SM Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC KF6FIR, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC K6QI, TC W6TE. Hello Radio! June was a very busy month for Ham Radio. First the Museum Ship Weekend, then VHF Contest, various other contests all this while you got ready for Field Day! A lot of work, but fun and naturally it is quite gratifying when all the efforts come together. It was my pleasure to visit a number of Field Day sites in the Southern San Joaquin. I would say that “Public Access” was a prerequisite at most sites. I saw some new and younger faces, GOTA operations and some very cozy layouts. One Club was surrounded by Girl Scouts! They had never seen Ham Radio in operation, so a demonstration was gladly provided. The universal component for every place I visited was just having fun. I posted a few photos from my travels on the Section Page. Well done San Joaquin. 73; Dan AE6SX NEWS: 06/04/2013 ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, has accepted the position of ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager. Mike Christopher, NT1A takes over as the Contest Branch Manager. 06/10/2013 The ARRL DXCC desk has announced that it has approved DXCC credit for the May 2013 VU7KV operation from Lakshadweep Islands. 06/10/2013 Several videos of Contest University 2013 sessions from the 2013 Dayton Hamvention now are available on You Tube. 06/11/2013 Kids Day was Saturday, June 15. Sponsored by the Boring (OR) Amateur Radio Club, Kids Day is the perfect way to introduce a young person to the magic of Amateur Radio. 06/19/2013 A new version of Trusted QSL (TQSL) software for Logbook of The World (LoTW) is available to users. TQSL v. 1.14.1 may be downloaded from the LoTW page. 06/21/2013 E-mail service to and from ARRL Headquarters has been restored. However, it may take some time for staff to respond to the thousands of messages that have accumulated during the outage. If you have received a message indicating that your original e-mail message was undeliverable, please re-send. We apologize for the inconvenience. 06/21/2013 The ARRL Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce the scholarship recipients for 2013 with 7 of those being California Residents. One recipient was Joy Mellora, KI6AJC, of West Point CA in Calaveras County. Congratulations!! 06/24/2013 ARRL Life Member and Public Relations Committee Member Don Carlson, KQ6FM, of Sparks, Nevada, died June 21, of complications related to pancreatic cancer. 06/25/2013 FAA regulations let you travel with dry cells in either your carry-on or checked baggage, but prohibit loose lithium batteries in checked baggage. But what about rechargeables in carry-on luggage? Look up the details! 06/28/2013 It has been reported by several members that someone posing as “Arrl.net Online Services” is attempting to convince members to provide personal information. These e-mails ask the user for his or her username and password. Please be advised that these e-mails are not from the ARRL. 06/28/2013 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program hopes that an Amateur Radio digital TV system will be up and running aboard the International Space Station by later this year. 06/30/2013 The Wake Atoll 2013 Commemorative DXpedition team reports that preparations for its planned K9W operation this fall are “progressing nicely.” Contests: July 2013 IARU HF World Championship 1200Z, Jul 13 to 1200Z, Jul 14 CQ Worldwide VHF Contest. 1800Z July 20 to 2100Z July 21 North American QSO Party RTTY 1800Z July 20 to 0600Z July 21 RSGB IOTA Centenary Contest 1200Z July 27 to 1200Z July 28 August 2013 North American QSO Party, CW 1800Z, Aug 3 to 0559Z, Aug 4 ARRL August UHF Contest 1800Z, Aug 3 to 1800Z, Aug 4 North American QSO Party PH 1800Z Aug 17 to 0559Z Aug 18 ARRL 10 GHZ and UP 0600Z Aug 17 to 000Z Aug 18 FRESNO ARC ++ Next meeting's program is on Bob Stroup, K6UGM, who will display the most comprehensive collection of keys in this part of the world. FD was great fun and many pictures are on the website and “Skip”. Ron, N6MTS, has an extensive report on Field Day. www.w6to.com/ LOS BANOS ARC ++ Almost 5 pages of Field Day pictures are in “Frequency”. Great shots the young Hams there also. www.aa6lb.org SEQUOIA ARG ++ .Al Price (N6ALP) is the proud owner of a whale of an antenna and tower. Pete W6SV, talks about the photos of events that are posted on the website. www.n6krv.org SIERRA ARC ++ The club operated as N6N 4A ORG, on Field Day. Preliminary results are 1230 points. www.qsl.net/wa6ybn/ STOCKTON Delta ++ June 1 and 2, about 15 hams boarded the USS Lucid to participate in the Museum Ship’s Weekend. A very informative article regarding “EMERGENCY TRAFFIC”, handled BY KD6CPA www.w6sf.org TURLOCK ARC ++ Pres Darren, K6RDJ, writes a nice article about June and up and coming events. Field Day pictures are in the newsletter. Grady K6IXA, offers a link to someone using his RMSmail system, as they go 'round the world www.norvikinfo.com/?. www.w6bxn.org The following Amateurs became Silent Keys since the last report: Jim KD6TDD, Mark N6ICM, and Mark KK6BIL. They will be missed. Traffic for JUNE 2013: ORS: WS6P 377, K6RAU 18, W6SX 0 Total 395 PSHR: WS6P 150, W6SX 22, K6RAU 71 Mark your Calendars: PACIFIC NORTHWEST DX Convention is scheduled for 2 August 2013, in Spokane Valley, WA. See www.pnwdx.org for details. PACIFICON 2013 is scheduled for October 11-13, 2013 at the Santa Clara Marriott. See www.pacificon.org for information. The 2014 International DX Convention will be April 4-6, 2014, at the Visalia Convention Center. Check www.dxconvention.org for information. 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 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. Elmering: Guy W6MSU's Elmer talk group is at W6SF@yahoogroups.com 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 nightly 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. The Young Ham Net every Saturday 2:00 PM local time 145.230 –0.6 PL 100 or Echolink KR6DD-R 271122 or N6WN-R 477737 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section Section Manager: Dan Pruitt, AE6SX ae6sx@arrl.org --------------------------------------------------------------------