Ham Shack A PUBLICATION OF THE RIO HONDO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Founded March 8, 1976 By WA6GEV & WA6WFC Don t forget Halloween is on the 31 st Join the Rio Hondo ARC Net every Wednesday evening at 8 PM on any of our Repeaters: at 146.175 MHz (+), PL 156.7 Hz; at 223.94 MHz (-), PL 100 Hz; or at 445.560 MHz(-), PL 100 Hz. All Hams are invited to participate! Important Dates October 1 st RHARC NET 8 th RHARC NET 13 th RHARC Meeting 7:00 PM @ 15390 Lambert Rd. Whittier, CA 90604 15 th RHARC NET 22 nd RHARC NET 27 th RHARC Board Meeting 7pm @ 11139 Washington Blvd. WHITTIER, CA 90606 29 th RHARC NET November 5 th RHARC NET 10 th RHARC Meeting 7:00 PM @ 15390 Lambert Rd. Whittier, CA 90604 12 th RHARC NET 19 th RHARC NET 21 st -23 rd Ham Radio Class 24 th RHARC Board Meeting 7pm @ 11139 Washington Blvd. WHITTIER, CA 90606 26 th RHARC NET
Rio Hondo Amateur Radio Club Minutes of September 8 th, 2014 2014 RHARC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Donald Dino Darling, KX6D President Russell Alpern, KI6ZMX Vice-President Donald Ocampo, KJ6RXV Secretary/Ham Shack Editor Bill Leslie, WA6POK Treasurer Paul In, KI6EL Don Olejnik, W6KAT Board Members David Haring, K6CJZ Past-President Tom Polley, WA6GEV Club Trustee ( ) Equipment Trustee Joe Provenza, W6UPN Dino Kitsios, KF6ECO Repeater Committee Board Meetings are held at IHOP on the last Monday of the month at the IHOP Restaurant on Washington Blvd in the Santa Fe Springs Market Place Shopping Center, at 7:00 PM. Ham Shack is published monthly. Advertisements are welcomed. Just as the meeting was called to order, Dino made an announcement that the LACoFD Urban Search and Rescue 103 was out front and they would be doing a presentation.( http://www.code2high.com/lacofd_103.htm ) After the Presentation the pledge of allegiance was done. Following that, members and guests introduced themselves, they are: Bill Leslie (WA6POK), Mark Leslie (KJ6PNE), Linda Davis (KI6ZNG), David McCrosson (KK6MXA), John DeCicco (KK6MWX), Russel Alpern (KI6ZMX), Dennis Kelly (AC8KN), Scott Pogosain (KG6RUD), Richard Palmer (WB6JDH), John Foley (KA6SED), Don Rudd (KJ6RUJ), Henry Marquez (WA6HXA), David Haring (K6CJZ), Donald Steele (KK6OSN), Paul In (KI6EL), Don Johnson (KK6KDM), Dino Darling (KX6D), Donald Ocampo (KJ6RXV), Lloyd Hendrickson (K6NQY), Edward Shamon (KJ6PMN), Vi Barret (W6CBA), Richard Hodge (KJ6GHW) and Arthur Schulert (N6JGR). After introductions Dino read the meeting minutes from the Club Picnic. There was one member who needed to be added to the minutes, Dave Haring (K6CJZ). President: 1.) Nominations for 2015. After serving two years as the current President, Dino announced he will not be running for office again. He will although still be around and take up the position of Past President. As for the Club, everyone should be thinking of you they want to have in office next year, so at the next meeting nominations will be held. 2.) Being Prepared for Disasters. Dino briefly went over Anderson Power Poles quick power adapters. (http://www.powerwerx.com/andersonpowerpoles/powerpole-sets/30-amp-red-black-anderson-powerpole-sets.html) V.P.: Russel had nothing to report. Secretary: Donald had nothing had anything to report. Treasurer: Bill reported the Savings account had $1419.93 and the Checking account had $4056.72 and he had just received $35 from the previous class. Membership: Paul reported about the last class that was held. He said originally there were 5 people who signed up for the class, but by the time the class was over with there were only three who stayed and had passed. New Business: 1.) This weekend was the S. Western Link Division 2.) The California QSO Party is coming up. The California QSO Party is a contest where people try to make contacts with people form California. An email with information will be sent out about it. 3.) JOTA. In a few weeks the Boy Scouts of America will be holding the Jamboree on the Air, this is a Ham Radio event done around the Country. The event is on October 17-19, for more information on how to Volunteer please email Donald at welder1985@hotmail.com 4.) Vi made an announcement that she has a number of tapes she would like to give away to someone who would like to learn CW. 5.) The next Radio Class is coming up, it will be held November 21-23. Continued on page 4 2
1 O C T O B E R 2 0 1 4 V O L U M E 3 9, N O. 1 0 RHARC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING September 29th, 2014 The directors met at the IHOP Restaurant on Washington Blvd, just east of Norwalk Blvd with President Dino Darling (KX6D) calling the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. The following were in attendance: Jakie Darling (K6RIX), Dave Haring (K6CJZ), Donald Ocampo (KJ6RXV), Bill Leslie (WA6POK) Mark Leslie (KJ6PNE) Russel Alpern (KI6ZMX), Don Rudd (KJ6RUJ) and Paul In (KI6EL). Board Reports 1.) a.) President: Dino made a motion to accept the meeting minutes as they were written in the Hamshack, the motion was voted on and passed. b.) Next, Dino mentioned the Jamboree on the Air is almost three weeks away now and invited the Board to come on out. Directions for the event will be included in the Hamshack. 2.) V.P.: Nothing to report. 3.) Secretary: Nothing to report. 