting the repeater properly u#lrcded.

By the way, when they dlseusd the grant, ERC ask& me what an amateur radio club like ours -, I b l d thsm brbfly mt hElw pnr commmiaata

a 0 8 (hut that m a m mt C h m , ) thQn went into the excellmt support some 90 or muembimsmifkl t o t h first LA c a p h of mtb w. T k l I *iw the -1- lent publlclty W6VIO gave JPL and NASA w i t h our Spclal h n t *ration for the Voyager Ur- encounter in which w e sent elo-scan pieturw arwnd thm world and wfll ber following up each -tact w l t h spscial collmctiblr QSL arb. T h a t ptas tb m i l W club 15 UI

t h e b a l l g 1 8 B o i I q ~ ~ f I&-- of you involved in doing these g#d things ... It blgsd t b club's imp! immxFely?

Spcial thanks at this time also go to Kerry mi-, -is, Brian Staphtm d Stan Sander for tklr site orork; Stan Smbr evnd Sid Johnson for their inspection of the present site {we haw to exterminate termites in a tele- @ m ~ pole, vm&l y m beliew?); Gury Jim Parkyn for their help with the lfnk margin analpis; mt Dieln For his rseolslllwfiBatfone ar how t o c l d l d t h e a x t r a e a v i t i e 8 t a w h t v m a l W U ; Rut18 Dow for locating a possible altarMtf~* contract sfte for our remote recafvsr: and 81d Johnson for remearching the isolator market to combat our intermod ("grunge"] problem lem the thowands of other little j o b t h t he somehow aoeS to lPeep t h mrkfng.

Wa'll lowp yar ptd rmtt month as we prclgress.

Twelve menbere of the JPL Amateur Radio Club lpwrjded ~ m d ~ t i o n s for the flrst Los Arplee Marathon on Sunday, March 9, A total of 267 amateur radio operators pmvid& support to owr 11,MlO ntryncrs. The 26.2 m i l e - star- and finished mar the Coliseum. Several nets opxated elmult-ly an tha 144 end 220 MHz M. t l~w i w t i m a m by wlunteem an t h 470 HEk Winess band.

Jay Kolladay (W6WJ) provided communications on shadwo mt far orae of t h mce officials. All

t h e o t h s T J P L C l u b m e m b e r s w m k d a n t h s d d . Particlgatirrg weze: Stan Bmkl (N2YQ) , Walt Diem (WMPM), Ibrry grf* (N6E@3), Sld J o h m (WB6VWH), J i m L u m d n (WA6MYJ), George Horrio (-)I - P l W IWTPW), sten - ~WGblP) , Brian St@- (KWAJ), mph wwt (Ism), and Art Zwie1- wmAL. -, -, - and r m s m i b l e for organizing tha medical net. Jlm, Wh6MYJ, ard Stan, N6MP. were keep very busy during the marathon as they shared net control responsfbility.

T b amateur -0 -tom p e r f d in an aat- standing fiatahion and this perfor- hae k e n recognized by race and city officials. It was aImwr & day for a m a m redio!

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JPL W club & W -far WWXA will b m t ~ d m m i b l e anf listsnLne for -0 on 3530

I(WO 1- 21030 d ICRgQJR m 21126

at nor*1 .nB 1:00 M Rst at 1-tfom on tim da- gim:

/ p , lPe rwZQs l . I l d - A p r i I B t h m I d a y I /VK Awtralh - Way 8 thru biy 11 /=Fiji Is. - -13 thrum24

