Kerry was first licensed in 1961 and began working with Amateur Microwave Communications in the early 70's. He has been hosting the San Diego Microwave Group at his home as well as has been the primary Palomar Amateur Radio Club Microwave Net Sontrol for about 20 years. Kerry is retired from Qualcomm where he was employed as a Principal Engineer for the Office of the Chief Scientist and was involved in R&D for cellular, satellite phone, and microwave communications.

Kurt Barnhart, N6MD WILDFIRE: It's a Matter of WHEN, Not IF

First licensed in 1968, Kurt Barnhart, N6MD is a member of Escondido CERT and Julian CERT and trustee for the K6ESC and W6JUL club licenses. He's a participant in ARES, RACES, SKYWARN and a member of ARRL and the PARC, EARS and ROARS amateur radio clubs. He is a registered ARRL Volunteer License Instructor and occasionally leads FCC License classes in the Escondido and Julian areas. Kurt operated on 2m, 70cm and HF during the 2007 San Diego Firestorms when many of his neighbors lost their homes to fire (his home survived). He's also active in the Lake Hodges FireSafe Council, the Greater Julian FireSafe Council and the Sheriff's Citizen's Advisory Committee.
There WILL be large, damaging wildland fires in Southern California, either this year, next year or another year in the future. SoCal residents must be continuously prepared and on alert for any contingency. Amateur Radio is an invaluable communications tool for everyone, before, during and after wildland events. In this session, N6MD will moderate an open discussion of previous wild fires and how Amateur Radio operators assisted their neighbors. He will present specific ideas on how Amateurs can become more fully prepared for whatever the future brings. If you have ever personally experienced a wildfire up close, or if you live in a suburban or rural area of Southern California, be sure to attend this important session. Slides, documents and checklists used during this session will be posted for download after the Convention at www.LakeHodges.com/sw2010

.Wayne Barringer, KB6UJW: Changing the Face of Emergency Communications: Training for Disasters WEB SITE PARAGRAPH:

Wayne was first licensed as KB6UJW in October, 1987 and goes by KAG0370 when on GMRS frequencies. He is founder and Executive Coordinator of the Volunteer Communications Network <http://www.V-C-N.org> and a member of the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL). He is registered on the CAL FIRE/MMU Emergency Resource Directory as a Type I Information Officer in agency's Volunteer In (fire) Prevention program.
Wayne retired in June, 2002 from the United States Marine Corps as a Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt, E-9) after 30+ years of enlisted service in the ground, air and expeditionary forces.
Active in disaster and emergency communications preparedness, he is editor of the "COAX Connections e-Zine", a free "plain text" publication distributed monthly in digital format by the V-C-N and is developing materials for the Category “Z” Radio Incident Command System <http://www.ZRICS.org>.
Past positions include Chief Radio Officer of the City of Anaheim Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) and Program Coordinator/Instructor for the City of Anaheim Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program.
He and his wife Hiroko KG6LFZ reside in Anaheim, CA

Bovitz, N6MI (n6mi.com), was first licensed in 1969. (Bovitz took the 20 word per minute code test at the FCC building in Los Angeles!) Bovitz is a frequent speaker on transmitter hunting, casual contesting, and legal topics.

Bovitz is the senior partner of Bovitz & Spitzer, a bankruptcy law firm in Los Angeles (bovitz-spitzer.com). Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification (abcworld.org). Certified Specialist, Bankruptcy Law, California Board of Legal Specialization (californiaspecialist.com). Jointly selected by Los Angeles Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine as a "Southern
California Super Lawyer" in bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights in Southern California (superlawyer.com). Former Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles (lls.edu). Past President of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (labankruptcyforum.org).

Bovitz is also a photographer. Bovitz' stock photographs (bovitz.com)
have been used in collaborative art and on the cover of a book and CD. Bovitz has written, performed, recorded and posted 262 songs (bovitz.biz).

You do not need 100W of transmit power nor expensive Yagi antennas to work the amateur FM satellites! Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will show you that you probably already own the necessary equipment to "work the birds." This presentation walks the audience through all the steps needed to successfully work amateur satellites - from antenna selection (inexpensive, home-brewed beams work great!) to satellite pass prediction to on-the-air protocol - you'll get it all! Seminar support Web site: http://www.work-sat.com

Clint Bradford, K6LCS, has been a licensed amateur since 1994. His "Working Amateur Satellites with your HT" presentation has proven to be popular, and has been given to several clubs and Hamfests in Southern California ... as well as via EchoLink and Skype conferences.

Professionally, Clint was sales manager for ADI / Premier / Pryme Communications, worked for Motorola a couple of years, and for Ham Radio Outlet a couple more. He resides in Mira Loma, California with his wife, Karen, and their pets: Karen's Icelandic horse, Mjollnir, and his donkey, Edward R. Burro.

