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October 2009 - SM Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC Vacant, TC W6TE. Hello from the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section. We are starting the season of reflections and family. Holidays to celebrate those ideals we hold close. Veterans Day and Thanksgiving are the 2 up coming up in November and both give us a chance to pause and evaluate our blessings. They also show us, in this country, how we can strive for something better and actually attain it but not alone. We have allies, friends, neighbors that depend on us and we on them. As an Amateur Radio operator, I am proud and grateful for those that came before. This allows me to enjoy the hobby and I feel a responsibility to continue it by helping those new to the hobby, and my community, where I can. I will be looking forward to all those Turkey Recipes! A lot of contesting starting up as the 'Indoor Sports' become more popular. I even noticed in Radio History going back to 1745 when the capacitor was invented, that and a lot of other inventions were started about this time of year too. Here is wishing you all Happy Thanksgiving, 73 T U . . As space allows I will enjoy relaying any events or occurrences that illustrates Amateur Radio as a hobby and public asset. It need not be a newsletter, if you think it important, it probably should be here. You should also send your newsletter to the Affiliated Club Coordinator (w6dpd@arrl.org) and the Director (w6rgg@arrl.org) vice director (k6jat@arrl.org) and to ARRL HQ (clubs@arrl.org). Mark your Calenders: International DX Convention is April 16-18, 2010 at Visalia CA. EMCOMMWEST 2010 is April 30 to May 2, 2010 at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno. Pacificon 2010 is October 15-17, San Ramon Marriott. Contests: November-- ARRL sweepstakes Phone Nov 21 & 22.December-- 160 Meter Contest Dec 4, 5 & 6. International EME competition Dec 5 & 6. 10 Meter Contest 12 & 13. And More! Bakersfield ARA ++ Seems like the place to go for 'Pot-lucks' w6bar.org Clovis ARP ++ Presentation on D-Star attracted some interest. They are already active in APRS and other digital modes. www.k6arp.org FRESNO ARC ++ Fresno's Annual Swap-meet is 13 November at 7 PM. Always a season winner. Christmas Party will be on the 12 December www.w6to.com KERN/CENTRAL VALLEY ARA ++ It is all about the “Face Lift...”. Repeater repair, new antenna updated website. Looking good down there! www.w6lie.org LOS BANOS ++ Dorothy W6DME, get well soon! And great New Logo for the club, very clean. Well done. Christmas Party 19 December 2009 SEQUOIA ARG ++ December dinner is on the 18. Good Packet Radio Elmering. www.sarg-krv.org SIERRA ARC ++ “The Prez” has a great scenario on starting up a new 'Shack'. “Get on the air...”, he says, then work out the details. www.qsl.net/wa6ybn/ San Joaquin Valley ARS ++ Technician Level Class starting 14 November info: Carole w6ttf@comcast.net STOCKTON ++ Great job on the CA QSO Party. Www.w6sf.org TULARE COUNTY ARC ++ 14 November VE Session, 10 AM at TULARE COUNTY SUPERVISORS' CHAMBERS, 2800 W BURREL AVE, VISALIA, CA 93291. Please RSVP DAVE MILLHOUSE (559)734-0355 TURLOCK ARC ++ October Auction looked like a good one, if you've never been then pencil it in for October 2010. Grady K6IXA will make you smile and you will find something you can't live without, hi hi. Christmas Dinner December 12. www.w6bxn.org The California City ARC and the High Desert DX Club are new clubs in the SJV Section. They are located in California City. KE6RN is the call sign of the California City ARC. Field Day scores for the section #1 Madera ARC WF6G as 2Alpha, #2 San Andreas Faultline Survivors W6SW as 3Alpha and #3 Fresno ARC W6TO as 2Alpha. #4 was QCWA Chapter 213 W6GV as 1Alpha-Bravo. Good job! I was committed to N6S as 2Foxtrot down at #15 of 28 SJV entries. Time to plan for next year, hi hi. W6TV won the Pacific Division Multi Op Plaque in the ARRL June VHF QSO Party. Bob W6FAH, Ivan W6SKH, Harold N6RPY, Ed KD6HIA are SK. They will be missed. Support HR 2160, The Amateur Radio Emergency Enhancement Act of 2009, please go to this link for information: www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/05/12/10818. Need to take an Amateur exam? Are you having an exam? Check the ARRL web page, http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml for exam information. You can also search for Amateur Radio Classes in your area and register your exam.. Card Checking in the Section. You can get cards checked for awards within the section. W6XK, K6ZZ, and W6DPD can check your cards for DXCC in accordance with the rules for field checking. DXCC card checkers may now check cards dated from Nov. 15, 1945, but no 160-meter cards or cards for deleted entities. DXCC card checkers may, at their discretion, check cards for WAS, WAC, and VUCC. W6DPD and K6ZZ can check cards for the CQ Awards, WAZ, DX, Field, and Prefixes. ARRL Special Service Clubs may appoint a HF awards manager for WAS and a VHF Awards Manager for VUCC. 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. Traffic for Sept: Traffic for Oct: |
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September 2009
- SM Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM,
STM K6RAU, PIC Vacant, TC W6TE.Hello
from the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section.
As space allows I will enjoy relaying
any events or occurrences that illustrates Amateur Radio as a hobby and
public asset. It need not be a newsletter, if you think it important, it
probably should be here.
Contests: November-- ARRL sweepstakes
CW Nov 7 & 8. Also the International EME competition. ARRL sweepstakes Phone
Nov 21 & 22.
SEQUOIA ARG ++ Great report on the "Black Gulch Road" rescue.
Card Checking in the Section. You can
get cards checked for awards within the section. W6XK, K6ZZ, and W6DPD can
check your cards for DXCC in accordance with the rules for field checking.
