SM Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC KF6FIR, OOC N1VM, STM
K6RAU, TC W6TE.
Amateur Radio Summer, that is how I see June. So much going on, so
much to do and all of it FUN!
Just finished with Dayton, we start with “Museum Ships Weekend”,
and our contribution from SJV is the USS Lucid. She is an ocean going
minesweeper that is being restored in Stockton, CA. I personally
operated 40 meters (some 20 and 80) and it was great fun. The guys
from W6SF (Stockton Club) were extremely hospitable.
Next came the VHF contest. Our own TC Dave, W6TE blasted the valley
and the LA basin from Fraser Peak. He was playing with new toys in the
GHz range.
FIELD DAY! My favorite time of the year. This year I chose to remain
in Fresno and looked for everyone on NVIS at the Salvation Army EOC.
We were very successful in covering San Diego to Reading on 40 and 75
meters. I switched to 20 meters on the “dog watch” and had a great
QSO with Guam. Now it is time to plan for next year!
73;
Dan Pruitt, AE6SX
NEWS
06/10/2015 | New York Ham Inaugurates “Collegiate Ham Radio
Operators” Facebook Group
A young ARRL member from New York has begun a “Collegiate Ham Radio
Operators“ Facebook group.
06/10/2015 | The ARRL Extra Class License Manual Now Available on
Kindle
The ARRL has just released a digital edition of The ARRL Extra Class
License Manual in Kindle format.
06/12/2015 | FCC Chairman, Lawmakers Announce Agreement to Scale Back
Field Office Shutdowns
Leaders of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee have reached
agreement with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to amend the Commission’s
plans to close FCC field offices.
06/15/2015 | Colorado to Host US Amateur Radio Direction Finding
Championships
Registration is open for the 15th USA and 8th IARU Region 2 Amateur
Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) championships, August 27-30, in Elbert,
Colorado
06/15/2015 | W1AW Portable Operations Booklet Now Available
The W1AW Portable Operations booklet is available from the ARRL Store.
06/19/2015 | ARRL 2015 Hurricane Season Webinar Set for July 20
The ARRL will host a 2015 Hurricane Season webinar Monday, July 20,
getting under way at 8 PM EDT (July 21, 0000 UTC).
06/23/2015 | Geomagnetic Storming Reaches Severe Level
Geomagnetic storming reached the G4 — severe — level at 0513 UTC on
June 23.
06/23/2015 | New World Distance Records Set on 2.3 and 3.4 GHz Ham
Bands
Two California radio amateurs — one of them in Hawaii — have set
new world distance records on the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz microwave amateur
bands.
06/23/2015 | OJ0B on Market Reef Logs Hundreds of 2 Meter Moonbounce,
Meteor Scatter Contacts
The recent Market Reef OJ0B expedition resulted in 462 contacts via 2
meter Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) and meteor scatter activity with stations
on all continents.
06/24/2015 | ARRL Offering 20 Percent Off on Select Antenna
Publications Save 20 percent on select ARRL antenna-themed
publications when you order online through July 31, 2015.
06/25/2015 | Ohio ARES “NVIS Antenna Day” Concludes That the Truth
is Up There
Ohio ARES NVIS Antenna Day on April 25 attracted participation from
some 100 Buckeye State stations in an effort to determine which
configurations of near-vertical incidence skywave (NVIS) antenna offer
the best results.
06/26/2015 | The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 Introduced in the US
Senate
A companion Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 bill has been introduced
in the US Senate.
06/29/2015 | ARRL Website Has New Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 Page
Now that there is Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 legislation in both
chambers of the US Congress, the League has a combined web page to
accommodate activities on behalf of the two bills.
06/29/2015 | Senate Sponsor of “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015”
said Bill Promotes Regulatory Transparency, Equality
US Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), who sponsored “The Amateur Radio
Parity Act of 2015” in the Senate, says the bill he introduced, with
original cosponsor Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), would allow for
transparency and equality in the regulatory process.
07/02/2015 | FCC Invites Comments on Proposed Rules for New LF and MF
Amateur Allocations
The FCC is inviting comments on its recent proposals to authorize
Amateur Radio operation on two new bands — an LF allocation at 135.7
to 137.8 kHz (2200 meters), and an MF allocation at 472-479 kHz (630
meters).
07/07/2015 | Amateur Radio Becomes Primary on 1900-2000 kHz on August 6
As of August 6, Amateur Radio will be upgraded from secondary to
primary in the 1900-2000 kHz segment of 160 meters in the US.
07/08/2015 | ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Seeks Papers
The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) invites technical
papers for presentation at this year’s conference.