Mike Brown, N6GEM “How CERT San Diego has incorporated amateur radio into the CERT San Diego Program”

Mike Brown, N6GEM: Licensed since March 1981, Extra Class License, twenty-two years in U.S. Navy Combat Systems Maintenance/Operations, U.S. Navy MARS Guam Area Coordinator 1983-1985, CERT San Diego Communications Team Leader/Liaison since 2005.

Introducing the CERT San Diego Communications Team Leader/Liaison who will present. “How CERT San Diego has incorporated Amateur Radio into the CERT San Diego Program” The presentation will allow time for questions and discussion.

Pat Bunsold, WA6MHZ: "Collecting and Restoring Ham Radios of the Past"

Pat Bunsold, WA6MHZ, ARRL Past Section Manager, will present Collecting and Restoring Ham Radios of the Past. He is Curator of the Crest Radio Museum; possibly the largest collection of Amateur Radio Artifacts in the world! Today's program will focus on how to procure old radios, process them and ready them for display or actual use.

Ride along on the incredible 4400+ mile journey across the United States to the legendary Dayton Hamvention. WA6MHZ operated as W6D along the way, in search of Classic Artifacts for the Crest Radio Museum. See the sights of the Hamvention and what was encountered along the way. This is an exciting program you won't want to miss.

Howard Burkhart, KA6EMT is an Emergency Medical Technician-B (26 years), a Disaster Preparedness Instructor (23 years), a First-Aid Instructor (26 years), and a former CPR Instructor (21 years). He is also a retired non-sworn volunteer with the LAPD, serving as a photographer, EMT-B, and jailer for 24 years. He has seen, "up close and personally", California's four seasons: fire, flood, earthquake and riot!

Howard served with the American Red Cross as a disaster photographer and Disaster Worker for 8 years, earning a national credential very quickly by working on 3 major disasters in just 2 years. He served as a Shelter Manager at the Whittier Narrows Earthquake, and was one of the first Disaster Preparedness Instructors trained when the disaster preparedness curriculum was developed for the nation.

Howard is a former ARRL District Emergency Coordinator for Los Angeles County, a former member of the LASD's Disaster Communications Service, and the LAFD's Auxillary Communications Service.

Howard is presently a member of the L.A. County Disaster Medical Assistance Team (14 years), and recently returned from a training exercise at the Federal Center for Domestic Preparedness facility at Anniston, AL. He is also the Field Training Officer for Event Rescue Services (27 years), and provides first-aid services for about 20 events a year. He is a member of both the LAFD's and Torrance FD's CERT. Howard also operates Burkhart Safety Consulting, providing Disaster Preparedness and Safety consulting to businesses and individuals.

(c) 2006, 2007, 2008, Cliff Cheng, Ph.D.

Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., AC6C is an amateur radio historian who writes a column in QCWA Journal on the history of the Novice Era (1951-2000). The history series is in part based on a website he started called the Novice Historical Society, www.novice.bappy.com in which he welcomes hams who started off as novices to share their novice stories and photos. So far 250 hams have shared their stories and photos of the beginnings in ham radio. Cliff started as a novice, WN6JPA in 1975. He had a happy time as a novice and still is having fun in ham radio so he shares his love for ham radio through the website and the history he writes in QCWA Journal. He wants to invite you to his session "Novices from 1951 to 2000." He will have special guests in his session.

Please visit the Novice Historical Society, www.NOVICE.bappy.com, and share with us a story of your novice days.

She is an English teacher at Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA. She is a National Boards Certified teacher who has worked with student and ham radio for eleven years. She holds a General Class amateur radio license.

Day is connected with 220 teachers across the US and Canada as a Freedom Writer Teacher (organized by Erin Gruwell of the Freedom Writers Diary fame) and has been published in a recent book called Teaching Hope where teachers share their stories of working with some of the toughest students in the country and how they find creative ways to help “at risk” students find a place in our public schools and juvenile detention centers. While the AREC team is not made up of “at risk” students, they have learned that through amateur radio, they have discovered a unique way to give back to the community. They have a skill the adult staff at Wilson does not have (radio) and they like the feeling that they can make a difference if there were ever a major emergency.

Wilson High School was built in 1925. It has a student population of 4500. One aspect of the AREC (Amateur Radio Emergency Communications) team is that Day teaches Cowboy Ethics to the club members. In this presentation, Day will explain how these ethics are of incredible value to any emergency team. Other topics in Day’s presentation include: Emergency Communications in our mega California schools, Valuable Community Service, Use of Cross-Curricular Skills in Real Life Applications, Resume Equity, and Cowboy Ethics..

Day credits her skill with amateur radio to a huge support system in place in Southern California and through mentors from ARRL and her local amateur radio club, ARALB, who have always been there to lend assistance.
Devon Day has received two ARRL Project Grants and has been given two scholarships through the ARRL to attend Teacher Institutes—one in wireless technology in the classroom and the other focusing on electronics. She is passionate about teaching industrial arts in the public schools and shows her students at every opportunity how important it is to know how the right tool plus the ability to read will open doors.

