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It was a nice evening as we all gathered at the Think Café for our annual Christmas/Holiday Party. With about 42 in attendance, we enjoyed a good time shooting the breeze. A little after 7pm, they took dinner orders. Our meals came pretty fast, starting ...
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December 3rd was a cool brisk morning as we gathered at the Think Caf...
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Following the main program and after the breaks, Martin N6UB and his XYL Mary gave a very interesting short program of their visit to the Northwest. Martin and Mary are fire lookout volunteers and they showed photos of some of the lookout towers; some ...
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It was a packed room last night in the break room of the Maritime Museum for the October meeting. Our speakers were URAC's own Martin Hochman N6UB and his XYL Mary. They gave a very interesting program about there trip to Tanzania in Africa. There wer...
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The LA City Yacht Angelena II has gone for her refit to electric engines. While out of service for a few months, Spirit Cruises will be taking over until the Angelena's refit is complete. For those of us who love our yearly cruise on her, it will be a b...
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Some good news for San Pedro! Battle Ship USS IOWA has been awarded to San Pedro and should be in port by year's end. It's going to be a big tourist attraction both as a Ship Museum and a Memorial. It will be towed out of Suisun Bay in October, wor...
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It was a nice sunny Friday as a bunch of URAC'ers signed the manifest and boarded the Angelena II on our yearly Harbor Cruise. We were a smaller group than in years past, but everyone had a good time. Many of us brought cameras and took pictures on the h...
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During my shift at K6AA, while tuning around the dial I heard this interesting call K0WAR. I gave them a call and, to my surprise, they came right back. I had a great chat with Paul; he told me I had reached the Wings Over The Rockies Aviation Museum. W...
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Here is the Biggest visitor to the port of LA during Navy days in the Port of LA, It is the Abraham Lincoln, One of the biggest Tourist attractions in a long time....
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On Monday morning, the Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in the Port of Los Angeles for the beginning of Navy Week, followed a few hours later by the USS Champion (a Mine Countermeasures Ship). The USS Champion was the first ship to open...
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On Monday mornining the Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN arrived in the port of LA and a little for the beginning of Navy Week a few hours later the USS Champion which is a a Mine Countermeasures Ship. The Aircraft Champion was the first ship to...
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During my shift at K6AA yesterday, tuning around on 20 Meters I heard a CQ from WG0AT. I responded and he came right back to me. His name was Steve and he was up in the mountains of Colorado, north of Lake George. He operates QRP portable with h...
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We had a good show for last nights URAC Meeting. Long time URAC member Ray Day, N6HE, gave a very detailed talk about RTTY and PSK31. His power point presentation (with some good humor) provided good information on how to use the modes. We learned RT...
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I wanted to let everyone know there are two Special Event stations commemorating the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program. From K6AA I worked them both on 20 meters (14.336 MHz). With both contacts I received 59 signal reports; N5S (Fred) i...
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I had just arrived at K6AA, signed in, and turned on the HF Rig. Tuning around on the dial I heard the words "Aeronautical Mobile," so I listened while he had contacts with other hams. After a few minutes, I gave a call. The operator, Doug KB1PMJ/AM, sai...
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Saturday was beautiful up at the K6AA Field Day site. Many URAC Members were operating SSB and CW on 10 thru 80 Meters, via Satellite, and on VHF/UHF. We were "4A - LAX." Many contacts were made. Total scores will be posted when we know them. Pic...
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The last Space Shuttle mission, with the orbiter Atlantis, is scheduled to launch on July 8th. It's mission will last about 2 weeks. Here is a video link with more information: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=14554&...
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There was a good showing of URAC Members and guests in the Museum break room for the June URAC Meeting. The Speaker was AF6NA Brian Thorson/EMF Engineer from Edison. He gave a very good talk on different subjects regarding safety for Field Day. His p...
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Field Day planning is in the final stages. Since band conditions have significantly improved of late, I made the decision, based on the input of the other Band Captains, to run 6A this year.As of this time, we'll be running with the following statio...
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Yesterday's URAC meeting was the annual White Elephant sale, and there was plenty of stuff that was sold; from fresh baked goodies to old radios, antennas, tubes and so on. Jim KQ6EA was the Auctioneer (as usual). The bidding got a little wild at times; o...