07/08/2015 | MRHS “Night of Nights 2015” Set for July 12
The Marine Radio Historical Society (MRHS) will hold its annual
“Night of Nights” event, in which historic maritime CW stations
such as KPH and WLO return to the air for a few hours on July 13 UTC
(July 12 in US time zones).
07/08/2015 | Get Ready for the Golden Packet Event!
APRS Developer Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, has invited radio amateurs to take
part in the annual Golden Packet Event on Saturday, July 18.
07/05/2015 | W1AW/5 Will Represent ARRL Headquarters in the 2015 IARU
HF World Championship
The summer’s most popular HF contest -- The 2015 International
Amateur Radio Union (IARU) HF World Championship -- gets under way on
July 11 at 1200 UTC and continues for 24 hours.
Contests:
July 2015
July 2015
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB
1900Z-2030Z, Jul 15
+ NAQCC CW Sprint
0030Z-0230Z, Jul 16
+ QRP Fox Hunt
0100Z-0230Z, Jul 17
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint
0145Z-0215Z, Jul 17
+ NCCC Sprint
0230Z-0300Z, Jul 17
+ North American QSO Party, RTTY
1800Z, Jul 18 to 0559Z, Jul 19 +
+ DMC RTTY Contest
1200Z, Jul 18 to 1200Z, Jul 19
+ CQ Worldwide VHF Contest
1800Z, Jul 18 to 2100Z, Jul 19
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint
0145Z-0215Z, Jul 24
+ NCCC Sprint
0230Z-0300Z, Jul 24
+ RSGB IOTA Contest
1200Z, Jul 25 to 1200Z, Jul 26
August 2015
August 2015
+ TARA Grid Dip Shindig
0000Z-2400Z, Aug 1
+ 10-10 Int. Summer Contest, SSB
0001Z, Aug 1 to 2359Z, Aug 2
+ European HF Championship
1200Z-2359Z, Aug 1
+ ARRL August UHF Contest
1800Z, Aug 1 to 1800Z, Aug 2
+ North American QSO Party, CW
1800Z, Aug 1 to 0559Z, Aug 2
+ Maryland-DC QSO Party
1600Z, Aug 8 to 0400Z, Aug 9 and
1600Z-2400Z, Aug 9
+ 50 MHz Fall Sprint
2300Z, Aug 8 to 0300Z, Aug 9
+ SARTG WW RTTY Contest
0000Z-0800Z, Aug 15 and
1600Z-2400Z, Aug 15 and
0800Z-1600Z, Aug 16
+ ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest
0600 local, Aug 15 to 2400 local, Aug 16
+ Russian District Award Contest
0800Z, Aug 15 to 0800Z, Aug 16
+ Keyman's Club of Japan Contest
1200Z, Aug 15 to 1200Z, Aug 16
+ North American QSO Party, SSB
1800Z, Aug 15 to 0559Z, Aug 16
+ SARL HF Digital Contest
1300Z-1630Z, Aug 16
+ Hawaii QSO Party
0400Z, Aug 22 to 0400Z, Aug 24
+ ALARA Contest
0400Z-1359Z, Aug 29 and
0400Z-1359Z, Aug 30
+ W/VE Islands QSO Party
1200Z, Aug 29 to 0300Z, Aug 30
+ YO DX HF Contest
1200Z, Aug 29 to 1200Z, Aug 30
+ Kansas QSO Party
1400Z, Aug 29 to 0200Z, Aug 30 and
1400Z-2000Z, Aug 30
+ North American SSB Sprint Contest
0000Z-0400Z, Aug 30
AMATEUR RADIO CLUBS
CLOVIS ARP ++ CARP Fireworks Stand operated through July5 to fund
expenses for the K6ARP repeater system. AE6GE, Rob (Pres of CARP)
stated the new location was effective. During Field Day, presented by
the Clovis Independent Four Wheeler’s by special use permit from the
Sierra National Forest. Rob (AE6GE), & Greg (KJ6OUI) will be operating
HF, VHF, and UHF portable radios at the Clovis Independent four wheel
club, “Moonlight Madness” Bald Mt. base camp as K6M. A get on the
air (GOTA) station was available for those participating at the poker
run. www.k6arp.org/
FRESNO ARC++ Field Day was a success! According to Mr. Pres., Stu
WB6VRG, There was even coverage of the local event on Channel 47.
