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August 2017 The official publication of the Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club
President’s Corner
Dan Sherwood W6DAS
From The Veep Margie Hoffman KG6TBR
Remember when I said at the be-
ginning of the year that we all
should get involved in as many
events as we can in order to pursue
our interests in other aspects of
ham radio? Well I have found that
this year, I have participated in sev-
eral events, such as Baker 2 Vegas,
and other club related activities.
But none has been more intense
than my latest adventure. I am in
the middle of volunteering not just
a little, but a lot with a group
known as the World Police Fire &
Games. It began as a request to
help out, not necessarily in ham
radio, but in what we hams do best
when we do get involved in events
such as Gorman Rally, or B2V, and
that is the tasks of time keeping.
My volunteer position takes me to
the Los Angeles Police Academy
each day where all the athletics and
other volunteers go to register for
the games. Los Angeles is hosting
the event this year. I began work-
ing last Friday for training, and
then began 9-5 from Tuesday, Au-
gust 8 and will continue solid until
Wednesday, August 16. This in-
cludes weekends too! Being a re-
tired person, I now remember why
I enjoy not having to go to work
every single day. The traffic each
morning is much more that it was
eight years ago and each day takes
me about an hour and a half each
way. Why do I do this? I really
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Meeting Notice
http://www.k6ox.club
Thursday, August 24, is
the next meeting of the
AVARC at the Quartz Hill
Library, 5040 West Ave-
nue M-2. Talk-in is avail-
able on the Hauser Re-
peater (146.73 MHz. PL
100) if you need direc-
tions. Eyeball QSO starts
at 7 pm, and the meeting
starts at 7:30.
This month’s program will
feature Diana Feinberg
AI6DF, ARRL Los Ange-
les Section Manager, who
will talk about the 18 dif-
ferent Field Day sites she
visited this year, and will
also share a video of her
visit to the recent Dayton
Hamvention.
With Field Day behind us, time
to look at the rest of this year’s
activities. The next item up on
the agenda is HAMCON 2017. I
am sure Margie will address this
in her column, so I won’t elabo-
rate too much on it other than the
fact the Club is depending on
members’ support of our spon-
sorship’s task, which is support-
ing the VE session at the Con-
vention. HAMCON’s dates are
September 15 – 17. Even if you
are not an ARRL Volunteer
Examiner, please show up and
support the event. There are lots
of great programs, and vendors
there waiting to sell you great
stuff. For more information, and
to register , please visit
www.hamconinc.org.
In September, we will be starting
our nominations for 2018 offi-
cers. Feel free to nominate your
friends, or yourselves for any of
the Club’s elected offices.
Nominations will be continued at
the October meeting, as well as
the Club elections. When
nominating others, please make
sure they are willing, and all
nominees must comply with our
eligibility requirements, http://
w w w . k 6 o x . c l u b / _ _ p d f /
avarc_bylaws_20160825.pdf,
Article VI, section 2. Remem-
ber, AVARC is not a spectator
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The Short Circuit 2
From the Secretary’s Desk AVARC General Meeting
July 27, 2017
President Dan Sherwood W6DAS called the meeting to order at 7: 30 pm
at our new location, Quartz Hill Public Library, followed by the flag salute and introductions. Number of individuals
attending was 40. Program Introduction by Margie Hoff-man KG6TBR: Diana Feinberg AI6DF
on 220 SMA band and latest develop-ments in ARRL.
Presentation of Certificate of Apprecia-tion to Diana Feinberg. Break
Minutes of the June 2017 club meeting were taken by Carol Humpherys AF6OV1. A motion to approve them as
printed in the Short Circuit was made by Frank O”Dell N6FOD, and sec-
onded by John Isles K6RJC. The mo-tion was approved by the members present.
Treasurer’s Report: Matt Stewart K6MES - Checking balance was $3,817.78, petty cash was $lll.ll. To-
tal: $3,928.89 Invoices submitted for payment: Dan Sherwood $124.77 reimbursement for
credit card payment to our new Internet host – domain name and 2 years host-
ing. Membership: Total members 88, per-cent ARRL 81.
