There will be a day trip to Santa Cruz Island on Saturday August 22 accompanying Bill W1UUQ who will be conducting a radio site survey. You can help him, see the sights, or just hang out on the island all day. The cost for the trip is $74. Contact Bill W1UUQ at 964-7432 Post expires at 8:20pm on Saturday August 22nd, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.
Our next big club event of the busy summer will be the SBARC Annual Hamfest on Sunday August 16, 2015. This year’s event will be held at Stow Grove Park – Area 1, and begin around 10am until 3pm or so. There will be plenty for everyone including games, raffle prizes, and of course, a great BBQ by Tom N6YX! Visit with old friends, and meet new ones! Be sure to bring your spouse and family and stay awhile. This is the one event we have every year that you don’t want to miss. There is no admission charge, but please BYOB. Cold sodas and water will be available for purchase. If you can help with the setup or cleanup please contact: Rick Whitaker at rickwhtr@cox.net or (805) 964-5440. Post expires at 11:00pm on Sunday August 16th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.
Stop by the club station on Saturday August 8th between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm for a FREE PIZZA LUNCH courtesy of Tom N6YX and SBARC. We are also planning another pizza lunch on September 12th too, and if there is enough interest from club members, we will probably continue to do this on the second Saturday of each month from now on. So come on down and share some pizza and visit with your friends.
It’s that time again and Rick is looking for interested HAM Operators who wish to participate in the Fiesta Parade and then the ever so famous post parade Bar-B-Que. You have your choice of two tickets to the Rodeo OR the meal at the BBQ. The parade is on Friday, August 7th and it starts at noon. If you are interested please let Rick know as soon as you can. He is running behind on organizing this because of so many events going on in such a short period of time. This has always been the fun event so we hope you can join in the fun. Contact: Rick Whitaker at rickwhtr@cox.net Also, the Santa Barbara Triathlon is coming on August 22, so please keep your schedule open to help if you can!
Cynthia McAlexander – May 1, 2015 – With your help, ham radio may be coming to Carpinteria High School! I met with the Carpinteria High School Principal, Gerardo Cornejo, on April 21, 2015 to propose the introduction of Ham Radio to the students. Mr. Cornejo was supportive of the effort and related that a Ham Radio club or after school program could be established on campus. To register a group as an official Carpinteria High School club, a presentation must be made to the student body at an all school assembly that is usually held at the end of September. Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club members could introduce our programs and give interested students a tour of the Rover. The Student Council must vote to accept a club. SBARC may also register to be an after school program. Several classrooms are set aside for the afterschool program, which runs from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. There is also a teacher coordinator who works with various programs to set hours and use resources. Mr. Cornejo is interested in ham radio and appreciates the value of a network of radio operators for community service and emergency/disaster situations. Club members have until September of this year to set goals for the school program, design the program and implementation and plan staffing. Please e-mail or call me with your ideas and a few meeting times in June. Thank you for your help! Cynthia McAlexander, KK6BZU – hamradios@mail.com – 805-684-1418
The Ventura folks are always supportive and help out with Santa Barbara special events. Here’s our opportunity to help them! They have several events coming up later this summer and in the fall, and they have extended the invitation to all of us here to come down and participate! Upcoming Ventura County ARES / Public Service Events 9 August – Arroyo-Simi Half-Marathon – Steve King KE6WEZ is calling for volunteers; Aid Station / Check-point communications. Contact Steve / KE6WEZ at ke6wez@gmail.com 22-23 August – Wings Over Camarillo Airshow – Civil / Private aircraft airshow, WWII Warbirds; we provide safety eyes and ears for the event organizers. See http://wingsovercamarillo.com/ contact Ted / KI6PTX at ki6ptx@arrl.net 12-13 Sept – Ventura-Hueneme Marathon – 3rd year running of the Pier to Pier Marathon and Bike Ride – see http://www.venturamarathon.com — contact Stewart / KG6BOV at kg6bov@arrl.net — Normally need 40 operators for this event 7 Nov – New event – Red Cross fundraiser Bike Ride Operation: Ride for the Red! This bike ride is a fundraiser and proceeds will go to support Red Cross Services to the Armed Forces. This ride is a 30 mile (50K) / 50 mile / 100 mile that starts and finishes at the Red Cross in Camarillo with loops through TO; Moorpark, Saticoy, Ventura, Oxnard, Hueneme and Camarillo. contact Stewart / KG6BOV kg6bov@arrl.net — Expect to need about 40 operators for this event
The Santa Barbara Hackerspace will be having a grand reopening event on Friday, July 17th 2015 from 6:00 pm until late in the evening. Their new address in Old Town Goleta is 5782 Thornwood. Please RSVP if you plan to attend so they can plan for food. You may RSVP online at http://tinyurl.com/sbhxreopening/. This would be a good “after-party” to attend after the SBARC General Club Meeting at 7:30pm. Post expires at 11:00pm on Friday July 17th, 2015 but will still be available in the archives.
