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CVARC monthly club general meetings start at 7:30 P.M. the third Thursday of each month and are held at:
East County Sheriff's Station (ECSS)
2101 East Olsen Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
See the CVARC calendar at the bottom of the page for a complete list of dates.
To contact the members of the Board of Directors, use this list:
CVARC Board
Our speaker for February is Robert Simmons, the creator of the PicoDopp Doppler direction finding system. He will explain the various methods of radio direction finding, and give us a bit of local history of Transmitter Hunting in Southern California. Bob will bring a number of direction finding products,
Bob started in radio at age 10 with a foxhole radio. He earned his Novice Amateur license at 13, FCC Commercial license at 16, Technician Amateur license at 17 and was grandfathered to General in 2002
He served as a Naval reserve 4x10 radar technician 1971-77 with about 6 months total sea time, CIC duty
Bob has many years in nautical electronics, on commercial and recreational vessels, radars, loran, satnav, vhf/fm and hf/ssb Shop and field service mobiles, base, mountaintop work, shop and field work. Aviation electronics Gulfstream completion center in Long Beach, G-4 bizjets and Cessna Citation service center.
He moved to Santa Barbara 1992, and worked for Applied Magnetics maintaining 5KW 13.56 MHz industrial RF supplies for RF sputter machines
In 1999 Bob started a Website for direction finding, and in 2003 created the PicoDopp. His business has steadily grown each year, and is now his fulltime job. He has sales on all seven continents. About half of the sales are Amateur Radio related, and some of the other half is for custom equipment that can not be revealed.
The PicoDopp Yahoo forum has about 300 members, 60% in the U.S. You can learn more about his equipment at www.picodopp.com
Something exotic this month, THE ELEPHANT BAR AND RESTAURANT. A Global Grill/Wok Kitchen. Their .Openers. would make a great meal at $8.00. Soups are $4 and $5 dollars. Salads are $7 - $9. Soup and Salad combos are available. Burgers with Fries are $9.00. Half Rack Ribs $ 11.00. WOK specialties are $11 . $14.
Join us at 5:30 pm before the meeting on Thursday, 21 January, for a bite to eat, some fellowship and discussion with our Speaker of the Month. The Elephant Bar is located at 1825 Madera Road. Simi Valley CA, just about 2 and a half miles on down Madera Rd. from our meeting location, just before Los Angeles Ave in Simi Valley. Be sure to invite your friends living in Simi to join us for the dinner and the meeting.
If you have any questions, e-mail or call, Phil at peb@peb.net or 805.300.3045. Reservations are for 12 under Phil B.
Radio operators are needed at the L.A. Marathon on Sunday March 21, 2010, to provide emergency communications throughout the course.
This year, the new route will go from Dodger Stadium to the Santa Monica Pier, and will include Beverly Hills, Hollywood, and major studios.
Volunteer registration is on-line at: http://www.doitsports.com/volunteer/info.tcl?job_id=488
Craig Baker KC6KKR
The organization chart in the article Ken wrote for the October issue of the newsletter came out so small that it was difficult to read. That was due to the two column format of the newsletter. Here the article is in a single column format where the chart is easier to make out.
The article is here as a PDF so it is easier to read.
The CVARC VE session of December 13th served 8 candidates. Among those who passed elements were:
| Name | Callsign | New License Class |
|---|---|---|
| Michael D. Smith | KJ6EIL | Technician |
| Tono Sutedjo | KJ6EIM | Technician |
| Christian G. Hillner | KD6MSZ | General |
| James C. Leiterman | KJ6EIN | Technician |
| John K. Grosse | KJ6EBX | General |
| Peter D. Ferrin | KJ6EIO | Technician |
| Roy F. Deschene | KE6UMW | General |
| Johnathon S. Selstad | KJ6EIK | Technician |
Thank you to our VEs who volunteer their time and talents.
The next session is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Sunday, February 14, 2010 at the East Valley station.
We have filled up the Visitor's Parking area at the East County Sheriff's Station (ECSS) during our last couple of CVARC General Meetings due to the excellent turnouts that we have had. If the Visitor's Parking area is filled when you arrive for a CVARC meeting, you can park in the Employee's Only parking area which is to the immediate right of the Visitor's Parking area as you drive into the sheriff's station. There may be people coming to the sheriff's station during our club meeting looking for police department assistance. For that reason we should not park in the Visitor's Parking area "15 Minute Only" parking spaces.
Ken Larson
The Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club, (CVARC ) sponsors amateur radio license classes throughout the year. The Technician Class license, which is the entry level license for amateur radio is presented five times a year and each class lasts for eight weeks Classes are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. and are free. The only cost related to this class is the cost for the Ham Radio License Manual which is $25.00. Students who wish to purchase this manual through the CVARC class may do so at the time of class registration. This book is a course manual presented by the Amateur Radio Relay League. The new manual covers the new FCC test requirements for all Technician exams.
