PROGRAM: Black Mountain ATV repeater - 10 GHz uplink and design of 10 GHz equipment. A demonstration is expected. Steve Muther (WF6R) who is active in 400 MHz and up. 2.4 ATV, 10G SSB/ATV. He is an engineer with Multipoint Networks a wireless data products company.
DIRECTIONS: The meeting place will be the Lockheed Auditorium in bldg. 202 on Hanover St. in Palo Alto, California. Access Hanover from Page Mill Road (between 280 and El Camino). Follow Hanover as it curves right and up the hill. Watch for the Lockheed sign indicating Bldg. 202 on the left side, about 2/3 of the way up the hill.
Officers
| President | Jeffrey Pawlan | WA6KBL | 408-371-0256 | jpawlan@pawlan.com |
| Vice President | Bill Rausch | AA6PA | 408-637-0622 | billraus@ix.netcom.com |
| Treasurer | Will Jensby | W0EOM | 408-296-6071 | w0eom@aol.com |
| Secretary | Bill Ogilvie | KQ6FY | 415-968-3707 | wogilvie@best.com |
| Board Member | Art Lange | W6RXQ | 408-735-1594 | art_lange@trimble.com |
| Board Member | Jim Moss | N9JIM | 408-746-2789 | jmoss@rockie.nsc.com |
| Sunday | 8PM | 144.240 | Southern California WSWSS |
| Sunday | 8PM | 144.250 | Central California WSWSS |
| Sunday | 8:30PM | 432.100 | Central California WSWSS |
| Tuesday | 8PM | 144.250 | Northern California SWOT |
| Tuesday | 8PM | 144.200 | Arizona WSWSS |
| Wednesday | 8PM | 144.240 | Southern California WSWSS SWAP |
| Thursday | 8PM | 144.250 | Northern California SWOT SWAP |
| Thursday | 8PM | 432.120 | SCAL General, Oceanside, DM13 |
The 50 MHz & Up group held their June meeting at the Lockheed-Martin auditorium on Nov. 2, 1997. Club executives and directors present were: Jeffrey Pawlan WA6KBL, President; Will Jensby W0EOM, Treasurer; Bill Ogilvie KQ6FY, Secretary; Jim Moss WB9AJZ, director; and Art Lange W6RXQ. There were 17 members and visitors in attendance. The activity scheduled for this meeting was a talk by Paul Schuch, N6TX.
The meeting began with a talk by Jeffrey about his trip to France, where he was able to work moonbounce on 10 Ghz. After some discussion concerning the club’s ability to host a microwave conference, several motions were made and some were voted on:
Motion 1:
It was proposed that the 50 MHz and Up Group would participate
in Pacificon, in 1998, regardless of any other conference activities that
might also take place in 1998 or early 1999. This was
seconded and then voted on. It was accepted by a vote of 10
for, 0 against.
Motion 2:
A motion was made that the 50 MHz and Up Group propose
to the Sacramento Group that the Western States Weak Signal Society Conference
for 1998 be co-hosted, in Sacramento, at a mutually agreeable location.
This motion was seconded and then voted on. It was accepted
by a vote of 7 for, 0 against.
Motion 3:
It was moved that regardless of the 50 MHz and Up Groups participation
in Pacificon, that a technical conference would be organized by the club
in 1998, somewhere in the Bay area, with the date to be determined later.
This was voted on and was rejected by a vote of 1 for, 4 against.
Motion 4:
It was moved that regardless of the 50 MHz and Up Groups participation
in Pacificon, that a technical conference would be organized by the club
in 1999, somewhere in the Bay area, with the date to be determined later.
This was voted on and was accepted by a vote of 9 for, 0 against.
The Art Lange, W6RXQ, was designated the contact person for Pacificon and WSWSS activities, and Will Jensby, W0EOM, was designated the planning person for the 1999 conference.
Paul Schuch, N6TX, the Technical Director of SETI, gave a talk about SETI’s efforts in developing low cost, wide aperture monitoring hardware.
de KQ6FY, Bill Ogilvie
This coming January 1st, New Year's Day annual KI6FF Happy New
Year Contest. Sponsored by Southern California Two Meter WSWSS net Control
Operator KI6FF, for all WSWSS members and friends. Open to all
operators, all bands above 50 MHz, in all areas, Have a Happy new Year.
On January 1st, from 1200 GMT to 1900 GMT, work as many different stations
in as many different grids as possible, normal ARRL VHF contest scoring,
exchange calls, grids, and this message: "The sun rises" the
response from the other station is: "on a new year."
Send logs to David Peters, KI6FF, 14291 Middletown Lane, Westminster, CA, 92683. Or by email to ki6ff@juno.com if you send your score to the WSWSS reflector you must also send me a copy. A nice certificate for first three place finishers overall plus highest score in each ARRL section.
73, KI6FF, David