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Please remember to thank and

support our host, the Bishop

Salvation Army. The Salvation

Army has given us free use of

their facilities for our monthly

meetings and our quarterly

license exams.

Bishop Amateur Radio Club

N6T Special Event 2

Ham Float 2012 4

Motorcycle Recovery 5

Special Station K6L 6

Scanner Frequencies 7

Repeater Info 8

Silent Keys 9

Humor Corner 10

BARC Information 11

Inside this issue:

May 6, 2012

Hi everyone and welcome to the Fall edi-tion of our newsletter. I would like to thank Bob N7RAP for continuing to pro-duce his most excellent newsletters. Quite a bit has happened since our last newsletter. We've successfully supported another Bishop High Sierra Marathon event and our first Everest Challenge Bi-

cycle Race. There have been monthly t-hunts which have been won by several different folks including Marilyn W6M-SO and Gigi KW6Y. The club has held an offset attenuator and Tape Measure Yagi build. We had a fantastic Field Day in Kurt W6PH's cabin in Lone Pine and there has been major progress on the hill (Silver Peak) with the ability to link Silver Peak to Mammoth from either end, the start of moving the equipment into racks, rewiring, equipment installation etc. Thanks to all our technical folks. We also had a wonderful BARC & SARC in the park in Lone Pine and hopefully that will become a regular tradition. Soon we should have the ability to link Silver Peak to Ma-zourka and, with that, to Little Lake providing communica-tions from one end of the Owens Valley to the other. Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the International DX convention in Visalia. Several members of our club were there including John AD6NR (with whom I traveled), Kurt W6PH and Fried WA6WZO & Sandi WA6WZN. It was fun to be a part of the event, meet new people and see and feel first hand what all those gadgets and radios one sees advertised (and dream about) actually look like. Not very good for the wallet, I might add!

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N6T Special Event Report

By Keith Franson

BARC and amateur radio helped the Inyo National Forest, White Mountain Ranger

District, and the local community to celebrate the opening of a new visitor center at

the Ancient Bristlecone Forest.

BARC, with John AD6NR in the lead, operated a special event station for the open-

ing of the new Bristlecone Pine Visitor Center. Opening ceremony was on 1 Sep-

tember. The prior center was lost due to a fire set by an arsonist. Not the

“normal” arsonist, the individual was a climber who had summited Mt. Everest,

and later in life something simply snapped. He was finally caught with fuel and

incendiaries outside a school in Lone Pine.

Local community interest and support encouraged the US Forest Service to rebuild

the visitor center after the 2008 fire. Located high in the White Mountains, the

groves of Bristlecone Pine are the oldest living trees on earth, and indeed the oldest

living things you can see without a microscope. Some of these trees are more than

4,200 years old and were here when the pyramids of Egypt were constructed. The

new center will help more than 30,000 visitors a year understand and appreciate

these magnificent and ancient trees.

John AD6NR, Jon NW6C, and Keith KJ6IXM met in Big Pine shortly after noon

the day before to head up the hill and set up the station. We used the “portable”

ham shack that many of you saw at BARC and SARC in the Park. Forest Service

had pre-arranged for a special parking site for the trailer. It took several hours for

the set-up, with Jon being the one to climb up a tree to help hang wires. The verti-

cal HF antenna used was provided by Kurt W6PH. The 2 meter rig used a J-Pole

atop a Harbor Freight telescoping flagpole. A Honda generator was used for power.

With the station set-up mostly completed, everyone headed down the hill for home,

except for Keith, who spent the night at Grandview Campground.

Early Saturday morning we headed back up to put the radios in the shack, etc. Op-

erations started around 8am. Among others who dropped by was club member Olin

WA7YXL beaming with pride all day like the father of a newborn – he was heavily

involved in the new center.

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N6T Special Event Report

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There was a nice set-up of info at the trailer, with ARRL hand-outs on the picnic

table and a small fold-out display about how Forest Service employees who were

also Hams developed the USFS Radio Labs, etc.

