Objective:  To provide Amateur (HAM (or other types) of Radio communications during times of disaster, (communications) exercises, or special events, Experimentation, and just to Have FUN!

HAM Radio Communications, examples:

• Floods,
• Earthquakes, Etc.,
• SET (Simulated-Emergency-Test)
• Red Cross Communications, and
• Red Cross (communications) Shelters,
• Bike races,
• Triathlons,
• Yacht/Boat races,
• Aptos Forth of July Parade (Worlds shortest),
• Aptos Fireworks (Monty Foundation),
• Gray Bears senior's Christmas lunch,
• Maintain HAM Repeaters.
• Chat on radio, just for the FUN of communicating...

Experience Summery:

I have been a HAM (KC6QLC, now AC6DN) for over ten years.  Started as a Novice, immediately up-graded to Tech (Plus); Then, General, Advanced, now Extra. Before that (~ age 10), I was a CB'er [(Santa Cruz) Blue Flame, Ch. 17], for about fifteen years (still am, don't tell anyone, even though I'm rarely on it - any more). I'm not one of those Ham's, that isn't technology friendly, I'm active on the Internet (I maintain this (and two other)Web Sites), several EMail accounts, and I own (and, use) two different (Portable, AMPS/CDMA(IS-95a); Car, AMPS/TDMA(IS-54) Cell phones.

I haven Expertise in the following areas:

• Antennas - design and alignment (HF through Microwave),
• Repeater (29, 52, 146, 220, 440 MHz) construction and maintenance,
• Packet (AX-25& W0RI) - User level and PBBS,
• RDF (Radio-Direction-Finding) - "Fox Hunts",
• RFI (Radio-Frequency-Interferance) - "TVI" (causing and resolving),
• Radio propagation, theoretical and imperical (HF through Microwave),
• Troubleshot, debugged, and repaired of RF, analog and digital circuits from the component level (Through hole and SMT (1206-0603(chip size, in millionths of inch); PCB/CCA) to the systems level; in Repeaters, HF radios, and Hand-held radios ("HT's"), (29, 52, 146, 220, 440 MHz),
• Documentation,
• Field Day,
• Red Cross, ARES, RACES, communications.

• Red Cross (shelters) and I'm on the RC Communications Committee.
• Maintain the RC Stations and other comm's.
• Santa Cruz Amateur Radio Club: Board, Repeater Committee, and TVI committee.
• Maintain the K6BJ repeaters.
• Red Wood Youth Foundation: (past) Board, Technical Committee, Chair.
• ARES (Amateur-Radio-Emergency-Services) - ARRL.
• RACES (Radio-Amateur-Civil-Emergency-Services) - OES (Offices-of-Emergency-services).
• Fox Hunts (R.D.F.).
• Maintain my own Packet PBBS/Digapeater.

Tele-Path Corp. Two-way radio communications shop. Provider of radio equipment and services. Radio Technician, (Mid 1997): Repaired; Motorola, GE, Uniden, and others. Built Repeaters. Interfaced with customers to solve radio problems; Answered technical service phone calls.  I was the HAM interface.
• Note: This shop, HATES HAM's!!!


B.C.H. Electronics. Small Business Owner, (1978 - 1991): Sold, troubleshot, and repaired various portable, mobile, and Base radio transceivers (such as; HAM, Scanning, CB, etc.). Installed complete communications systems. Developed and manufactured various (HAM and CB) communications  products and accessories.

• Applied my expertise to ensure clients' expectations were met.

Education:  Cabrillo College; Electronics Technology, with special emphasis on RF and analog troubleshooting. Ham Radio class, Novice, 1990 (KC6QLC). Soquel High School; Electronics. Self taught my self electronic using the ARRL Handbooks, as a pre-teen. Work place ISO-9000, and ESD training and ANSI / IPC-610B, class 1 - through 3.

Relevant Outside Interests: Electronics experimenter, Audiophile, Amateur Extra Class - AC6DN, 4x4 enthusiast, and 'shade tree mechanic'.

References:  Available on request.

Contact information: Bruce C. Hawkins, AC6DN, ac6dn@ki6eh.wcca.us.na, or ac6dn@ac6dn.wcca (Aptos/Reo Del Mar, area). Phone: (831) *Ask*,
E-Mail, (Don't forget to remove "ins" from my email address!) or P.O. Box 1701 Soquel, California. 95073-1701.

Last updated: 5/11/00, 03/01/01, and 03/25/2001.

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