Steve Early has been the San Diego Section Manager for the ARRL since 2008.
Steve earned his Technician License in 1993 and his Extra in 2000. Steve has served as Chairman of the San Diego/Imperial Counties American Red Cross Communications Committee and as President of the Palomar Amateur Radio Club (2004-2008).

Steve taught his first Technician License Class in 1999, with the intent of helping anyone interested in Amateur Radio to succeed. After experimenting with several formats for effectiveness, Steve settled on a One-Day format to achieve the greatest pass rate. Having taught over 600 students in San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside Counties, Steve is now sharing his tools and observation with anyone interested in helping others to become licensed and active amateur radio operators.

This presentation will cover the basics of scheduling a classroom, recruiting instructor(s), and an exam team, preparing course materials, inviting and tracking students, conducting the class itself, and then the typical students' question: "I have earned my license, now what?"

As a NYC school teacher and Ham Radio operator, first licensed in 1962, created the EDUCOM program in 1980. Education thru Communication-EDUCOM curriculum was accepted and printed by the NYC Board of Ed. Using Ham Radio as a teaching tool went on to form The Radio Club of JHS 22 NYC. NYC’s largest Ham club and the Nation’s only full time organization working to get Amateur Radio into schools around the country as a theme for teaching. This year, 2010, is the 30th year of EDUCOM and the “22 Crew”. Life member, ARRL & QCWA. ARRL Teacher of the Year, Dayton Ham of the Year, Huntsville (AL) Special Service Award, Knoxville (TN) Ham of the Year, Special Service Award at Dayton 2005 for creation of the “CLASSROOM NET” Amateur Radio’s longest running educational network, Society of Wireless Pioneers Teacher of the Year, NY Hall of Science Educator of the Year, finalist in Disney Teacher of the Year. Recipient of RCA’s Barry M. Goldwater Amateur Radio Award (1998).

The Star of India Amateur Radio Club (SOIARC), call sign NS6OI, was formed in April 2010 for the purpose of installing and operating amateur radios on the ships of the San Diego Maritime Museum. These include the three-masted barque Star of India, the world’s oldest working ship built in 1863. Others are the Californian, the official tall ship of the State of California; HMS Surprise a replica built in 1970 and best known for its appearance in the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World starring Russell Crowe; Berkeley, the 1898 steam ferry that operated in San Francisco Bay for 80 years; the 1904 luxury private steam yacht Media, one of only a few examples still in existence; the San Diego harbor Pilot boat launched in 1914 that was in regular service until 1996; Dolphin, a US Navy research submarine that is the deepest diving sub in the world and the last diesel boat in the fleet; and a 1970’s Soviet Foxtrot-class B-39 attack submarine, which were the largest diesel-powered submarines ever built.

The goal of the museum in forming the SOIARC is to use amateur radio to support its educational programs and to further our seafaring experience by presenting our rich maritime heritage and historic connections with the Pacific world. Through radio, we hope to reach a national and international audience during both regular operations and by participating in special amateur radio events, both from dock-side and while underway.

In our presentation, we will discuss the unique conditions and approaches on each of the ships that we have operated from. Most challenging is the installation of antennas that are both functional and feasible, especially on the sailing ships with their complicated rigging. Operating conditions are also a challenge, especially in some of the cramped spaces on the submarines. We also describe our plans for the future and opportunities for guest operators on these unique ships.

Carl Gardenias, WU6D – CERT & Amateur Radio

Carl Gardenias WU6D has been the Orange Section Manager for the ARRL since 2003. Carl has been an active ham since 1969 licensed as WN6RMN. He is very active in motivating, encouraging and mentoring the Amateur community through public awareness of our hobby as well as our ability to assist as communicators during a disaster or a public event. Carl is a member of the Salvation Army as a Community Partnership Liaison for the Sierra Del Mar Division. He also volunteers his time as chair/co-chair for The International DX Convention in Visalia, CA, every other year since 1996. He developed and continues to encourage and support amateurs who continually volunteer their time with the Amateur Radio Expo started in 2005. Carl is still very active today with Amateur Radio Expo. Carl enjoys operating DX and talking locally on 2m. He shares a ham shack with his wife Cathy K6VC.