Gigi N6GIG, her call at least at the time she did the artwork, produced some won-

derful flyers and the QSL certificate design, which are visible on N6OV.Com.

By about 3pm, everyone was tired, the bands had gone dead, and quite honestly

Keith was concerned about driving the shack down that hill in the dark, so we

where back down into the valley around 6pm. Heading down the hill with the

shack, I doubt if our speed was above 15mph for the first 10 miles, but all worked

well.

Great weather and amazing how many out-of-area people showed up for the reo-

pening. It was quite a crowd.

Oriana K9DOG helped to keep an eye on things and make sure no critters

munched on our coax. Quite a few club members visited the station. We also had

outside hams show up to operate the station, including Mike W6ARA from SARC.

While band conditions were not great, John AD6NR was able to log contacts from

Western Colorado, Washington State, and Oregon, along with numerous Califor-

nia stations. On 2 meters, we made contact with Wellington NV and a HT at Dev-

il’s Postpile, along with a bunch of other “locals”.

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Ham Float 2012

By Keith Franson

The first BARC Ham Float was held 15 September. For the first of what will hopefully be an an-

nual event, 9 members paddled the Owens River from Elna Road to Aberdeen Station – roughly

south of Tenemaha Reservoir to just north of the Division Creek rest area.

Weather was sunny and not too hot. After inflating the inflatable kayaks, and launching the hard

shell kayaks, it was time to head down the river. This part of the Owens is a living river, and is

just above where most of the river is diverted into the Los Angeles Aqueduct. As a result, the river

is constantly changing characteristics – while we were out for several hours, the river level actually

changed noticeably by several inches.

This is one of the most scenic parts of the Owens, with lots of trees, a passage by the old trestle of

the Carson & Colorado Railway – aka the Slim Princess currently being restored in Independence.

Being Kayaks, staying dry is a relative term, with most of us ending the route with damp bottoms.

We did have one vessel get a bit wetter, and thanks to Team N6ZA for help. Everyone made it to

the take out site safely.

Also, thanks go out to Mike W6HDV for providing shuttle car service, and allowing Ed N7SSP to

join in on the fun.

Albeit slightly cheesy, and perhaps not truly what one thinks of operating a maritime mobile, sev-

eral contacts were made from the kayaks to “shore” stations. Stations spoken to included Len IQO,

and Rich KF6YLW. Main problem with operating was the need to handle the paddles constantly to

avoid hitting overhanging trees and other obstructions with the river current. Most of the area pad-

dled was essentially immediately west of the Mazourka repeater.

Next year, if others agree, we should do one of the flat waters, such as Convict Lake, Sabrina, or

South Lake, where one can simply float and play with the radios for a bit before carrying on with

the paddling.

Proceeds are being split with BARC, and roughly $60 will be donated to the club at the October

meeting.

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John (Shepherd AD6NR),

I just wanted to shoot you an email now that I'm finally home and had a moment to rest. Thank

you for all the help with the recovery and making the phone calls. I don't know how much you listened

to towards the end since your friend was going to go into the hospital...but basically the amount of

money and time it was going to take to get Steve up there was going to take a lot of money that Jordan

really couldn't afford and given the time constraints we ended up doing some leapfrogging to get the

bike down the road. Took forever and at that elevation it was a heck of a lot of work. Towards the end

Steve Davis came along on his own dirt bike and rode the bike down the last part of the way. I drove

him back up to his and we were able to at least shave off an hour or so. We had another issue once

we got the bike on the trailer one of the straps broke when we were on the trail heading back out and in

trying to get everything redone the bike fell on Jordan...ugh! What a messed up day! But 12 hours

from 5am to 5pm we were back and out and everyone was okay and I was finally home at midnight.

Thank you so much for locating the carrier and contacting Steve. We still kept those options

open and ultimately were going to use those if things got beyond bad. I must say I have never been so

grateful for having HAM radio. If it wasn't a holiday I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have had any issues

getting one of the local 4x4ers up there and out of that mess in a jiffy. I really wanted to say thank you

for doing the leg work and making those phone calls. It was a heck of a lot easier mentally knowing we

had contact with civilization and made it easier Jordan being able to talk with Tara.

