June 2012 The official publication of the Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club

President’s Corner

Larry Bianchi KG1B

Once upon a time in a park far

far away! (If you walk that is) ..

FIELD DAY WARS!!!!

Fanfare .. fanfare .. fanfare.

Enough pseudo George Lucas

for now! But that time is upon

us when we will dawn our Field

Day hats and trundle off to

Lancaster City Park in pursuit

of the elusive QSO from the

varied Radio Clubs around the

country if not the world.

I can remember my first Field

Day (not that long ago). It was

all new to me and it was quite

enjoyable despite the heat.

There were things to learn,

contacts to make and friends to

enjoy. It was definitely an

experience. One of the benefits

of Field Day was that it tended

to bring the club closer together

as we worked together for a

common goal. And that goal

was to HAVE FUN! After all,

our hobby is geared to have fun,

enjoy learning, enjoy helping

each other and to Have Fun ..

oops, I think I said that already!

Oh well, such is the license I

have being the author of this

article. While we are on the

subject of Field Day, let me

review some points. First, this

year we will have a different

lineup of operators. Paul (Continued on page 3)

From The Veep Paul L’Heureux KD6SMC

Hi all. Man! This month went by

fast. Caught me completely un-

prepared, which is actually nor-

mal for me. So, I'm writing this a

week and a half before Field Day.

I'm looking forward to this one

‘cause I'm expecting to have a

real good time. Of course, by the

time you read this it will be after

Field Day so I hope you all HAD

as much fun as I did.

For this month’s meeting of the

AVARC we are going to have

some Field Day photos and re-

ports of what the participants

thought of the event. Good or

bad, it doesn’t matter. We are

also going to have a few antennas

to look at, which should be inter-

esting. All very informal of

course, and designed to possibly

set the tone for future Field Days.

Or not, as the case may be. There

was a question on the club net last

month where someone asked why

we always have Field Day at the

same location, namely Lancaster

City Park. I don't remember the

gentleman’s name or call, but I

thought the question was some-

what prophetic. Larry Bianchi

and I had discussed this several

months ago, though we came to

no conclusions. In light of the

economic situation that most

communities find themselves in

these days, it’s very possible that

we may be fee’d and regulated

out of our present location in the

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Thursday, June 28, is

the next meeting of the

AVARC at the Emer-

gency Operations Cen-

ter (EOC) at Lancaster

City Hall, 44933 N.

Fern Ave. in Lancaster.

Talk-in is available on

the Hauser Repeater

(146.73 MHz. PL 100)

if you need directions.

At this month’s meet-

ing, we will be discuss-

ing the results of our

Field Day activity.

Bring any photos you

would like to share.

Hope to see you there!

Meeting Notice

The Short Circuit 2

From the Secretary’s Desk AVARC General Meeting

April 26, 2012

Meeting opened at 7:30pm.

Financial report not given, Dan

not present.

Membership report given by Gary

WA6TWT. We have 99 mem-

bers, but as of tonight ,we did

reach our 100th member.

Field Day Saturday June 23rd

11AM to Sunday June 24th

11AM. We will meet at 8AM on

June 23rd to set up. Manpower is

needed. We will check to see if

bathrooms will be available to

us. Bring BBQ’s, pot luck. There

will be plenty of space. So let’s

have a fun Field Day and see

what we can do as a club. Boy

Scouts, Girl Scouts and the Cub

Scouts have been invited. High

frequency excites young children.

Eyes light up.

Adrienne WA6YEO There will

be a test on Tuesday May

29th. It is open to the pub-

lic. The test will be $4.00 and

t h e r e i s L A R G E n e e d

for examiners. We are expecting

a large group of about 30. You

can also renew license at test ses-

sion. We also urge everyone to

get their FRN #, 605 form, 10

digit on license.

Board meeting for June has been

canceled. Board meeting will

resume on July 12th.

I m u s t s a y t h a t e f -

forts of everyone to participate

will bring a lot to the club.

Meeting was adjourned at

8:45pm.

