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June 2008 -
SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK
and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC KE6IGJ, 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 (n6zfn@bak.rr.com)
or W6DPD (w6dpd@arrl.org)
if you are interested and can serve in this important position.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS. One day Technician Class August
2, 2008 in Tracy CA. Contact
N5FDL@arrl.net for information. 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. Check
www.pacificon.org for information. The 60th International DX Convention
is April 17-19, 2009 at Visalia. Check http://www.dxconvention.org/ for
information
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,
www.arrl.org 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.
W6PTH, Phelps, and VS6DO, Paul, are Silent Keys. They
will be missed.
N6FDL and KI6ART are Public Information Officers.
Thanks to Steven, N6GOD, for serving as the ARES
Emergency Coordinator for Western Kern County.
Turlock ARC 2008-2009 officers are pres WB6BRU, vp
ww6xx, sec WB6SBH, and treas K6CP. Check
www.w6bxn.org for information.
N6NF, Tom, won the Pacific Division Single Operator Low
Power Plaque in the 2008 ARRL CW DX Contest. The Central California DX Club
sponsors this plaque.
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.
N7RR, Bruce, is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. He
will hike from the Mexican Border to Manning Park, British Columbia by end
of September or early October. He will check into the CW traffic nets in
the evenings as time permits. Check
www.n7rr.com for information.
Traffic for JUNE: K6RAU 33, W6DPD 3, and W6SX 10.
Total 46. PSHR: K6RAU 94 and W6SX 32. |
