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out of date.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
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Section Manager: Dan Pruitt, AE6SX
ae6sx@arrl.org
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