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Hope you enjoy yourself here at "WIRE WORLD", Home of One Radio Does It All...
At least that's how it started!

Today's Events:

TODAY: Tune to 146.880 - pl 127.3 from anywhere in Ventura County to find out if ARES is being activated!

Upcoming Events:

• ACS/ARES and Public Service Scheduled Events
• K6MEP Ventura County Amateur Radio Club Meeting: Second Friday of each month at 7:30 PM (Except December)
  New Meeting Location (March 9, 2012):
  Port Authority
  1603 Anchors Way
  Ventura, CA 93001
  Click Here to see a map.
• PARC - (Was WA6BMH, now W6CEV), is on the Web, BUT, the Pointsettia Amateur Radio Club has disbanded as of 12/31/2005.
• TRW Swap Meet - Ham Radio! Computers! You name it! It's Fun! Donuts, Coffee, Sodas, Fast Food too! Last Saturday of every month, rain or shine, regardless of Holidays, yes, even if it's Christmas Day! From Ventura County, take 101 South, 405 South, get off the 405 at Rosecrans exit and turn right (west), turn left at railroad tressel (Aviation Blvd.), turn left on Marine Ave. Swap Meet is in the TRW Parking Lot along Aviation, South of Marine & Aviation! (This is the new location, just across the intersection from the old location). Check the W6TRW Swapmeet web pages for further information.
• SMRA Emergency Repeater Network, (formerly Sulphur Mountain Repeater Assoc., SMRA) General Membership Meeting, fourth Thursday of February, May, August, and third Thursday of November, at 7:30 PM. Location: Check the SMRA home page Schedule of Events regarding the next general meeting and other SMRA events. It is suggested that you arrive by 6:30 PM so you can finish dining before the meeting.

• A relatively new club, VCARS, The Ventura County Amateur Radio Society, may be just what you are looking for!
• CVARC, The Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club, holds its meeting the second Thursday of each month at the Elks Lodge, 158 Conejo School Road, Thousand Oaks, CA.   Meetings start at 7:30 PM with a pre-meeting technical assistance session for those who are interested.  Further information is at THE CVARC WEB

• ARRL Amateur Radio Field Day!! Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and ending at 2100 UTC Sunday.
• December, (USUALLY) 2nd Saturday: Camarillo Christmas Parade
• December 2nd Fri., 6:30 PM: K6MEP Ventura County Amateur Radio Club DecemberFest, Location TBA
  
• News you can use...

                                
TUBACHRISTMAS


National TUBACHRISTMAS Web Sites:
http://www.TUBACHRISTMAS.com/

 The date for the TUBACHRISTMAS performance
in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara:

Also check the LA Web address for Jim Self's info: 
http://www.bassethoundmusic.com

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• December 31: Don't forget - Straight Key Night!!

Local Amateur Radio Internet Sites, etc.:

• Bill Allen, N6XD's (SK) personal home page.

• SMRA Emergency Repeater Network Home Page.


• SMRA VE Testing Schedule.
• The K6MEP Ventura County Amateur Radio Club Home Page.
  FIELD DAY 2011!! Look here for the latest K6MEP KEYER Newsletter !
• VE (Volunteer Examiner) Testing -- Where to Get your License or Upgrade Your Current One!
• ARRL Santa Barbara Section Home Page
• Check out our Packet Radio Tutorial!

Links To Other Sites

1. Recent Callsign Lookup -- UALR's Callsign Database Server, and their preferred MAIN PAGE entry with lots of links to ham radio stuff.
2. Ham Callsign Lookup -- The QRZ CDROM - Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ
3. Southern California Earthquake Map (From USGS)
4. Clickable WORLD Earthquake MAP!
5. Latest EDIS (Emergency Digital Information Service) Messages
6. California Emergency Management Agency
7. American Red Cross
8. CHP LA County / Ventura County Dispatch Center
9. FEMA Home Page
10. Microsoft Corporation
11. Novell Inc. Homepage

1. What is the Weather at Home? Well, at the K6NE home weather station, you will see reports of Temperature, Rainfall, Barometric Pressure, High/Low Weather History, etc.!
   For a List of APRS Stations near K6NE click HERE

2. Latest Doppler Weather maps severe weater warnings, rainy travel, and forecasts for various US cities; most are via the source of all reports, NOAA Weather or www.weather.com
3. SPACE ARCHIVE - Brian Webb, KD6NRP - Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule, Space, Astronomy, interesting links! You can also hear Brian's news stories on National Public Radio
4. Upcoming VE (Volunteer Examiner) Sessions (Tests) in the Tri-Counties Area; Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo Counties
5. Sadly, old "Bird Brain" Sunny has hopped his last perch.   Please see this Memorial to my long time pal.
6. Worried about the weather our troops in Iraq or Afghanistan are dealing with? Here is a Weather.com report.
7. The Quad Squad Home Page !!      
   You don't have to own a quad antenna to check in to our net !

8. In memory of Our Dear Friend, Vern Baumgartner, W6HW

9. Interested in APRS? Try The Delorme Tripmate GPS as an APRS Tracker.
   Get APRSPLUS here. Use it with Delorme Street Atlas for a really interesting APRS application. Even without the radio gear, you can see LIVE APRS data from the internet!
10. In case you are not yet aware, in 2000 Steve Gibson caught RealNetworks (RealPlayer) and others involved in the use of "Download Spyware". If you are at all concerned about Internet privacy and security, check Steve's report HERE for details. Also check ZoneLabs for info on their ZoneAlarm and other protection products!
11. Simi Settlers ARC
12. The site is a job search database for computer professionals - "www.dice.com".
13. The Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association (CARMA)
14. Confused about frequency allocations? Try this list!
15. Ham Bands - Band Plans, etc.
16. Ventura County Astronomical Society -- Star Parties! Comet Hunts!
17. Bothered by pesky antenna covenants? Read what the ARRL has to say; at least you'll feel better informed!
18. Alta Vista a FAST Search Engine (Runs as if on a Cray!)
    Do you Yahoo ???
19. A Web-controlled Shortwave Radio!! (Let me know how this works on YOUR system!)
20. FCC forms for Amateur Radio: 600, 610, plus many others for commercial radio, and so on. The FCC form 605 in PDF format can be downloaded and printed if necessary.
21. NASA web site that shows real time data (location, speed, altitude, cabin pressure and temp, etc) from shuttle missions will be linked here as they occur!
22. Hawaii - Lots of Interesting Weather Stuff at University of Hawaii
23. The Dilbert Zone -- Yes, It's the Comic Strip!
24. A Useful Ham Radio Callsign Server
25. AT LAST! The National Weather Service, Oxnard, CA Has A Web Site!
26. HRO -- Ham Radio Store Location and Information

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