SM Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC KF6FIR, OOC N1VM,
STM K6RAU, PIC K6QI, TC W6TE.
San Joaquin Valley, never a dull moment! Thank you all for the good
wishes during my vacation in Hospital. I was very grateful.
While I’m on my own adventures, I was visited by the Red Cross
concerning an exercise that was being planned for March or April. The
purpose was to familiarize Red Cross Shelter personnel to understand
traffic handling. First in a round table then in a field exercise. I
am glad that they are seeing the need for the training and that we
agree on focusing on the use of “ICS form 213” as an upgrade of
the old Red Cross Form 1!
I am seeing a lot of good things coming up (DXCC phone, QSO parties,
Museum Ship Weekend and in May is a “USA Islands” operating event
intended to activate any island in any body of water in the USA. It is
not a contest but looks to be great fun.
I’m hearing from some older established Clubs in the Section. It is
one of my pleasures to exhibit “Ham Radio” as we are today. Keep
your special interests coming and I will add them to the Section
Report.
The “Amateur Radio Parity Act” is again on the House Floor as bill
HR-1301. I urge you all to tell your fellow Hams to write your
representatives and thank them for their support or recommend they join
in as co-sponsors of the bill. ARRL has set up all the resources at
www.arrl.org/hr-1301 .
73;
Dan Pruitt, AE6SX
NEWS: From ARRL newsletters. Read complete articles from February to
now.
02/09/2015 | Hamvention Week AuxComm Course Registration Now Open
02/09/2015 | FCC Seeks Comment on Radar Sharing Schemes that Could
Displace Amateur Radio at 76-81 GHz
02/10/2015 | “Gray Radio Gang” Reactivates Vintage Battleship Iowa
HF Transmitter
02/10/2015 | ARRL Field Day 2015 Field Day Packet Now Online
02/11/2015 | Word From Navassa: Turn Off Those Speech Processors! K1N
Tops 100,000 Contacts
02/11/2015 | Another Round of International Space Station SSTV Activity
Set for Late February
02/14/2015 | US to Propose Additional Sharing of 10 GHz Band at WRC-15
02/17/2015 | FCC “Paperless” Amateur Radio License Policy Now in
Effect
02/17/2015 | ARRL Foundation Announces Two New Scholarships
02/18/2015 | Hams Encouraged to Hit the Water for New US Islands Awards
“One-Day Getaway”
02/19/2015 | ARRL 2014 September VHF Contest Results Available
02/24/2015 | Astronaut-Ham John Grunsfeld, KC5ZTF, Named to Astronaut
Hall of Fame
02/24/2015 | No One in the Shack as Station Logs 4200+ Contacts in ARRL
DX CW Contest
02/24/2015 | NASA Announces University CubeSat Space Mission Candidates
02/24/2015 | ARRL Partners with Liberty Mutual to Offer Home, Auto
Insurance Discounts
02/25/2015 | Nominations Sought for 2015 Amateur Radio Newsline Young
Ham of the Year Award
02/25/2015 | German Radio Amateurs Breathe New Life into “Orphaned”
Shortwave Channel
02/25/2015 | ARRL Seeks Member Input on Draft HF Band Plan Proposals
02/27/2015 | International DX Convention (Visalia) Advance Registration
Available Until April 8
03/02/2015 | ARRL Centennial Convention Guest Speaker Presentations DVD
Now Available
03/03/2015 | ARRL 2015 Field Day Gear, Supplies Now Available!
03/04/2015 | ITU Smart Sustainable Development Model Report Touts
Amateur Radio’s Advantages
03/05/2015 | Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 Introduced in Congress
San Joaquin Valley 2014 VHF Contest
K6MI 3,726 SO3B
N9VM (N1VM, op) 182 SOFM
K6HS (+WA6ZTY & WB6W) 14,749 UM
W6TV (W6YEP & AE6GE, ops) 7,744 UM
W6WI, Tony worked (and has confirmed) the recent K1N Navassa operation,
qualifying Tony for the top of the DXCC Honor Roll. Congratulations,
Tony! de N2NS,Bob.