• Open forum discussion
• Amateur Radio joining CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)
• Being self-sufficient
• Provide help to family and surrounding neighbors
• Stay at home and provide vital information to EOC

• What are the biggest challenges in Amateur Radio
• Working within the organization to make dynamic changes
• Reaching out to the community
• Partnership with other groups or organizations
• AR is growing and how do we keep the hams
• Future is already here; we need to work together as a team

Carl Gardenias, WU6D What you can do at fairs/events

• Demonstration of kits/displays
• Table arrangements
• Hands-on fun for young and old

The San Bernardino Microwave Society recently obtained permission to utilize the 40 meter (that's 130 feet!) dish at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory in order to operate Amateur Radio Moonbounce on 1296 and 10,368 MHz. It is highly unusual for an amateur group to gain access to a resource such as this for even a single weekend, but in our case, we have regular access to the antenna. The project is becoming a landmark in the EME community and we will share the results of our efforts in this presentation. Aside from the obvious, one of the goals of the project is educational outreach, but not in the ways you
might imagine.
The San Bernardino Microwave Society, founded in 1955, is a technical organization, dedicated to the advancement of communications above 1000 MHz.
The Owens Valley Radio Observatory is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology and is one of the largest university-owned radio observatories in the world.
First licensed in 1969, Dennis is active on most amateur bands through 24 GHz. His interests are varied - from collecting and operating boatanchors to building radios that work in the very short wavelengths. Weak signal work has become his favorite pastime, from being the first person ever to receive a signal from SAQ, in Sweden, on the US West Coast at 17.2 KHz (Yes, KHz), to bouncing radio signals off the Moon on 144 MHz and up.
He is involved in emergency communications as an Assistant Emergency Coordinator with the Orange County Hospital Disaster Support Communications System. Active in a number of Amateur Radio clubs, he is a Past President of the San Bernardino Microwave Society as well as The Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, W6RO. He is also the Assistant Project Manager of the SBMS/OVRO EME Project.
Dennis is no stranger to working around big dishes having spent a number of years as an Engineer with Hughes Aircraft Company building satellite ground stations. He is now a System Engineer with another large aerospace company, working on battlefield tactical radio systems

Dennis Kidder, W6DQ: "So You Think You Know What Time It Is? A history of precision time and frequency measurement"

Ever wonder what time it really is? Should you care? Have you ever thought about why there are sixty seconds in an minute? Or sixty minutes in an hour? Why are there twenty-four hours in the day? The answers may surprise you! In this talk you will learn all about the history of the measurement of time and frequency. So, is that Atomic Clock on your wall really Atomic?
First licensed in 1969, Dennis is active on most amateur bands through 24 GHz. His interests are varied - from collecting and operating boatanchors to building radios that work in the very short wavelengths. Weak signal work has become his favorite pastime, from being the first person ever to receive a signal from SAQ, in Sweden, on the US West Coast at 17.2 KHz (Yes, KHz), to bouncing radio signals off the Moon on 144 MHz and up.
He is involved in emergency communications as an Assistant Emergency Coordinator with the Orange County Hospital Disaster Support Communications System. Active in a number of Amateur Radio clubs, he is a Past President of the San Bernardino Microwave Society as well as The Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, W6RO. He is also the Assistant Project Manager of the SBMS/OVRO EME Project.
Dennis is no stranger to working around big dishes having spent a number of years as an Engineer with Hughes Aircraft Company building satellite ground stations. He is now a System Engineer with another large aerospace company, working on battlefield tactical radio systems.

In contrast to the typical amateur radio operator, John, KE6GFF/T6EE is a relative newby having been licensed in 1994 and worked his way through the chairs to Extra Class in the intervining years. He also is a Life Member of the ARRL, 10-10 Inernational, and assorted professional organizations. In his copious free time he holds a couple of patents, has written over a hundred papers ranging from Technical Specification for Automated Post Production Audio Mixdown to, and most recently, an article for CQ entitled, 'The Responsible Person", March 2008. His presentation include technical papers at Oregon State Univeristy, University of Southern California, University of California, Santa Cruz and video presenting videos on
Afghanistan to audiences at the Heritage Foundation, University of Nebraska, Omaha, University of California, Irvine, Southern California DX Club, Central Arizona DX Association, ARRL 2007 Southwest Convention and numerous radio clubs.

Ham tower permitting through the local government planning department can be a daunting and sometimes frustrating process. This hand-on program, presented by a local government wireless planning expert/attorney/ARRL VC Jonathan Kramer (W6JLK), is geared to helping you navigate the typical government planning process, overcoming common objections, and avoiding potential pitfalls.”

Jonathan Kramer, W6JLK, is a radio frequency engineer and an attorney-at-law here in California. He works with hundreds of governments in California and around the country on tower sitting planning cases, including ham tower planning cases. Jonathan became a life member of the ARRL in the 70s. He is an ARRL Volunteer Counsel in the Southwest Division, and he is an expert in RF propagation and signal safety matters. And now, the secrets to getting your tower application approved. . .

Malcolm will present a primer on narrow band digital modes as used on HF; this will include PSK31, JT65 and WSPR. At the end of the presentation you will have all the information to set up and operate a narrow band digital station on the HF bands. If time permits a demonstration using a remote base will be given.

Malcolm was first licensed in 1969 as G8CSU, a British VHF only license. He upgraded to full privileges in 1971 with the license G4ACU. He came to the US in 1984 and was one of the first amateurs to use Pactor and from then on has continuously operated on all digital modes.

