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The Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club Newsletter THE SPECTRUM December 2006 HAPPY HOLIDAYS ! Monthly Club meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month. Location: Mojave River Campus of the Lewis Center (but not in Dec) Directions: From Apple Valley Road, turn west on Tuscola. (towards the river) Take the very first right turn, which is Mana; the campus is located at the very end of Mana Rd. We meet in Building C. But for December, instead of the usual meeting, we are having: Dec 12 It’s time for the annual Come to this family event! CHRISTMAS PARTY Everyone Welcome! When: Tuesday, Dec. 12, starting around 5:45 Where: John’s Incredible Pizza, Bear Valley Rd. Do NOT pay at the door, but come in the Party door and go to our room in the back: Bob Hall will collect the money. Seniors $ 10.00 Adults $ 11.00 7-12 $ 7.00 3-6 $ 6.00 0-2 Free Price includes food, drinks (non-alcoholic), tax and tip Dinner will be followed by election of club officers, and a gift exchange for those who wish to participate. The cost limit is $5.00. Bring a gift, get a gift. We will have lots of door prizes: 3 subscriptions to World Radio, $10 gift certificate to Marie Calendars, lots of batteries and lots of holiday items. The membership drawing continues until a winner is present. See you there. 2007 CLUB DUES are due. Dues remain the same for another year. You can pay at the party, by mail, or at any meeting. A membership form is at the end of this Spectrum for your convenience. Sunday Night Net: Remember that every Sunday at 7PM the club conducts a net on the 146.940 repeater. Get the latest club announcements and reminders. If you have any announcements, wants, for sale items, etc please announce them to us on the net. A Thank-you to our 2006 Officers: President: Jon McDonald, KG6TGR Vice-President Craig Ebright, KC7EZH Secretary: Nick Lamb, KD6UYX Treasurer: Sandi DeWeert, KG6ZHX Another year of board meetings, minutes, budgets, etc. Another year of great programs and events. Thanks to this year’s officers who made it happen so that the rest of us could enjoy it. And another thanks to all who participated in club events throughout the year. This year VVARC has been celebrating 50 years. “Thanks” for the work done by our all our volunteers. 2007 Elections: We do have a slate for the election of 2007 officers. Voting will be at the December meeting. The following members have volunteered to run for office: President: Jerry Grunden, WR6X Vice President: Randy Hatfield, KG6RH; Secretary: Nick Lamb, KD6UYX and Lori Hatfield, KD7GNC, Treasurer: Sandi DeWeert, KG6ZHX. Jon McDonald, KG6TGR will serve as a board member as Past President. Donn Pera, KG6ZHY, Craig Ebright, KC7EZH, and Steve Ostrander, K6OST are running for the three positions as board members. Absentee Ballot: If you are a club member and wish to vote but are unable to attend the Dec 12 meeting, you can request an absentee ballot. Just contact Sandi at 240-8718 or by e-mail at sdeweert@verizon.net She can get a ballot to you. VE Testing in the Victor Valley The first Saturday of every odd-numbered month there is a GLAARG (Greater Los Angeles Amateur Radio Group) test session in Hesperia. Tests are held at the Fire Station at the corner of Olive and H. Registration starts at 8:30 AM. The cost is $4.00. Walk-ins are welcome. Testing is available for all classes of license. All candidates must bring a picture ID, and if you are upgrading, you need the original and a copy of your amateur license, and any CSCEs you hold. For more information, you can contact Jim MacRay, KW6V, at 244-1396. Directions to test site: From I-15 take Main Street, Hesperia exit. GO east on Main St. approx. 5 miles. Turn south on "H" to Olive. Wanted LM470 or LM354 HD Tower & Raising fixture. Mike, K6STU (760)948-2612 Wanted: Stories for the newsletter. How about telling us about a memorable contact, your favorite VVARC memory, etc. Here is a story as an example The High and the Low Over 10 years ago, while driving south down the hill on a summer’s Saturday evening, we heard a ham talking about reaching the summit of Mt. Baldy. He and his buddy were building an Igloo for a shelter. Yes, there was enough snow to do that in the summer that year. Well, the next day, we were driving north on 395, heading for the Sierras. When we heard the same young ham again, and no one came back to him, I decided to talk to him. He said that the igloo was fine, until there were some rain and it melted a little. It must have been about 30 minutes later when we heard another ham ask for a radio check. I replied. This guy was in Death Valley, and wasn’t getting any replies on his packet set-up. I suggested maybe that was because it was fairly early Sunday morning. After we finished a short conversation, we realized that in less than an hour, we had talked to someone very high, around 10,000 feet I’d guess, and someone very low, around sea level, both on the Table Mountain 2 meter repeater. Pretty rare, we decided. Virginia KD6YLT FOR SALE: I am selling radios and equipment. I plan on listing the following on eBay with the exception of having the TK805 on hold for one ham. TK805D sold? Like new unregistered Alinco 605 TQ, $300 VHF Crystal controlled radios $10 for all Micor satellite receiver with uhf receiver. UHF crystal controlled radios $10 for all. Mastr Pro VHF stuff - free Ge Mastr II VHF Radios $10 each GE Mast II VHF 134-150 with narrow IF filters.  $75. GE satellite receiver box.  $10 GE UHF 75 Watt Mastr II radios $100 each GE UHF 35 Watt Mastr II radios $50 each GE Drawer, $50. GE 75 or 100 watt 19" rack mounted base station heat sink with cage  $100. 450 UHF cans missing cables, $100 470 UHF cans complete, $100 Repeater amp, $250. 145MHz  ham cut commercial four pole antenna, $150. GE base station rack mount power supply, $50. Micor base power supply, $30 Box of adapters, (retail value well over $1000), $100. VHF WACOM duplexer complete: $300 Single VHF Cavities, $50 each. Three rolls of 7/8" Hardline, each roll has 100 or more. $200 each bare rolls, rolls with connector $250 New in box 7/8" hard line connectors, $45 New in box 7/8" hard line grounding kits, $20. I have yet to dig into my all my stuff, this is just the list retained in my memory. Jack Halem fastradio@dslextreme.com 909-268-4822 K6QWR- Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 869, Victorville, Ca 92392