Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club Bulletin

January 2024

We Will Be Doing A Live Meeting January 6

And Zoom If Everything Works.

Members To Get Email Invite
Visitors Will Need To Contact Webmaster.

[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

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This Months Meeting Agenda

• Election Of Club Officers
• Christmas Parade, Wrap Up
• SDG ARES, Update Your Membership, Or Join
• Updates And Plans

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Fallbrook Amateur Radio Renewals

	Name	Call	Date Expires
Third Notice
	Somers, Robert	KN6PIL	10/31/2023
Second Notice
	Berkey, David	KN6UXT	11/30/2023
	Shapiro, Larry	K6RO	11/30/2023
First Notice
	Foy, William	N6OUI	12/31/2023
	Battenschlag, Richard	KN6GBS	12/31/2023
	Deneau, Fred	KD6IKA	12/31/2023

Member Renew

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Upcoming Local Events

– Avocado Festival, April 21

– Field Day 2024, June 22-23

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Upcoming ARES & Community Events 

Join ARES to get more information. https://www.sdgares.net/

January, Login to https://www.sdgares.net/ to update your membership, or join.

January 13, 2024 @ 0800 ARES Meeting at Sharp Spectrum Boardroom (with presentation on GMRS by Bruce AI6Q & Annual EC Roundtable) 

January 20, 2024 ARRL VHF Contest https://www.arrl.org/january-vhf

January 21-27, 2024 Quartzfest (desert camping) https://quartzfest.org/ 

February 10, 2024 @ 0800 ARES Meeting (with Stop The Bleed presentation by Mike N2DDS)

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News & Views

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Kermit Leighton Harrison, 77, passed away Nov. 30, 2023. He succumbed to heart failure after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.

A lifetime resident of Fallbrook, Kermit enjoyed being an integral part of the community. He graduated from Fallbrook Union High in 1964, and attended University of Arizona, Tucson where he graduated from Pharmacy College in 1969.

He returned to Fallbrook, where he worked as a pharmacist for 50 years, originally at Harrison Rexall Drug, followed by Fallbrook Pharmacy and finally with Rite Aid Pharmacy of Fallbrook.

While at UofA, Kermit enrolled in Army ROTC, entering the Army as a Second Lieutenant. He served at Ft. Irwin Barstow, as well Ft. Lewis Washington. After active duty, Kermit continued with the Army Reserves at Los Alamitos, serving in Desert Storm. He continued his service, specifically priding himself on his times in the Pacific with medical teams on the ground in Sri Lanka and Fiji. He retired from the Army after 32 years as a Lieutenant Colonel.

Kermit lived life to the fullest, always volunteering and pursuing exciting hobbies. He was a volunteer firefighter in high school, and eventually became a Fire Department Board Member.

Perhaps it was his early love of Boy Scouts that led him to the outdoors, as he loved fishing and hunting, especially elk hunting in Colorado. Whether hitting the slopes or the water, you could count on Kermit for a great time skiing. Whether it was motorcycle off-roading, and taking a Jeep off-road, or earning his private pilot certificate instrument rating, and flying with his Mooney aircraft, there was little Kermit didn’t endeavor to do.

He became an expert ham radio operator under the call sign K6MY, loved photography, and was forever learning about the latest and greatest of technologies as they hit the market.

While he forever called Fallbrook his home, he caught the travel bug hard while serving abroad for the Army, and continued to travel the world, whether that was on safari in Kenya, or drinking beers in Belfast, he was always ready to see what the world had to offer.

Kermit was a Rotary member, a member of VFW Post 1924, and also loved being a member of the Shafters Car Club.

He is survived in life by his wife, Patricia Harrison; brother Ken Harrison, sister Peggy Wells, his three children and five grandchildren. He will be forever missed in all of the lives he touched while endeavoring to live his own best life to the absolute fullest.

A viewing will be held Friday, Dec. 15 from 10-11 a.m., followed by services at 11 a.m. and luncheon Fellowship with attendees at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1620 S. Stagecoach Lane. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations made to Christ the King Lutheran Church or http://www.animalkind.net.

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Meeting Minutes

Treasurer’s Report
December 11, 2023

Checking Balance October 31, 2023	$7,610.71
Petty Cash Balance October 31, 2023	$371.81
Total	$7,982.52
NOVEMBER INCOME
Membership Dues	$140.00
Total	$140.00
NOVEMBER EXPENSES
New Fire Banner	$73.90
Total	$73.90
PETTY CASH
Petty Cash Balance October 31, 2023	$371.81
Cash Additions	$20.00
Total	$391.81
Checking Balance November 30, 2023	$7,656 .81
Petty Cash Balance November 30, 2023	$391.81
Total	$8,048.62