W6BHZ - Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club
                        Electronic Newsletter #2
                             September 1994


Welcome everyone to the second W6BHZ electronic newsletter.
Thanks to Kirk, KD6RCT, for helping with this issue.
I will be more than happy to accept more help next time.

Please send questions/comments/ideas to: 
                    w6bhz-request@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu
          or
                    Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club - W6BHZ
                    U.U. Box 53
                    San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407


First Meeting of Fall Quarter

The first meeting of fall quarter will be on Thursday, September 22.  The
meeting will be at 7:30pm in Building 20 Room 127.  Show up a little early
and take a tour of the newly remodeled shack (20-123).  This and other
summer projects will be shared at the meeting.  New officers will be
elected, so be prepared with your campaign speeches.  Dues will be $10 for
this year and will be required before you get the new repeater codes. 
Also, please bring an extra copy of your current amateur radio license.
(Yes, the repeater codes will change during the meeting on Thursday.)
Those who can not attend the meeting can send their dues, copy of 
license, and an SASE via US Mail to the address above. 

 
Member Information Needed

In order to keep track of alumni and current members, we are requesting
some more information about yourself.  This information will be used for
the alumni database only and will not be given to MCI Friends and Family. 
For those of you who can not attend our first meeting, please respond with
this information via e-mail.  All response is optional, do not feel
obligated to provide what you feel is unnecessary. 

	Full (Real) Name	Nickname (What you go by)
	Full Address 
	Phones  (Home, Work, Mobile, FAX, Pager, etc.)
	Birthdate
	Date Graduated
	Social Security Number
	Drivers License (and state)
	Callsign (and Previous Callsigns)


W6BHZ on the World Wide Web

The W6BHZ Web page has moved up to being the 6th most requested document
from the Cal Poly server, totaling almost 6 percent of all requests.  New
additions to our pages include these newsletters and the growing number of
alumni on this e-mail list. 
 
Here's our URL: 

   http://www.calpoly.edu/~dmalone/w6bhz/


What Happened Over the Summer

The Highway 41 Fire: The Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club sprung into action,
with members staffing various ARES/RACES posts and providing emergency
communications for the disaster.  The W6BHZ repeater was used for MedCom
traffic in the San Luis Obispo area.  Amateur radio operators were
staffing each hospital, riding along in the ambulances, and passing
messages from the county EOC to dispatch.  Participants included N6TQL,
KC6WOT, KC6WOW, KC6WRF, KD6HPC, KD6HPD, KD6JTS, AH6MM and KO6GA. 

Other ARES/RACES events: KD6RCT, KC6WOT and KO6GA participated in the
first ever City of San Luis Obispo disaster drill that included
ARES/RACES.  The City has traditionally shunned amateur radio, but thanks
to encouragement from fellow ham and Cal Poly alumni Steve Smith (KC6WRD), 
a battalion chief with the city fire department, amateur radio rose to
the occasion in a simulated hazardous materials incident.  Amateur radio
proved effective, and we look forward to working with the City of SLO
again soon. 

Shack cleanup: We started just putting things away after Field Day and
ended up with a much larger project.  The furniture was moved, the file
cabinet was organized, and every odd piece of kludge material was sorted. 
Permanent power strips were built in to the station tables by Ryan,
KD6HPD.  A power supply was added to the work bench for equipment
servicing, and ethernet/power was rerouted for our new Sun workstation. 

Repeater: The UHF repeater has died again, and it is looking bad. We'll
see what happens.  In addition, new ROM's have been installed in the
controller and it has been reprogrammed, with many new and exciting
messages. Stay tuned! 

Other repeater projects: Club members have been very busy this summer
working on expansion projects for W6BHZ.  We have gained access to a site
at Tassajara Peak, which will finally afford us the opportunity for a
high-level repeater in San Luis Obispo County.  Many exciting
opportunities for VHF/UHF repeater operations are up and coming! 

Coke machine: Special thanks to KD6HPC and all of those who helped keep
the machine stocked all summer long.