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Newsletter for December 2002

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PO Box 2283, Weaverville, CA 96093 - WEBSITE- http://www.tcoek12.org/~tcarc/

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NEXT CLUB MEETING

The next club meeting will be the CHRISTMAS POT LUCK DINNER

2002 TCARC CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY Saturday, December 7th at the Weaverville Fire Hall Potluck Dinner after 5:30 PM

POT LUCK ! Salads, Main Dishes, Desserts are needed, bring what you can....extra is always good.. We may have visitors... Bring usual table setting (plate,knife,fork,spoon,etc.)

GIFT EXCHANGE The ever-popular CRAZY GIFT EXCHANGE....will be fun, men bring a MAN's GIFT, women bring a WOMAN's GIFT, maximum cost $10 (UNI-SEX gifts are OK too) It is always fun to see what is wrapped up... ( Please.....no live animals, goldfish, household garbage, or WW2 airplane parts wrapped up this year..)

LAST MONTH's NEWSLETTER

Sorry to say, but made a large boo-boo in the November issue. That letter stated that there would be a "special breakfast meeting on February 22nd at Granny's House in Weaverville" WRONG...WRONG...WRONG.. This is INCORRECT. Further word will come in January about the event. This is NOT a breakfast, and , in fact, I seem to have heard it may be an evening get-together, so more later.

We were unable to attend the Novermber meeting, sure missed being there..

HEAD COLDS! Seems that a lot of the club members got hit with head-colds, one being N6TKY, and I read in the minutes for the November meeting that KI6GR, JOhn, got hit with a cold, and maybe others. N6TKY, Jim, recovered finally, after getting the cough when the head began to clear. Somehow, I escaped it, hope that it continues to be the case.

SPARSE NEWS THIS MONTH

Thanksgiving was good for us, we were in Redding with our youngest son and family for dinner and visiting, then spent the night with number two sonand family that night. Did a little shopping on Friday- deliver us from that again. So much traffic, so many people out, one could hardly move, but we did see a lot of license plates with amateur radio call signs on them, so it was not a total waste.

VISITORS

N6TKY and I had visitors over the first week-end in November, KD6GCS, Don Lister and Dorothy were here for a few days. Don sends greetings to you club members, they miss Trinity County and the Club.

This concludes what I know (No bright remarks, folks!) So, off I go...minutes are attatched to the mailed verson.

73s- N6TKX, Evelyn, Editor

WB6FZH WEB UPDATES, ETC

• a) HOT TOPICS.... ISS / ALPHA The section on "how to" use your 2 meter station (voice or packet) to contact the International Space Station... Dave, KF6VAN; Robert, KB6YTD and WB6FZH, Greg have exchanged greetings via ISS DIGIPEATER... 500 mile round trip.... (YTD & FZH left messages in eachothers packet mailboxes via the terresterial packet nodes... Merced to Weaverville... slower and longer distance...than space direct..) http://www.tcoek12.org/~tcarc/issalpha.html
• b)Newsletter Archive- Some past issues converted to webpages and uploaded, a couple more will be done soon. http://www.tcoek12.org/~tcarc/tcarch.html
• c) Audio file from ISS... Commander Valery Korzun (in Shuttle on way back to earth as this is being typed) brief contact with WB6FZH... says hello to school children,etc. (Real Audio Plug-In required...bottom of page)
• d)NEW LINKS on the TCARES page http://www.tcoek12.org/~tcarc/tcares5.html
• e) WILDERNESS PROTOCOL on 146.52 etc explained, and LINKED to WEBSITE Homepage http://www.ucares.org/Ham_info/body_wilderness.html

OTHER TRINITY HAM RADIO & COMMUNITY INFO

• JOTA 2002 Boy Scout Jamboree on the air from October... Some pictures and information.. page not finished, but some pictures with captions.. http://www.snowcrest.net/wb6fzh/tcjota.html Some of the TCARC ARES assetts were used for the VHF and HF station.... A page with photos will be added to TCARES webpages.. to show more and varied activity/resources.
• WB6FZH, Greg Greenwood, will bring some information, show-and-tell etc. to Dinner Meeting and a computer with some Club Webpages, TrinityCam Web Pages and others loaded in, so thosue of you that do not have internet computer can see some of the Trinity Related info that others use.
• WEATHER and HIGHWAY CONDITION buttons on TrintyCam UPDATED.... http://www.trinitycam.com

  Highway Conditions... CALTRANS webcam images were added to page with the TrinityCam webcam image..you can see part of Oregon Mountain 299 image, Buckhorn Sand House roadway and the North facing TrinityCam image looking at Monument Peak...CHAIN CONTROL CONDITION CODES........ UPDATED SCANNER FREQENCY LIST with LINKS to other resources http://www.snowcrest.net/wb6fzh/tchiway1.html

  Weather... UPDATED 7/24 weather radio information SAME emergency broadcasts.. Scanner Radio outsideAntenna installation,etc. AM RADIO reception and recommended radios for mountain use.etc. article on use,etc http://www.snowcrest.net/wb6fzh/tcwx1.html

• UPDATED- Greg's Top 20 PLUS SCANNER FREQUECY LIST for Trinity County http://www.snowcrest.net/wb6fzh/tcscan8.html