Classes are taught in Thousand Oaks in classroom facilities at the LDS church at 3645 Moorpark Road, just East or North of Olsen Road on the left side of the road. Class is from 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm.
Classes are open to all ages, and CVARC is proud to report that our graduates include 7 year old children and 84 year old adults. There are no age limits imposed by the FCC on the Amateur Radio license, and both men and women participate in the magic of radio.
Whether you are interested in radio communications with other amateur operators around the world, or just want to have your radio license for emergency preparedness, the Technician Class license is your entry to amateur radio. If you are interested, or want to know more about amateur radio, call Karl Moody at (805) 523-0622 for information regarding the next class.
| Start Date | End Date | Date of FCC Exam following class |
|---|---|---|
| February 9, 2009 | March 30, 2009 | April 19, 2009 |
| April 13, 2009 | June 1, 2009 | June 14, 2009 |
| June 16, 2009 | August 4, 2009 | August 9, 2009 |
| August 18, 2009 | October 6, 2009 | October 11, 2009 |
| October 20, 2009 | December 8, 2009 | December 13, 2009 |
The Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club (CVARC) has scheduled examinations for FCC Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) licenses six times during 2010.
Exams are conducted by accredited Volunteer Examiners and sessions are sponsored by CVARC. Exams are conducted for all FCC Amateur Radio license classes under the supervision of the ARRL VEC. No pre-registration is necessary, walk-ins are welcome. The Exams listed below will be conducted at the Ventura County Sheriff's East County Station at 2101 E. Olsen Road between Hwy 23 and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library at 8:30 a.m.
Candidates need to bring:
2010 Exam Schedule:
Should there be questions not addressed above, please contact Jeff Reinhardt AA6JR at aa6jr@sbcglobal.net or phone 818-706-3853.
The club has been successful in acheiving a reliable and high performance web site for the benefit of our members. Looking at the web site's performance over time shows that we have made dramatic improvements in the site's response time and availability. I'd like to thank each one of you that helped me in these efforts and let me know about outages as early as possible so that I could work on them promptly. Your efforts have made a difference.
Graph of web site access latency - lower is better
Thanks,
Neil Waybright, webmaster
| Date | Event | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| January 21 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| January 30 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| February 14 | FCC License Exam | Begins at 8:30AM at East County Sheriff Station |
| February 18 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| February 27 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| March 7 | CROP Walk | Annual CVARC/ARES support T.O. CROP Walk (afternoon) |
| March 5 - 7 | Coyote 2 Moons (C2M) | 3 day Cross Country Race in Ojai and Santa Monica Mts. |
| March 18 | CVARC Club Meeting | Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| March 27 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| April ? | Westlake Village Street Fair | CVARC radio support for Westlake Rotary (morning) |
| April 11 | FCC License Exam | Begins at 8:30AM at East County Sheriff Station |
| April 15 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| April ? | Arbor Day | CVARC/ARES radio demo at N. Conejo Creek Park |
| April 24 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| May 8 | Cruisin Conejo Bike Ride | Major yearly CVARC field activity |
| May ? | Sea-to-Summit Bike Ride | Ocean to mountain peak |
| May 14 - 16 | Dayton Hamvention | Dayton Ham Convention. See http://www.hamvention.org site for details |
| May 20 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| May 29 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| June 13 | FCC License Exam | Begins at 8:30 am at East County Sheriff's Station |
| June 17 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| June 26 - 27 | Field Day | CVARC annual field day event, you don't want to miss it! |
| June 26 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| July 3 | Moorpark Fireworks | Support for Moorpark's 3rd of July Fireworks |
| July 15 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| July 24 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| August 8 | FCC License Exam | Begins at 8:30 am at East County Sheriff's Station |
| August ? | SB Section Hamfest | Santa Barbara |
| August 19 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| August 21 | CVARC Summer Picnic | Family and visitors welcome. See web site for details |
| August 28 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| September 16 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| September 25 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| No official date yet | ARRL SW Division Convention | Inland Impire? |
| October 10 | FCC License Exam | Begins at 8:30 am at East County Sheriff's Station |
| October 21 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| October ? - ? | Boy Scouts Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) | http://home.tiscali.nl/worldscout/ |
| October 30 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| Nov ? | Malibu Endurance Ride | Early morning horse ride event |
| November 18 | CVARC Club Meeting | Visitors welcome. Begins at 7:30pm at East County Sheriff Station |
| November 27 | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the club meeting if you are interested in car pooling |
| December 4 | CVARC Holiday Party | CVARC party at the Cameron Center |
| December 12 | FCC License Exam | Begins at 8:30 am at East County Sheriff's Station |
| December ?? | TRW Swap Meet | Mention at the Christmas party if you are interested in car pooling |
Correpondence should be directed to
CVARC
P.O.Box 2093
Thousand Oaks, CA 91358-2093
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