I took pictures of the recovery...so I do have some of it documented. I can send them your

way when I get them out of the camera. I don't know if you might want them for the BARC newsletter

since we used the repeater, but you would be welcome to use a few of them. Of all the stress from

that recovery, it sure was a beautiful area to be broken down on...that was for sure! We saw tons of

deer, even a 4 point buck, rabbits, tons of wildlife. But I have never before been so glad to see pave-

ment or Big Pine!

Schuyler Smith

KJ6NAT

Motorcycle Recovery

With help from Ham Radio

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Special Station K6L

By Keith Franson

K6L was activated as a special event station during the Lone Pine Film Festival. Operation was Friday, Saturday, and Sunday October 5,6,7. Station was in honour of the Festival, which celebrated the hundreds - and we do mean Hundreds - of films that have been shot in Lone Pine. Beginning with Fatty Arbuckle in the silents, all the way to Ironman and the most recent, still to be released, Quintin Tarantino film. You will see commercials with the Alabama Hills as a back drop on TV and Cable several times per week. Station was operat-ed in Lone Pine from Keith's shack located at the "old" Statham Estate near down town Lone Pine. Worked on dipole antennas, and Kurt W6PH was kind enough to loan us a beam antenna, along with an Icom HF for back up on the special station. For daytime op-eration on Friday and Saturday most contacts were handled by Ed, N7SSP. Keith handle Sunday and evenings. Event coincided with the CAL QSO party. Interesting how contest-ing and special events do not work perfectly together, but the film festival has been held over the Columbus Day holiday for years, so in Lone Pine we can not really change that. Besides the usually batch of California stations, Ed and Keith were able to contact: Alberta, Atlanta, Montana, Wisconsin, and several Florida stations. Primary radio used was the Icom 718, and mostly used with G5RV's. Nice to know the lower cost stuff works well...lol.

In Memory of

ROGERS, JAMES BARTOW

ROGERS, JAMES BARTOW August 18, 1927 to August 22, 2012 James Rogers, Sr. was born in Plant

City, FL (1927). Graduated from Polytechnic High (Ft. Worth, TX in 1944. He joined the Navy at age 17

in 1944 and took boot training in San Diego. He served the Navy for two years as a Telephone Opera-

tor CAF-2 and Honorably Discharged in 1946. He remained in San Diego and married Ruth E. Lones for

whom he was married for over 60 years. Also attended and graduated from Balboa University in San

Diego with a degree in Accounting and Finance in 1950. He worked as an Accountant for a retail appli-

ance store for two years and one year for an accounting firm and joined Western Radio and Television

Supply in 1953. The company changed to Western Radio Electronics in the early 1960's. James pur-

chased the company 20 years later and worked another 12 years. He sold the business and retired after

32 years and became amateur radio operator with the callsign "N6WUQ" in 1989 which became his

everyday life. James is survived by wife, Ruth and three children, Don (born 1950), Jim Jr. (born 1960)

and Paul (born 1965). James nickname was "The Rooster". A private viewing service for the immediate

family was held Sunday, August 26, 2012 at Greenwood Memorial Park, and a celebration of life will be

held later in his honor. A personal tribute page can be found at www.greenwoodsandiego.com.

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Bishop PD:

154.8750 - Bishop PD

155.0100 - Bishop PD used some

Mammoth PD:

155.5950 - Mammoth PD

BLM & USFS:

166.3750 - BLM

168.1250 - USFS (Inyo National Forest

170.5250 - USFS (Air Tankers)

Inyo County Law Enforcement:

154.7250 - Primary

155.5350 - Sheriff Car to Car

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Three weeks ago I attended the Pacificon in Santa Clara on the South end of San Francisco Bay.

