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The K6NE Home Page -- Joe Krigbaum
Welcome to the K6NE Home Page
Ventura, California
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Stuff!
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Interested in HAM RADIO? There is always
something to do.
Hope you enjoy yourself here at "WIRE WORLD",
Home of One Radio Does It All...
At least that's how it
started!
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
-
PARC - (Was WA6BMH, now W6CEV), is now on the
Web, BUT, the
Pointsettia Amateur Radio Club has disbanded as of
12/31/2005.
-
K6MEP Ventura County Amateur Radio Club
Meeting: Second Friday of each month at 7:30 PM, American Red
Cross, Ventura County Chapter, 2355 Portola Rd. Ventura,
(Except December)
-
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.
-
OcTUBA Fest !!!
Check
HERE for
the latest details that James has !
- December, (USUALLY) 2nd Saturday: Camarillo Christmas Parade
- December 2nd Fri., 6:30 PM: K6MEP Ventura County ARC,
DecemberFest, Location TBA
- News you can use...
TUBACHRISTMAS
National TUBACHRISTMAS Web Sites:
http://www.TUBACHRISTMAS.com/bystate.html
The date for the TUBACHRISTMAS performance
in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara:
Check HERE for
the latest details that James Sumner has for Los Angeles
and Santa Barbara TUBACHRISTMAS !
Also check the LA Web address for Jim Self's info:
http://www.bassethoundmusic.com
LA is an Outside Evening Performance,
SO DRESS WARMLY!
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December 31: Don't forget - Straight Key Night!!
Local Amateur Radio Internet Sites, etc.:
Links To Other Sites
Need a gift? Our friends at
Gift World Specialties can help!
Radio Telephone / Mobile Radio Installation
Guidelines from GMNA Engineering Centers,
General Motors Corporation. Good but very general 12
volt DC cabling suggestions for hams. Picture shows a
Kenwood Tri-Bander atop an ICOM 706. Not much about
troubleshooting erratic vehicle operation when you transmit
though, nor which systems might be more susceptible to RF
radiation!
The Quad Squad Home Page !!
You don't have
to own a quad antenna to check in to our net !
In memory of Our Dear Friend, Vern Baumgartner,
W6HW
What is the Weather at Home? Well, at the
K6NE
home weather station, you will see APRS reports of Temperature,
Rainfall, Barometric Pressure, etc.! The pressure is reported
in Millibars.
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!
ARRL Announces
FCC Amateur Radio Licence Restructuring!! You
can read the entire FCC Report and Order, WT Docket No. 98-143, by
clicking
HERE
. The document is in .PDF format. You can get the FREE Adobe
Acrobat PDF Reader for Windows
HERE
Simi Settlers
ARC
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
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!
The site is a
job search database for computer professionals -
"www.dice.com".
The Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association (CARMA)
Amateur Radio Ring Home Site
Confused about frequency allocations?
Try this list! And you can download this
PDF Allocation Chart
Ham Bands - Band Plans, etc.
Ever been to the
Riverside Telescope Makers Conference?
Ventura
County Astronomical Society -- Star Parties! Comet Hunts!
Bothered by pesky
antenna covenants? Read what the ARRL has to say; at least
you'll feel better informed!
Alta Vista a FAST
Search Engine (Runs as if on a Cray!)
Do you Yahoo ???
The
KO6OY / SMRA Ham Radio Swap is now on the 'net!
A Web-controlled Shortwave Radio!! (Let me know how this
works on YOUR system!)
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.
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!
Hawaii -
Lots of Interesting Weather Stuff at University of Hawaii
The Dilbert Zone -- Yes, It's the Comic Strip!
A Useful Index of
Ham Radio Callsign Servers
ARRL Web Quick Links
AT LAST!
The National Weather Service, Oxnard, CA Has A Web
Site!
HRO -- Ham Radio Store Location and Information
73 de K6NE
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