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The following was reported in the "VHF Club
Bulletin" in the months noted and provided to SANDRA by Ken Decker, WA6OSB:
| Jun 1963 |
VHF Club Net operations begin
on 146.840 MHz FM simplex, WA6OSB net control |
| Feb 1966 |
At the Jan. meeting the SDVHF
Club voted to form a Repeater Advisory Committee |
| May 1966 |
The Repeater Advisory
Committee evolved into the San Diego Amateur FM Radio Relay Association (SDAFMRRA)
See NOTE (1) below. |
| Aug 1966 |
This issue notes that August
is the 5th Anniversary meeting of the SD VHF Club |
| Jan 1967 |
The San Diego VHF Club
Bulletin adopted a new name; The VHF Spectrum |
| Mar 1967 |
Application made to the FCC to
secure a call for the proposed FM repeater |
| Jul 1967 |
The call is WB6WLV (received
in Jun) The repeater is expected to be operating on a trial basis at the QTH
of WA6LAG |
| Aug 1967 |
Repeater still not at WA6LAG's
QTH |
| Feb 1969 |
K4AFS/6 and WB6TYR are now
working on repeaters for the mountain top |
| May 1969 |
Board of Directors made
decision to change 146.840 to a more standardized 146.850 MHz |
| Nov 1969 |
Mentions a change to the VHF
Club Constitution (Copy of the VHF Club Constitution not located) |
| Apr 1970 |
This is the last copy I could
find of the VHF Spectrum, still published by the SD VHF Club |
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copy of the San Diego County Radio Amateur Directory for 1969-1970
identifies the VHF Club with the call WB6WLV |
Note (1):
An undated copy of the SAN DIEGO AMATEUR FM RADIO RELAY ASSOCIATION
Constitution states in Article II, Sec 2a .... "To be eligible for the board of
directors, he must be a member of the SAN DIEGO VHF CLUB, which is the governing
amateur body over VHF in the principal area of operation of this association."
Additional info: Strangely the "VHF Spectrum" does not indicate when the
repeaters went on the air, although we suspect it might have been sometime in 1968 or early
1969. On
page 24 of the 1969 San Diego Amateur Convention booklet is an article about the SDAFMRRA that identifies our repeaters as being
146.340/146.850 MHz with the option of switching to 146.340/146.940 MHz. Also
445.250/445.500 MHz. This was a typo. Actual frequencies were 445.250/449.500
MHz. This is the configuration shown in the July 1972 ST (Vol
1, No 2). Looks like the decision to go to 146.040/146.640 was made a couple
of months later. (see ST Vol 1, No.4)
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