July's program detailed the triumphs and pratfalls of the 2010 WY7FD operation from high above Sundance, Wyoming. K7JA, KL7MF, and a gang of locals from the Devils Tower area joined forces to battle rattlesnakes, snow, and antelope in ARRL's popular end-of-June event. Chip Margelli - K7JA put on an entertaining presentation with lots of spectacular photography of their 2010 FD operations. And no they never saw a single rattler!
Celebrate the birthday of our Country (as well as the birthday of the assistant Webmaster). Have a safe long weekend. There were no club events planned for the weekend so members could spend time with their family.
The Orange County ARC will operated Field Day over the weekend of June 26th and 27th. Setup started on Friday afternoon the 25th. Our site was the Walter Knott Elementary school property in Buena Park. Operations began at 11:00 AM local time on Saturday and continued until 11:00 AM on Sunday. Teardown started right after the contest ended and a group picture was taken. We were torn down, packed up, and the area policed for trash by 1PM.
The club made 513 CW contacts and 1,718 phone contacts; in addition the GOTA team (Boy Scout Troop 788 from Torrance, California), under the leadership of Brett - W6BAC made an additional 158 phone contacts and 2 digital contacts.
AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, presented his 'Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT' multimedia session at the June 18, 2010 meeting of the Orange County ARC. Prior to the meeting he gave a demostration of working through a satellite out in the parking lot.
"I am looking forward to speaking to this club," Clint wrote. "It is one of Southern California's region's oldest amateur radio clubs with over 75 years of history." At the meeting he told us that the OCARC has been an ARRL affiliated club since 1934!
Download Clint's four-page tutorial and radio programming matrix at http://www.work-sat.com
Charles Basham - N6DZW of Southern California Edison spoke on electrical safety for the radio amateur at our May general meeting.
Charlie has 30 years experience with SCE, and has been a radio amateur for 45 years. He is Edison's public safety manager, and has earned more than 100 national and regional awards for his many accomplishments in safety communications and related subjects. Charlie is the national chairman of the Utility Public Safety Alliance in Washington D.C. and holds or held numerous similar positions over his career.
Due to the two conflicting events, this was an abbreviated meeting.
The club showed a DVD video about the Queen Mary and its world renowned ham radio station - W6RO. The Queen Mary, being permanently moored at the Long Beach harbor, is a local Southern California attraction that features a hotel, restaurants and shops, ship tours and of course W6RO, which is located in the Queen Mary's original radio room.
The video is narrated by Nate Brightman - K6OSC, and produced by the ARRL.
Many OCARC club members supported the Orange Police Department in the annual Baker-to-Vegas relay race. Law enforcement agencies from around the USA, and by invitation from around the world, participate yearly in this 120 mile, twenty segment, foot race that runs from outside Baker and goes through the towns of Shoshone and Pahrump, and ends at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.
The Orange Police Department finished 41st overall out of 251 entries, and 6th in their class.
Many OCARC club members made the trek to Visalia, CA this weekend for the 61st Annual International DX Convention. Big guns from around the world gathered to talk and plan about the hobby they love.
Part II of the KI6DHT antenna raising was held on Saturday. Present were Arnie - N6HC, Jeff - W6UX, Phil - KI6VEN, Bob - AF6C and of course Mike KI6DHT. This week the 'previously owned' Hy-Gain 640-AV antenna was found to be short a few parts. Arnie's DX-pedition talents came into play when he got the antenna together sans a few parts and temporarily missing 6 meter capability. As the sun set the antenna was installed on the base. Next session will be to add the feedline, raise the antenna a few feet for additional clearance and perhaps install the missing parts. If you'd like to help, contact Arnie or Mike.
A group of OCARC hams met at the home of Mike - KI6DHT to prepare the foundation for his vertical antenna. Present were Arnie - N6HC, Jeff - W6UX, Ken - W6HHC, Phil - KI6VEN, Bob - AF6C and of course Mike KI6DHT. With sunny eighty-degree weather, the hole was dug, the lower mast set in place, and the concrete mixed and poured.
Orange Section Manager, Carl Gardenias - WU6D was our guest speaker at the March meeting. He talked on a 160 meter antenna he recently erected. He also updated us on a program bringing youth into amateur radio.
Bob Grimmick - N6OX, spoke on the TS7C DXpedition to Kerkennah Isand, Tunisia? The expedition took place in January of 2009 and included some seasoned and newcomers to the DXpedition world. Despite custom problems that delayed access to their radios, many thousands of QSOs were made on the ham bands, including a record amount of RTTY DX contacts.
Our own Arnie Shatz - N6HC talked on the DXpedition that put Midway Island back on the air. If you worked Midway - K4M - in October, Arnie told us of the operation from the other side at our January meeting.
Club Breakfasts and Board Meetings were held at The Jägerhaus, 2525 E. Ball Road in Anaheim on Saturday:
* Date changed due to a conflict on the first Saturday of the month.
** Effective February 2010 the breakfast was moved to the second Saturday of each month.
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