KO6SY now lives in San Bernardino County and is the Vice President at Giga-tronics Inc a leading RF & Microwave test equipment company. He is also a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET) UK

The speaker, Jeff, KJ7TX, has an extensive background in national and international disaster and emergency preparedness. A former Red Cross Disaster Job Director, he is a National Authorized Trainer for CERT, FEMA, and OSHA in Disaster Site Operations and Safety. He also volunteers as a Communications Engineer for the Gila County Sheriff's Office.

Chair of the Mountain Empire Disaster Council from 2004 to 2008 (we came up with the template that County OES uses for communities to use for their community disaster plan-we wrote the first comprehensive community plan in the history of San Diego County), started the Mountain Empire CERT program and ran the program from 2004 to 2008, started the Mountain Empire Fire Safe Council in 2005 and chaired it until 2007, started the Dulzura Disaster Team and have chaired it from 2005 to current, started the Dulzura Fire Safe Council and have chaired it from 2007 to current, started the San Diego Rural CERT program in 2008 and am the current program manager for it as well as an instructor, weapons of mass destruction train the trainer, Red Cross volunteer, and a ham operator-KG6VTL.

Learn the basics of hospital communications from the hospital perspective. Understand the tools present and the limitations on typical hospital communications and the niche that amateur radio may support. This presentation has been presented nationally to hospitals and amateur radio operators.

Duane Mariotti, WB9RER is a biomedical engineer with over 25 years of hospital and healthcare related experience. He has developed emergency and hospital communications systems for over twenty years, most recently for the State of Washington and Kaiser Permanente of Southern California. He has written several articles and book chapters on this subject.

Everyone discusses “go kits” and the importance of same in radio communications support of emergency situations. This presentation will discuss how to prevent and be aware of bad things that happen during emergency responses. Do you have a “go kit” to remain safe?

Duane Mariotti, WB9RER has been licensed for over 25 years. He has spent decades in emergency response environment including as a paramedic, firefighter and instructor. Duane will present lessons learned in our post 9/11 environment to protect oneself.

Mike Maston, N6OPH will be speaking on Friday in Palm Room C at 4:00 PM. He will describe the inner workings of the NCVEC also known as the National Council of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators. Mike has been involved in amateur radio since he was seven years old. Mike is currently serving as the Chairman of SANDARC, as well as Chair for this present convention. Mike is also Vice President of the Amateur Radio Club of El Cajon. Mike’s other hobby is music, and is he currently a student of the Viola da Gamba.

The Hospital Disaster Support Communications System of Orange County has successfully provided emergency communications to hospitals since 1980. In those 30 years, 36 hospitals have included Amateur Radio in their disaster plans. Now in 2010, after responding to 112 emergencies, participating in 170 drills and 99 standby operations, many lessons have been learned and things have changed. But some things haven't! Come find out what it really takes to back up communications critical to patient care. (Check out www.hdscs.org to prepare for this presentation)

April Moell, M.A., CHC, WA6OPS has been involved in Amateur Radio since 1976 and holds an Advance Class license. She has also had over 20 years in direct patient care as an Occupational Therapist specializing in physical medicine and acute rehabilitation. During that time she became a hospital department head, Stroke Team Coordinator, and rehab representative to the hospital disaster committee. Involved actively in both the hospital and Amateur Radio worlds, it became a natural fit to help develop and lead the ARES specialty group, the Hospital Disaster Support Communications System of Orange County. In her role as the District Emergency coordinator for HDSCS, she is a regular member of the OC hospital disaster planning committees, the EMS Disaster Advisory Group and the HPP Advisory Committee.

Nowadays, a transmitter hunt is much more than just a ride in an RDF-equipped car. It can also be an exciting outdoor activity for everyone in the family. Find out about the wide variety of ways that you, your family and your club can have fun with RDF. Learn about mobile T-hunting, radio-orienteering and ARDF. You may already have all the equipment you need to get started. Keep at it and you might join the hams who have won medals at international championship foxhunts in recent years.

Speaker, Joe Moell K0OV (K-zero-O-V), is a registered professional electronic engineer and an active ham since age 11, Joe Moell K0OV has written for almost every ham radio publication and designed many new devices for radio direction finding (RDF). His book "TRANSMITTER HUNTING---Radio Direction Finding Simplified," is the definitive text on RDF for hams, and he has written over 230 magazine articles on RDF topics. In addition to being a Technical Advisor on RDF to ARRL Headquarters, he serves as ARRL's ARDF Coordinator and oversees the yearly USA ARDF Championships. For more information on transmitter hunting, visit Joe's "Homing In" site on the World Wide Web: http://www.homingin.com.

