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Metro Los Angeles County Clubs & Organizations The Glendora Emergency Response Communications Net Bulletins Vol 6, 2009 10-8-2009 JOTA 2009 K6U Boy Scout EchoLink node 358124, Covina CA USA HELLO WORLDWIDE SCOUTS! The 2009 Jamboree On The Air, known as JOTA will be held this year by the San Gabriel Valley BSA Council in Covina California, USA. We want to talk with you! Our s more... 8-21-2009 Call for Hams! Jamboree On The Air is Saturday, October 17, 2009 The San Gabriel Valley Council of Boy Scouts is sponsoring its third annual Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Sonrise Christian School located at 1220 E. Ruddock in Covin more... 8-19-2009 GERC Sponsors First Aid Class On July 18, 2009 GERC sponsored a Red Cross First Aid, CPR & AED class. The class was held at the main facility and there were 22 participants including ten GERC amateur radio operators. The instructo more... 6-11-2009 GERC Sponsored First Aid, CPR/AED Class to be held in July June 11, 2009 To: GERC hams & friends, From: Mark Hayden, N7YLA, Coordinator, Glendora Emergency Response Communications Subject: Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED more... 4-30-2009 Make Your Own Personal Preparedness Wallet Personal Preparedness Wallet (PPW) By Mark Hayden, N7YLA “The degree of our preparation will be equal to the extent of our obedience, which will determine the measure of our piece of m more... 4-26-2009 New Hams! April 1, 2009 Grant Date The Glendora Emergency Response Communications in conjunction with the Hacienda Heights Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints conducted a technician Licensing class on March 20 and more... 1-7-2009 GERC Hams Participate In 2008 Covina Christmas Events Covina Christmas Parade/Festival GERC Communications Net The Glendora Emergency Response Communications group serves the City of Covina to provide amateur radio communications for the more... 7-1-2008 GERC 2008 FIELD DAY REPORT GERC FIELD DAY JUNE 28, 2008 by Mark Hayden, N7YLA The FiFTH annual GERC Field Day was held once again at Horsethief Canyon Park in San Dimas on Saturday June 28, 2008. Operators more... 10-27-2008 2008 JOTA WAS A BIG SUCCCESS! Hello fellow hams! If you missed this year's Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) , you missed a lot of fun and some great DX! We had a very successful JOTA on Saturday, Octo more... 5-24-2008 RADIOGRAMS FOR PASSING MESSAGES Radiograms (from Wikipedia) A radiogram is a formal written message routed by a network of amateur radio operators through traffic nets. It is a plain text message, along with specific more... 2-26-2008 Your HT May Save Your Life To GERC hams & friends, There was an article in today's SGV Times about two hikers who became stranded on a cliff in the Santa Ana Mountains near Santiago Peak later yesterday afternoon. more... 12-11-2007 GERC Solar Cooker for Tight Wads Solar Cooking and GERC by Greg Lee, KI6GIG Solar cooking and emergency radio communications (EmComm) may seem an odd combination. But everyone has to eat, especially GERC members in a more... 10-26-2007 A Thank You From the Commissioner Bulletin by Jim Dowdle, KG6TQT, Valle del Sol District Boy Scout Commissioner. This bulletin coveys a very special thank to all the hams from GERC who gave of their time and talents to help more... 10-23-2007 GERC Operators Participate in Jambroree On The Air Congratulations and kudos are due to Jim Dowdle, KG6TQT, Valle del Sol District Boy Scout Commissoner for his work in organizing the recent Jamboree On The Air for Boy Scouts. The daylong event was he more... 8-28-2007 The Story of the Tilted Tower, by Mark Hayden KF6DSA The Story of the Tilted Tower A few months ago, Richard, KG6TRD noticed a ham tower in eastern Glendora that was in a dangerous position and looked to be ready to crash. See photo at left. more... 8-15-2007 KG6SIZ / SK Tribute to Tama Tuala, KG6SIZ/SK 1967 - 2007 Tama Tuala, KG6SIZ passed away on August 6, 2007 after a long illness with cancer. He leaves behind a family of seven children. “S more... 7-27-2007 New Repeater for GERC Use is online! KF6 “Zed AF” REPEATER FOR GERC USE IS NOW AVAILABLE by Mark Hayden, KF6DSA Hello fellow GERC hams and friends, I am pleased to announce that the ERC Regional Storeho more... 7-27-2007 FIELD DAY 2007 REPORT FIELD DAY 2007 by Mark Hayden, KF6DSA The Glendora Emergency Response Communications group held its fourth annual ARRL Field Day on Saturday, July 23, 2007. Again this year we were more... 6-14-2007 Congratulations to the 9 NEW Generals and a NEW Technician! The general upgrade study group hams took their FCC exams on May 9th. The following upgraders earned their General license at the test session: Ray, KE6DOJ Kent, KD6BOO Richard, K more... 3-24-2007 Glendora Radio Operators Upgrade Their Skills Glendora Radio Operators Upgrade Their Skills Under New FCC Rule Changes By Mark