Electromagnetic Oddities by Reese West KQ6TT

Some time back I wrote about the E-field not being continuous in radiated fields.  I had been taught that they were.  Recently, I returned to that idea to take a look at it.  Remember that all I write is not of published quality.  It is stream of thought as I think about it.  Also, most is just first draft quality in writing.  So, here I have returned to take a look at radiated fields.  Let us look at a radio frequency field radiated from an antenna.  Visualize the globe of the earth with latitude and longitude lines on it.  Place a very short antenna at the center of the globe with the antenna orientated on a line between the poles.  The E-field then radiates outward toward the surface of the globe just like the longitude lines.  The magnetic fields radiate outward like the latitude lines. If we chose a point… Continue reading

WHAT CAUSES THE MAJOR THEORICAL ERRORS BY PHYSICISTS?

By Reese West KQ6TT Disclaimer: I cannot do all the math some physicists do.  I find most of their work to be a waste of time.  But some dedicate their lives to so called research.  I spent my life in engineering in order to have a family.  Now that I am in very old age (93), I took a look at their work. Where do the atomic (quantum?) physicists go wrong?  Let us take a look. Once they have a mathematics approach that seems to fit the data, they stop and wrongfully think they have solved the problem.  I bought a book on their work that states that at least three times they had the mathematics right, but the theory proved to be incorrect.  They do that a lot.  They have the marvelous ability to ignore their own theories when convenient. Let’s start with the double slit experiment.  That monumentally… Continue reading

Served Agency Requested Assistance During Field Day by Robert KM6RSS

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On Field Day Sunday morning, at about 10:00 AM, I observed an Oxnard Police car drive into the parking lot and stop across from my (Burt’s) pop-up. Since we have many members in our club who are Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS)/ Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), the Oxnard Police Department are one of our served agencies and we always welcome them to visit us for Field Day and other events. The sergeant approached me and identified himself as Sergeant Jason Radcliffe KN6JYL. Sergeant Radcliffe mentioned that the Oxnard police dispatcher had noticed interference on frequencies they used (Channel 1 and 2, with Jeremy KN6JMD supplying the specifics of 154.875 and 155.745 with a PL tone of 100 Hz). I had been working the 2, 1.25 and 0.770 meter bands but had stopped my QSOs while the officer was discussing the issue. I contacted Dave, Jeremy and Phil and, together, we… Continue reading

Field Day 2024 Photos

Field Day 2024 is now in the history books. The Oxnard College location was once again was a nice place to spend 24+ hours with fellow club members and visiting hams. It was great to see everyone spreading out and setting up your stations, helping others, and watching and hearing you all operate. The food was great (thank you meals and menu planning committee folks) and big thanks to the folks at the end that helped tear down and clean up. I believe we left the place in better condition than when we arrived. If you took photos, please share them! You can either email me photos or send me a link to a file sharing location and I can get them up on the website. Meanwhile here’s photos that Robert took during Field Day 2024. Enjoy! Dave AI6VX

Ventura County Board of Supervisors Declares June “Amateur Radio Month” on June 18, 2024

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Waiting for the Amateur Radio Proclamation to be Announced by Supervisor Kelly Long District 3 Chair of the Board of Supervisors Jeff Reinhardt AA6JR Public information Coordinator ARRL – Santa Barbara Section listens as Rob Hanson W6RH Ventura County ACS Radio Officer and Ventura County ARES District Emergency Coordinator speaks to the Board of Supervisors about the Auxiliary Communications Service and Amateur Radio Emergency Service community service. Andy Ludlum K6AGL Assistant Section Manager ARRL – Santa Barbara Section presents details of amateur radio volunteers and projects in the Ventura County community. Jeff Reinhardt AA6JR Public information Coordinator ARRL – Santa Barbara Section presented a slide show about amateur radio and its contributions to the nation as well as our local communities. This slide depicts three club’s Field Day locations and Jeff invited all attendees to come out and see for themselves how emergency communications can be established under field conditions.

AN ENGINEER LOOKS AT SCIENCE by Reese West KQ6TT

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY A lot of the life of an engineer is solving problems which are inadequately stated, with inadequate data, time, and money.  This note is one engineer’s look at what scientists have been doing with their time and effort.  If you read it, you will find: 1. A method for electromagnet waves to propagate in our world. The mathematics for this is known but not the physical model. 2. The two slit wave experiment does not show a particle model through a single slit, and has major problems to show how photons split into two photons and recombine 3. The Big Bang and the Doppler Effect of moving signal sources. 4. There was no reason to assume that gravity was an attractive force and not a pushing force or something similar. 5. Energy propagation of matter can be made into a continuum of solid, liquid, gas, wave.  Each… Continue reading

Earth’s upper atmosphere could hold a missing piece of the universe, new study hints

by Paul Sutter https://www.yahoo.com/news/earths-upper-atmosphere-could-hold-150000722.html Earth may be swimming through an ocean of dark matter — and waves in that invisible ocean lapping against our planet’s upper atmosphere may generate detectable radio waves that allow us to finally find this elusive component of the universe, according to new theoretical research. A wealth of astrophysical and cosmological evidence points to the existence of dark matter, from the inexplicable rotation curves of certain galaxies to the growth of the largest structures in the universe. Attempts to explain this wide variety of observations with alternative formulations of gravity have failed, so the vast majority of astronomers think dark matter is some unknown form of matter that only rarely interacts with light or with normal matter. But that is a very broad idea that encompasses a lot of possibilities. Dark matter may be made of massive particles, but searches for those kinds of particles have largely turned up empty. So… Continue reading

President’s Message – June 2024

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President’s Message – June 2024 Field Day 2024 is here! What seemed so far off in the distance is now a mere 2 weeks away.  Our June club meeting will be 100% focused on final Field Day planning.  To help with the planning, and to get the latest information, please try to attend this meeting in-person or over Zoom. Our HF nets are taking off!  The last few 40M nets have been amazing.  Strong signals locally and up and down California.  We even have a non-club member check in regularly from the South Western tip of Utah.  We had 16 check-ins at one of our recent 40M nets, 13 of which were from outside of our area!  If you haven’t been working the HF bands, give it a try!  And don’t be afraid of calling out CQ.  I’ve noticed there seems to be a lot of friendly folks that tune… Continue reading

VP Message – June 2024

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Hello Ventura County Hams, Can you believe that we are just over two weeks away from Field Day, how has the first half of this year gone by so fast? Our Field Day Committee has been busy planning all the technical aspects of handling one of the largest turnouts in the country, and we are looking forward to a fun 24 hours of operating at Oxnard College. We started the day with 12 stations last year, let’s try and make it 13 this year! Even if you haven’t attended any of the Planning Committee or General Membership meetings, that doesn’t mean you can’t participate. On the contrary, we would love to have you come out and operate with us! There will be plenty of great food, camaraderie, and on-air time for all. No rig? No problem. There will be lots of radios for you to jump on the air and… Continue reading