DXCC card checkers may now check cards dated from Nov. 15, 1945, but no
160-meter cards or cards for deleted entities. DXCC card checkers may, at
their discretion, check cards for WAS, WAC, and VUCC. W6DPD and K6ZZ can
check cards for the CQ Awards, WAZ, DX, Field, and Prefixes. ARRL Special
Service Clubs may appoint a HF awards manager for WAS and a VHF Awards
Manager for VUCC. |
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June 2009 - SM Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC Vacant, TC W6TE. Greetings from the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section. After 20+ years as your Section Manager, I decided it was time to retire. I have enjoyed the time as the Section Manager and as Vice Director and Director of the Pacific Division. This is my last Section Report. Your new Section Manager is Dan Pruitt, AE6SX. I hope you will give him the support you gave to me. You can contact Dan at (559) 779-2974. 73, Charles W6DPD. If you have not sent your letter to you congress person urging his/her support of HR 2160, The Amateur Radio Emergency Enhancement Act of 2009 As of July 1 789 letters have been sent via Chwat and CO., to 278 members of Congress (267 House members and 11 Senators. Have you sent your letter? W6DPD sent his letter.
If you desire your club
information and events to be listed in Section News, please send the
information to ae6sx@arrl.org. I get very little information. If your club
has a newsletter, please send it to me, email to ae6sx@arrl.org or via U.S
Mail. You should also send your newsletter to the Affiliated Club
Coordinator (w6dpd@arrl.org) (listed at the top) and the Director (w6rgg@arrl.org)
and vice director 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 or from the Division Director. 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. ARRL HQ and the Director use this information on these reports to send information to your club. If the information is not up to date, your club will miss out. 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. Card Checking in the Section. You can get cards checked for awards within the section. W6XK, K6ZZ, and W6DPD can check your cards for DXCC in accordance with the rules for field checking. DXCC card checkers may now check cards dated from Nov. 15, 1945, but no 160-meter cards or cards for deleted entities. DXCC card checkers may, at their discretion, check cards for WAS, WAC, and VUCC. W6DPD and K6ZZ can check cards for the CQ Awards, WAZ, DX, Field, and Prefixes. ARRL Special Service Clubs may appoint a HF awards manager for WAS and a VHF Awards Manager for VUCC. 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. W7JAK Jack and KB6CEG Ray are Silent Keys. They will be missed. Antenna work can be dangerous. A local Fresno ham was working on the roof fixing an antenna. He fell off the roof and hit his head on a brick planter. He did not regain consciousness and be came a Silent Key. Remember, SAFETY FIRST.
September is National
Preparedness Month (NPM) and 436 organizations have already registered as
Coalition Members! If you have not yet signed up to be a 2009 Coalition
Member, visit http://ready.adcouncil.org/ to register. Becoming a Coalition
Member means you pledge to promote emergency preparedness during the month
of September. This can be done either by providing information, hosting
events and/or sponsoring activities for your customers, members, employees,
stakeholders, and communities. Please remember, even if you were a Coalition
Member last year, you still need to re-register this year if you intend to
participate. W6TE, K6MYC, and N6JMK participated in the “Echoes of Apollo” project celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. The Mayor of Fresno proclaimed June 21 to 28, 2009 Amateur Radio Week in Fresno. Top SJV Section scores in the 2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup were 1st WK6I, 2nd NN6NN (N6EE and W6XK), and 3rd KT6YL (plus KG6D) Congratulations to WK6I, Jeff, on winning the Pacific Division Single Operator High Power Plaque in the 2009 ARRL RTTY Roundup. He also set the Pacific Division Record for this category. Top SJV Section Scores in the 2008 ARRL 10 Meter contest were 1st K6PAU, 2nd K6AAB, and 3rd AA6K. W6DPD earned DXCC on 20 meters. WA6QYR and KC6UTF helped the Bishop ARC provide communications support for the 16th Annual Bishop High Sierra 100K Ultra Marathon. ARACC supplied communications support for the Climb to Kaiser, a 155 mile bike ride. Traffic for June: W6DPD 4, K6RAU 41, W6SX 46, WB6VRJ 3, Total 94. PSHR K6RAU 108, W6SX 90. |
May 2009 - 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. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ARRL Field Day is June 27-28, 2009. September is NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS Month. The California QSO Party (CQP) is October 3-4, 2009. Put your county on the air and have fun. The 66th Fresno Hamfest is October 17, 2009. (NOTE THE DATE CHANGE.) The New York State QSO Party is October 17, 2009 for 12 hours. International DX Convention is April 16-18, 2010 at Visalia CA. 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 or from the Division Director. 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. ARRL HQ and the Director use this information on these reports to send information to your club. If the information is not up to date, your club will miss out. 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. Card Checking in the Section. You can get cards checked for awards within the section. W6XK, K6ZZ, and W6DPD can check your cards for DXCC in accordance with the rules for field checking. DXCC card checkers may now check cards dated from Nov. 15, 1945, but no 160-meter cards or cards for deleted entities. DXCC card checkers may, at their discretion, check cards for WAS, WAC, and VUCC. W6DPD and K6ZZ can check cards for the CQ Awards, WAZ, DX, Field, and Prefixes. ARRL Special Service Clubs may appoint a HF awards manager for WAS and a VHF Awards Manager for VUCC. 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. KC6UFL, JoAnn, WB6YDO, John, and N6REV, Mel, are Silent Keys. They will be missed. The K6VIS D Star System is located on Blue Ridge at 5,825 feet. Frequencies are VHF DSTAR Digital Voice 145.450 -, UHF DSTAR Digital Voice 440.050 +, UHF DSTAR Digital Voice 1286.325 -, and UHF DSTAR Digital Data 1255.00 SS. The W6HHD D Star System operates on 145.13 – and 444.8 + from Mt. Bullion. September is National Preparedness Month (NPM) and 436
organizations have already registered as Coalition Members! If you have not
yet signed up to be a 2009 Coalition Member, visit
http://ready.adcouncil.org/ to register.