4.) Treasurer: Bill reported that the Savings account has $1,419.93 and the Checking account has $4,032.00. Committee Reports 1.) Membership: Paul said he has been keeping up with the club s roster, just recently he added a couple of new. Paul also stated the next Radio class is coming up in November, specifically the 21st-23rd. The VE for the testing which will be conducted on Sunday will be by Richard (WM6M). 2.) LAACARC: Unfortunately Bill missed the last meeting. 3.) Newsletter: Donald reminded everyone to please turn in their articles by Oct 6 4.) Repeater: Nothing to report. 5.) Whittier Disaster Communications: Dave said the City wide drill that was held on September 16th went very well. There was no problems with how the communications officers operated during the drill. Dave also said the County will be holding a drill on October 22nd and it will be running from 8am12pm. For the last couple of months, Dave and the board have been discussing a possible change to the RHARC Band Plan. The Idea is to add more frequencies that aren t being used. Dave announced the Woman s Shelter will be having there 5K walk again next year and the date for it is April 18th. Lastly, Dave proposed there be a Public Service Communications Coordinator be appointed to officially handle Communications with the City. Dino made the motion that Dave be the head Coordinator and that Don (KJ6RUJ) would be his assistant. Dino was seconded by Bill, the motion was voted on and passed. Old Business N/A New Business 1.) Guest Speaker: Dino is planning on doing a thorough demonstration on Anderson Power Pole connectors. He said it would be a great idea for the club s members to have the power plugs on all of there equipment. A motion was made by Dino to order a bulk load of the power poles and one crimp tool. Donald seconded the motion and it passed. The HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR MEMBERS BORN IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 6th 9th Joe Provenza (W6UPN) Pete Mullenbach (KG6BDY) 3
Continued from page 2 The next meeting is the Clubs Board Meeting which is on September 29 th at 7pm. The next General meeting is October 13 th at 7pm. A motion was made by Paul (KI6EL) to close the meeting at 8:45pm. Respectfully Submitted, Donald Ocampo (KJ6RXV) Secretary CAR FOR SALE 2009 FORD FOCUS SEL 53,000 MILES, WELL EQUIPED, STERLING SILVER $9,900.00, IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT BILL (WA6POK) AT (626) 579-1761 Continued from page 3 board discussed how many poles should be ordered, it was decided that 250 of the 30 amp power pole adapters would be ordered. They would then be sorted out into sets of 10 and sold to club members for $10. The crimping tool would also be ordered to and will be property of the club. Donald offered to make the order and pick up the power poles. Bill made a check out to Donald for $250 for the order. It was then agreed upon that Donald would refund the difference of the check at the next meeting. 2.) Elections: Dino reminded everyone that elections are coming up. He also stated he will not be running for office again next term. Paul mentioned that he will be out of town for the next meeting and did not want to be nominated for any positions as well. The ajenda for October will be Nominations and November will be the Election. Adjournment: The next Board meeting will be held on October 27 th at 7pm. A motion was made by Bill to close the meeting at 7:54pm, he was seconded by Paul. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted Donald Ocampo (KJ6RXV) Secretary 4
Well, here we are in October already, and I find I have been very lax in communicating as the "Past President". I am hoping that this will be the start of a new trend for me in being more communicative via the newsletter. As this year draws to a close and we look to a new group of officers to lead the club through the next year I will be no longer filling the post of Past President. However, I will be still active in an appointed position for the board but not as a voting board member. At the last board meeting the appointed position of "Public Service Communications Coordinator" was created. I will be filling this position for the foreseeable future. The job of this position will be to co-ordinate all activities that the club will undertake to provide communications for the community. This will include the Shelter's Right Hand 5k walk/run in April, and the Emergency communications group for the City of Whittier. It will hopefully increase in scope as you the club members alert me of additional events where we can provide communications. The Whittier City Emergency communications group is proceding well at this time and I hope to convince those making the decision that we will need more people to provide the level of service that is needed for this project. We have held two radio checks for the city and taken part in a short disaster drill last month. It made quite an impression when the traffic we were asked to handle was handled efficiently and rapidly. In one case providing the response while the asking party was still in the comm room. This years 5k Walk/Run will be held a week earlier than in past years. This means that several people who have participated in this event will not be able to help. That means that I will be seeking additional volunteers to help make this a successful operation. Keep the 18th of April (Saturday) open on your calendars for this event. Well, that should take care of this month's recap of what is going on. Dave Haring, K6CJZ PSCC 5
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