OLD BUSINESS Field day report: QSO points 540, bo-nus points 950 for total 1480. Discus-
sion: Set up went well, but temperature was 109 degrees which made some
members sick. 17 CW. Future programs: Margie Hoffman KG6TBR – August speaker will be
Diana Feinberg AI6DF on Field Day visits and a video from 2017 Dayton Convention.
HAMCON: Margie Hoffman KG6TBR – Get your registration in
soon. Diana Feinberg AI6DF presented a list of Tech Talks. AVARC is re-
sponsible for VE session on Saturday, September 16 from 0800 to noon.
NEW BUSINESS Nomination for replacement Board Member: There were no other nomina-
tions from the floor besides Paul L’Heureux KD6SMC. Adrienne Sherwood WA6YEO moved to
close the nominations. Steve Hofbauer KM6AIT seconded the motion. Paul L’Heureux KD6SMC was
elected a Board Member. Web site: Pursuant to Board action, I
have retained iPower.com as a web host. Cost $11.95/month after the initial 2 years at $3.95/month. There are startup
fees as well. QNET is still running, but support lines are disconnected. I have established the domain name as
“k6ox.club” since “avarc.club” is still sequestered. I have hastily uploaded the
old site as a mirror. Please try connect-ing to “k6ox.club” and report any errors to Dan Sherwood W6DAS.
iPower has site builder tools. I may look into enhancing the site to add calendar-ing, blogging, photo management, and
newsletter management in the near fu-ture. Dan Sherwood W6DAS wants to define
“webmaster” as an official appointed position – setting out job description,
qualifications, etc. then putting it in the bylaws. Discussion was held. John Isles IV had no objections. However, the dis-
cussion was tabled until the August 3, Board Meeting. This is our first meeting at this new facil-
ity. What do the members think about the Quartz Hill County Library? All
comments were favorable. Mike Beckers KC6YQO wanted the club to seek a different site for 2018 Field
Day at Table Mountain or in Wright-wood. We plan to do that in the next 10 months.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Short Circuit Articles are needed by:
Sunday, August 13 to Adrienne Sher-w o o d W A 6 Y E O a t [email protected].
Next Club meeting will be on Thursday, 8/24/17 – Program by Diana Feinberg
AI6DF at AV First Christian Church, 1702 E Ave J. Lancaster. Next Exam session is on Monday, 8/7/17
at 7:00PM –GLAARG CORRECTION: Board meeting will be on Thursday, August 3, at AV First
Christian Church, 1702 E Ave J. Lancas-ter (across from Eastside Walmart). Margie Hoffman KG6TBR received a
phone call about an antenna tower base being for sale. She also received a re-
quest from Ron Kline asking for support for a Sat. August 5, VE test session at 2 pm at Henry Mayo Hospital.
50/50 drawing won by Keith Hoyt K6GXO for $ 22.00. The meeting was adjourned at 9:17 pm.
AVARC Board Meeting
August 3, 2017
Opening: Dan Sherwood W6DAS, Presi-
dent Call to order by Dan Sherwood W6DAS at 6:51 pm.
Minutes from last board meeting: Secre-tary Pat Okawa KG6CJI. Motion to approve as printed in Short
Circuit Made by Larry Mock KI6BKP. Seconded by Paul L’Heureux KD6SMC.
Approved by those present. Treasurer’s report – Matt Stewart: Checking account $A3,781.12. Cash on
hand $165.11. Total $3, 946.23. Membership Report: 90. ARRL mem-
bers: 81.1%. Members present today: Dan Sherwood
W6DAS, Matt Stewart K6MES, Keith Hoyt K6GXO, Adrienne Sherwood WA6YEO, Margie Hoffman KG6TBR,
Pat Okawa, KJ6CJI,Larry Mock KI6BKP, Gary Mork WA6WFC, Paul L’Heureux KD6SMC, John Isles Jr
K6RJC, John Isles IV, Mike Beckers KC6YQO, Diane Roberts
K6DER.