Becoming a Coalition Member means you pledge to promote emergency
preparedness during the month of September. This can be done either by
providing information, hosting events and/or sponsoring activities for your
customers, members, employees, stakeholders, and communities. Please
remember, even if you were a Coalition Member last year, you still need to
re-register this year if you intend to participate. Top SJV Section scores in the 2008 ARRL Phone Sweepstakes were 1st WC6H 2nd K6SV, and third N6EE. Top SJV Section Scores in the 2008 ARRL 160 Meter contest were 1st WC6H, 2nd WS6X, and third K6VOA. SJV Section Amateurs provided communications support for the March of Dimes 2009 March for Babies. Kern County Central Valley ARC 2009 officers are pres WI6J, 1st VP K6JLL, 2nd VP N6GOD, sec KD6UQZ and treas KF6YUM. The Stockton-Delta ARC provided communications support for the Stockton Bike Club’s Delta Century Ride and for the March of Dimes Walkathon, “March for Babies”. Congratulations go to AE6QR, AF6CY, WD6GBS, W6TTF, KI6NHT and KG6SYA on successfully completing the ARECC Level One class held in Fresno. Congratulations to N6EE for scoring 253 and to WA6JRZ for scoring 229 in the 2008 CQ DX Marathon. Congratulations to W6KAS on winning a prize in the CQ Magazine Golden Giveaway Sweepstakes. Traffic for May: K6RAU 30, W6DPD 2, and W6SX 25, Total 57. PSHR: K6RAU 100, and W6SX 113. |
April 2009 - 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. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ARRL Field Day is June 27-28, 2009. The 66th Fresno Hamfest is October 17, 2009. (NOTE THE DATE CHANGE.) The California QSO Party (CQP) is October 3-4, 2009. Put your county on the air and have fun. The New York State QSO Party is October 17, 2009 for 12 hours. 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 or from the Division Director. 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. ARRL HQ and the Director use this information on these reports to send information to your club. If the information is not up to date, your club will miss out. 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. Card Checking in the Section. You can get cards checked for awards within the section. W6XK, K6ZZ, and W6DPD can check your cards for DXCC in accordance with the rules for field checking. DXCC card checkers may now check cards dated from Nov. 15, 1945, but no 160-meter cards or cards for deleted entities. DXCC card checkers may, at their discretion, check cards for WAS, WAC, and VUCC. W6DPD and K6ZZ can check cards for the CQ Awards, WAZ, DX, Field, and Prefixes. ARRL Special Service Clubs may appoint a HF awards manager for WAS and a VHF Awards Manager for VUCC. 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. W6NDR, Glenn, K6DMH Dick, and KB6FNI Art are Silent Keys. They will be missed. The San Joaquin Net celebrates is 50th anniversary in 2009. The net meets Monday through Saturday at 6 P.M. local time on 3.918 MHZ. The Fresno Amateur Radio Club celebrates 75 years of affiliation with ARRL in April of 2009. Top SJV Section scores in the 2008 ARRL CW Sweepstakes were 1st N6EE (+ W6XK), 2nd WC6H, and third K6SV. SJV Section Amateurs provided communications support for the March of Dimes 2009 March for Babies. The Central California DX Club named Bob Smith, W6GR, its DX’er of the Year for 2008. Congratulations Bob. Perry, K6XJ, was on the winning golf team at the 2009 International DX Convention Golf tournament. W6TTF and W6WI won prizes at the banquet. The Stockton-Delta ARC is planning a 2 meter homebrew antenna shootout after May 16, 2009. The W6HHD D Star system on 2 meters has moved to 145.13 MHZ. Traffic for April: K6RAU 23, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 32, Total 55. PSHR: K6RAU 93, and W6SX 74. |
March 2009 -
SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC Vacant, TC W6TE. |
February 2009 -
SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC
N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC Vacant, TC W6TE. |
January 2009 -
SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK
and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC Vacant,
TC W6TE. |
December 2008 -
SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK
and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC Vacant, TC W6TE. |
November 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. The section thanks Rex, KE6ZOC for maintaining the SJV pages on the pdarrl page. Your Section leadership hopes all have a great holiday season and a very Happy New Year and the best for 2009. 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. Radio Fest is March 7-8, 2009 at the Monterey Moose Family Center in Monterey. Check www.radiofest.org for information. 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. Check http://www.dxconvention.org/ for information. EMCOMM West 2009 is May 1-3, 2009 at the Circus-Circus in Reno NV. Check www.emcommwest.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 or from the Division Director. 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. Card Checking in the Section. You can get cards checked for awards within the section. W6XK and W6DPD can check your cards for DXCC in accordance with the rules for field checking. DXCC card checkers may now check cards dated from Nov. 15, 1945, but no 160-meter cards or cards for deleted entities. DXCC card checkers may, at their discretion, check cards for WAS and VUCC. W6DPD can check cards for the CQ Awards, WAZ, DX, and Prefixes. Special Service Clubs may appoint a HF awards manager for WAS and a VHF Awards Manager for VUCC. 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. N6TNX Dick is a Silent Key. He will be missed. Congratulations to WB6AGR on completing the ARRL ARECC Level 2 course and to W6MSU on completing the ARRL Digital Electronics Course. SJV ARES groups participated in the 2008 “Great Southern California Shake Out” Golden Guardian Drill. Fresno ARES members provided communications support for the EYE-Q Two Cities Marathon and a Half. Turlock ARC members provided communications support for the Turlock Running Club’s 34th Annual Turkey Trot. Sierra ARC members provided communications support for the Git-R-Done 100 mile endurance horse ride. The Kern County Central Valley Amateur Radio Club ran their Road and Weather net on the 145.15 MHZ repeater with a CTCSS tone of 100 HZ. This net provided information on Interstate 5, highway 99 and highway 58. The club will also run the net during the Christmas and New Years travel times. The club has been providing this service for over 30 years. Lodi ARC 2009 officers are pres N6GKJ, vp WB6ASU, sec KI6LVA, and treas KD6MOO. Stockton Delta ARC 2009 officers are pres KI6FTT, vp KD6FVA, sec N6LHL, and treas KD6CPA. Check www.w6sf.org for information. Traffic for November: K6RAU 24, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 49, NI6Z 4. Total 77. PSHR: K6RAU 85, NI6Z 58, and W6SX 86. |