Dick Norton, N6AA, with assistance from local contesters, will discuss recent happenings in contesting as well as conduct an open contesting forum. Dick is president of the Southern California Contest Club, a member of the CQ Contest Committee, and ARRL Southwestern Division Director. During his many operations over the last 55 years, he has operated the CQ World Wide DX Contest from all 40 zones. Dick has been a frequent speaker on contest aspects at both the Visalia DX Convention and the Dayton Hamvention.

On behalf of the ARRL, the National Association for Amateur Radio, I welcome you to the 2010 Southwestern Division Convention.

The San Diego County Amateur Radio Council has organized this convention, with a variety of programs and events for your entertainment and education. Please take advantage of this to learn about some of the many interesting aspects of Amateur Radio.

Additionally, the 2010 convention provides an opportunity to learn more about the ARRL, its leadership, and its programs. You can input your ideas, questions, and concerns at the open ARRL Forum on Saturday
afternoon as well as at the ARRL table.

Thanks to the 15 San Diego area clubs who support SANDARC, and special thanks to the convention volunteers who have made this event possible.

73,

Dick Norton, N6AA
ARRL Southwestern Division Director

It's partly travelogue and partly technical about things like the design of the original Quagi antenna and "toolbox" rover stations for all VHF bands from six meters through 10 GHz. That talk has been well received at several clubs lately.

Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, was first licensed in 1957 and has been involved in many aspects of amateur radio since then. A past ARRL vice director, Wayne holds Ph.D. and J.D. degrees. He is a former communications attorney and professor of communications at California State University, Fullerton, now retired. He has published a number of books, including a college textbook on communications law that is now in its 20th edition. His interests in amateur radio include antennas and VHF-UHF-microwave on testing. He has an 8-acre antenna farm in the mountains near Tehachapi.

Employment:
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) 1980 to Present - 30 years

Primary Duties:
Information and Education
Public Information Officer
Volunteer In Prevention Coordinator
Law Enforcement Finance and Logistics

Specialized Training:
Emergency Medical Technician
Certified State Purchaser
HazMat First Responder Operational

Accomplishments:
Designed Smokey Bear Heart Shaped Pin – used nation-wide
Co - Starred in and designed the “Team Teaching A Program Guide”
Photographed Smokey and Padre Steve Garvey for Smokey & the Pro’s Poster
Created Trading Cards – Featuring Smokey and The Blue Angels
On Committee and created “100 Years of CDF” History Book

Awards:
1996 – San Diego County “Fire Prevention Officer of the Year”
2001 - Bronze Smokey – National Fire Prevention Award
2003 – Exceptional Service Award “Above And Beyond the Call of Duty” Firestorm 2003

Major Fire Assignments:
The Millar Fire 8,000 acres in 1985 (burned the same time as the Normal Heights Fire)
The Palomar Fire 16,100 acres in 1987 (threatened the Observatory)
The Guejito Fire 20,722 acres in 1993 (Santa Ana Driven Fire)
The Butterfield Fire 7,083 acres in 1995 (with 3 fatalities – air tanker collision)
The Sycamore Fire 9,410 acres also in 1995 (6 fatalities – Mexican Nationals)
The Harmony Fire 8,600 acres in 1996 (1 fatality – civilian)
The Otay #322 Fire 14,720 acres 1996 (The fire that created B.A.F.C.)
The La Jolla Fire 7,700 acres (1 fatality – Firefighter Crushed by boulder)
The Viejas Fire 10,353 acres in 2001 (Winter Fire In San Diego)
The Gavilan Fire 5,763 acres in 2002(43 Multi Million Dollar Homes destroyed)
The Pines Fire 61,690 acres in 2002 (started by Calif. National Guard)
The Coyote Fire 18,705 acres in 2003(caused by lightning storm)
The 2003 Firestorm 382779 acres (15 fatalities, over 5,000 structures destroyed)
The Mataguay Fire 8,867 in 2004 (Threatened hundreds of Boy Scouts)
The 2007 Firestorm 375,095 acres (9 fatalities, thousands of homes destroyed)

Bridget Rios, KI6EEL, who has been a member of the Amateur Radio Club of El Cajon since she was young, was licensed in June of 2006, and is presently the Welcoming Committee for the ARCEC. She is a returning speaker for the Girl Scouts since the last convention held in 2006. For her Girl Scout Silver Award she introduced Amateur Radio to the youth and taught them disaster preparedness. She returns today to help spread the word of disaster preparedness amongst the Girl and Boy Scouts of San Diego. Bridget is not only an amateur radio operator, but also Teen Miss Lakeside 2010. Her platform for her reign is to help spread the word of emergency preparedness to the youth in her community.

Paul Rios, KC6QLS: "Amateur Radio on the Silver Screen"

Currently President of The ARC of El Cajon and Vice Chair of SANDARC, Paul’s initials are PR and he puts the PR into Public Relations. As Public Relations Officer for many Amateur Radio Clubs and organizations, like the San Diego local chapter of the ARRL SDG PIC, he has worked very hard to put San Diego on the Amateur Radio Map. At one of the VIP Red Flag Patrols all local TV media showed up and covered the story. He also had three articles published in the QST Magazine: What is VIP Red Flag Patrol? VIP Red Flag Patrol Part II, and the Library Display.

