We made it through TEVIS 2009. Again I was stationed at Last Chance vet check. This year we had the in and out times communicated to headquarters by packet radio . Finding a spot where the signal could get out was tough at first. We had some interference between our communication and the packet stations'. All in all, I think the packet system worked well.
Well, the FCC has started up with Vanity call licensing again. We now have the W6PO callsign for the W6PO Memorial Club.
interesting note: This post was made 2 years to the day that my dad passed away.This year we used the W6AY EIMAC Radio Club callsign for field day. We were at Reading Island near Cottonwood CA. Shasta County area.
Hams in attendance: Brian Westfall, Steve Mieth, Brian Palumbo, Mike Bach, and Janice Sutherland.
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Mike Bach and Brian Palumbo putting up the TA33 using the Hazer.
6 meter and 2 meter antennas going up.
Brian Westfall, Mike Bach and Brian Palumbo
Brian Westfall, W6OJM and Steve Mieth, W6YFK working 40 meters.
Janice Sutherland (KB6FNS) on 6 meters and Brain Palumbo (W6ESZ) on 20m.
Brian Westfall, Steve Mieth, Brian Palumbo, Mike Bach and Janice Sutherland
For a class project in my geography class in data acquisition, I used the Tevis Cup Ride. You can view my paper at http://ic.arc.losrios.edu/~veiszep/12fall2004/Sutherland/G350_Sutherland_Project.htm
Also, this is what what I was able to plot on ArcMap towards the end of class. (This is a large bitmap, 2300KB, and will take a while to load via dial-up)
Here's a link from the ARRL regarding Amateur Radio help for the Tsunami victims.
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/12/29/100/?nc=1
We're not boring!!!
In our last class we experimented with synchronizing our GPS units with our digital cameras. We took a picture of our gps unit to show what time the unit thought it was. We took some pictures at different locations and then uploaded the photos and the waypoint information to our computers. Using a program called GPS-Photo link, we fed the data in and the program created web pages which displayed our now geo-referenced photos. This is a sample of the web pages created.
During the preparation for last year's Tevis, I learned about the Sweep Riders of the Sierra. They use GPS handhelds as well as amateur radios to navigate and keep in contact with net control. The GPS helps when specific coordinates are needed to get emergency services to an area quickly. I thought that was cool, and thought someday I would like to be a member of the Sweep Riders. Somehow I found that American River College had classes in Geographic Information Systems. The first class I took was learning how to use GPS. The college has a certificate program that is one of the best known and respected in the US. Last semester I took the introduction to Geographic Information Systems. I will be starting class again on August 19th and am taking GEOG 350 Data Acquisition. It will be a slow go since I can only handle one class at a time since I work all day, but it has been fun so far.
Interested in GeoCaching? Here's an FAQ.
In the mid 80s I was pretty heavy into ten meters and the Ten-Ten International Club. I started by receiving the Bay Area Ten Ten Certificate and also the Forty Niner Bay Area award in 1988. I worked a few contests and collected certificates from other clubs. I let my membership lapse and just recently sent my dues in and am now back among the paid up members of 10-10. # 43594.
Now I need a place for my radio and an antenna.......
These pictures are bitmaps. Clicking on the thumbnail may not give you a larger pop-up of the certificate. Could also be it just takes a long time via phone line. ( i'm still on the old dial-up)
This is a sample of my QSL card I was using in the mid 1980s. I suppose I will still use it, but will need to put a new label over the address and name. I am back to Janice Sutherland and not in Santa Clara anymore.
My brother and I took the this picture of Dad's first moonbounce antenna. We had a creek behind our house, so we took a couple monster photography strobe lights ( I think we got them from Bill Foote) and my brother's camera and climbed down the hill behind the shop. On the count of three, I hit the strobe light button and my brother clicked the camera. We got some good shots and one of them was printed in my dad's moonbounce notes and also in the Amateur Radio Handbook.
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I grew up in an amateur radio house. My father was W6PO (ex- W6UOV). As a kid, one task would be to turn on the 'shop' for my dad before he got home, so all the tubes would be warmed up. (Probably the ham shack too) There is a big breaker box inside the door with a bunch of switches that turn everything on.
During moonbounce activity, we were not supposed to answer the phone until it rang more than once. The 'one ringer' signal was from another ham who was verifying that the pre-arranged schedule was on and he was ready.
I got my license after I graduated from College. My ex-husband was interested in the hobby and we got our licenses. Currently I am a General class and plan to become an extra so I can get a memorial club station with my dad's callsign.
Janice