R. Hayden, KF6DSA, Glendora Stake Emergency Response Communications The mission of the Gle more... 3-24-2007 GERC Logo Items Are Available on CafePress Hello fellow hams! A while back I was asked to consider making the GERC logo available on hats, T-shirts, and the like. I knew about a company called CafePress that did printing on demand a more... 3-13-2007 13 Hams Studying for General License Thirteen dedicated hams have joined the General Class Study Group hosted by KF6DSA each Wednesday at his home in Glendora. The group is being led by Phil Barnes-Roberts, WA6DZS an Extra Class ham from more... 12-19-2006 December 2, 2006 Covina Christmas Parade Radio Operations On behalf of the Glendora Emergency Response Communications group I wish to thank all radio operators for giving GERC the opportunity to volunteer our communications capabilities for the Covina Chri more... 8-30-2006 October 2006 Technician Licensing Class The Glendora Emergency Response Communications group is pleased to announce its fourth annual Technician License Preparation Class. The class will be held on Friday October 27, 2006 (7:00 pm to 9:00 p more... 6-27-2006 Field Day 2006 Report REPORT - Field Day June 24, 2004 by Mark Hayden KF6DSA The Glendora Emergency Response Communications group held its third annual ARRL Field Day on Saturday, June 24, 2006 at Horsethief C more... 5-26-2006 Net Participation Certificates Awarded Operators who have been regular participants in the 2 meter Tuesday evening net on 144.330 MHz simplex have earned their first Net Participation Certificates. Congratulations to the following hams: more... 5-22-2006 Amateur Television Presentation Mike Collis, WA6SVT, a broadcast TV and Radio engineer, gave a great presentation on Amateur Television at the May 16, 2006 meeting of the the Glendora Emergency Response Communications group. Using more... 5-9-2006 GERC/ARRL Field Day - June 24, 2006 "HORSETHIEF CANYON DAWN TO DUSK OR BUST!" Well, partner, it is time once again for the annual ARRL Field Day! Operators are needed to get on th air to make contacts with other hams nationw more... 2-14-2006 Try this easy to build ''Hentenna'' All Copper Pipe Hentenna Version for 2 Meters Edited from an article by Terry, WA0ITP The Hentenna is a loop style antenna developed by Mr. Tadashi Okubo JH1FCZ, Mr. Someya, JE1D more... 2-14-2006 Congratulations to New Hams! The GERC group welcomes the new hams! The testing session on Jan 18, 2006 resulted in 14 new hams. Here is a list of their callsigns: Howard, KI6CFN Kent, KI6CFG Rick, KI6CFO more... 1-19-2006 Technician Licensing Class The GERC sponsored Technician Element 2 licensing class was held January 12, 13 and 14 2005 at the Oakbank facility in Glendora. There were 14 participants in attendance for this three day crash cours more... 11-5-2005 Ham Class in January, 2006 The Glendora Emergency response Communications group will be conducting its third Technician radio operator's class in January 2006. Here are some details about the class: Becoming a Ham more... 11-5-2005 ARadio direction Finding Event a Success I wish to thank all those who participated and helped out with the GERC sponsored ARDF event last Saturday at Gladstone Park. By all accounts and analyses the event was very successful. 48 people atte more... 9-5-2005 Radio Direction Finding T-Hunt Scheduled for October 8, 2005 The Glendora Emergency Response Communications group invites you to a Special Radio Direction Finding event! When: Saturday, October 8, 2005 starting at 10:30 am. Barbeque at 1:30 pm at more... 9-5-2005 Fall News Update September 5, 2005 Hello fellow GERC hams and friends of amateur radio communications! Thank you for all you do to remain ready to use your amateur radio communication ski more... 5-3-2005 TRUXIGN Donates magnetic signs to GERC On April 19, 2005 Jim Dowdle, KG6TQT brought 4 sets of magnetic GERC vehicle logo signs to the meeting at the main facility. In addition 8 more sets of signs were being made for GERC members. These si more... 5-3-2005 FIELD DAY 2005 The Glendora Emergency Response Communications group will be holding its annual ARRL Field Day this year at Horsethief Canyon Park in San Dimas. This location was selected because of its easy acccess more... 3-8-2005 Hospital Disaster Support Communications System Greeting GERC hamsters! Here is pop quiz for you licensed ham operators in the Glendora area. I edited it from the www.HDSCS.org website. Its easy and the answers are either true or false: more... 1-24-2005 Antenna Building Workshop a Success! Report, by Mark Hayden KF6DSA Eleven GERC members participated in an antenna building workshop on Saturday, January 22 at the Pasadena City College Community Education Center in east Pasade more... 1-12-2005 Build Your Own J-Pole Antenna On Saturday January 22, 2005 a group of GERC hams will meet at the Pasadena City College Community Education Center (CEC) in East Pasadena to build their own