Welcome to WVARA
The next meeting of the West Valley Amateur Radio Association is on
Wednesday evening, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. Jim Brown, K9YC will be our
speaker.
Topic: "Everything you wanted to know about chokes and baluns".
And,
how to employ them to solve RF interference problems. This is "NOT
TO BE MISSED" program!
About the Presenter: Jim Brown, K9YC, started out in ham radio in
1955 as WN8FNI, later W9NEC. Jim has worked in broadcasting and pro
audio since 1960. Beginning about five years ago, in conjunction
with his work as Vice-Chair of the Standards Committee of the Audio
Engineering Society, Jim began extensive research and publication
on interference to sound systems at both audio and RF. Ferrite
chokes are a very useful tool in the suppression of RFI, so his
work focused on understanding them. For more information see
http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf.
Updates regarding Field Day 2008 will also be discussed.
Advance info for future speakers and topics is listed on our home
page at http://www.wvara.org/.
WVARA's March Heterodyne bulletin/newsletter has been posted! To
view it, go to www.wvara.org and click "Current Newsletter" under
"Heterodyne". Many thanks to the editor, Loren, AD6YU, as well
as
all others who contributed material!
IMPORTANT - Please renew your WVARA membership! It is important to
keep your membership current so that our budget remains on track.
Renewing is easy - select a Paypal button at
http://www.wvara.org/membership.html or bring a check or cash to the
January meeting. Checks can be mailed to WVARA, P.O. Box 6544,
San Jose, CA 95150-6544.
Meeting Location: San Jose Red Cross, 2731 N. 1st Street at Plumeria
Drive (southwest corner) in San Jose. The building is open at 7:00 p.m.
and the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend an informal pre-meeting dinner at Carl's
Jr. restaurant at N. 1st and Trimble Road in San Jose. People start
arriving about 6 p.m.
If you haven't been to the Red Cross, "talk-in" is usually
available on
the Association's repeaters. Best choice would be 2m/220.
Monthly Summary for February 2008
Santa Clara Valley Section News Summary.
March 18, 2008
=Section Convention at RadioFest 2008 -- It was a great success! Thanks
to all
who attended. The event was well attended and the addition of Harold
Kramer
from ARRL HQ was well received. The SVWUX folks put together an Internet
Cafe'.
Sal and Jim who bulldogged the event did a heck of a job as did the whole
Navy Postgraduate School club. A big Navy "BZ" to the whole
crew. We are all
looking forward to next year. Please visit www page http://www.radiofest.org/
= East Bay Amateur Radio Club, Oakland Radio Communication Association,
Amateur Radio Club of Alameda are holding a Technician level class scheduled
to begin Tuesday 8th April 2008, 1900 to 2130 local time weekly. The
classes
will run for five weeks at the Alvarado School, 5625 Sutter Ave., Richmond,
CA 94804, 510-559-2660. The textbook will be "The ARRL Ham Radio
License
Manual (Technician)" (Available from ARRL, HRO Oakland or at the
first
class.) Cost for the class is free, ARRL manual is $25. Registration
is on
site at the first session. A test session will be held 1900 hours local
time, Tuesday May 13th 2008 for a Test Fee of $14. Contact Randy Jenkins,
KA6BQF (ka6bgf@arrl.net) 510 526-4089
=Amateur Radio ("Ham") License & Communications
Course will begin Tuesdays:
6:30 pm - 9 pm: April 1, 8, 15 & 22 (April 22 is exam night) WHERE:
Menlo
Park Fire Sta. 77: 1467 Chilco St. COST: $40.00 MATERIAL: The ARRL Ham
Radio
License book will be provided for this class. INSTRUCTORS: David Fichou
(Menlo Fire ARES) & Ken Dueker (Palo Alto P.D.) REGISTER: Ken Dueker:
kdueker@powerflare.com
=Pat Barthelow, AA6EG, has been asked to present for the Jamesburg Dish
[http://www.jamesburgdish.org/] at the April 12 Yuri's night event at
Moffett
Field. See http://www.yurisnightbayarea.net/2008/ssa.php regarding Yuri's
Night.
= It is time to sign up again for Tierra Bella 2008 which will be on
Saturday,
April 19. Contact Don Irving, N6DRB, DonAndPat@irving.org. Stay tuned
for
several other public service events coming up in April.
