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Need Operators For Ventura Marathon & Bike Ride.

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Our friend Stewart – KG6BOV is still looking for volunteers for the 100 mile event they have scheduled for the weekend of September 10-11. The Bike Ride, like last year, is primarily in Santa Barbara. If you could check your calendars and get permission from the significant others (or bring them along for the day!), please let me know your preferences and availabilities. People are needed for the following locations: AID STATION A Casitas Pass Rd 100M / 100K (25.2)  34°23’19.48″N 119°24’49.30″W AID STATION B Ortega Ridge Rd 100M / 100K (38)  34°26’9.55″N 119°35’27.96″W AID STATION C Dos Pueblos HS  100M (53.2 / 63.2)  34°26’6.52″N 119°48’8.67″W — Riders pass here twice AID STATION D  Shoreline Park — 100M (72)  34°23’48.52″N 119°42’25.04″W AID STATION E  Rincon Beach Park — 50K Turn-Around (15)/100K(49.3)/100M (88.2)  34°22’35.55″N 119°28’46.94″W If you can help, contact Stewart KG6BOV at stewart.stone@verizon.net. Post expires at 5:29am on Sunday September 11th, 2016 but will still be available in the archives.

Fiesta Parade Operators Needed

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Its Fiesta Parade Time again!  Rick KG6VLB is  looking for some interested HAM Radio Operators who want to join in the fun this year. The Parade this year is on August 5th . This is an annual tradition for SBARC and openings usually fill up fast! Contact: Rick – KG6VLB at rickwhtr@cox.net Post expires at 12:00pm on Friday August 5th, 2016 but will still be available in the archives.

Ventura Marathon & Bike Ride

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(Stewart – KG6BOV) Once again it is time for the Ventura Marathon over Sept 10-11 Weekend !  This is our 4th year supporting this Marathon — It is a Boston Qualifier. Sept 10 is a 15 Mile / 30 mile (50K) / 50 Mile / 100 Mile Bike Ride. The Bike Ride goes primarily up SR192 to Goleta and returns down the PCH Bike Path.  Last year several SBARC members supported the various Santa Barbara area Bike Aid Stations. Sept 11 is the 5K, 1/2 Marathon and Marathon running from the Ventura Pier to the Hueneme Pier and back. I will try to arrange with National Weather Service to get us good weather this year. In the past we have needed 25 operators for the Saturday Bike Ride and 40 operators for the Sunday Marathon. We will need Bicycle and Vehicle APRS as well as Aid Station Operators. If you have a preferred position, let me know soonest Thanks in advance — Stewart Stone / KG6BOV EC VC ARES Area 4 & ICO Post expires at 1:00am on Monday September 12th, 2016 but will still be available in the archives.

Field Day 2016

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This year we’re putting the “Field” back in Field Day! We will be operating from Elings Park up on the hill where the hang gliders take off. We still have several time slots to fill, so we would really appreciate your help. Operating/logging time slots are only 2 hours long, so it won’t put a very big dent in your weekend plans. Your club needs you! Let’s make this a fun field day for everyone. The plan is to bring the Rover Friday afternoon to the South Park area of Elings. Tom, N6YX expects to arrive between noon and 1 pm. He will take the road that the hang gliders use, then drive through the field to South Park area. We will need a crew of four or more to assemble the antenna and put it on the Rovers mast. The antenna only weighs 60 pounds, but it is about 12 feet long and 10 feet wide. We will test the radio and check digital modes. We should be finished before 4 pm Friday. Tom will arrive again Saturday morning about 9 am. He will work with someone else for the first shift. Shifts are two hours during the day and evening until 9 pm. Other operators / loggers will arrive for each shift. From 9 pm to about 6 am, there will be two or three for the night shift. We will operate until 11 am Sunday morning. The Rover will remain parked from Friday afternoon to Sunday about 1 pm. I don’t expect more than six people at a time. I don’t know how many from the club will be participating. We need at least 16 people for a full 24 hour operation. We need a minimum of 10 for a 12 hour operation. If you can help out with operating, logging, set-up or take-down, please contact us as soon as possible. Post expires at 11:00am on Sunday June 26th, 2016 but will still be available in the archives.

Employment Opportunity At UCSB

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Bob Pizzi AC6PZ ( rpizzi@physics.ucsb.edu) has asked us to post this job opportunity available now at UCSB. It is for an Instructional Laboratory Assistant. It would be an interesting job for an amateur radio operator interested in science and physics. For more information, follow the instructions below: Step 1: Go to : http://www.hr.ucsb.edu/ Step 2: Upper left hand corner Click “PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES” Step 3: Lower right side click “Apply for a UCSB Job” Step 4. Go to upper left corner. Click “SEARCH POSITIONS” Step 5: Right hand side Department, select PHYS from scroll down list. Step 6: Click SEARCH Step 7: Select Job Number 20160152 (View/Apply) Post expires at 10:22am on Saturday April 30th, 2016 but will still be available in the archives.

New SBARC Official Phonetic Alphabet Adopted

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Over the years, various organizations have established phonetic alphabets in order to ensure that spoken letters are properly understood. Despite the goal of universal understanding, the spoken word for each latter varies. For example: Western Union:                  Adams – Boston – Chicago… RAF:                                      Apple – Beer – Charlie… US Army:                              Able – Baker – Charlie… ITU:                                       Alfa – Bravo – Charlie… NYPD:                                   Adam – Boy – Charlie… All of these organizations have been in existence for a long time and continue to be well-known today. In order to ensure that SBARC has the recognition that it deserves and is well-known, we have decided to adopt our very own phonetic alphabet. It will serve the primary purpose of ensuring that callsigns, abbreviations, and unusual spellings are understood, it will give SBARC the same recognition as the organizations above that have developed their own phonetic alphabets. Please use the official SBARC phonetic alphabets on QSOs, in nets, and anywhere else as appropriate.   A – Aye B –Bdellium C – Czar D –Djinn E – Ewe F- Fnese G – Gnome H – Hour I – Igor J – Jalapeño K- Knot L – Llama M – Mnemonic N – Nguyen O – Oedipus P – Pneumatic Q – Quay R – Rhotic S – Sea T – Tsar U- Urn V- Vizard W – Wrong X- Xylophone Y- You Post expires at 1:00am on Saturday April 2nd, 2016 but will still be available in the archives.