Orange County Communications 75th Anniversary

March 2, 2009
9:00 amto3:00 pm
W6OCC Special Event Station QSL Card

W6OCC/75 Special Event Station QSL Card

Huntington Beach RACES sends congratulations to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department who will observe the 75th Anniversary of Orange County Communications.  OCC is now named the Communications & Technology Division of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The celebration will occur on Monday, March 2, 2009, from 0900 to 1500 hours (formal presentations at 1300 hours), at 840 N. Eckhoff Street in Orange. OC RACES will operate a Special Event Station during the celebration hours, using the W6OCC/75 call sign, in the OCRACES emergency communications response vehicle. QSL cards will be sent, upon request, to radio amateurs who work our station on 14.320 MHz, 7.230 MHz, 3.960 MHz, and the 146.895 MHz repeater. More info is available at www.ocraces.org

Repeater Planned Outage Tuesday

We’ll be doing some work on the new two meter repeater next Tuesday, February 17. It will be off the air for the better part of the day. The duplexer will be removed in the morning and taken to the shop for tuning. Barring unforeseen circumstances it will be reinstalled Tuesday afternoon.

The UHF repeaters and the Santiago two meter repeater should be available during the outage. Thanks for your understanding.

73,
Tim, WD6AWP

Old site moved

The hbraces.org has been moved to the new provider. The URL http://www.hbraces.org will take you to our new WordPress site at http://hbraces.net within the next 48 hours. Typically changes propagate through the DNS system fairly quickly but it may take up to 48 hours. You may have to close your browser and/or clear your browser cache before you see the new site. 

Our email addresses email address @hbraces.org have been moved also and are subject to the same 48 hour DNS delay. 

The HB RACES mail list servers (officers, members, and pager) are no longer operational.

We’ll have more details at the general membership meeting on Monday, February 9. Be sure to attend to get the latest information.

73, WD6AWP

RACES Net

February 2, 2009
7:15 pmto7:45 pm
7:15 pmto7:45 pm
February 9, 2009
7:15 pmto7:45 pm
7:15 pmto7:45 pm
February 16, 2009
7:15 pmto7:45 pm
7:15 pmto7:45 pm
February 23, 2009
7:15 pmto7:45 pm
7:15 pmto7:45 pm

Our weekly HB RACES two meter net is held every Monday at 7:15 pm on the KH6FL repeater, 145.140 Mhz, -600 Khz, CTCSS 127.3 hz. Immediately following the two meter net we hold a net on our 440 repeater. The 440 net is on the WD6AWP repeater, 447.940 Mhz, -5.00 Mhz, CTCSS 100.0 hz. These weekly nets are a chance to practice good radio operating techniques, ensure your radio station is operational, gain experience in operating in a controlled net situation, and to help train future net control operators. Peter, N6RAS, is the Net Supervisor for the month of February 2009. Direct questions and concerns about our Fubruary weekly nets to Peter.

Our net is open to CERT members and visitors. Join the fun. Everyone is welcome to listen and check into our  HB RACES weekly nets.

General Membership Meeting

February 9, 2009
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

General Membership Meeting.  February 9, 2009  @ 7pm. in the EOC

Management Team Meeting

January 5, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
February 2, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
March 2, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
April 6, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
May 4, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
June 1, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
July 6, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
August 3, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
August 31, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
October 5, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
November 2, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
December 7, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
HB RACES 2009 Management Team
Huntington Beach RACES 2009 Management Team

The 2009 Huntington Beach RACES Management Team held their first meeting of 2009 on January 5, 2009.  HB RACES goals for 2009 include:  a strong effort on completing training materials and providing training opportunities for both new and seasoned communicators, documentation of standard HB RACES procedures and methods that have been established over the years and are working well for our group, continuing an ATV awareness effort within the city departments and our RACES groups including the periodic testing and verification of our ATV equipment and procedures, and facilitating each officer to manage and accomplish their specific goals for the organization.

The 2009 HB RACES Management Team includes:

  • Chief Radio Officer – Peter, N6RAS
  • Assistant Radio Officer – Vaughn, KE6V
  • Events Officer – Steve, KE6OCE
  • Training Officer – Jim, KG6ZDP
  • Personnel Officer – Robert, KE6RKG
  • Technical Officer / Financial Officer – Pedro, AD6TN
  • Documentation Officer – Manny, KG6IQL
  • Public Information Officer – Wayne, KH6WZ
  • American Red Cross Liaison – Shelley & Roy, KC6ZOW/N6SLD
  • Repeater Liaison / IT Officer – Tim, WD6AWP

In addition our past Training Officer from the 80s, Gordon, K6DAA, will be joining the officer team for special assignments and offering his assistance to all officers as needed. Gordon’s extra help and perspective will be helpful in the accomplishment of our ambitious goals.

Dates for 2009’s management meetings have been set and are on the first Monday of the month with the exception of September. In order to observe the Labor Day holiday we will be meeting twice in August - the first Monday and the last Monday. All officers are asked to attend these meetings and all interested communicators are also invited to attend. The meetings are normally held in the Huntington Beach EOC. If you have an issue that needs to be addressed by the HB RACES Management Team please contact the officer that best matches the area of concern or contact the Chief Radio Officer.

All of the 2009 officer’s are looking forward to making 2009 another great year of service to our city and continued learning of our radio skills with our vast radio family of friends. Together we will continue to make HB RACES the flagship organization it has become.

Surf City Marathon

January 26, 2009
7:00 pmto9:00 pm
February 1, 2009
6:00 amto2:00 pm

The 2009 Surf City Marathon is here. Sunday, February 1st, Super Bowl Sunday.  (We are home before the Game!)
On this Monday night net (Jan. 5th.)  Please let me know if you wish to volunteer.  This is our biggest event so we can use all the help we can get.  You may also e-mail me at events@hbraces.org. I need to know this week if you are volunteering.  Please do not wait, between meetings and planing I only have three weeks go put this together. 

There will be a  RACES Surf City Marathon meeting in the EOC on Monday night January 26th. at 7pm. If you are  volunteering YOU MUST MAKE THIS MEETING! At the meeting you will get information and paperwork for the event.  If you wish to see more about the Marathon check out there Web page at…. http://www.runsurfcity.com/

I will do my best with requests,  but I may have to make changes.

Thank You for Volunteering,
Steven Albert,  HB-RACES Events Officer