October 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.  Radio Fest is March 7-8, 2009 at the Monterey Moose Family Center in Monterey. SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 6, 2008.  Kids Day is January 3, 2009. See the December QST for information.  The 60th International DX Convention is April 17-19, 2009 at Visalia.  EMCOMM West 2009 is May 1-3, 2009 at the Circus-Circus in Reno NV.

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.

WW6XX Mikel is a Silent Key.  He will be missed.

Congratulations to the Madera County Amateur Radio Club for having the top score in the SJV Section for Field Day 2008.  The Fresno ARC was second and the San Andreas Fault line Survivors were third.

The Sierra Amateur Radio Club provided communications support for the Fall Century Bike Ride.

The Mountain ARC and ARACC provided communications for the Double Century Bike Ride.

SJV Section hams had a good attendance at Pacificon this year. AF6CY won a prize at the banquet.

WA6QYR and KC6UTF attended Microwave Update in Minneapolis MN.