Steve WG0AT was doing a presentation to promote SOTA (Summits on the Air) and I, being the

manager for our region, attended (along with Gigi KW6Y & John AD6NR). Towards the end of

his presentation I said a few words on the addition of new summits to the W6 area. It was won-

derful to once again meet some of the folks I have been talking to for the last few years from sum-

mits all over the Sierra. This is truly a fantastic hobby! If you have never been to a convention,

put it on your to-do list. It is really a worth wile experience.

Next year will see some minor changes. Gigi and I are going to be leaving Bishop in March for an

indefinite period to unspecified destinations - we are going traveling for a while. I will be taking

my KX3 and HF antenna so will certainly be on the air from summits along our route and may

even get on the air from time to time far a chat with anyone who happens by. We are looking

forward to it.

It has been a pleasure and privilege to be a part of BARC, this fantastic hobby and to have

known and worked with all of you. Thank you for your support and I look forward to keeping in

touch in the future.

73,

Arian, N6ZA

Fire Districts:

153.8750 - Fire Dispatch County Wide

154.3100 - EMS Dispatch County Wide

151.3550 - California Department of Forestry

154.4300 - Bishop Dispatch Fire #1

154.3700 - Independence

154.4000 - Olancha

153.7700 - Olancha

154.2200 - Big Pine

154.9200 - CLEMARS Car to Car:

155.1600 - S&R, Inyo Sheriff

155.2200 - S&R, China Lake Mountain Rescue

Scanner Frequencies

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Frequency PL

Call Location Sponsor Notes

147.330+ 100.0 Leviathan Open

146.655- 131.8 Leviathan Mono S.O. Open

146.970 131.8 Antelope Mono S.O. Open

146.880- 131.8 Conway Summit Mono S.O. Open

146.730- 100.0 NW6C Mono County, Mammoth Lakes B.A.R.C. Open

144.390 K6BDI Inyo County, Silver Peak APRS K6BDI Open

146.940- 103.5 N6OV Inyo County, Silver Peak B.A.R.C. Open

* 146.910- 103.5 W6IY Inyo County, Silver Peak W6IY Open

**146.760- None W6TD Inyo County, Mazourka Peak S.I.A.R.A. Open

**147.210+ None W6TD Inyo County, Little Lake S.I.A.R.A. Open

146.640- None Ridgecrest S.A.R.C. Open

145.340- 100 Government Peak S.A.R.C. Open

146.640- 123.0 Tonopah, NV Open

****146.790- Corey Peak Open

Frequency PL Call Location Sponsor Notes

***420.950+ 192.8 K6BDI Inyo County, Silver Peak K6BDI

444.600+ 100.0 W6IY Inyo County, Silver Peak Win System Open

**444.400+ 103.5 W6TD Inyo County, Silver Peak S.I.A.R.A. Open

**442.300+ 131.8 W6TD Inyo County, Mazourka Peak S.I.A.R.A. Open

**447.160- 131.8 W6TD Inyo County, Little Lake S.I.A.R.A. Open

444.800+ 88.5 WA6ZFT Inyo County, Silver Peak AllStarSys Open

448.800- 100.0 WI6RE Kern County, El Paso Peak Win System Open

Frequency PL Call Location Sponsor Notes

224.140- 103.5 W6IY Silver Peak W6IY Open

224.760- 103.5 W6SCE EARN Closed

* Notes: 146.910 is the backup for the 146.940

** The 2 meter repeaters are linked. The 70cm repeaters are also linked together.

*** Linked to Las Vegas and Reno

**** Linked to 8 other repeaters, no tone for local Repeater. Requires a 192.8 tone to talk back into the “link”.

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Local Repeater Information

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***** Both are linked together and to 10 other 900 repeaters around Northern and Central California