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. Traffic for October: K6RAU 29, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 29. Total 58 PSHR: K6RAU 94 and W6SX 73. |
September 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. 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. 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. KO6WF, Harlan, KK4YD, Sam, and KC6YYS, Fred are Silent Keys. They will be missed. 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. You should be able to find a session of interest to attend. 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. Several ARRL Staff members from Headquarters will be in attendance to answer your questions and you’re your comments. 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. KI6OYW and W6TRC completed the ARECC Level One course. Congratulations. KI6LZA earned the Tulare County Memorial Scholarship. Congratulations. The Mountain Amateur Radio Club provided communications support for the Heritage Days Parade in Oakhurst. The Sierra Amateur Radio Club provided communications support for the Annual Kiwanis Walk-a-Thon in Ridgecrest. The Coast to Coast Contest Club (KI6SOK) is a new club based in Turlock. KD6FVA, K6BR, KD6EUJ, KR6DY, KC1TF, W6RD, K6YK attended the new ham swap at Lincoln, CA on Sept. 6. Good turnout and the sponsors hope to do it again next year. Several ARRL officials in attendance, mostly from the SV, and they had a booth. K6LRJ, W6RD, K6YK, KR6DY, K7XQ attended the WSWSS/SMIRK/Vacaville ham swap at W6OMF's residence on Aug. 30. There was a good turnout on this one, too. K6YK has gotten to top of the honor roll minus 1, thanks to LOTW!, and 200 entities on RTTY. W6RD, KR6DY and K6YK have gotten on 900 MHz FM, and it's working out well. K7XQ is busy working EME and VHF. He now has a 4 Ft. dish up for 10 GHz. K6YK worked 42 states on 6 meters this summer with very casual operating, and only a small beam pointed east with no rotor. Traffic for September: K6RAU 34, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 35. Total 60 PSHR: K6RAU 101 and W6SX 72. |
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. |
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July 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. 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. 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. 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. N6OPY Edward 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. 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. ARACC members provided communications support for the “Climb to Kaiser” Bicycle race. P40V operated by Carl, AI6V, won the World Wide 14 MHZ high score plaque for the 2008 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone). The award is named the Don Wallace, W6AM, Memorial Award and is sponsored by the Central California DX Club, Inc. Top SJV Scores for the 2008 International DX Contest (CW) were 1st N2NS, 2nd K6YK, and 3rd K6AAB. Top SJV Scores for the 2008 International DX Contest (Phone) were 1st N6YMM, 2nd N2NS, and 3rd K6YV. N2NS made the DXCC Honor Roll. Congratulations Bob. Traffic for JULY: K6RAU 35, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 44. Total 79. PSHR: K6RAU 99 and W6SX 77. |
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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. |
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April 2008 -
SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK
and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC KE6IGJ, TC W6TE.
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March 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. From the ARRL Letter of March 16, 2008:
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. The Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers Swap Meet will be April 12, 2008, at the New Hope Community Church in Clovis. The International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 at Visalia. EMCOMM West is May 2-4, 2008 at the Circus Circus in Reno NV. The 65th Fresno Hamfest is May 31, 2008, at the Salvation Army in Fresno.
Pacificon 2008 is
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February 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. Mark your calendars. The Turlock ARC Auction is April 5, 2008, at the Turlock Youth Center. The Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers Swap meet will be April 12, 2008, at the New Hope Community Church in Clovis. The International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 at Visalia. EMCOMM West is May 2-4, 2008 at the Circus Circus in Reno NV. The 65th Fresno Hamfest is May 31, 2008, at the Salvation Army in Fresno. Pacificon 2008 is October 17-19, 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. 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. EMCOMM West for 2008 has moved to the Circus Circus in Reno. The dates are May 2 to 4, 2008. This is an ARRL specialty convention devoted entirely to emergency communications. Information can soon be found at www.emcommwest.org. If you are involved in emergency communications, this is an event you should plan to attend. Dennis Dura, K2DCD of ARRL, and Gordon West, WB6NOA, are the featured speakers. KE6HCJ, Charles, W6BJB, Bob, WB6OHB, Bedford, WA6TPE, Charles, WA6ADZ Leonard, WA6OYP, Mel, KF6QJM, Paul, KK6I Ira, W6GUZ, Bill, and W6ECP, Ernest are Silent Keys. They will be missed. Kings ARC 2008 officers are pres KA6PNL, vp NW6K, sec WA7YHX, and treas N6SDD. Check www.qsl,net/ka6q for information. Calaveras ARS 2008 officers are pres AE6LA, vp KO6HV, sec N6IV, and treas AC6CY. Check www.calaverasars.org for information. Top SJV scores in the 2007 IARU HF World Championship were first N2NS, second KD4HXT, and third K6CSL. Sierra ARC members provided communications support for the 2008 Fire Mountain Horse Ride. Traffic for February: K6RAU 31, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 20. Total 51. PSHR: K6RAU 97 and W6SX 50. |
