| Dayton HamventionDayton, 2008 is now history. I am putting up pictures specific to 2008 (see block at left). 2006 will be archived. If anyone wants to see pictures from 2003, 2004, 2005 or 2006, let me know. New things at Dayton this year were few. The Elecraft K3 and the Icom 7700 were out from under the plexiglass and you could "twist the knobs". Attendance was down this year by about 7,000 from last year. It also took its toll on the swap meet area in the parking lot. There were few bargains and the older ham gear was hard to find. Last year, I could have obtained the gear I had in my Novice station three times over. This year, there were several pieces I couldn't find and what was there was way over priced. I think people were trying to recoup their high gas prices they spent to attend. The second Contest University was held the day before the Hamvention. I hope to attend, as a first year graduate, this excellent class in 2009. I can't wait for Dayton 2009. I hope you can attend. I am already saving money for transportation. I will look for you! I will report upon my return.
May 08, 2009 |
Tower Saga It's really not a saga. It really is my procrastination. I have everything I need to get moving on it but my excuse now is that I need some dry weather and some days off work! My goal was to have it up by Sweepstakes 2005. Now my goal is to have it up by Sweepstakes 2006! Stay tuned. As I start the digging activity, I will post pictures in the "About My Antennas" section. (Woops: New goal - Up by Sweepstakes 2007 - hi hi) BIG Update: Digging has STARTED. I will put up pictures to show the progress. I think I will put up a seperate page called "Tower Install Pictures" and keep updating it until it's done. Then I will post the final pictures on my antenna page and archive the rest. November SS is just around the corner! Because digging is going slowly, I would not have time to get the hole completed, concrete poured and a minimum of 4 weeks cure time before the CQ WW SSB Contest and the ARRL Sweepstakes CW Contest. So, I have a modified plan underway. I am going to move the R7 vertical from the garage roof to the house roof, between the 220 Ringo Ranger and the GP-9 Vertical. Then I am going to put up a Glen Martin Roof Tower on the garage roof and install the Cushcraft A3S and 40 Meter add on with a second Ham IV rotor I recently acquired. This will suffice until the tower concrete is poured and cured. Then my original antenna plans will come together. October 6 , 2007 |
| Southern California Hamfests One of the nice things about living in Southern California is that there is always a hamfest going on. Here are the current regular, every month hamfests: Second Saturday - Cable Airport, Upland, CA (off Foothil Ave) Third Saturday - Chino Hills H.S., Chino Hills, CA (off 71) Last Saturday - TRW (Northrop Grumman) Redondo Beach, CA September 3 , 2007 |
The RF Group The RF Group is a group of Hams that enjoy social interaction and fellowship with each other. Ages range from teens to 90's. Generally, most are members of the Riverside County Amateur Radio Association. The only requirement for membership is that you enjoy Ham Radio and don't have a personal agenda you want to impose on others. There are no dues and meetings are held monthly. The group also sponsors a weekly Rag Chew net on 145.520 Mhz simplex every Wednesday evening at 20:30 Local Pacific Time. Net Control Stations are: Mark, K6GUK; Bob, W6RTW; Jim, N7PPF, Lowell, K6QXQ and Ken, W4OFE. Prior projects of the group were antenna design and 2 Meter J-Pole building. We are now into Contesting as a group. The current project is to build multiple bandpass filters for use during Field Day and SO2R or MO2R Contest operations. Once the filters are built and tested, I will put up a page on their design and construction. Field Day is next weekend and we will be operating from Van, AA6SD's QTH. Look for AA6SD, 3E, ORG and give us a couple points! June 20 , 2008 |
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Our Club Fun Fest will be on May 30th and 31st. The shade structures and helicopter pad are all in and everyone seems to like them The Club 4th of July party will again be at the Flabob Airport. It is always fun and the fireworks display at 9 pm is always a hoot. The Club Float Fly will be at Lake Perris in November. Check out the Club web page for more information. See the Corona R/C Club link for more information on our Club and the various activities. Also, please view my R/C Picture page. Keep 'em flying. May 08, 2009 |
Family News My daughter, Sandy, has had long hair for quite some time. Recently, she decided to cut her hair to donate it to "Locks of Love" to make hairpieces for child cancer patients. I am so proud of her selfishless desire to help others. Here's pictures of the day.
July 19, 2006 |
My Revised Web Site
If any of you saw my old Web Page, you will find this to be quite different. My old page was my first experience with Microsoft Frontpage and it really looked like a first experience. This page and associated pages was created using Dreamweaver. It seems quite a bit easier to use and it also is easy to make small HTML changes on the fly. I have been able to add a lot more to this website and intend to continue adding things as the need arises. I have also added things about my other Hobby, R/C Airplane flying. Of course, being a Ham, I fly on 6 Meter frequencies.
The Links to the left are some of my favorites. The top set of links are Ham Radio Links. The bottom set are Radio Control Links. I might mention, the bottom two links in the Ham Radio Section are very informative and useful. For any of you frequenting the Amps Reflector on Contesting.com, these two guys (Rich and Tom) have at least a 7 year {feud?} going on. You can find all the gory details at each of their sites. HOWEVER, both sites offer so much valuable information about Amplifiers, and other things that you might find them worth your time to investigate. The latest in this ongoing feud is that Rich has been banned from the Amps Reflector. Since then, he started his own Amplifier Group on Yahoo Groups. Both are worth checking out. If you understand the basis of the feud, then my quote below will make sense to you.
"I wonder if Tom considered Rich a 'parasite' on the Amps Reflector?"
The items below are brief updates about what's going on in my world. The date at the bottom of each item is the last time it was updated. Look around and enjoy yourself. If you have any comments or suggestions, please email me. Remember that this site is still under construction.
This page last updated: June 17, 2009
NEWS:
October 22, 2008 - The CQWW SSB Contest is this weekend. I have made NO progress on getting my tower up. However, this will be my first time in the past 15 years that I have a beam to use in the contest. The beam is on the garage and was installed during last year's SS Phone. We will see what happens.
May 08, 2009 - Dayton is just around the corner. So is K3LR's Contest University.
May 25 , 2009 - W6ADE and I have returned from Dayton and I will be putting pictures and (hopefully) a video of our trip on here soon.
June 15, 2009 - I spent a little bit of time operating the ARRL June VHF Contest. All contacts were on 6 Meters and 2 Meters, SSB. I will post results on my Contest Page.
June 17, 2009 - I added a For Sale Page on the website. It is currently under construction, but I have a couple things listed. Check it out. I will be adding more things, including pictures in the next few days.
June 17, 2009 - Our Daughter Sandy, will be getting married next year. Look for more information in our Family News Section of this page as time goes on.
73, Bob - W6RTW