Mark your Calendars: Palm Springs Hamfest is March 14, 2015. See
palmspringshamfest.com for more information. 2015 International DX
Convention is April 17-19 in Visalia. Check www.dxconvention.com for
information as the dates approach. NEVADA STATE CONVENTION is May 1,
2015. See particulars at NVCON.org . Northwestern Division (SEAPAC),
is scheduled for June 5, 20. Details are at www.seapac.org .
Pacificon 2015, the Pacific Division Convention, is returning to San
Ramon October 16-18. Check for details at their home page
pacificon.org/ .
Contests:
March 2015
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Mar 13
+ RSGB Commonwealth Contest 1000Z, Mar 14 to 1000Z, Mar 15
+ All Africa International DX Contest 1200Z, Mar 14 to 1200Z, Mar 15
+ F9AA Cup, SSB 1200Z, Mar 14 to 1200Z, Mar 15
+ Louisiana QSO Party 1400Z, Mar 14 to 0200Z, Mar 15
+ EA PSK63 Contest 1600Z, Mar 14 to 1600Z, Mar 15
+ TESLA Memorial HF CW Contest 1800Z, Mar 14 to 0759Z, Mar 15
+ QCWA QSO Party 1800Z, Mar 14 to 1800Z, Mar 15
+ Idaho QSO Party 1900Z, Mar 14 to 1900Z, Mar 15
+ North American Sprint, RTTY 0000Z-0400Z, Mar 15
+ Wisconsin QSO Party 1800Z, Mar 15 to 0100Z, Mar 16
+ BARTG HF RTTY Contest 0200Z, Mar 21 to 0200Z, Mar 23
+ Russian DX Contest 1200Z, Mar 21 to 1200Z, Mar 22
+ Oklahoma QSO Party 1300Z, Mar 21 to 0100Z, Mar 22 and
1300Z-1900Z, Mar 22
+ Virginia QSO Party 1400Z, Mar 21 to 0200Z, Mar 22 and
1200Z-2400Z, Mar 22
+ CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Mar 28 to 2359Z, Mar 29
April 2015
+ SARL 80m QSO Party 1700Z-2000Z, Apr 2
+ LZ Open 40m Sprint Contest 0400Z-0800Z, Apr 4
+ Missouri QSO Party 1400Z, Apr 4 to 0400Z, Apr 5 and
1400Z-2000Z, Apr 5
+ Mississippi QSO Party 1400Z, Apr 4 to 0200Z, Apr 5
+ SP DX Contest 1500Z, Apr 4 to 1500Z, Apr 5
+ Montana QSO Party 1800Z, Apr 4 to 0559Z, Apr 5
CLUBS
CLOVIS ARP ++ Presentation on VoIP in Ham Radio and IRLP was given at
the March meeting. Fox hunt will be coordinated by Ron N6MTS. Fresno
Area Mentors and Elmers (FAME) is inaugurating the Gordon west
curriculum for the April Technician Class. Rob, AE6GE was included in
W6TV’s September VHF contest second in class for San Joaquin Valley..
www.k6arp.org/
FRESNO ARC++ March Meeting will be on JT-65 presented by Jim, W6NIF,
complete with demonstration. A6GCL Jerry, KI6YWX Lew andAG6JI Steve are
participating in the Fresno Mini Maker Fair on April 11 (DIY), at the
Fresno Arts Museum in Radio Park. Glen N6HEW and Gary KI6OYW will
demonstrate the Hobby of Amateur Radio. www.w6to.com.