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Old Business: LA Council of Clubs report/HAMCON - Margie Hoffman
KG6TBR: Nothing. HAMCON report-Margie Hoffman KG6TBR: Deadline is Aug 15 for
discount Registration. Goals are expected to be met. Speaker will be Dr. Tamaitha Skov. Bob Alli-
son from ARRL lab will bring the equipment to test radios for spurious
noise emissions. Upcoming Club Programs – Margie
KG6TBR: August speaker will be Diana Feinberg AI6DF showing a video on Southern CA Field Days and
a video from Dayton Convention.
Web site update: Dan Sherwood – will be discussed in New Business.
Welcome to Paul KD6SMC our newly elected AVARC Board Mem-ber.
New Business:
HAMCON Participation – 8 VE’s are needed for ARRL testing, our desig-
nated activity. HAMCON will follow my scheduled surgery by less than two weeks. This means there’s a
chance I may not be cleared to partici-pate. In the event of any complica-tions, Adrienne may be tied up as
well. I’m hoping not, but nonetheless we need to be prepared for someone
to step up should this eventuality be realized.
Web site issues: Copy of WHOIS domain registration. Right now, site is a mirror of QNET site. iPower was
supposed to promote domain name in Google, but as of last night I see
Google lists the old domain name www.avarc.av.org in its leading search return. A support request was
submitted to iPower.
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Secretary’s Desk… Webmaster: Suggested duties and re-
sponsibilities. · Site design and updating. · Ensuring accuracy of any site
links. Removing dead links. · Maintain the hosting account,
passing any invoices for host-
ing/domain fees on to the treas-urer for payment.
· Update meeting notice on a
monthly basis. · Receive newsletter from the
editor, then upload and link it. · Maintain mailing lists as
needed based on data from the
membership chair. · Upload and link any photos of
Club events as need by the
Board. · Maintain and update any event
calendars should this function-ality be added to the site.
Web consultant: Suggested duties and responsibilities.
· Advanced site design as de-
sired by the Board. · Works with Webmaster to
achieve the above-mentioned
goal. The Board and John Isles IV discussed
the needed job description and added a calendar function.
Topics for further discussion: making Membership and Short Circuit Editor elected positions.
Announcements:
Short Circuit Articles - Need by Sun-day, August 13.
Club meeting: Thursday 8/24/17 – Pro-gram: Diana Feinberg AI6DF on Field
Day and Dayton Convention.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pat Okawa KJ6CJI
AVARC Secretary 2017
Exam: Monday 8/7/17 at 7:00PM at First Christian Church in Lancaster -
GLAARG Board meeting: Thurs. September 7 at
7pm at First Christian Church in Lan-caster
Meeting adjourned at 7:49 pm.
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President’s Corner...
enjoy helping out and it is reward-
ing to be a part of this event. I have
met people from all over the world
this week. Before partaking in this
bi-annual event, I had no idea what
it was all about. So I have gathered
some history of the event.
It all began in 1967 with the recog-
nition of a former San Diego Police
Captain Veon “Duke” Nyhus who
wanted to promote physical fitness
and camaraderie among members of
the law enforcement community.
He felt this was an important way to
stay fit and actually reduce stress
while increasing to their profes-
sional athletic abilities. Sounds just
like Baker to Vegas.
We hams participate in B2V for
many reasons as well. We want to
hone our skills in a live setting and
make sure our equipment is always
at its best and ready for any occur-
rence when we will need it to be
ready. As far as fitness, for the
hams, not so much, except it does
take some muscles to hoist our
equipment around and set up masts
and other antennas and other gear.
For the folks in uniform, yes, fitness
is a great part of all men and women
in all parts of law enforcement, fire
departments, first responders and
many more job aspects that are re-
lated to serving and protecting the
public. In 1967, it was called the
Police Olympics and the competi-
tions entailed only 16 sports and
were held in San Diego over a pe-
riod of 2 days.
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From the VEEP...
sport. If you desire change, get
involved!
