EDITOR:
ROGER LOILER   N6WNE

CVARC NEWSLETTER

April 2002

Request For Articles

We need articles for our CVARC monthly newsletter.  Most of you have interesting amateur radio related stories and experiences that others  would be interested in reading about.  Submitting an article to Roger N6WNE  for inclusion in the newsletter will make our newsletter more interesting  and enjoyable for everyone to read.  If you have an interesting story but are not into writing, give Ken KJ6RZ a call and he can give you a hand with getting your story written up.

Ken

April 11  meeting
Joint meeting with DART

Sunday March 17 VE Session follow-up

From: Jeff Reinhardt AA6JR


1. THANK YOU for being there. We handled a large number of people in an efficient and professional manner. I had several nice comments from examinees who felt we did a top-notch job.

Jeff AA6JR

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Roger N6WNE editor

2002 CVARC  Officers

Amateur Radio Emergency Service

Ventura County area  2  R.A.C.E.S.  members are  encouraged  to check  in  every Tuesday.     
Members should check in  with the RACES number listed on the ID badge. Specific times and frequencies are as follows:

7:00 PM - 7:30 PM  VOICE   147.885-  pl 127.3   N6JMI  AREA 2
        (Secondary backup freq)  147.555  no pl      Simplex    AREA 2
6:45 PM - 7:00 PM  VOICE    52.98-    pl 82.5   K6SMR   6 METER
    before - 6:30 PM PACKET 145.03     -      VCROC   early checkin
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM  VOICE    146.88- pl 127.3 WA6ZTT  COUNTY
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM  VOICE    224.02- pl 127.3 WB6ZTR  COUNTY
        (county RACES simplex) 147.57      no pl     Simplex  COUNTY

7:00 PM - 7:30 PM  VOICE 147.93-  pl 127.3 WB6WEY AREA 1
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM  VOICE 147.15+  pl 127.3 WB6ZTQ AREA 3
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM  VOICE 146.97-   pl 127.3 WB6YQN AREA 4
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM  VOICE 145.40-    no pl     N6FL        AREA 5
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM  VOICE 147.975- pl 127.3 N6AHI     AREA  6
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM  VOICE 146.985- pl 127.3 WB6ZTX AREA 7
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM  VOICE   145.28-   pl 100    WB2WIK AREA 8

2002 event calendar

Date                      Event                                            Comments

April 13    Simi Valley CPC Walk
May 11      Crusin' Conejo          Crusin' Conejo bike race
May 18      Sea To Summit           Sea To Summit bike race
June        22/23 Field Day         CVARC Field Day activities
July 3      Moorpark Fireworks
Sept.       County Days Parade      Moorpark County Days Parade, in the morning
Oct.        SET                     Simulated Emergency Test
Nov         State Hospital Drill    Ventura County's participation in the drill
Dec. 14     Camarillo Parade        Camarillo Christmas Parade

To All ARES members

If you are partcipating in FD 2002, I would like to know in what capacity.

Field Day 2002 is scheduled to begin on June 22-23rd, starting at  11:00am local time.
Please let me know the Call sign or group you will be supporting so I can keep track of your ARRL, ARES partcipation

Thank you..

Here is a short one for this month; it should be an update from what I sent you before:

Field Day Sign Ups:

Thanks to the following for signing up for CVARC FD:
So far we have the following willing to partake in the venture:
If I missed anyone or messed up on the name and call sign, please let me know. 
Send me an email - k7sdw@arrl.net or come to the CVARC meeting  to sign up and meet the other operators.

Rory            KG6HCU         2m or 6m
Brian           WD0HBG         Any
Jan             KB3ERR         Any
Noel            K6NVS          2m or HF
Bob             K6FEZ          Any
Bill            Call Pending   Any
Mark            KF6WTM         CW
Bill            K6HB           10/40 SSB
Mike            W6UWB          Any microwave (See Hugh)
Don             K6CAB          40 CW
Roy             KE6UMW         6m
Jonathan        KC6QOQ         SSB
Alan            K6PSP          20 CW
Brad            KG6CPY         15/20 SSB
Ted             KG6AJH         15/20 SSB
Hugh            KF6HHS         900MHZ (33cm)

Don't be shy, we need Band Captains and workers for each band or mode.
I plan to have a FD meeting of Band Captains in May, so please sign up and get the band of your choice so we can plan the site and set up arrangements.

Thanks,
73 de Greg, K7SDW,
FD Operations Chairman.
73 de Greg
K7SDW, EC Area 2

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Roger Loiler N6WNE
3885 Northland St.
Newbury Park, CA 91320

n6wne@ arrl.net
r_loiler@aoa-gps.com