While working on the roaming Amateur Radio Library Display, he was looking for something to draw the patron’s eye. What if Amateur Radio was in the movies? After many hours of research and confirming that Amateur Radio was in the movies, TV shows, commercials and cartoons, he started working on screen shots and a story line about the scene. It really put the WOW affect into the display. One of the fun parts was chatting with persons that worked on some of the movies and TV shows and getting the real scoop on the Amateur Radio scenes.

The Amateur Radio on the Silver Screen started to grow into a website http://www.arprsd.org/ and moved into a presentation. Soon he will be adding books with an Amateur Radio twist to the website.

Gordon Shackelford, AE6QW: PV Panels, How to get the most out of the critters

Gordon received his Amateur Radio license in 2004. He has been a radio hobbyist since junior high school when Karl Federle, a retired navy officer and radar expert, introduced him to electronics. Gordon received his BS and MS from San Diego State University. He taught at SDSU for 34 years in the Department of Physics, retiring as a lecturer emeritus in 2000. Gordon teaches General Class and Extra Class courses for the Amateur Radio Club of El Cajon.

Ned Stearns, AA7A "9L5A 2009 - Sometimes Plan B Works OK"

Due to recent civil unrest in Guinea where a large stash of the VooDoo Contest Group's gear has been in storage, Ned, AA7A, and his fellow VooDudes were unable to return to Africa in 2009 to operate in their normal fashion. So, a smaller team was assembled at the 11th hour to perform a last minute replan of the contest operation in Sierra Leone for the CQWW DX CW Contest in November 2009. Unlike previous years, they operated with only equipment that was packed in their collective suitcases. The 2009 effort turned out to be one of the most intriguing contest operations of all time. With a modest setup and a lot of heart, the small team managed to place 2nd world-wide in the Multi-2 operating class. Ned will provide the complete story of this operation in 2009 which may be the template for all future VooDoo Contest Group contest operations in Africa going forward.

Eric is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Elecraft, Inc., which he started with Wayne Burdick, N6KR, Elecraft’s Chief Technical Officer, in 1998. Licensed since 1971, Eric credits his early interest in Amateur Radio with leading him to a career in electronic design and management. He is a veteran of Silicon Valley and has a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale University. He is a self described 'entrepreneurial addict' and has been involved in a number of successful high tech start ups, most recently before Elecraft, as co-founder and President of Verisys Inc., a leading manufacturer of SCSI protocol analyzers for the computer industry.

Gordon West, WB6NOA

Known as " GORDO " , WB6NOA teaches ham radio classes throughout the country , and his Southern California classes are FREE - cost of materials only ! Gordo and Suzy , N6GLF , welcome past " grads " to stop by the booth , or at the outside communications van , and receive some fun free graduation materials ! His classes and training materials reflect 50 + years of ham radio excitement , on the airwaves ! " Gordo " makes ham radio learning and training FUN !

Wild Bill is an active DX’er and a member of the San Diego DX Club. In 2008, he was invited to join a
Dxpedition team led by Dick Norton, N6AA, Art Goddard, W6XD and Marty Woll, N6VI to Honduras for CQ WW SSB. It was the opportunity of a lifetime. HQ3Z placed third worldwide in MMHP and Wild Bill earned his way onto the team proving his worth being a "jack of all trades" as well as an avid contester.

In 2009, the team went to the island of Jersey off the coast of Normandy for CQWW SSB. Operating as GJ2A out of the Jersey Amateur Radio Club’s station (an old signal tower built by Todt soldiers as part of the Atlantic Wall during the Occupation) was both intriguing and challenging. Some of the other team members may be with us. Wild Bill and Ellen hope you’ll join us for an informative and entertaining presentation.

Wild Bill was exposed to ham radio as a child and reminisces of sorting boxes of resistors, riding his 10 speed bike 10+ miles to attend Field Days at Brown Field with his Dad (K6SMT - SK) who often ran phone patches during the Vietnam War. He got away from ham radio for a number of years before getting his current license in 2003. Wild Bill owned his own mobile heavy equipment repair business for over 30 years. He has worked off road racing events in Baja California since 1971, currently serves on the crew that makes the maps for the SCORE races and is the Off-Road Motorsports Communications Manager for BFGoodrich.

Ellen was introduced to ham radio as a youngster, sitting on the lap of her Dad (K6QJP - SK), spinning the dial on the old Hallicrafters so it didn't “sound like Mickey Mouse or like they're underwater". It wasn't until shortly after she bought a condominium that she got her ticket (1989) but those CC&R's didn't stop her from working DX. She threw a random length of wire into a pine tree and worked over 100 countries on 10 meters in the early 90's. Ellen combined her love of the outdoors with ham radio and volunteered at the off-road races with BARRA (Baja Amateur Radio Race Association). She has been employed at Costco (formerly Price Club) for 26 years.

