Los
Angeles Area Council of Amateur Radio Clubs
HAMCON Convention 2015
In the year 2015, HAMCON will once again deminstrate it's ability to perform and promote amateur radio at it's best, with planty of vendors, speakers and exibitors.
They say, you might see one of your Dxers or contacts from the air ways.
Their websits: www.hamconinc.org
MEETING INFORMATION
HAMCON Meeting:
Meeting schedule for June 1st, 2013
We have been able to reserve the back room of Polly's Pies, 819 Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502 for the afternoon of June 1, 2013. We have the space from 12:00 to 2:30. Lunch service begins at noon for those interested. The meeting will start between 1:00 and 1:15.
Also, please start thinking about the 2015 convention and you and your group or club and their proposed level of participation. It will be here much faster than we think.
Thanks and I hope to see you at the meeting.
Steve Wardlaw, KN6Y
LAACARC Meeting Schedules for 2013:
- July 2 (Tuesday)
- September 3 (Tuesday)
- November 5 (Tuesday)
The meetings will start at 7:30pm and will be at the Toyota Museum in north Torrance. The Toyota Museum is located at 19600 Van Ness Avenue, Torrance 90501.
It's about 1/2 mile south of 190th street in a rather new warehouse-type building on the west facing side of the street (across the street from a storage tank in the refinery area). It is in the building just before the light to enter the ProLogis warehouse facility and you can turn in at the north driveway by the museum or turn in at the traffic light and go back north to the end of the building where the entrance is.
Arriving a few minutes early will allow attendees to tour the museum.
Some of us will meet for dinner prior at around 6:00pm at Norm's Restaurant located at 18705 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance CA 90501 on the southbound side just south of 182nd street. It's located about 10 minutes from the museum.
This map shows directions from Normes Restaurant to Toyota Museum.
Hope to see you all there,
Steve, KN6Y
Note:
If anyone else would like to run for an office there will be opportunities for nominations from the floor during the meetings. Have a great day and hope to see you next meeting night.
Steve Wardlaw, KN6Y
IMPORTENT REQUEST
Ham Radio History Request:
I'm looking for some historical information about ham radio in LA in 1971. In particular, HF links going to San Jose.
It seems like a strange request, but the younger hams these days don't work HF and I know back then there were a lot of Nets people would check in to (I don't know if they exist still or if they have declined over time or are as active as in the 60s and 70s). Personally, I lack a lot of HF knowledge since I became a ham to do AMSAT stuff. Any information, including possible ARES/MARS work in the LA and southern California to San Jose area would be great.
Thank you,
Chris KJ4DO
Christian Rodriguez,
crodr021@fiu.edu
INTRODUCTION
LAACARC is composed of Delegates from its more than 15 member clubs and a set of Officers elected by and from the Delegates.
Our meetings are the first Tuesday of every other month starting
in January. If the meeting falls on a holiday, the date may change.
The Council is supported by annual dues of $10.00 paid by each
member club. Each club selects their delegate and an alternate. Our
territory is all of but only Los Angeles County. The function of the
Council is to spearhead progress on issues affecting radio amateurs
in the Los Angeles Section of the ARRL Southwestern Division.
For example! The Council provided guidance and input in
achieving a ham-friendly antenna ordinance for the unincorporated
areas of the county. That ordinance is being used as a guide for
numerous city ordinances under consideration.
ELECTED CHAIR PERSONS FOR 2013
- Chairperson - Steve Wardlaw, KN6Y --- kn6y@arrl.net
- Vice - Chair - Joy Matlack, KD6FJV --- rbvcom1@b2v.org
- Secretary - Richard Whited, KG6JKJ -- rbwhited@yahoo.com
- Treasurer - Margie Hoffman, KG6TBR -- margiehoffman@gmail.com
LAACARC MEMBER CLUBS
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SPECIAL SERVICE CLUBS
All ARRL Special Service Clubs need to remember to update their status with the ARRL. This designation shows the depth of commitment to community service that your club has and should not be allowed to lapse. -- Joy Matlack, KD6FJV
HOW TO GET YOUR CLUB NEWS IN FRONT OF ARRL MEMBERS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA
The ARRL LAX Section Management team is preparing for the November issue of the ARRL LAX Newsletter. The newsletter will be distributed to all ARRL members in the Los Angeles area. FULL STORY (changed to a PDF file for printing).
AMATEUR RADIO VIDEOS
AMATEUR RADIO STATION LOCATOR
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ARRL CONVENTIONS/HAM FESTS SEARCHING:
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Brochures/Exhibit Material -- Field-Day information -- Field Day Station Locator --
Legislative Action program FAQ
ARRL Southwestern Division Director:
Dick Norton, N6AA
The ARRL Southwestern Div. Website:
http://www.kkn.net/n6aa
Dick Norton, N6AA
ARRL Los Angeles Sect. Manager and ARES Member:
David Greenhut, N6HD
The ARRL LAX SEC Website:
http://www.arrllax.org
David Greenhut, N6HD