APRIL 1986

- F i e l d mty 1986 m t a t l m arrcl Field Dey 1985 Jm-, wx

Field Day 1965 Walt m-, EXms Co-Chaimm, Field Imy 1986

- hmL -tation J a y HollaBay, bmsJ3 VJm9 Presl-, mRL

- cellular -1- Thehnolooy

kqwt - *mtorola wcaducta m t a t i a l PoPRlr -1lfiers

Roy mjml, Hember of Techriled Staff m e - Motowla, -., -

hcsntly I ordered some replacement parts for an alder Hy-Gain Antenna that I will put up shortly (TFI3-JR). I was referred t o a toll free number for technical advice: (1) (800) 328-3771 and apoke t o Mr. Al Ebplan who was very helpful and who made the following recolmnendation: %en assembling aluminum tubing sections first brueb mating eurfaces with 000 steel wool and them coat l i g h t l y with an anti-oxidant preparation. He specif led "Pennetrax-A" , a Greenlee Product, the "A" designating the aluminum f o m l a . Faf lure t o prepare joints tbualy eventually results i n corrosion and raaisrive joints. (Which w i l l alter and probably degrade antenna performanceJ He ale0 aaid the comon practice of epraying '?lrylontl or a similar urethane coating over a tubifig joint w i l l protect for rr while, but eventually moisture w i l l produce corrosion. I was unable to loaare any "Pennetrax-A" locally, but found the following substitutes at a local electric hole- sale supply: "NO-LOX" by Ideal Corp. 8 o t s . for $4.15 end '%E-MI" by ILSCO b r p - 8 o w . for $4.15, Both available from Union Wholeeale Electric Co. 1509 W. Valley Blvd. Illhambra (818) 289-6142. They atock the producte for appliea- riona such as joining alurnlnm sections of high- current bues-bars, and will sell over-the-counter.

(Jason P16BCI)

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VHF/UHF CONFERENCE GRISWOLD'S HOTEL

FULLERTON CR, MRY 2,3,4

S C H E D U L E : F R I D A Y - T r a v e l and c h e c k - i n , r e g i s t r a t i o n . n o i s e f i g u r e m e a s . S A T U R D A Y - R e g i s t r a t i o n 8 AM

Lectures b e g i n 9 A M D i n n e r , p r i z e d r a w i n g s 6 : 3 h ?!*I

SUNDAY - Antenna g a i n measuremen', f l e a m a r k e t

P L A C E : G r i s w o l d ' s ~ o t e t i n F u l l e r t o n C a l i f o r n i a . Only m i n u t e s away f r o m O i r n e y l a n d , ~ n o t t ' s B e r r y F a r m , E 2 n 2 a d i o O u t l e t . C o u r t e s y t r a n s - p o r t a t i o n i s a v a i l a b l e t o a n d f r o c many ~ t t r a ~ t i o n s . A l t h o u g h t h e r e are 260 r o o m s a v a i l a b l e , t r y a n d m ~ k e y o u r r e s e r v a t i o n e a r l y t o i n s u r e a room. For r e s e r v a t i o n s c a l l 800-854-7231, I n CA (500 - 3 6 7 - 5 5 0 0 . o r 714-635-9000.

FEES: P R E R E G ~ S T R A T I O N U N T I L A P R I L 2 5 - 510 ( i n c l u d e s p r o c e e d i n g s ) R E G I S T R A T I O N A T THE DOOR 5 1 3 O l H E l E R 5 1 4

ROOM R E S E 8 V A T ~ ~ N $ 4 5 S I N G L E OR DOUBLE P E R N I G H T , B E l S U R E TO M E N T I O N THE VHF C O N F E R E N C E WHEN M A K I N G R E S E R V A T I O N S .

# h a v e a f u l l s l a t e of s p e a k e r s and t w o c o n f e r e n c e rooms already 1 i n e d u p f o r your enjoyment. B r i n g t h e f a m i l y , come and see o l d f r i e n d s , make new ones and e n j o y your West C o a s t Conference .

p r e r e g i s t e r now! M A I L T O : VHF/UHF C O N F E I E N C E , c / o K E I T H THOMPSON K 6 P V S , 15130 F I R ,

NAME : C A L L :

C I T Y : ZIP:

P R E R E G I S T R A T I O N ( $ 1 3 af ter A p r i l 2 5 ) $10 X

Oinner ( l i m i t 1.20 s e a t s ) C h i c k e n T e r - $ 1 4 x = f y a k i ) R o a s t f o p 5 1 4 x = b Round o f Beef

T O T A L E N C C O S E O :

~GRISWOLD'S HOTEL

1500Sout h Raymond Ave., Fdertan, CA92631

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FIELD DAY SA!LVRDAY JUNE 28th. AND SUNDAY JUNE 29, 1986

CRYSTAL LAKE CAMPGROUND

NAME CALL JPL PHONE X

HOME PHONE ( 1

I AM INTERXSTED IN THE JPL ARC FIELD DAY, I AM WILLING TO HELP IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS :

FIELD DAY PREPARATION PARTY

- EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION - SET UP EQUIPMENT & ANTENHAS 8:00 AM JUNE 28, 1986

- OPERATIONS: HF SSB DAY

VHF PHONE - DAY

HF CW - DAY OSCAR - DAY

PACKET - DAY

- TEAR DOWN 12:OO NOON SUNDAY, JUME 29th.

- ALL OF THE ABOVE

- YOUR C(mMEMTS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE APPRECIATED*

- NIGHT

- NIGHT

- NIGHT

- NIGHT

- NIGHT

FLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED FORM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO WALT MUSHAGIAN K6DNS. 238-420 X3036.