[W6YRA] Joining the club

Thu Jul 2 12:48:07 PDT 2020

Hi Jim -

I was trying to keep Ryan's name out of it, but - yeah - he's the one
who let Bruin Space borrow and eventually take over the space.  I tried
to rein-in the situation a couple of years ago (including changing the
door-code and requiring that BSpace only use the shack under
supervision), they went behind our back and we received an email from
Engineering placing the shack under supervision of their advisor.  Rules
were put in place, but - with the exception of removing the couch - they
were all ignored.  I asked Ryan to intervene and nothing happened.  Gear
was tampered with, crap was piled up on our operating positions. The
last straws for me were when they disassembled the computer we had
rebuilt to run the flex SDR and scattered the pieces all over the shack
and disabled the internet connection to the echolink controller on the
repeater.

I'm in Physics, and the email I received in 2018 made it clear
engineering saw this as THEIR space.  (They passed a rule the next year
stating that advisors for engineering clubs need to be in the
engineering department, so they probably think YRA is an engineering
club. hi)

Anyway - what are the chances the building manager would be supportive,
and how likely would engineering be to accede?  This really needs to be
taken care of once and for all.   (Though, possibly, after the virus
blows through and we're allowed back on campus 8*) ).  This was once,
and could be, again, one hell of a resource for faculty, staff and
students...

Thanks for checking in, good to hear from you again Jim, it's been a
long time.  Stay well and 73...     //Brent wy6s

On 2020-07-02 11:47, Jim Montague wrote:
> My name is Jim Montague and I am a past president of the UCLA amateur
> radio club. I retired last year but I have not been the president of the
> club for some time. Ryan Caron took over as president. The last I knew
> he was still working in the geology building where he has an office. As
> for the engineering department giving our room away, they don't have the
> authority to do so. The room is maintained by the boelter hall building
> manager. This is an equipment room  and not a classroom. We have had
> this room since the late 1940s or early 1950s. It is my understanding
> that Ryan allowed a satellite group to share the room with us. When I
> was up there over a year-and-a-half ago I found they had pretty much
> taken over the whole room and I advised them that they need to condense
> their area down. I would suggest somebody get in contact with the
> Bolterhall building manager and let him know that this group has
> completely taken over the room and that you want the room back. Best of
> luck to all of you. 73, Jim NI6J
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> <w6yra-bounces at lists.igpp.ucla.edu> on behalf of Wong, Harold
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> *To:* Brent Corbin <corbin at physics.ucla.edu>; w6yra at lists.igpp.ucla.edu
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> *Subject:* Re: [W6YRA] Joining the club
>  
> Hi Xiaofeng,
> 
> This is Harold KM6IVE. Welcome aboard. I hope to get my general sometime
> this year. I currently work at the hospital but unfortunately, I'm
> working from home and rarely on W6YRA given how inactive the repeater
> is. I can get back on for a QSO next week.
> 
> Harold
> 
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> *From:* w6yra-bounces at lists.igpp.ucla.edu
> <w6yra-bounces at lists.igpp.ucla.edu> on behalf of Brent Corbin
> <corbin at physics.ucla.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 1, 2020 10:30 PM
> *To:* w6yra at lists.igpp.ucla.edu <w6yra at lists.igpp.ucla.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [W6YRA] Joining the club
>  
> Hi Xiaofeng, and congratulations on getting your license!
> 
> We do have a club, but it's not active at present - short version, the
> engineering department gave our shack space away to another group and we
> have not been able to get back in and use the gear we have.  This was
> supposed to be addressed and fixed a couple of years ago by the
> gentleman who created the problem in the first place, but he went AWOL
> and left the club in limbo.  It's been frustrating, to say the least.
> We've got a full HF station, and at one point I had some of my personal
> gear up there for 220 MHz, 927 MHz and 440/DMR...  We had some folks
> lined-up to donate a couple repeaters (927 and 440/DMR) and we lost all
> that because this individual didn't get their * together... oh well.
> 
> We do have an analog repeater - it transmits on 448.54 MHz and listens
> on 443.54 MHz with a PL of 88.5.  At one time we had remote access to
> the repeater via echolink, but that's been down since the other group
> pulled the internet access.  I can monitor the repeater from a remote
> receiver in my office, but - unfortunately - I live too far away to be
> able to use it from home (where I'm likely to be until we're all back on
> campus).  When we return to campus, I will be monitoring the repeater
> whenever I'm in my office and will probably bring gear in for other
> bands and other modes (though I'm essentially in a ground-floor Faraday
> cage 8*) ).
> 
> So what department are you in?  What are your radio interests?  I have
> done a lot of digital communications - Olivia, Thor, FeldHell, PSK and
> the various JT modes - though I've been back to doing mostly CW on HF
> the last year or so.  On VHF and UHF, I'm mostly on 927 and 440 MHz,
> where I do a little DMR and a lot of P25.  I've also dabbled with
> satellites, weak-signal modes, and other esoterica...
> 
> 73 and welcome!    //Brent  wy6s
> 
> 
> On 2020-07-01 12:22, XIAOFENG GAO wrote:
>> Hi there, 
>> 
>> I'm a graduate student at UCLA. Just got my general license and found
>> your website. I'm wondering whether the club is still active and
>> accepting new members.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Xiaofeng Gao (KN6JQA)
>> 
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