copper J-pole antennas. Under the leaders more... 12-22-2004 Ham Callsign License Plates Available from DMV Interested in getting your ham callsign on your license plate? Well, here is how to do it. You will note that this is not the rather expensive "vanity" license but a plain license plate at a reasonabl more... 11-2-2004 GERC Ham Watch Nov. 1, 2004 FYI a small contingent of GERC hams provided a watchful eye over the Glendora Main Facility Monday, November 1, while a citizens protest demonstration was being conducted at the offices of Congressman more... 10-30-2004 Will Amateur Radio Suffer with BPL? FCC BPL REPORT AND ORDER STRESSES INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE, RESOLUTION ARRL Newsletter 10/30/04 The FCC this week released the full BPL Report and Order (R&O) in ET Docket 04-37 th more... 10-12-2004 Tournament of Roses Radio A mateurs Needs Volunteers Tournament of Roses Radio Amateurs W6TOR and K6TOR Please visit the following website for meeting dates, an online membership applications and full details of this great service group, more... 9-7-2004 Should GERC sponsor the Amateur Radio Newsline? What is Amateur Radio Newsline New amateur radio operators probably are unaware of the Amateur Radio Newsline that is often transmitted legally on repeater or simplex nets. I inquired from more... 10-3-2004 Ham radio Swapmeet at A.B. Miller High school When: Second Saturday of each month. Fontana Swapmeet run by the Inland Empire ARC Where: at A. B. Miller High School on Highland and Oleander in Fontana, Time: 7 AM to 11:30 AM more... 9-7-2004 Communications Security The Glendora Emergency Response Communications weekly net was put to an unexpected test on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 when an unauthorized Spanish language station caused QRM on Alpha 1. Net more... 8-25-2004 Technician Licensing Class Successful On August 13 and 14, 2004 GERC held its third Technician Licensing class as the Oakbank facility. The class was taught by KF6DSA on Friday and W6LDS on Saturday. Roy, KG6RGD handled the registration t more... 7-19-2004 Technician Licensing Class Set for August 13 & 14, 2004 Enroll In the Amateur Radio Operator's Technician Licensing Class Today! The amateur radio technician licensing class will be hosted by the Glendora Emergency Response Communications group more... 6-29-2004 Field Day 2004 - A Successful Learning Experience By Mark Hayden, KF6DSA GERC held its first Field Day this year at the Main facility on Route 66. We were on the air from 11 am to approximately 4 pm on Saturday June 26, doing our shortened more... 6-25-2004 Propagation Report for Field Day Looks Good! SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP026 ARLP026 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP26 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 26 ARLP026 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA June 25, 2004 more... 6-24-2004 Yikes! Field Day is almost here! Are you ready? June 24, 2004 Well, Field Day is almost here and I would like to thank all those who have been working behind the scenes to make our first event successful. In terms of attendance, w more... 6-22-2004 Field Day Planning Continues, Part 2 April 27, 2004 Before I begin, I would like to thank Andy, W6LDS for the wonderful antenna workshop at the last meeting. It was great to learn that the copper J-pole antennas were designed more... 6-23-2004 HUGE GERC BANNER DONATED June 23, 2004 Today was a banner day, in the true sense of the word! Jim Dowdle, KG6TPT, arranged for the company he works for, the Truxign Fleet Graphics Company to produce a more... 6-22-2004 Field Day Planning Continues, Part 3 May 4, 2004 Who will attend? Well it looks like we will have a good turn out for our very first attempt at Field Day on June 26 for the Glendora Emergency Response Communication more... 6-22-2004 What is Antenna SWR? April 13, 2004 SWR (Standing Wave Ratio) is a measure of antenna efficiency. The Standing Wave Ratio is equal to the ratio of radio and antenna impedances. Speaking as a math teacher rati more... 6-22-2004 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS & YOUR HT, Part Two March 30, 2004 Bulletin Courtesy Santa Clara County, California ARES/RACES Before I begin, I would like to give credit to C. Edward Harris, KE4SKY, AEC for Fairfax County ARES in more... 6-22-2004 Field Day 2004 April 6, 2004 The Glendora Emergency Response Communications Group, with the approval and support of the main leadership will participate in the ARRL Field Day on Saturday, June 26, 2004, b more... 6-22-2004 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS & YOUR HT, Part One March 23 , 2004 This Bulletin is Courtesy Santa Clara County, California ARES/RACES Before I begin, I would like to give credit to C. Edward Harris, KE4SKY, AEC for Fairfax Coun more... Privacy Statement Neighborhood Link Terms of Use © 1997 - 2006 Neighborhood Link, Inc.