SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SECTION Report for the month of November 2013
SM Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC KF6FIR, OOC N1VM,
STM K6RAU, PIC K6QI, TC W6TE.
It may not be winter yet, but sure feels like it. Seems like the whole
country was put in the deep freeze. It won’t be long before we start
Santa Claus duty, hi hi.
Most of the Newsletters refer to Christmas Party Plans and Thanksgiving
Day excesses. I do still notice references to “Goodwill” and
“Charity”. For this I am grateful.
Allow me to reflect on what I am Thankful. Not the least is Amateur
Radio. I have been around enough of the world to know we are very
lucky to have our frequencies, power and lenient regulations. I
suggest we preserve and treasure them highly. It would not take much
to lose any part of it, at the drop of a hat.
Looking forward, don’t get caught up in the mercantilism of the season.
Remember the origin of salvation and the power of giving. Be kind and
generous now and all year long.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!
73;
Dan Pruitt, AE6SX
NEWS: From ARRL newsletters. Read complete articles from November to
now.
11/05/2013 | TQSL 2.0 Software Released for Logbook of The World
11/07/2013 | All-Ham Contingent Carries Olympic Torch to ISS; Crews
Prepare to Swap Places
11/11/2013 | American Legion Takes to the Airwaves to Salute Veterans
using W9L.
11/11/2013 | K9W Operation Approved for DXCC Credit.
11/11/2013 | Two Hams, Olympic Torch Return Home from ISS.
11/12/2013 | Illinois Congressman Chats with K9W Team on Wake Island.
11/13/2013 | ITU Deploys Satellite Communication Equipment to the
Philippines, Ham Radio Response Continues
11/13/2013 | TV Show Featuring Fictional Ham Sparks Crop of New Hams
11/14/2013 | 2013 ARRL Field Day Results Posted!
11/18/2013 | FUNcube-1 Team to Gather for November 21 Launch,
“Dashboard” Software Released
11/19/2013 | ARRL Helps Manufacturer to Resolve Arc Fault Circuit
Interrupter RFI Problems
11/30/2013 | SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 7
12/02/2013 | Amateur Radio Direction Finding Enthusiasts Enjoy
National, Regional Competition
12/05/2013 | Amateur Radio Disaster Response in Philippines Winds
Down
12/05/2013 | Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, Receives Radio Club of
America’s Sarnoff Citation
12/09/2013 | International Reply Coupon Redemption Deadline Looms
12/09/2013 | Voice of Russia — former “Radio Moscow” — to End
Shortwave Broadcasts
Contests:
December 2013
+ ARRL 10-Meter Contest 0000Z, Dec 14 to 2400Z, Dec 15
+ International Naval Contest 1600Z, Dec 14 to 1559Z, Dec 15
+ Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party 0001Z, Dec 20 to 2359Z, Jan 1
+ OK DX RTTY Contest 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 21
+ ARRL Rookie Roundup, CW 1800Z-2359Z, Dec 22
+ World Wide Iron Ham Contest 1200Z, Dec 28 to 1159Z, Dec 29
+ Original QRP Contest 1500Z, Dec 28 to 1500Z, Dec 29
January 2014
+ SARTG New Year RTTY Contest 0800Z-1100Z, Jan 1
+ AGCW Happy New Year Contest 0900Z-1200Z, Jan 1
+ WW PMC Contest 1200Z, Jan 4 to 1200Z, Jan 5
+ ARRL RTTY Roundup 1800Z, Jan 4 to 2400Z, Jan 5
CLUBS
CLOVIS ARP ++ Club Officers for 2014: Pres Rob AE6GE, VP Steve N6JXL,
Treas Lou KD6WAW, Sec Laura KI6KRT. Nov program on Mag Loops was very
good. www.k6arp.org/
FRESNO ARC++ Joe W0PJD submitted another HAM bio of Bob W6AIY. A
picture history of the club during 2013 was included in SKIP. If you
have been following Paul W6VPS antenna project, his final success is
described with a couple words of whit. www.w6to.com
KERN Co. Central Valley ARC ++ Matt W6MBW, 2014 Pres., announced his
need to resign due to workload. Randy KC6ZRF will assume the position.
A good description of the landfall of the Philippine typhoon is
included. www.W6LIE.org
LODI ARC ++ Currennt Officers are Roger W6PKB, Pres.; Ron N6GKJ, VP;
Jim WB6BET, Secretary; Doug KJ6OFK, Treas. Celebrating 50 years as a
club this month. lodiamateurradioclub.org/
LOS BANOS ARC ++ Christmas Party, December 14th, Four Seasons
Community Room. www.aa6lb.org
SIERRA ARC ++ The Eastern Kern County ARES/RACES organization received
a Wells Fargo cargo trailer to enhance their response to disasters.
www.qsl.net/wa6ybn/
SEQUOIA ARG ++ A woman called from the ‘Turkey Hot Line’ and asked,
“How long will it take to roast her turkey?” The operator asked,
“How much does the Turkey weigh?” The women responded, “I don’t
know, it is still running around!” Captured from the Kern River
Voice. www.n6krv.org
TURLOCK ARC ++ “Last Man Standing” crewmember Daniel J. Ryan, showing a
CSCE that he passed his Technician exam, poses with producer John
Amodeo, NN6JA. A number of the crew were or are now Hams. A hiker was
helped by the WIN linked repeater Sys. www.w6bxn.org.
No Silent Keys since the last report.
Traffic for November 2013:
ORS: WS6P 184, K6RAU 8, W6SX 11 Total 203
PSHR: WS6P 149, W6SX 37, K6RAU 78
Mark your Calendars:
Quartzfest 2014 January 19th thru 26th 2014. For more information see
www.quartzfest.org/. Communications Academy, March 22-23, 2014. Go to
www.commacademy.org/ for details. Seattle, Washington. The 2014
International DX Convention will be April 4-6, 2014, at the Visalia
Convention Center. Check www.dxconvention.org for information.
SEA-PAC June 6 – 8, 2014, Seaside, Oregon. For more information go to
www.seapac.org/. Pacificon 2014/Regional ARRL Centennial Convention is
10 through 14 October 2014. Details at www.pacificon.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 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.
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
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ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section
Section Manager: Dan Pruitt, AE6SX
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