SM Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC KF6FIR, OOC N1VM, STM K6RAU, PIC K6QI, TC W6TE. Home from the hill... Field Day is in the books and the reports are in. Most of the News Letters address the plus and minus ends of the expedition. All in all everyone was well fed, had fun and had good learning experiences. I have noted a few. We have some housekeeping to do in the section. Some of the Clubs have not updated their affiliations with ARRL. Please attend to this as soon as you can. I am looking to contact those that HQ has noted as being out of date. It is a simple fix. We have a vacancy in ARES positions, most notably the Southern District Emergency Coordinator (DEC). Formerly filled by Hal KC5LUB, he was forced to step down for personal reasons. He was an effective coordinator for many years, not only in SJV, but in other sections/divisions as well. Anyone interested in this or any of the current vacancies, please contact Ed KF6FIR, Section ARES EC via email: ed@kf6fir.net . 73; Dan AE6SX NEWS: From ARRL news letters. 07/15/2013 | ISS Crew Member Chats with Scouts in Canada via Ham Radio 07/16/2013 | Ham Radio Provides Reliable Link for Solo-Circumnavigating Grandmother 07/19/2013 | Yasme Foundation Funds Transceivers for New Ethiopian Hams 07/21/2013 | Temotu DXpedition Dates Set. DK9FN will be operating once again from Temotu 07/23/2013 | The Great Mothball Fleet Raid A group of hams volunteer to rescue vintage radio gear from mothballed Navy ships. 07/24/2013 | Boy Scout Jamboree Hosts Space Station Ham Radio Contact. The ARISS program continues to facilitate ham radio contacts between the ISS and youth. 07/26/2013 | Hams Aid Crew of Foundering Vessel: Hams monitor distress call from sailboat. 07/29/2013 | DXCC Desk approves new DX operations for credit. 07/30/2013 | Adobe Air 3.8 Currently Not Compatible With Downloaded Digital QST using Windows. Digital QST readers may need to use Version 3.7 until the issue is resolved. 07/31/2013 | ARRL Now Taking Orders for Personalized Hardcover 2014 Handbook , Centennial Edition. 07/31/2013 | Police are investigating a case of suspected vandalism that dropped a 200 foot radio tower owned by the Mt. Diablo Radio Club. 08/02/2013 | Hands-On Technology Training, Robots, Ham Radio — What More Could Teachers Want? ARRL's Education & Technology Program Teachers Institutes continue to be popular. 08/03/2013 | Air Personality Art Bell, W6OBB, Returning to Nighttime Radio Contests: August 2013 + Maryland-DC QSO Party 1600Z, Aug 10 to 0400Z, Aug 11 and 1600Z-2400Z, Aug 11 + 50 MHz Fall Sprint 2000Z-2400Z, Aug 10 + NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint 0030Z-0230Z, Aug 14 + SARTG WW RTTY Contest 0000Z, Aug 17 to 1600Z, Aug 18 + ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest 0600 local, Aug 17 to 2400 local, Aug 18 + North American QSO Party, SSB 1800Z, Aug 17 to 0559Z, Aug 18 + SARL HF Digital Contest 1300Z-1630Z, Aug 18 + ARRL Rookie Roundup, RTTY 1800Z-2359Z, Aug 18 + Hawaii QSO Party 0400Z, Aug 24 to 0400Z, Aug 26 + Kansas QSO Party 1400Z, Aug 24 to 0200Z, Aug 25 and 1400Z-2000Z, Aug 25 + Ohio QSO Party 1600Z, Aug 24 to 0400Z, Aug 25 + Colorado QSO Party 1200Z, Aug 31 to 0400Z, Sept 1 September + Tennessee QSO Party 1800Z, Sept 1 to 0300Z, Sept 2 + All Asian DX Contest, Phone 0000Z, Sept 7 to 2400Z, Sept 8 + QCWA Fall QSO Party 1800Z, Sept 7 to 1800Z, Sept 8 CLUBS CLOVIS ARP ++ Summer Sizzler Club party was3 August. September will be their first meeting since July. They will be ramping up for their swap meet on 21 September. www.k6arp.org/ LOS BANOS ARC ++ The news letter has pictures of the July meeting. August 10 will be the Pizza Bash. www.aa6lb.org SEQUOIA ARG ++ Mike KA6IYS – Field Day Chairman writes a great description of their Field Day. Well worth reading. www.n6krv.org STOCKTON Delta ++ The 11 July meeting and Field Day is described in the Flysheet. A very good article on Public Service supporting the Kingdom Speedway charity event and amateur Radio support with pictures. A description of antenna directionality and polarity is explained by John KD6FVA. www.w6sf.org TURLOCK ARC ++ Bob, WB3CDB report on Field Day was a great blow by blow description. It seems to be a template for any Field Day. The August meeting will be a potluck at the home of the celebrated Marcie K6YTK. The club must be doing something correct as the Police Department has invited them to do a demonstration of Ham Radio, in a park. www.w6bxn.org Traffic for JULY 2013: ORS: WS6P 490, K6RAU 12, W6SX 12 Total 514 PSHR: WS6P 125, W6SX 29, K6RAU 70 Mark your Calendars: PACIFICON 2013 is scheduled for October 11-13, 2013 at the Santa Clara Marriott. See www.pacificon.org for information. SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 7, 2013. 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. 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------