[HIham] EARC Educational Workshop, Sat June 21, 9:00 am - 12 noon, KCC Campus

[Ron Hashiro]

Fellow EARC Members,

If you enjoyed tonight's presentation at the General Membership meeting, 
please come to the EARC educational workshop on Saturday, June 21 from 
9:00 am to 12 noon on the KCC Campus behind Diamond Head.  Room 
information and travel instructions to follow and posted on the EARC web 
site.

http://www.earchi.org/

The topic will be about VHF simplex communications, and an expansion of 
select topics from tonight's Direction Finding presentation.  Included 
will be equipment demonstrations to further elaborate and solidify the 
points and concepts brought out tonight.  A future presentation will be 
about HF and SHF -- as seen in ways unique to Hawaii.

A quick recap of the highlights:

Joe, K0OV is considered the guru of DF'ing, and has written a book which 
is listed at his website.

http://www.homingin.com/

As you can see from tonight's discussion, the general principles have to 
be adapted to the environment and conditions that you find yourself in, 
hence you have to tailor and adapt the principles to Oahu's unique 
challenges.  You just can't use a cookbook approach.  Remember to think 
smart....and

*  Make Contacts -- what ham radio is all about
*  If you can't hear'em, you can't work'em -- the first rule of ham radio
*  Move the message forward -- the first rule of emergency communications

Imagine where the light source would have to be in order to get the kind 
of readings you're getting.  There are no bounds or prescribed means of 
looking at your DF situation.  If you put on "blinders", you'll 
definitely draw the wrong conclusion.  Always reexamine your 
assumptions.  Think "Open", think "Smart" and don't think lazy or like a 
parrot.

Here's the write-up on Professor Katashi Nose, KH6IJ.  Read how he 
taught DF'ing.  You got the easy version tonight.

http://ronhashiro.htohananet.com/am-radio/hof/kh6ij.html

And, the write-up on the Arrow Beam.

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1369

Here is the write-up on the Australian sniffer.  Allow two weeks for 
delivery.

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3063


Practice your simplex communication.  Buddy up with another member near 
you, and practice talking on 146.52 or 146.55 simplex, and experiment.  
Get the hang of VHF RF.  See what happens to the signal as the other 
person goes driving around your neighborhood.  That knowledge and 
baseline you get will pay back rich rewards when the next foxhunt is 
commissioned -- so practice now and start learning.

Be ready to help out with REACT's Project SOS for September, where the 
community is invited to practice using FRS Channel 1 as a common 
emergency channel during emergency situations.  More info from Greg as 
it develops.

And, 20 meters was open to Europe at the time we were invaded by flying 
termites.

http://ronhashiro.htohananet.com/am-radio/in-hawaii.html


Hope you got as much out of tonight's talk as I enjoyed bringing it to 
you.  73 and aloha.


Ron Hashiro, AH6RH
http://ronhashiro.htohananet.com/am-radio/in-hawaii.html