=The 59th Annual International DX Convention sponsored by the Southern
California DX Club will be held at The Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference
Center
Visalia from April 25, 26 & 27, 2008. See their web site at
http://www.dxconvention.org.
=EMCOMMWEST 2008 is on for May 2-4, 2008 at the Circus Circus Hotel.
See their
web site at http://www.emcommwest.org. This year promises two exciting
headliners: DENNIS DURA, K2DCD -- Emergency Preparedness and Response
Manager
from the ARRL headquarters in Newington, CN will deliver our keynote
address,
and host a forum.
They are also pleased to announce that our special guest for the Saturday
night banquet will be GORDON WEST, WB6NOA from Southern California.
Registration is now available online via the website, at www.emcommwest.org.
Special room rates are available from Circus Circus, via a link on the
website.
=Pat Barthelow, AA6EG, was asked to present Jamesburg Dish
http://www.jamesburgdish.org/ at the April 12 Yuri's night event at Moffett
Field. See http://www.yurisnightbayarea.net/2008/ssa.php.
=The Relay 2008: April 19-20, 2008. The Relay 2008 needs Hams for the
following event!!!! Date: Sat April 19 to Sun April 20 SF/SMCo Time:
April 19
approx 2100hr to April 20 approx 1200hr. Location: Calistoga to Santa
Cruz
(Our part is SF to Southern San Mateo County.) Comm Boss: Richard Tidd,
KE6HNY 877-309-7516 or ke6hny@arrl.net. On-line Reg:
http://www.quickbase.com/db/bc8nrwg33 Please use the "ADD RECORD" link
above
to Register.
=Exhibit Kits Now Available for Field Day: Please visit the Field
Dayinformation page <http://www.arr.org/fieldday> for all the details
on
Field Day rules, frequencies, forms, pins, logos and T shirts. The complete
Field Day packet can be downloaded from the site as well. If you want
to
order exhibit kits containing printed flyers about Amateur Radio, you
may
order these materials <http://www.arrl.org/brochures/> on the ARRL
Web site.
Your order must be received before June 13.
=Debra Johnson, K1DMJ, Education Services Manager ARRL, asked me to
pass along
this link to the Instructors and Teachers newsletter: Please click here
to
view the newsletter: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/instructorNews.html.
=ARRL Education and Technology Program Coordinator Mark Spencer, WA8SME,
also
asked me to forward an announcement about this year's Teachers' Institute
on
Wireless Technology. It is quoted from the ARRL Web page on the subject
(http://www.arrl.org/FandES/tbp/ti.html. Please consider spreading the
word
just in case someone would like to apply for a chance to attend one of
the
courses. All expenses are fully paid!
= The full-service N0ARY BBS is back online and available from its new
site
atop the ridge near Mount Umunhum. It's likely reachable from much of
Santa
Clara Valley as well as the Monterey Bay area. Connect to N0ARY-1 on
144.930
MHz.
=The wiki-based SCV web site on PDARRL.org is up and running. Tom, K1TW,
k1tw@arrl.net, is getting the content on both old and new sites up to
date.
Send him your corrections and get your club access to the wiki. Here's
the
link: http://www.pdarrl.org/scvsec/index.php.
=Boy Scout Hi-Sierra International Rendezvous 2008 will be held August
10-16,
2008. A Ham Radio station will be a feature of this event and operators
are
needed. For more information please contact Gary Hendra, W6NOE,
gary.hendra@comcast.net or rendezvous@scccbsa.org.
= Sad news, Emmett "SHORTY" Frietas,
AE6Z, has passed and is now an SK. To
honor him his friends are collecting donations to purchase a brick to
be
installed in his name at ARRL Headquarters. Donations can be sent directly
to the ARRL with the note for AE6Z or to the Pacific Division Director,
Bob
Vallio, W6RGG, w6rgg@arrl.org. The brick will be installed in the patio
as
part of the Diamond Terrace project.
William Dale - N2RHV -
Santa Clara Valley Section Manager, ARRL mailto:n2rhv@arrl.org
ASVARO Electronics Flea Market
http://www.asvaro.org/
Second Saturday of each month, March through October
Located near Hwy 85 and Stevens Creek Blvd De Anza College, 21250 Stevens
Creek Blvd, Cupertino
The HAM Exams have moved to radioexam.org.
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