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February URAC Meeting - All About D-STAR |
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Written by John Linder KC6JHV
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Saturday, 18 February 2012 15:04 |
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 It was a pretty full house last night, in the LA Maritime Museum break room, for
URAC's February Meeting. Guest speaker (and URAC member) David AA6RV gave a very interesting talk on D-Star, what it is and how it works. Following a short video of Gordon West (WB6NOA) interviewing two who had made over 20 different country contacts using D-Star, David went through a Power Point Presentation covering D-Star and its technical aspecs. He showed a small device which connects to a computer and, through the internet, provides the radio link for world-wide communications. Far from your usual HT experience, D-Star necessitates reading the operating manual from cover to cover. It's not as cheap, and it takes some learning, but for those with an interest it is lots of fun.
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Angels Gate Tug Boat |
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Written by John Linder
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:52 |
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 The Angels Gate is a WWII era tug boat based at the LA Maritime Museum. Visitors to the museum and K6AA can see the tug from the large windows. Members of the Museum and members of URAC can enjoy a nice 2 hour harbor cruise aboard this piece of history. While run mostly by an all-volunteer group called the Tug Boys, it does have a actual Tug Captain who comes when needed. The cruises are very enjoyable, and what a way to see the harbour on this nice narrated tour. I would recommend this Harbor Cruise to all URAC and LAMM Members. I have been on it many times. What a Joy!!
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SS Lane Victory at its new Berth |
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Written by John Linder-KC6JHV
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:29 |
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As you may know by now, the SS Lane Victory has moved to its new dock at the end of Miner Street at Berth 46. She is closed until Saturday February 18 when they will reopen to the public.
Look for updates on their web page www.lanevictory.org
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Update on Battleship IOWAs Arrival to Port of LA |
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Written by John Linder KC6JHV
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Saturday, 01 October 2011 19:55 |
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There is now a timeline set up regarding the Battleship Iowa's journey to the Port of Los Angeles.
October 27-30 - USS Iowa scheduled to be moved to a Northern California berth for exterior work.
November 1 - Mid-January 2012 - Exterior work with some events pier side.
End of January 2012 - Tow to Los Angeles.
February 2012 - Transit down the main channel to final berth.
Summer 2012 - Grand Opening to the public.
For more information, Check out www.pacificbattleship.com or www.facebook.com/pacificbattleship.
When she comes down the channel, make sure you have your cameras in hand. It will be a big event! |
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Field Day 10M/15M Operation Summary |
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Written by W6ADC
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Monday, 27 June 2011 15:58 |
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Field Day 2011. I was really happy this year. I can't thank everyone enough who helped to make it a great occasion.
- Propagation was not great this year. In and Out at best.
- The TRW radio station, operating about 3 miles from us at Friendship Park, reported to one of our club members today "your 15M station was 'killin it'." I don't know if that's good or bad, but Ray said it was good... ;)
- We made 383 QSO's without a graveyard shift. 112 on 10Meters and 271 on 15Meters!
- We contacted 46 states, missing only Alaska, New Jersey, Delaware, and Washington.
- We contacted 5 of 9 Canadian Providences.
- We contacted Puerto Rico, but missed the Virgin Islands, although I did hear them. Damn.
- There was little to no propagation to the north. I was surprised to see we contacted OR and BC at all.
- I had one "remote" contact from a 1D LAX who was remote in from Tokyo
- We worked with an antenna which, at best, was a 3:1 SWR (both bands) when we put it up, so we weren't at our best suffering some loss there and from a coupled cable, but we still did ok.
- We were supposed to have a rotator too, but it was forgotten by a party. We did fine without it though.
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Field Day 2010 Results |
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Written by Duane Cassone
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Tuesday, 07 December 2010 08:42 |
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Field Dayt 2010 Results! Great Job Club Members and Guests!
#2 in LAX - All Categories | #1 in 4A in LAX | #2 in 4A in California | #8 in 4A in USA |
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