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January 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. Mark your calendars. Radiofest is February 23-24, 2008 in Monterey. The International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 at Visalia. EMCOMM West is May 2-4, 2008 at the Circus Circus in Reno NV. The 65th Fresno Hamfest is May 31, 2008, at the Salvation Army in Fresno. Pacificon 2008 is October 17-19, 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. 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. EMCOMM West for 2008 has moved to the Circus Circus in Reno. The dates are May 2 to 4, 2008. This is an ARRL specialty convention devoted entirely to emergency communications. If you are involved in emergency communications, this is an event you should plan to attend. Dennis Dura, K2DCD of ARRL, and Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, of the FCC are the featured speakers. ARRL Membership in the SJV Section increased in 2007 by 4.2% over the 2006 membership numbers. Keep up the good work in recruiting new and renewing ARRL members. KE6HCJ, Charles and W6ECP, Ernest are Silent Keys. They will be missed. Southern Sierra ARS 2008 officers are pres KD6RPJ, 1st vp KA6PTJ, 2nd vp W6TSP, sec KI6EOG, and treas N6MLD. The club meets the 2nd Thursday in Tehachapi. Tuolumne County ARES 2008 officers are pres WA6AWC, vp KBCEG, sec KE6RGP, and treas WA7MOB. Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers 2008 officers are pres AE6GE, vp K6OSX, sec KI6KRI, and treas KD6WAW. San Joaquin Valley ARS 2008 officers are pres W6TTF, vp K6YRZ, sec N6EY, and treas KF6FGP. Sierra ARC 2008 officers are pres WA7RIW, 1st vp KC6UMM, 2nd vp KG6STR, sec N6VGW and treas KC6UUS. Club members provided communications support for the Over-the-Hill Track Club’s ultra marathon. Stanislaus ARA 2008 officers are pres KF6TEZ, vp KD6YWO, sec KF6TSY, and treas KC6TVE. Traffic for January: K6RAU 17, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 35. Total 52. PSHR: K6RAU 79 and W6SX 72. |
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December 2007 -
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. Thanks to
all the ARRL Field Organization Volunteers who make the Field
Organization work. The volunteers donate countless hours working to
make Amateur Radio better. Keep up the good work in 2008. Special
thanks go to Rex Emerson, KE6ZOC, for maintaining the SJV page on
PDARRL. Thanks Rex. Keep up the good work in 2008. 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. Mark your
calendars.
Radiofest is February 23-24, 2008 in Monterey. The
International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 at
Visalia.
EMCOMM West is May 2-4, 2008 at the Circus Circus in Reno NV.
Pacificon 2008 is October 17-19, 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in
San Ramon CA. 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.
EMCOMM West for 2008 has moved to the Circus Circus in Reno. The
dates are May 2 to 4, 2008. This is an ARRL specialty convention
devoted entirely to emergency communications. If you are involved
in emergency communications, this is an event you should plan to
attend. N6HUH,
Robert, K6JAG, Paul, and W6ECP, Ernie are Silent Keys. They will be
missed. Oak Tree
Radio in Oakdale now has the call sign KD6OAK. The Turlock
ARC members provided communications support for the annual Turlock
Christmas Parade. The Los
Banos ARC members provided communication support for the annual Los
Banos Christmas Parade. The Fresno
ARC, Amateur Radio Assn of Central CA, Turlock ARC, Central
California DX Club, and West Mesa DX and Contest Club sent
representatives to the pacific Directors meeting on December 1.
Where were the rest of the club representatives?
Fresno ARC 2008 officers are pres KG6KYU, vp WA6OIB, sec WA6NIF,
and treasurer W6ALE. The
Kern County Central Valley ARC 2008 officers are pres N6ZFN, 1st
VP WA6KLB, 2nd VP WI6J, sec KD6UQZ, and treas KG6UFB. The club
conducts a road and weather net on the 145.150 MHz repeater with a
pl 100 Hz during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Holiday
travel periods. This is a great service for those traveling during
these weekends.
Bakersfield ARA 2008 officers are pres KB6JFL, vp KC6KGH, sec
vacant and treas KA6VXC. WA6HZN,
Bart, is the 2008 president of the Western Public Service System,
and KG6UCW, Curtis, is a director. The net meets daily on 3.952 MHz
at 0230UTC. KC6TTZ, Tim,
operated from South America. WS6X, Jim,
was first in the 2006 Stew Perry Top Band Distance Challenge search
and pounce category. K6PTS, Phil,
has qualifies for the Worked All States Award. Congratulations. . |
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November 2007 -
SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, Greetings from the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section. Your section staff wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. 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. Mark your calendars. Radiofest is February 23-24, 2008 in Monterey. Check www.radiofest.org for information. The International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 at Visalia. Check http://www.dxconvention.org/ for information. EMCOMM West is May 2-4, 2008 at the Circus Circus in Reno NV. Check www.emcommwest.org for information. Pacificon 2008 is October 17-19, 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. Check www.pacificon.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. EMCOMM West for 2008 has moved to the Circus Circus in Reno. The dates are May 2 to 4, 2008. This is an ARRL specialty convention devoted entirely to emergency communications. Information can soon be found at www.emcommwest.org. If you are involved in emergency communications, this is an event you should plan to attend. WA6HIP, Jerry; N6AJ, Jerry; and KG6KWZ, Mark are Silent Keys. They will be missed. Oak Tree Radio, KI6MUT, is a new club in Oakdale. Stockton Delta ARC 2008 Officers are pres W6INP, vp KD6FVA, sec and editor N6LHL, treas KD6CPA. The club meets the second Thursday at 7:30 PM at the Bear Creek Community Church in Stockton. Check www.w6sf.org for information. AA6K has a SteppIR antenna. K6YK participated in the CQ World Wide DX and the Worked All Europe RTTY Contests. The Turlock ARC members provided communications support for the Turkey Trot in Turlock. Amateur Radio Association of Central California 2008 officers are pres W7POR, vp WA6PTG, sec KI6JCY and treas KI6FLR. Check www.aracc.org for information. Mountain ARC 2008 officers are pres W6LSU, vp KB6CLV, sec WB6JAY, and treas W6HYY. The club meets the 4th Thursday in Oakhurst. Check www.w6bw.org for information. Sequoia Amateur Radio Group 2008 officers are pres KA6IYS, vp W6SV, sec KC6RIZ, and treas KA6CZS. Check www.sarg-krv.org for information. QCWA Fresno Chapter 213 2008 officers are pres W6YEP, vp W6VPS, and sec/treas W6DPD. The chapter meets the 4th Tuesday at Noon at Carrows Restaurant on Blackstone in Fresno. K6PTS has earned WAC and the IARU Region III award. Congratulations Phil. SJV participants I the July 2007 North American QSO RTTY Party were WK6I, NN6NN (W6XK) and KE6SHL. SJV Scores in the 2007 ARRL June VHF QSO Party were 1st W6TV (W6YEP, KW6N, and K6MI), 2nd W6BW (KF6CNV, and third K6YK. Traffic for November: K6RAU 26, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 17. Total 43. PSHR: K6RAU 81 and W6SX 44. |
