SM
Dan Pruitt, AE6SX- ASMs K6YK and N2NS, ACC W6DPD, SEC KF6FIR, OOC N1VM,
STM K6RAU, PIC K6QI, TC W6TE.
Pacificon 2014 was quite the event. W100AW/6 put on a real show! The
ARRL 100 Anniversary was very well celebrated with fun, frolic and lots
of commemorative merchandise. There are perks on multiple renewals and
Life memberships. Technical advisers from HQ, Educational advice and
Pres. Kay Craigie were present to personally answer questions regarding
the future of ARRL. We were very lucky to have had the Pacific Division
as a “Regional Convention” for the 100th Anniversary of ARRL.
Forums were plentiful and very interesting. I had many comments
regarding the PIO instruction from the SCV Section PIO. Sue Ellen is
very knowledgeable and accessible. Other forums and talks ranged from
the extremely technical to the easy and practical.
The were many venders with people ready to answer questions and offer
assistance. The swap meet was great as usual offering antiques to the
state of the art computer and radio components.
We were privileged to have the Kern County Central Valley amateur Radio
Club interviewed on TV. Very nice publicity for Ham radio.
Remember to support HR4969 and get your letter to ARRL and your
Congressional Representative. Go to the link on the ARRL website
73;
Dan Pruitt, AE6SX
NEWS: From ARRL newsletters. Read complete articles from October to
now.10/14/2014 | ARRL Executive Committee Adopts Mobile Amateur Radio
Operation Policy
10/15/2014 | AMSAT Offering Fox Satellite Collectable Coin as Donation
Premium
10/15/2014 | Celebration of First Great Britain-New Zealand Contact
Highlights Interesting History
10/15/2014 | Young Ham Recognized for Navigation Aid for Visually
Impaired
10/17/2014 | CQ Will Not Accept Logs from Stations in Crimea Using
Russian-Issued Call Signs
10/20/2014 | ARRL Headquarters IT Department Working to Resolve Threat
to Logbook of The World Server
10/31/2014 | New DX Summit Website Seeking Beta Testers, Will Debut
Formally by December 1
11/04/2014 | Kansas Radio Amateur is ARRL McGan Silver Antenna Award
Winner
11/05/2014 | ARRL Introduces Kindle Edition of Ham Radio License Manual
11/05/2014 | South African 5 MHz Research Project Sees Unexpected
Results
11/06/2014 | ARRL Asks FCC to Continue Issuing Hard Copy Licenses to
Those Who Want Them
Call: W6YO Operator: N2NS Station: N2NS
California QSO Party
Class: SOFixed HP Total Qs: 526
Call: N2NS
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Qs: 201
Contests:
November 2014
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Nov 14
+ NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Nov 14
+ SARL Field Day Contest 1000Z, Nov 15 to 1000Z, Nov 16
+ Russian WW MultiMode Contest 1200Z, Nov 15 to 1200Z, Nov 16
+ NA Collegiate ARC Championship, SSB 2100Z, Nov 15 to 0300Z, Nov 17
+ ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB 2100Z, Nov 15 to 0300Z, Nov 17
+ Homebrew and Oldtime Equipment Party 1300-1500Z, Nov 16 (40m) and
1500-1700Z, Nov 16 (80m)
+ Run for the Bacon QRP Contest 0200Z-0400Z, Nov 17
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Nov 19 and
1900Z-2000Z, Nov 19 and
0300Z-0400Z, Nov 20
+ NAQCC CW Sprint 0130Z-0330Z, Nov 20
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Nov 21
+ NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Nov 21
+ YO International PSK31 Contest 1600Z-2200Z, Nov 21
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test 1300Z-1400Z, Nov 26 and
1900Z-2000Z, Nov 26 and
0300Z-0400Z, Nov 27
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Nov 28
+ NCCC Sprint 0230Z-0300Z, Nov 28
+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Nov 29 to 2400Z, Nov 30
December 2014
+ARRL 160 Meter Contest 2200Z December 5 to 1600Z December 7
+ ARRL EME Contest 0000Z December 6 to 2359Z December 7
+ARRL 10 Meter Contest 0000Z December 13 to 2359Z December 14
+ NRAU 10m Activity Contest 1800Z-1900Z, Dec 4 (CW) and
1900Z-2000Z, Dec 4 (SSB) and
2000Z-2100Z, Dec 4 (FM) and
2100Z-2200Z, Dec 4 (Dig)
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint 0145Z-0215Z, Dec 5
CLUBS
CLOVIS ARP ++ . www.k6arp.org/
FRESNO ARC++ Stu, WB6VRJ announced the annual “Swap Meet” at the
next meeting. Jim W6NIF and Ken WA6OIB demonstrated JT-65 mode at the
October meeting. W1AW/6 was operated at W6TV. Operators were Eric,
NI6G, Pat, W6YEP, and Rob, AE6EG. Pictures of the station are part of
“Skip”. Glen, N6HEW ARES Fresno Co. talks on the month’s
happenings. www.w6to.com.