Pat, W6YEP, pulled out good old AO-07. GOTA was manned by Pete,NA6C
and Joe, W0PJD. It was a busy station...lots of fun with kids
participating. Members Glen, N6HEW, Dan, AE6SX, and Captain Breazeale,
KG6SYA, all helped feed the evacuees from the SKY Fire. Check out the
pictures of Field Day and fire in SKIP. Also stories of Frazer Peak
from W6TE, W6YEP on 24 GHz and KI6QEL, Duane, as a rover,.
www.w6to.com
LODI ARC ++ Meeting discussed the Field Day operations. Testing the
radios before the event and food for next year was discussed. Notice
of up coming programs were committed. lodiamateurradioclub.org/
LOS BANOS ARC ++ Field Day effort was successful We made many contacts
and, also made the front page of the Los Banos Enterprise. Corey Pride
wrote a nice article about us. In addition, Mayor Mike, WB6FML
visited us and everyone enjoyed the camaraderie. Great pictures de
W6YD. www.aa6lb.org
SIERRA ARC ++ In preparation of Field Day we are having a Flash Field
day on June 13th. The idea is to pack everything you need, head up to
the Field Day site and see what works and what doesn't. That way on the
actual field day we should have everything worked out. The June meeting
will feature Dennis, W6DQ, talking about Arduinos. www.qsl.net/wa6ybn/
SEQUOIA ARG ++ Field Day at Camp Andrew Brown was a joyous one. Once
again Mr. Murphy decided to accompany us. He must have ridden with
Chuck KI6GOG as he locked the doors on Chuck’s truck. Al and Jayne,
KK6JPZ, didn’t bring Murphy, they brought 3 mice. Bill’s, N6TF,
computer didn’t like the wireless network on the new computer program
so we ended up using the old software. We beat last year and that was
our goal. www.n6krv.org
STOCKTON DELTA ARC ++ Museum ships weekend just concluded as I write
There was lots of great Ham Radio fellowshipping with AE6SX, Dan, San
Joaquin Valley ARRL Section Manager in attendance on the USS Lucid.
Operators came from several valley clubs to check out the ship and grab
the microphone or key. I had to leave Saturday night for a business
trip Sunday morning and we were well above 500 QSOs in the logs then.
I’m looking forward to hearing the final tally at the club meeting.
Now with Radio in the Park, we can get to some Elmering. www.w6sf.org
TURLOCK ARC ++ Grady K6IXA made a presentation on Winlink. Winlink,
RMS, was developed to get all the same page in case of emergencies.
There is a Volunteer Network, American Radio Safety Foundation. Rick
Frost, K4REF on You Tube has the details on how to get started. Mike
KJ6VFL, demonstrated how to send a text message/ email to a cell phone
(Bambi’s) and other stations (one in Las Vegas). 7.702 (40 meters)
Winmore. www.w6bxn.org.
The following Amateurs became Silent Keys since the last report:
Cliff N6ZU, Shirley KB6BSF, KF6GNA Fenton, KC6NOQ Peter, KF6VNU Ralph
and W6YGZ Rod. They will be missed.
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SJV Section ORS/FOR 2015 Traffic Report: [June 2015]
(*best view: View/Text Size/Larger) (k6rau / sjv-stm)
Call Org Rcvd Sent Del Total
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w6sx 0 7 11 0
18
ws6p 0 382 362 0 744
k6rau 0 9 13 0
22
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Sum: 0 398 386 0 784
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SJV Section PSHR/FOR Reports: [June 2015]
Call (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
(T)
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w6sx 3 18 20 0 0 0
41
ws6p 40 40 20 200 0 20 320
k6rau 39 22 30 0 0 0
91
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Sum: 82 80 70 200 0 20
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(de: k6rau@arrl.net)
07/24/2015 | ARCA/Williams Annual Summer Hamfest
Location: Williams, AZ
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Amateur Radio Council of Arizona
Website:http://www.arca-az.org
07/25/2015 | Pacific Northwest Largest Indoor/Outdoor Ham Radio
Tailgate/Swapmeet
Location: Chehalis, WA
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Chehalis Valley Amateur Radio Society
Website:http://www.cvars.org
08/07/2015 | Pacific Northwest DX Convention
Location: Everett, WA
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Western Washington DX Club
Website:http://www.WWDXC.org
09/11/2015 | Southwestern Division Convention (Hamcon 2015)
Location: Torrance, CA
Type: ARRL Convention
Sponsor: Los Angeles Area Council of Amateur Radio Clubs & Orange
County Council of Amateur Radio Organizations
Website:http://www.hamconinc.org
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. He added a link to the elevation plot which can be
viewed at http://www.heywhatsthat.com/ It's worth checking out! 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.
CWops Tests are held weekly – Every Wednesday at 1300Z, 1900Z, and
0300Z (Thursday). Info and rules at http://www.cwops.org/cwt.html .
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 Pac 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.
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ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section
Section Manager: Dan Pruitt, AE6SX
ae6sx@arrl.org
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