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October 2007 - 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 HYPERLINK "mailto:w6dpd@arrl.org" w6dpd@arrl.org. I get very little information. If your club has a newsletter, please send it to me, email to HYPERLINK "mailto:w6dpd@arrl.org" w6dpd@arrl.org or via U.S Mail. Mark your calendars: SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 1, 2007. The Pacific Division Directors Meeting will be December 1, 2007, in the City Council Chambers in Livermore. Each affiliated club is permitted to send a maximum of 2 representatives to the meeting. More information will be posted when it is known. Radiofest is February 23-24, 2008 in Monterey. Check HYPERLINK "http://www.radiofest.org" www.radiofest.org for information. The International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 at Visalia. Check http://www.dxconvention.org/ for information. EMCOMM West is May 2-4, 2008 at the Circus Circus in Reno NV. Check HYPERLINK "http://www.emcommwest.org" www.emcommwest.org for information. Pacificon 2008 is October 17-19, 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. Check HYPERLINK "http://www.pacificon.org" www.pacificon.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. Need to take an Amateur exam? Check the ARRL web page, HYPERLINK "http://www.arrl.org" 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. Pacificon for 2007 was a great convention. The attendance was greater than in 2006. The exhibit hall was filled to capacity and all spaces in the hall were occupied too. There were lots of good deals to be had there. The forums were outstanding. If you have not attended a Pacificon, you should plan to attend in October of 2008. The dates are October 17-19, 2008 at the San Ramon Marriott Hotel. The conventions are a great place to meet other hams and learn new things. The San Joaquin Valley was well represented among the attendees this year. If you did not attend this year, you should plan to attend next year’s event. The 2007 ARRL Pacific Division Director’s Meeting is December 1, 2007, from 9:30 AM to 3 PM at the City Council Chambers, 3575 Pacific Ave., in Livermore CA. Each affiliated club may send a maximum of 2 representatives to this meeting. Confirm your attendance by sending an email to HYPERLINK "mailto:w6rgg@arrl.org" w6rgg@arrl.org. Lunch will be provided. If you have any items you would like the group to consider, please include the item(s) in your confirmation email. The items presented may be of such significance to be presented to the ARRL Board in January 2008. EMCOMM West for 2008 has moved to the Circus Circus in Reno. The dates are May 2 to 4, 2008. This is an ARRL specialty convention devoted entirely to emergency communications. Information can soon be found at HYPERLINK "http://www.emcommwest.org" www.emcommwest.org. If you are involved in emergency communications, this is an event you should plan to attend. Top SJV scores in the 2007 ARRL Field Day were first W6A (Madera ARC), second W6TO (Fresno ARC) and third W6SW (San Andreas Fault Line Survivors). The Clovis ARP and Fresno ARC members provided communications support for the American Diabetes Association’s Second Annual Step Out to Fight Diabetes Wall/run. The Mountain ARC and the Amateur Radio Association of Central California provided communications support for the 2007 Double Century Bike Ride. Congratulations to KF6JOQ on earning DXCC and to WI6J on earning WAC. Traffic for October: K6RAU 24, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 30. Total 54. PSHR: K6RAU 79 and W6SX 59. |
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September 2007 -
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.
Mark your calendars: Pacificon
2007 is October 19-21, 2007 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA.
Check
www.pacificon.org for information. The
International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 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.
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.
PACIFICON, the ARRL Pacific
Division is October 19-21, 2007 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon
CA. This is a good time for new Amateurs and new upgrades to view
the new radios and other accessories, attend many of the numerous
sessions on the various aspects of Amateur Radio where you can learn
something new. The tentative schedule of sessions is posted on the
Pacificon web page. Amateur Exams will be given and there is a
1-day Technician class so anyone can earn an Amateur License. You
can download the PACIFICON brochure at
http://pacificon.org/Printable_Brochure.html.
This is a .pdf file. Advanced registration is $10 and it is $15 at
the door. The Antenna Seminar is all day on Friday. There is a
breakfast on Saturday Morning and a banquet on Saturday night. ARRL
members can be initiated into the Royal Order of the Wouff Hong at
midnight Saturday night. The Swap meet is Sunday morning. This is
a great event for all Amateurs, experienced and new. Full details
for Pacificon can be found at
http://www.pacificon.org. This site has all the prices for the
various activities that take place at the convention. Keep watching
this site as new information is posted from time to time as the
details are worked out.
It is my sad duty to report that
KE6WFJ, Howard and KC6APJ, Jerry are Silent Keys. They will be
missed.
The Turlock ARC 2007 officers are
pres KG6UCW, vp KI6PR, sec KB6SBH, and treas K6CP. The club meets
at 7:30 PM on the 2nd Tuesday at the War Memorial Building in
Turlock. Check
www.w6bxn.org for information.
KI6CDW is training a dog to be
certified for search and rescue word for the State of California.
Congratulations to those
completing the Amateur Radio Communications Courses:
Level One KI6QIY and KC6WCT.
Level Two: W6NBK.
The Sierra ARC provided
communications support for the 20th Anniversary Community Walkathon
in Ridgecrest.
The Southern Sierra ARS provided
communications support for the High Sierra Fall Century Bike Ride.