Swap Shop

ANTENNA AND TOWER

SALE: CONTACT W6FW, BILL

HOVERMAN 661-942-8596 or

nhoverman@verizon.net

160 mtr coil $20

40 mtr Hygain 2 element linear

load beam $150

20 mtr 4 element lite weight (36 ft

boom approx 70 lbs) $300

17 mtr WARC 3 element

beam $100

15 mtr 5 element M2 32 ft

boom $200

10 mtr 4 element 16 ft boom $80

Hygain TH3 tribander 10-15-

20 $100

5 band Hygain vertical $60

9 band vertical Butternut $300

6 mtr 3 element beam $60

54 ft crankup tower 13 FT mast

avail. $150

HZN Tri-Ex rotating tower 72ft

attachments to 94 ft $2000

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Harnos KC2RUJ

AVARC Secretary 2012

Eric J. Christensen

K6EJC

Manager

1525 W Magnolia Blvd

Burbank, CA 91506

(Between Sparks and

Beachwood)

Open 10:00 to 5:30

Closed Sundays

Voice 818-842-1786

Fax 818-842-5283

AVARC Members,

Thanks for letting HRO

meet your

Amateur Radio needs.

Members of the Acton club will be

joining us again this year

The Welcome Table

The Short Circuit 3

KD6SMC will be our GOTA (Get

on the Air) specialist. Along with

Paul, we will have Ken W6DIH,

Steve KC2RKK and once again,

the AADARC (Acton, Aqua Dulce

Amateur Radio Club) join us.

One facet of Field Day this year

will be the addition of both

A.R.E.S. and CERT joining us on

Saturday to demonstrate facets of

emergency communications as well

as training classes for new hams

who want to know more about

getting on the air with their new

equipment.

And we will be having a joint BBQ

which is always fun. Food, food

and more food; what defines Ham

Radio more than Food, Fun and

Frequencies!

Speaking of frequencies, this year,

we will not have the club trailer

with us, so the main antenna will be

the clubs’ SteppIR Vertical which

is good up to 80 meters, which is

slated for the GOTA station. The

other stations will have fun with

various verticals and wire antennas

as we show the public how easy it

will be to set up emergency

communications

Before we leave the subject of

Field Day, we are asking that most

of the operators show up on

(Continued from page 1)

President’s Corner...

future. Palmdale certainly

doesn’t appear very “ham

friendly” since their passage of

the infamous antenna ordinance

last year. I guess the best an-

swer to the question of why

Lancaster City Park as a Field

Day site is that when you live

in the desert, grass and shade

are nice, real nice.

(Continued from page 1)

Saturday morning about 8am.

Since we won’t have the club

tower and Yagis to set up, it will

be nicer to set up in the cool of

the morning rather than the heat

of Friday afternoon. If you want

to come on Friday, you are

welcome as we have the park

reserved from Friday noon till

4pm on Sunday.

Also, we WILL have the NASA

truck this year which means that

we will not have to worry about

power to our stations (except for

extension cords). You are, of

course, welcome to bring your

own generators and other sources

of power, but you won’t need to.

And .. If you GOTA go during

Saturday night, the rest rooms

will be left unlocked so we don’t

have to worry about having a

Porta Potty.

Well that about wraps it up for

this month. See y’all at Field

Day!!!!

Happy Hamming!

From the VEEP...

GOTA Station 2011

KØBGL setting up the CW station

K6GXO and W6DAW on 6 meters Zach Hoffman shows daddy KI6LUE

and grandma KG6TBR how it’s done

The Short Circuit 4

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Postage

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To ARS:

Amateur Radio is a National Resource FIRST CLASS

The Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club K6OX

Post Office Box 1011

Lancaster, CA 93584-1011

AVARC board meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month. All mem-

bers are welcome to attend, although they should let the president or another offi-

cer know that they are planning to attend, as the meetings usually include a pot-

luck dinner at the home of one of the officers.

The club net is on Wednesdays at 8:00, on the Hauser repeater (146.73 MHz PL

100). The net includes Amateur Radio Newsline, and all members and guests are

invited to check in.

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Master-At-Arms

Board Member

Board Member

Trustee

Ex Officio

Larry Bianchi

Paul L’Heureux

Barbara Harnos

Dan Rowlan

Gary Mork

Gary Barr

Larry Mock

Keith Hoyt

Margie Hoffman

KG1B

KD6SMC

KC2RUJ

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WA6TWT

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Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club 2012 Officers