The AVARC web site has been
transferred over to our now
hosting service iPower. A new
domain name has been estab-
lished: k6ox.club. The old do-
main, avarc.club is still active,
although I have replaced the main
page with a redirect over to the
new web site. Please update your
bookmarks as the old host QNET
may disappear at any time. We
may be able to get control of the
old domain name after it expires,
but with QNET not answering any
of my calls or emails, we need to
press on with the new one.
Scout Jamboree on the Air: I got
an email from John Christopher,
Cub Scout Pack 41 in Rosamond,
regarding possible participation in
JOTA, which comes up the
weekend of October 20 – 22. I am
still awaiting details of what the
Scouts want. If anything comes of
it, then a portable HF station
would be set up at the venue of
their choice. Stay tuned.
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The command post at the Vets 4 Veterans
event. L-R Congressman Steve Knight; Steve
Hofbauer KM6AIT; Pat Okawa KJ6CJI; Dan Sherwood W6DAS; Tom Fischer KI6CHH;
Keith French KJ6TAG
"Ham Radio for Everyone" is our theme with much to see and do at HAMCON 2017 Full range of talks by experts on radio equipment, operating techniques, public service, DXing, technical subjects, and much more
Special Friday After-noon tour of the Battle-ship lowa lncludes Catered Buffet Dinner in the Officer's Wardroom Tour the Radio Room (not open to the general pubtic) and oper-ate the ship's NI6BB amateur station Bus transportation to and from the Marriott Hotel included Limited to 80 guests, so register early For complete convention details, registration and hotel bookings go onto:
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The regular exam location is the First Christian Church
of the Antelope Valley.
1702 East Ave. J., Lancaster, CA (Across the street from
the Eastside Wall Mart).
Please enter parking lot off the end of the cul-de-sac 17th
Street East, enter the classroom annex, and look for the
"FCC Exams" sign outside the correct classroom. Mon-
day Nights: Please do not disturb the A.A. group or other
groups that may be using the facilities.
Dates/times may be subject to change.
9/9/2017 Saturday 9 am ARRL
10/2/2017 Monday 7 pm GLAARG
11/4/2017 Saturday 9 am GLAARG
12/4/2017 Monday 7 pm ARRL
Sept 15-17 - Hamcon Convention
Oct 20-22 - Pacificon Convention
This is a partial listing of events and activities that
present opportunities for you to get more active in ham
radio. Public service events are a great way to increase
your skills, contribute to the community, and have a lot
of fun! The more you participate, the more you’ll enjoy
our hobby!
As a volunteer, I am working
with another volunteer and we are
gathering all the results and enter-
ing them into the computer and
then those results go live. Both
of us were recruited to handle this
due to our experience working
data entry for Baker to Vegas. I
don’t have the exact count, but it
appears to be well around 80-100
different events that are taking
place in venues all over our city
and county. Next year, the games
go to China, and in 2021, the
Netherlands.
You never know where your ham
radio skills will take you. Learn
as much as you can. I suggest
you find out what you like to do
and keep active. If you have any
ideas, please share them and if
you want to be a strong member
of our club, please consider run-
ning for office. Our elections are
coming up soon with the first
nominations in September. The
final elections for 2018 are in Oc-
tober.
One more thing, HAMCON 2017
is coming up in less than a month.
Again, it is being held at the Tor-
rance Marriott from September
1 5 - 1 7 . P l e a s e g o t o
www.hamconinc.org for registra-
tion and information.
Hope to see you all there.
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From the VEEP...
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Place
Postage
Here
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
Dan Sherwood
Margie Hoffman
Pat Okawa
Matt Stewart
Gary Mork
Paul L’Heureux
Larry Mock
Keith Hoyt
Carol Humpherys
W6DAS
KG6TBR
KJ6CJI
K6MES
WA6WFC
KD6SMC
KI6BKP
K6GXO
AF6OV
264-1863
297-6567
718-3986
264-4629
948-8317
305-1838
943-6736
533-4025
441-4671
Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club 2017 Officers