Former Tour de France winner Greg LeMond was a rider in the race.
The Mountain ARC members provided
communications for the Oakhurst Heritage Days Parade.
Top SJV scores in the 2007 ARRL
International DX Phone Contest were 1st N2NS, 2nd AA6K, and 3rd
N6YMM. Congratulations to all. N2NS was 6th in the Pacific
Division.
Congratulations to WS6X on
receiving a DXCC Award for 160 meters.
Congratulations to John, K6YK,
for taking first place for Californians in the September Spartan
Sprint – a real test of operating skills on CW, and QRP to boot!
Nationwide, John earned 14th place.
The Spartan Sprints take place
the first Monday night of the month from 6 to 8 PM local time on
80-40-20 meters, CW only, 5 watts or less. The "center" frequencies
are about 3560, 7040, 14060 with activity a few KHz above and below
those frequencies. The sprints are sponsored by the Adventure Radio
Society, web site
http://www.ARSqrp.com. The basic plan is to work as many
stations as you can during the 2 hour period. The exchange is
simple: RST, State, Power. Such as: “559 CA 5W”. So there isn't
too much to send or copy. There are fast, slow and intermediate
speed stations to work. Traffic for September: K6RAU 22, W6DPD 0, and W6SX 16. Total 38. PSHR: K6RAU 78 and W6SX 44. |
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August 2007 -
SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK and
N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC KE6IGJ, TC
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July 2007 - 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. Mark your calendars. The ARRL Southwest Division Convention, HAMCON, is September 7-9, 2007 at the Marriott Hotel in Torrance CA. Check www.hamcon.org for information. The California QSO Party is October 6-7, 2007. Check www.cqp.org for information. The California Historical Radio Society Central Valley Chapter Swap Meet is October 6, 2007 at the corner of 13th and X Streets in Merced. Check www.californiahistoricalradio.com for information. Pacificon 2007 is October 19-21, 2007 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. Check www.pacificon.org for information. The International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 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. 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. PACIFICON, the ARRL Pacific Division is October 19-21, 2007 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. This is a good time for new Amateurs and new upgrades to view the new radios and other accessories, attend many of the numerous sessions on the various aspects of Amateur Radio where you can learn something new. The tentative schedule of sessions is posted on the Pacificon web page. Amateur Exams will be given and there is a 1-day Technician class so anyone can earn an Amateur License. You can download the PACIFICON brochure at http://pacificon.org/Printable_Brochure.html. This is a .pdf file. Advanced registration is $10 and it is $15 at the door. The Antenna Seminar is all day on Friday. There is a breakfast on Saturday Morning and a banquet on Saturday night. ARRL members can be initiated into the Royal Order of the Wouff Hong at midnight Saturday night. The Swap meet is Sunday morning. This is a great event for all Amateurs, experienced and new. Full details for Pacificon can be found at http://www.pacificon.org. This site has all the prices for the various activities that take place at the convention. Keep watching this site as new information is posted from time to time as the details are worked out. It is my sad duty to report that W6TD Terry is a Silent Key. He will be missed. Norm, N6JV, won the Pacific Division Single Operator Low Power in the 2007 ARRL CW International DX Contest. The Central California DX Club sponsors this plaque and another plaque in the ARRL SSB International DX Contest. The Turlock ARC provided communications support for the July 4th parade in Turlock. The Club has the W6HHD D Star System active on Mt. Bullion. The system is on 144.62 MHZ, 444.1125 MHZ and 1284.100 MHZ voice and 1249.225 MHZ for data. Contact Grady, K6IXA for information. The California QSO Party is October 6-7, 2007. This state contest is perhaps the best of the state QSO Parties. This gives California stations the opportunity to be the “DX” stations and sought after by stations in other states and countries. Check www.cqp.org for information on the California QSO Party. It begins at 1600 UTC on October 6 and ends at 2200 UTC October 7. The exchange is serial number (the number of the contact) and county. You will received a serial number and state from out of state contacts and county for California contacts. Traffic for July: K6RAU 32, W6DPD 1, and W6SX 11. Total 44. PSHR: K6RAU 71 and W6SX 40. |
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June 2007 - 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. Mark your calendars. The California QSO Party is October 6-7, 2007. Check www.cqp.org for information. The California Historical Radio Society Central Valley Chapter Swap Meet is October 6, 2007 at the corner of 13th and X Streets in Merced. Check www.californiahistoricalradio.com for information. Pacificon 2007 is October 19-21, 2007 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. Check www.pacificon.org for information. The International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 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. 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. PACIFICON, the ARRL Pacific Division is October 19-21, 2007 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. This is a good time for new Amateurs and new upgrades to view the new radios and other accessories, attend many of the numerous sessions on the various aspects of Amateur Radio where you can learn something new. Amateur Exams will be given and there is a 1-day Technician class so anyone can earn an Amateur License. You can download the PACIFICON brochure at http://pacificon.org/Printable_Brochure.html. This is a .pdf file. Advanced registration is $10 and it is $15 at the door. The Antenna Seminar is all day on Friday. There is a breakfast on Saturday Morning and a banquet on Saturday night. ARRL members can be initiated into the Royal Order of the Wouff Hong at midnight Saturday night. The Swap meet is Sunday morning. This is a great event for all Amateurs, experienced and new. Full details for Pacificon can be found at http://www.pacificon.org. This site has all the prices for the various activities that take place at the convention. Keep watching this site as new information is posted from time to time as the details are worked out. It is my sad duty to report that K6ENQ Hal is a Silent Key. He will be missed. A number of Amateur Radio Clubs did fireworks patrols on July 4, 2007, to look for improper fireworks and fires in the very dry San Joaquin Valley. Top SJV Section Scores for the ARRL 2006 Ten Meter Contest were 1st KA6BIM, 2nd KW6N, and 3rd KI6VC. Top SJV Section Scores for the 2007 ARRL RTTY Roundup were 1st NN6NN, 2nd KE6RAD, and 3rd AK6DV. Top SJV Section Scores for the 2007 ARRL International DX Contest (CW) were 1st, WS6X, 2nd N2NS, and 3rd K6OQ. WS6X was 4th in the Pacific Division. Congratulations to WS6X who earned DXCC on 160 Meters. Congratulations to KB6CLV on completing the ARECC Level One Course. Traffic for June: K6RAU 15, W6DPD 2, and W6SX 15. Total 32. PSHR: K6RAU 63 and W6SX 49. |
