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August 2008 -
SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK
and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC Vacant, TC W6TE.
Greetings from the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section. If
you desire your club information and events to be listed in Section News,
please send the information to
w6dpd@arrl.org. I get very little information. If your club has a
newsletter, please send it to me, email to
w6dpd@arrl.org or via U.S Mail.
An ARES Emergency Coordinator is needed in Western Kern
County. Contact Marie, N6ZFN or
W6DPD if you are interested and can
serve in this important position.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS. September is National
Preparedness Month. Check
www.ready.gov for information. Amateur Radio Awareness Day is September
20, 2008. The 2008 California QSO party begins at 1600 UTC on October 4 and
ends at 2200 UTC on October 5, 2008. Put your county on the air for this
contest. Check
www.cqp.org for information. The California Historical Radio Society
Central Valley Chapter swap meet begins at 9:00 AM October 4, 2008, at the
Modesto Radio Museum, 1192 Norwegian Ave in Modesto.
Pacificon 2008 is
October 17-19, 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. The
60th International DX
Convention is April 17-19, 2009 at Visalia.
When your affiliated club elects officers for the next
year, be sure to update your club’s information on the affiliated club area
of the ARRL web page so you club will get any information sent from the ARRL
Club department. If you fail to update your clubs information for 2 years,
your club will be placed in the inactive file. Your club will be notified
if the 2-year period is about to take place.
Need to take an Amateur exam? Check the
ARRL web page for exam
information. You can also search for Amateur Radio Classes in your area.
The Northern California Net (NCN), the Section Traffic
Net, meets nightly on 3.533 MHZ at 7 PM Pacific Time. The slow speed
training session of the net meets nightly on 3.533 MHZ at 9 PM Pacific
Time. Handling traffic on CW is a good way to improve your CW skills. The
Daytime Region 6 Traffic Net meets daily at 3:30 pacific time on or near
7.275 MHZ. The California Traffic Net meets daily on 3.906 MHZ and 6:30 PM
local time. The noon time net meets on 7.268.5 MHz. This net handles a lot
of messages. The Golden Bear Amateur Radio Net meets nightly at 7:00 PM
local time on 3.975 MHZ. The Mission Trail Net meets nightly on 3.856 MHZ at
8:00 PM local time.
September is National Preparedness Month. Check
www.ready.gov for information.
Thanks to the hams who helped the firefighters with
communications support and information service in the recent fires in
Mariposa County. You did a great job.
WA6RAK, Floyd is a Silent Key. He will be missed.
The California QSO Party begins at 1600 UTC on October
4 and ends at 2200UTC on October 5, 2008. Put your county on the air for
this contest. Others are looking for California stations on both phone and
CW/Digital. This is a good time to contact that state you need for your
Worked All States Award. Information can be found at
www.cqp.org.
Pacificon is the ARRL Pacific Division Convention,
which is held October 17-19, 2008 at the San Ramon Marriott Hotel in San
Ramon CA. There will be an antenna seminar on Friday October 17. On
Saturday, October 18, the exhibit room will be open. You might find good
deals there. There will be a number of sessions covering a variety of
subjects. Saturday night will see the banquet, and the Wouff Hong
initiation will be at midnight. Sunday has the swap meet, more sessions,
and the ARRL Forum followed by the prize drawing. You can check out the
event schedule on the Pacificon web page at
www.pacificon.org.
The annual Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is October 18-19,
2008. This is a time to open your station to the Scouts so they can talk to
other scouts.
W6MSU completed the "VHF/UHF
Life Beyond the Repeater" course.
KI6PG has applied for
5BDXCC.
AA6K has 102 DXCC entities
on 40 meters.
Traffic for August: K6RAU 27, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 22.
Total 49 PSHR: K6RAU 89 and W6SX 54. |