LODI ARC ++ Bob, K6DGQ brought in two portable mast mounts that he
built. They were inspired by an article in the March 2013 issue of QST
magazine by N1GY. Mike N6ZW is doing a program on traps at the March
meeting. lodiamateurradioclub.org/
LOS BANOS ARC ++ Mike, AD6AA, Pres. Announces the annual T-Hunt on 14
March. Rules are in the newsletter. www.aa6lb.org
SIERRA ARC ++ Mike WA6ARA does the editorial this month discussing
the proposed HF band plan. He includes the link to make comments to
ARRL before the April deadline. The Collins 821A-1
SW Transmitters at VOA, by Dennis W6DQ. The program will discuss the
rescue of the transmitter for preservation at the Antique wireless
Museum in New York. www.qsl.net/wa6ybn/
SEQUOIA ARG ++ “RASPBERRY PI 2 LAUNCHES WITH 6X FASTER PROCESSOR”.
A very informative article by Heather, KB3TZD. It can be read online
at tinyurl.com/latest-raspberry-pi. www.n6krv.org
STOCKTON DELTA ARC ++ The “Flysheet” is packed with information
on public service and planned events. The article on “What is a
Repeater” is an extensive dissertation on almost every aspect of
repeater operation and etiquette. Well done. www.w6sf.org
TULARE Co. ARC ++ 2015 Officers: President Scott KJ6AZR; VP Eric
N6VYT; Sec Kevin KC6IED; Treas Richard KF6QJL. Check out their home
page – . www.tcarc.net/
The following Amateur became Silent Key since the last report:
Robby, W6GME .
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He will be missed.
Traffic for February 2015:
ORS: W6SX 10 WA6IAF 334, WS6P 1219, K6RAU 21 Total 1584
PSHR: W6SX 35, WA6IAF 90, WS6P 310, K6RAU 88
Need to take an Amateur exam? Are you having an exam? Check the ARRL
web page, www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml for exam information.
You can also search for Amateur Radio Classes in your area and register
your exam. Instructors can also register classes there.
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, including Deleted DXCC
Entities. K6ZZ can now check 160 Meter Cards. 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. The
card checkers may also check applications for the IARU Region 2 Award.
ARRL Special Service Clubs may appoint a HF awards manager for WAS and
a VHF Awards Manager for VUCC.
The Webinar by Hank Garretson, W6SX, has been posted to the WWROF
webpage (www.wwrof.org) under the Webinars link.
Hanks presentation will be of particular interest to “Little Pistols”
and those who are space limited. It’s worth checking out!
Hank added a link to the elevation plot which can be viewed at
http://www.heywhatsthat.com/
Also the Ladder Snaps in the presentation can be found at
http://www.73cnc.com/product_p/ls100.htm You can e-mail Hank at
w6sx@arrl.net for additional details.
The K6RAU (our Traffic Manager) Morse Code Instruction Course is
available at www.pdarrl.org/K6RAU or www.pdarrl.org/k6rau.
No need to know a “dit” from a “dah”, simply with paper and pencil, and
following the instructions.
San Joaquin Valley Nets:
The Noontime net meets on 7.268.5 MHz. This net handles a lot of
messages.
Daytime Region 6 Traffic Net meets daily at 3:30 pacific time on or
near 7.275 MHZ. This one is probable not in operation at this time.
The California Traffic Net meets daily on 3.906 MHZ and 6:00 PM local
time.
The Golden Bear Amateur Radio Net meets nightly at 7:00 PM local time
on 3.975 MHZ.
Northern California Net (NCN), the Section Traffic Net, meets nightly
on 3.533 MHZ at 7 PM Pacific Time.
San Joaquin Net meets Monday-Saturday on 3918khz, at 6 PM Pacific
Time.
Western Public Service System (WPSS) meets nightly on 3952khz, roll –
at 7:30 PM local Pacific Time.
The Mission Trail Net meets nightly on 3.856 MHZ at 8:00 PM local
time.
Northern California Net 2 (NCN2) The slow speed training session of
NCN, meets nightly on 3.533 MHZ at 9 PM Pacific Time. Handling traffic
on CW is a good way to improve your CW skills.
CWops Tests are held weekly – Every Wednesday at 1300Z, 1900Z, and
0300Z (Thursday). Info and rules at http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html .
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ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section
Section Manager: Dan Pruitt, AE6SX
ae6sx@arrl.org
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