Ellen & Bill met doing communications at the off-road races in Mexico & Nevada. Ellen had been volunteering at checkpoints and Wild Bill had been doing BFG Relay (after decades of volunteering as checkpoint captain for SCORE). In 2000, there were two 2000 mile races and BFGoodrich needed more relay operators (human repeaters). Wild Bill recruited Ellen to work with BFG and the rest, as they say, is history.

Both are members of:

ARRL (WB has DXCC 150 & WAS)
San Diego DX Club
So Cal Contest Club

Jersey Amateur Radio Society
10-10 International
Volunteer Examiners (Extra Class)

I gear this primarily toward newer and less technically experienced hams and discuss cable characteristics, losses versus operating frequency, connector choices and more. There's a little math, but the talk is more strategic than it is technical. This typically runs less than an hour, so brief coverage of a compatible topic (e.g., Antenna Gain - When, Why and How) for the same type of audience could be included

Marty Woll N6VI has been in Amateur Radio for over forty years and is a frequent speaker at radio clubs and conventions. A retired CPA with a major international accounting firm, he holds an Extra Class license and is a Life Member of the American Radio Relay League. Marty is in his third year as ARRL’s Vice Director for the Southwestern Division. His interests are quite varied. In addition to his Division duties, he is Assistant District Emergency Coordinator of the ARES Northwest District of the Los Angeles Section, a Battalion Communication Unit Leader and Training Officer for the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Auxiliary Communication Service, a licensing Volunteer Instructor and a Volunteer Examiner. Marty is a founding member of the Southern California Contest Club and has served as a member and chair of the ARRL’s Contest Advisory Committee. He has been President of the Southern California DX Club and chair of the Los Angeles Area Council of Radio Clubs. A frequent participant in contest expeditions, Marty has set up and operated amateur radio stations on six continents.

I adapted parts of the Emergency Power presentation and changed the focus to the use of solar panels to power a fixed or portable ham station. The presentation addresses the sizing of panels and batteries for a given operation, solar station components, and safety matters. If I drive to the event, I can bring a demonstration set-up.

Would you like to try running your organization's on-air net? Are you involved in emergency communications and concerned that you might find yourself having to run a resource or tactical net? Then you can benefit from this short training session. Learn how to sound like a pro and how to avoid the "don'ts" that can throw a net into chaos. Knowing how to prepare and what to do can build your confidence and help make you one of your group's "go-to" operators.

This is of interest to neighborhood CERT teams whose members want some form if intra-team communications but are unfamiliar with using radios. This talk can also be adapted for hospitals and other agencies whose employees may have to use commercial-band radios during a disaster but have no idea how to do so.

Founded in 1946, it is the oldest formed club in Baja CA Mexico and has a complete radio station and building. Located in the Tijuana area, XE2BC has several Mexico amateur radio firsts: First VHF EME contact with the U.S. in 1979 & First 220 EME contact with the U.S. in 1980. Many awards from the ARRL and other amateur groups adorn the club house attesting to the membership’s commitment to amateur and public service. Please visit xe2si@grupocimsa.com.

Monica Zech, Public Information Officer City of El Cajon:

Monica Zech is the Public Information Officer for the City of El Cajon. Among her duties, she provides Safety Education on behalf of the City and its departments. She’s been with El Cajon for almost nine years, joining the City in August of 2001. Outside the City, she especially enjoys her role as a speaker and researcher on driving safety, speaking to schools, civic groups, company safety meetings and conferences, and to the military safety stand-downs locally and now nationally.

In joining the City, Monica left a thirty-year career in broadcast news, the last 18 years as an award winning TV & Radio Air Traffic Reporter, Safety Educator for Metro Traffic Network. Among her broadcast achievements - she was San Diego's first female airborne traffic reporter, and San Diego's first television traffic reporter, for the NBC and ABC local news affiliates.

Since 1984, Monica has received numerous news, safety and community service awards for her work. In September of 2007, she received a lifetime achievement award in broadcasting from the local chapter of the National Academy Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). Recognizing her passion for “safety” education, in November of 2008, Monica received the East County Chamber of Commerce “Women In Leadership” award in “media & safety education,” in 2007 she received a Grossmont Healthcare Hero award for her talks and she received the Public Educator of the Year award from the San Diego County Fire Chief’s Association. In 2005 she received a “Public Health Champion” award for her work in safety education from the San Diego County Office of San Diego County Health & Human Services. Monica is in high demand as a speaker, but not just locally…last month Monica was asked to high school student at a school in Miami. You can contact Monica through her safety website www.monicazech.com.

Safety runs in the family, Monica’s daughter and son-in-law are both Paramedics for the City of San Diego,