03.31.12 Mug Run-TEM
03.30.12 SDM Member of the Year
03.24.12 Great Race of Agoura-LHS
03.19.12 Meeting Highlights
Highlights from the Semi Annual meeting have been posted. Click on 03.19.12 Semi Annual Meeting in the Members Only section.
Members of the Year Honored
Assistance Needed for B2V Team
I am communications lead for LASD Community Colleges Team # 210. We have a 0900 start time on Saturday we need 2 operators for day shift and 2 operators for night shift 1 for follow vehicle (van behind runner) and 1 for shuttle vehicle (transports runners to/from each leg/checkpoint, also drops off new runner and picks up tired runner).
I we have sufficient operators, we will put an operator in the team captains vehicle. The operator will need 2m HT w/spare battery. Earphone/speaker mike is helpful at checkpoints. Vehicles will have mobile radios. Night shift will need flashlight
Day shift follow vehicle leaves Stratosphere Hotel at 0430 hrs. to be at Baker HS for follow vehicle check at 0730 hrs. Our team has a room available at Stratosphere for radio operators to share/sleep Friday night
It is recommended that you look at the Baker to Vegas website to familiarize yourself with course, rules, etc. www.b2v.org
Anyone interested in helping, contact Eric J Christensen K6EJC, at 818 599-6883 cell or Ham Radio Outlet Burbank 818 842-1786. Email: k6ejc@att.net
Thanks!!
73 Eric K6EJC, M221
Featured Drawing Prize
The Wouxun KG-UV3D will be featured at the Semi Annual Meeting on March 19th.
Features
- 5 Watts VHF / 4 Watts UHF
- 128 Alphanumeric Memories
- Sophisticated Display
- DTMF Keypad
- FM Broadcast Band Receive
- Keypad frequency entry
- Wide/Narrow Bandwidth (25/12.5kHz)
- Function Menu
- Auto/Manual Keypad Lock
The Wouxun KG-UV3D-2/420-520 dual bander presents great value in a well built, compact package. It provides 5 watts on 2 meters and 4 watts on 440 MHz. Many advanced features are supported including: 128 alphanumeric memories with scanning, multi frequency steps (5, 6.25, 10, 25, 50, 100 kHz), CTCSS (50 groups), DCS (105 groups), CTCSS/DCS Scan (Digital/Analog), 1750Hz tone, DTMF encode, high-low power, busy channel lock-out, VOX, wide-narrow bandwidth (25kHz/12.5kHz) and keypad lock. Many operational functions and parameters can be menu selected
. There is a special SOS and stopwatch function. It even receives the regular FM broadcast band (76-108 MHz). Please note that the antenna jack on the radio is an SMA male. Your Wouxun KG-UV3D-2/420-520 comes with: Li-Ion battery, intelligent drop-in charger, flexible SMA antenna and belt clip.
03.14.12 EOB Training Continues
Free – Metro Freeway Assistance Program
You may have seen the white tow trucks traversing the freeways with
"METRO FREEWAY SERVICE PATROL dial #399 for assistance". This is a
freeway (only) breakdown assistance offered free of charge to stranded
motorists. If the FREEWAY SERVICE PATROL cannot get a stranded car
running within ten minutes, it will tow the vehicle to a safe location
off the freeway. Services include changing flat tires, jump-starting
dead batteries, refilling radiators and temporarily repairing leaking
hoses and providing a gallon of fuel.
Don’t hesitate to call if you get stranded on the freeway!
Overview: (from the METRO FSP website):
#399 Metro Freeway Service Patrol – Roadside Assistance Program
http://www.metro.net/projects/fsp/
Freeway Service Patrol – #399
Free Help for Stranded Freeway Motorists
Whether it’s a flat tire, an empty gas tank, or an overheated
radiator, chances are that one day, you’ll need help on the freeway.
Thanks to the Freeway Service Patrol, help is on the way!
The Metro Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) is a team of tow truck drivers
patrolling freeways all over Los Angeles County to provide help to
stranded motorists and assist in clearing traffic accidents to keep
traffic moving. This service is absolutely free of charge.
Metro FSP services include:
- Changing flat tires
- Jump-starting dead batteries
- Refilling radiators and temporarily repairing leaking hoses
- Providing a gallon of fuel
- If the FSP cannot get a stranded car running within ten minutes, it
will tow the vehicle to a safe location off the freeway.
- To call an FSP truck, simply call free #399 from your mobile phone,
or call for help from a freeway callbox.
The FSP tow trucks reduce traffic congestion by efficiently getting
disabled cars running again or by quickly removing those cars from the
freeway. FSP also greatly reduces the chances of further incidents
caused by onlookers and impatient drivers. In addition, FSP helps save
fuel and reduce air polluting emissions by reducing stop-and-go
traffic.
The ultimate benefit of Metro Freeway Service Patrol is that the
safety of the motorist is not compromised while the efficiency of our
freeway infrastructure is maximized.
This program is funded by Proposition C, which passed in 1990 to fund
transportation improvements and help reduce traffic congestion.
Amateur Radio Classes
ARES Los Angeles is scheduling a 2 day amateur radio technician class at Valley Presbyterian Hospital (on Vanowen just east of Sepulveda, in Van Nuys) on Sat April 7 & Sun April 8 this is 2 weeks before Baker Vegas.
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