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May 2007 - 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. Mark your calendars. Field Day is June 23-24, 2007. The 65th Fresno Hamfest is August 4, 2007 has been CANCELLED. The California QSO Party is October 6-7, 2007. Check www.cqp.org for information. The California Historical Radio Society Central Valley Chapter Swap Meet is October 6, 2007 at the corner of 13th and X Streets in Merced. Check www.californiahistoricalradio.com for information. Pacificon 2007 is October 19-21, 2007 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon CA. Check www.pacificon.org for information. The International DX Convention is April 25-28, 2008 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. If you fail to update your clubs information for 2 years, your club will be placed in the inactive file. 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. Field Day is June 23-24, 2007. If you have not done so, you should download the Field Day Package from the ARRL web page. Be sure you plan to get all the bonus points that you can to enhance your club score. Don’t forget your Field Day message to the Section Manager. This must be in proper ARRL radiogram form in order for you to get the points. In previous years, many of the messages were not correct and should not have earned any bonus points. It is my sad duty to report that WD6GVS Kenneth and W6HAV RF are Silent Keys. They will be missed. Louis Tristao, KG6VY, (SK) the inventor of the crank up tower was inducted in to the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention©. Congratulations to K6RYD on completing the ARECC Level One course and to WA6KZV on completing ARECC Level Two. New Generals are welcome to join the Sunday night net on 3.820 MHZ at 8 PM. KA6PNK, KA6PNL, AE6SX and AE6QP put on a demonstration of Amateur Radio for sixth and eighth grade students of the Huron Secondary School in Huron CA. The Stockton-Delta ARC provided communications support for the Stockton Bike Club’s Delta Century bike ride and for the March of Dimes Walk America campaign. The Sierra ARC provided communications support for the Git-R-Done 100 mile endurance horse ride. SJVARS is sponsoring a General Cram class in June and an Extra Cram Class in July. It’s open to everyone, so if there is anyone who would be interested in taking it, they are welcome. Classes will be held at the Sentinel Building, 3rd and Clovis Avenue, in Clovis. For the General Cram, hours will be 6-9 pm on Friday, June 15th, and 8 am – 2 pm on Saturday, June 16th, with a test session available on Sunday June 17 at the Fig Garden Public Library at Bullard and Marks in Fresno. The Extra Cram will be over three weekends in July, starting on July 7th, with the exam available on July 21st. Pre-registration is required so that we have enough materials for everyone. Anyone interested can go to our website at http://www.sjvars.com for more details or call 559-288-7597. Traffic for April: K6RAU 17 and W6SX 16. Total 33. PSHR: K6RAU 48 and W6SX 52. |
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March 2007 - SM Charles McConnell, W6DPD- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC N6ZFN, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC KE6IGJ, TC W6TE. Greetings from the
Your club has received a
petition to get the governor to declare June 17 to 23, 2007, Amateur
Radio week in With the change in Part 97
of the FCC Rules eliminating the code exam as a requirement for
upgrading, many Amateurs have upgraded to General and Extra Class.
Congratulations to those getting upgraded licenses.
Enjoy your new privileges.
Technician Class Amateurs now enjoy
limited HF privileges on 80, 40 and 15 CW and 10 meter SSB and CW.
As the year progresses, more Amateurs
will upgrade to General and Extra. Just a reminder, the
sidebands of your signal must be within the band edges.
As a rule of thumb, on SSB you should
operate no closer that 3 KHZ to the band edge to ensure that your
sidebands remain within the band.
On CW you can get closer to the band
edge as the CW signal are not as wide as SSB signals, but your
signals must remain with in the band.
Technicians may NOT operate FM on 10
meters.
They may only operate SSB on 28.300 to
28.500 MHZ.
FM on 10 meters can only be used
between 29.5 and 29.7 MHZ. New General Class Amateurs
should get a frequency chart so they will know where their bands
end.
You can get a new frequency chart from
the March 2007 QST or down load it from the ARRL web page.
Some new generals are operating outside
the General Class bands.
General Class Amateurs need to know
where the General Class bands end and stay within them.
You don’t want to receive an OO notice
or an FCC Citation for out of band operation. Courtesy dictates that you should listen, and then ask if a frequency is in use before calling CQ. You need to call CQ when soliciting a contact on HF. Just giving your call sign on HF is not enough to usually get a contact. If you desire your club information and events to
be listed in Section News, please send the information to
w6dpd@arrl.org. Mark your calendars
The International DX Convention is
April 27-29, 2007 at 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.
If you fail to update your clubs
information for 2 years, your club will be placed in the inactive
file. 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. It is my sad duty to report that KA6RCP Ernie and
AD6RP Jack are Silent Keys. They will be missed. Stanislaus County ARES was activated to help
search for a missing person. An ARES member found the missing person
who was in fine health. Manteca ARC and San Joaquin County ARES will hold
a one-day "Ham Cram" Study session, followed by FCC testing, on
Saturday, April 14, 2007 from 8:30am until 5
pm in Congrats to NG6NG and W6NBK on completing the
ARECC Level One course. W6MSU, Guy, participated in
the 2006 ARRL Frequency Measuring Test with an entry of 1 HZ or
less.
Congrats Guy.
TCARES provided communications support for the
Jamestown Run. Stanislaus ARA 2007
officers are pres W6UHF, vp KF6NPG, sec KD6YWO, and treas KC6TVE.
Check
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