KERN CO. CV ARC++ Mark, WI6J sent this link showing the Bakersfield
ham TV stars, hi.
www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/ham-radio-operators-can-help-save-lives-in-times-of-crisis-110414
www.w6lie.org/
LOS BANOS ARC ++ October pictures showing off the new Club T-shirts.
A heartfelt graphic thanking our troops is included.. www.aa6lb.org
SEQUOIA ARG ++ Rescue radio: ham radio in the Yukon when all else
fails …… This is a great reprint of the original article by AL,
N6ALP. How many Satellites are up there? There is a chart in this
newsletter. www.n6krv.org
SIERRA ARC ++ “Tale of the Coax” by Mike, WA6ARA. Very well written
artical on diagnosing transmission line. Many activities are described
from JOTA and Horse ride events to Marathons and other public service.
www.qsl.net/wa6ybn/
STOCKTON DELTA ARC ++ October 1st W1AW/6 -Bob, N6TCE, Bob, N6GTO, Ed,
N6XMA, and Bill, AE6J, were huge helps at the NZ6Q home station. Bob,
K6DGQ got more than a few CW contacts on 10M. LT, KJ6YVF learned from
the “Zen” QSO Master Dan, KB6UNC and quickly had a full house of
calling stations on 40M SSB. Dave, N6LHL, Bob, N6TCE and Charlie,
WB6NVB were main ops and Bill, AE6J, came by almost every night. Ed,
N6XMA, led the GREAT CALIFORNIA SHAKE-OUT DRILL. CA QSO PARTY 2014
REPORT FROM MARIPOSA & MERCED: This year’s crew included Bob, N6TCE,
whose call sign was used for Mariposa County QSOs; Ed, N6XMA, Bob,
N6GTO, Dan, KB6UNC, Paul, N6KZW, Bill, AE6J; and John, NZ6Q, all
participated. www.w6sf.org
TURLOCK ARC ++ “The RACE and GOMX-2 CubeSats, both carrying Amateur
Radio payloads, were among more than 2 dozen satellites lost after an
unmanned Orbital Space Sciences (OSC) Antares 130 vehicle
exploded…”, as reported by the ARRL letter dated 30 October.
Auction has been postponed until Spring 2015. www.w6bxn.org.
The following Amateurs became Silent Keys since the last report:
Robert, KI6KIJ, Imogene, WB5JFS, and John, KB6TRN. They will be
missed.
Traffic for October 2014:
ORS: W6SX 14, WA6IAF 221, WS6P 1011, K6RAU 34 Total 1280
PSHR: W6SX 39, WA6IAF 90, WS6P 215, K6RAU 103
BPL: WS6P
Mark your Calendars: SPECIAL EVENT call sign K7NRA for the NRA’s
143rd birthday, will be November 17, 2014. Operating from 0800MST to
1700 MST; on frequencies of 7.250, 14.050, 14.250 and 21.335 MHz.
Story and details are at www.w7yrc.org Skywarn Recognition Day is
December 6, 2014; 000 to 2400 UTC. For detaiils go to
www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/hamradio/. RADIOFEST (Santa Clara Valley Section
Convention) is March 7, 2015. Visit www.radiofest.org for
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,
- Details are at www.seapac.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. It’s worth checking out!
Hank added a link to the elevation plot, which can be viewed at
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
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