Local Repeater Information

Continued from page 8

Frequency PL Call Location Sponsor Notes

***** 927.0125- 100 NC9RS Silver Peak NC9RS Open

***** 927.0125- 88.5 NC9RS Ridgecrest NC9RS Open

Frequency PL Call Location Sponsor Notes

52.570- 103.5 W6IY Mazourka Peak W6IY Open

2012

James Bartow Rogers

N6WUQ

2011

Marvin “Marty” Bramlette

KE6VVB

2006

Kris Dean - KC7ICH

Don Stansifer - N6RU

2005

Gary Belda - K6ENS

Sam LaLande - W6OXX

C.J. Fischer - KE6REL

Bill Millegan - W6DQR

Alethea Miller - KA6RFM

2004

Frances Stansifer - N6KGX

Gertie Williams - WB6JMA

2010

Ted Shelander - AE6YM

Charlie Specht - W6VOO

Paul Williams - W6LHY

2009

Grant Storey – W6NTK

Elva Storey - Grants XYL

2008

Val Cameron - KG6FCJ

Dave Davis - KG6WSD

2007

Terry Downey - W6TD

Jay Fansler - KI6CAA

Len Sluyter -W6BNO

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There was a poor young minister whose new wife was extravagant. When she came

home one day in an expensive coat, he exclaimed, "You know we can't afford clothes

like that!"

"I'm sorry," she said. "The devil made me buy it."

"You should have said 'Satan, get thee behind me!'" the minister admonished.

"I did," his wife replied. "But he called over my shoulder that it fit me beautifully in

the back, too."

A young ventriloquist is touring the clubs and one night he's doing a show in a small club in a small

town in Queensland. With his dummy on his knee, he's going through his usual dumb blonde jokes

when a blonde woman in the 4th row stands on her chair and starts shouting: I've heard enough of

your stupid blonde jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype women that way? What does

the color of a person's hair have to do with her worth as a human being? It's guys like you who keep

women like me from being respected at work and in the community and from reaching our full po-

tential as a person... because you and your kind continue to perpetuate discrimination against, not

only blondes, but women in general...and all in the name of humor!

The ventriloquist is embarrassed and begins to apologize, when the blonde yells, You stay out of

this, mister! I'm talking to that little jerk on your knee!

While my parents were making their funeral arrangements, the cemetery salesman pointed out a

plot that he thought they would like. “You’ll have a beautiful view of the swan pond,” he assured

them. Dad wasn’t sold: “Unless you’re including a periscope with my casket, I don’t know how I’m

going to enjoy it.”

I didn’t enlist in the Army — I was drafted. So I wasn’t going to make life easy for anyone. During

my physical, the doctor asked softly, "Can you read the letters on the wall?" "What letters?" I an-

swered slyly. "Good," said the doctor. "You passed the hearing test."

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Mailing Address:

B.A.R.C.

P.O. Box 1024

Bishop, CA 93515-1024

B.A.R.C. Web Page:

www.n6ov.com

BARC Meetings... Our meetings our held at the Bishop Salvation Army, 621 W. Line St., Bishop, Ca. Meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of every month.

Nightly Net... Net begins nightly at 8:00

p.m. on 146.940

Weekly HF Net... Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

on 3.990 MHz

EmComm Simplex Net... 2nd Thursday

of the month at 7:30 p.m. on 146.940

B.A.R.C. Officers

President: Adrian van der Riet:

adrian.vanderriet@yahoo.com

Vice Pres.: Mike Fitzsimmons: mjpump@gte.net Secretary: John Shepherd: johnshepherd@earthlink.net

Treasurer: Bob Payne: bp1950@hotmail.com

Board of Directors Bob Moss: pilotmoss@yahoo.com

Kurt Pauer: w6ph@arrl.net

Everett Storey: No E-mail

B.A.R.C. License Exams

February 4, 2012

May 5, 2012

August 4, 2012

November 3, 2012

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Editor’s Notes

Thanks to Adrian, John and

a special thanks to Keith (3

articles) for their newsletter

contributions. Articles are

always appreciated and

welcome anytime.

B.A.R.C. Financial Report

As of November 4, 2012

Checking:

Balance: $1,617.55

Duplexer Capital Fund Balance:

$1,431.78

Savings: Balance: $1,011.38

Bob, N7RAP