Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club Bulletin
April 2025
We Will Be Doing A Live Meeting April 5
And Zoom If Everything Works.
Members To Get Email Invite Visitors Will Need To Contact Webmaster For Zoom Login Information.
[email protected]
The Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club normally meet at 3:00 PM on the first Saturday of the month.
Normal Meeting Location, The Scout Hut, 231 E. Hawthorne St. Map
This Months Meeting Agenda
- Fallbrook Avocado Festival, Sunday, April 13, 2025.
- Internet Resources Update.
Fallbrook Amateur Radio Renewals
| Name | Call | Date Expires | |
| Dropped | |||
| Lara, Conrad | KG6JEI | 12/31/2024 | |
| First Notice | |||
| Carpenter, Philip | KB7RXT | 3/31/2025 | |
| Rasp, Frederick | KN6YDQ | 3/31/2025 | |
| Humberger, Jacob | KO6DJF | 3/31/2025 |
Upcoming Local & Community Events
- April 13, 2025 Avocado Festival.
- May 3, 2025 Wildfire Symposium, [email protected]
- May 31, 2025 ARES Activity Day.
Upcoming ARES & Community Events
Join ARES or, more information. https://www.sdgares.net/
- April 11-13, 2025 Visalia International DX Convention https://dxconvention.com/
- April 12, 2025 ARES In-Person Meeting at Sharp Spectrum (including HIPAA Refresher as applies to ARES Communicators)
- April 12, 2025 Hams support Oriflamme Canyon 50K near Mt Laguna and Box Canyon area of Anza Borrego Desert State Park
- April 17, 2025 County-wide Hospital Full Scale Exercise (FSE)
- April 25-27, 2025 Big Bear HamEscape at Big Bear Lake https://bigbearhamescape.com/
- May 3, 2025 Tentative General Upgrade Cram Class (Contact [email protected] for info.)
- May 10, 2025 ARES In-Person Meeting at Sharp Spectrum
- May 10, 2025 Hams support PCT50 Mile Run in Buckman Springs, Sunrise Hwy, and Mt Laguna areas of Cleveland National Forest
- May 31, 2025 ARES Activity Day at dispersed locations including Kearny Mesa
Cram Classes: the 2025 schedule of Technician Class License and General Class License Workshops will be published after details such as room reservations and VE teams are locked in. To inquire about the 2025 cram class schedule, contact [email protected] for info or to be placed on the “notify” list. If you are ready to test and do not need a cram class, browse https://hamstudy.org/sessions to find a remote exam or in-person exam near you.
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Meeting Minutes
Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club
Roy Noon Meeting Hall, Fallbrook, California
March 1, 2025
President Ron Patten, KG6HSQ, called the meeting to order at 1500 hrs.
The pledge of allegiance was conducted by Ron, KG6HSQ.
Brent, KJ6UMY, gave the following financial report:
| Checking Balance January 31, 2024 | $8,725.83 |
| Petty Cash Balance January 31, 2024 | $121.81 |
| Total | $8,847.64 |
FEBRUARY INCOME |
|
| Membership Dues | $120.00 |
| Total | $120.00 |
FEBRUARY EXPENSES |
|
| Insurance | $200.00
|
| Total | $200.00 |
PETTY CASH |
|
| Petty Cash Balance January 31, 2024 | $121.81 |
| Membership Dues | $0.00 |
| Total | $121.81 |
| Checking Balance February 28, 2024 | $8,645.83 |
| Petty Cash Balance February 28, 2024 | $121.81 |
| Total | $8,967.64 |
Ron, KG6HSQ, added that next month bills for web hosting, Zoom and domain registration will
come due.
Ron, KG6HSQ, reported that on Friday, February 28, there was a fire in De Luz close to the trail
head. The fire was surrounded quickly and burned 0.4 acres. At 2 AM on that night another fire
broke out at the De Luz Road / Sandia Creek Road split. These were not connected to the recent
arson fires on Mt. Palomar.
Hayden, KG6YVD, measured last night’s rain at 0.9 inch at his QTH.
Ron, KG6HSQ, tracked a fire on the Camp Pendleton golf course and in the course of this
discovered new Alert California cameras, but fixed and PTZ, on San Marcos Mountain.
Hayden, KG6YVD, reported that the automated smoke detection on these cameras has been
reporting lot of false positives.
Ron, KG6HSQ, gave a presentation on TAK, Team Awareness Kit. This software allows the
integration of data from multiple sources for map display on an Android, iOS or Windows
devices. Ron is running an TAK server and has integrated information from Pulse Point, aprs.fi.
airplane.live, CHP CAD, and Waze on Google Maps. He hopes to add State and Fed fire
perimeter information.
President Ron Patten, KG6HSQ, adjourned that meeting at 1555 hrs.
Brent Dussia, KJ6UMY
Secretary/Treasurer
Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club