SACRAMENTO VALLEY SECTION WEB RESOURCES
Section News: www.arrlsacvalley.org
Section Nets: http://sites.google.com/site/arrlsacvalley/nets
Sacramento Valley ARES: www.sacvalleyares.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ARRLSacramentoValley
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ARRL_SV
Thanks to Greg Kruckewitt KG6SJT for maintaining our Section ARES web page and assisting with our Facebook page and Twitter feed.
Thanks to Les Cobb W6TEE for maintaining the Section Net list.
ARRL Affiliated Club web resources are now listed on this web page
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Club and Member News - February 2019
Update from Mount Shasta ARC
Posted February 3, 2019
Hello Hams! Michael here (KX6MMM) here.
I want to start by thanking all the members of the Mount Shasta Amateur Radio Club the confidence you have shown in me by electing me to be your president for 2019. So, let’s get started!.
This message is the first I hope to write every month, to go over things we’ve accomplished this month and our goals for the next.
In the January meeting we had a good group show up with many questions and ideas to share. Ken (KD6MC) chaired the meeting. The incumbent officers, Ken Palmer (KD6MC) Vice President, Kamille Dibelka ( KD2JLY) Secretary were reelected to their offices. Wilma Dibelka (KD6WZC) President and Dennis Freemen (WB6MBF) Treasurer, chose not to run again and Dennis Engdahl (NR6J) and Michael Howell (KX6MMM) are now Treasurer and President, respectively.
Here are some other changes:
• Effective immediately, the Club’s Business Meetings will be quarterly, with one special meeting in February. Dates for 2019 are: January 16th (just past); February 20 (Special Meeting to vote on new by-laws; see below); April 17th; July 17th; and November 20th. There will be reminders emailed before the meetings. • Also effective immediately, our monthly technical and social gatherings at the clubhouse will be held on the second Saturday of every month without a regular business meeting from 1000 to 1400; all members should plan to attend as they would to a Third Wednesday evening meeting. Please bring food for an informal potluck if you like, and plan to coordinate the spread with your fellow members. Dates for 2019 are: February 10th; March 10th; April 14th; May 12th; June 9th; July 14th; August 11th; September 8th; October 13th; November 10th; and December 8th. • All Second Saturday dates will be pending event schedules. February 20th is a special meeting, in addition to the Second Saturday February 10th. We will be voting on new bi-laws. Please plan to arrive early. Meeting starts at 1900. I will send everyone an email of the proposed edits to the bi-laws to read, beforehand. If you have any questions or concerns call or email me or any of the others in the bi-laws committee: Michael Howell ca.poppy@gmail.com, Bruce Johnson brewski1950@msn.com or Larry Marks w6vtj@barberry.com. • Members who attended this last meeting, received membership cards with the new door lock code on them. For security purposes, the code was changed. I will be sending out cards to those who did not attend. Remember that if you have not paid dues, and did not work in an event last year, the dues are $20 • There are new LED Lights throughout the clubhouse, so our electricity use should be much less. • There is a photosensor for the light in the front, so it comes on in the evening and shuts off in the morning. • We have a new antenna in the works courtesy of Martin (KI6WJP) and Ken (KD6MC). Installation on the roof of the clubhouse will be scheduled soon. • Martin and Ken have made some improvements and repairs to the FT8 system and it’s working. See them for details. And here’s what happening in February: • Special meeting for the bi-laws • If you have a need or an issue that is to be discussed at the February meeting, it will not be allowed unless it’s placed in the agenda ahead of time. • Contact Kamille Dibelka at kmplocinik@gmail.com with your agenda requests.
Thank you all again for your confidence and support. Please let me hear your concerns and suggestions and let’s all work together to make sure MSARC has a great year!
24th January 2019 Michael Howell (KX6MMM) President MSRC
Update from River City ARCS
Posted February 3, 2018
Our February 5 meeting will feature a program on Philo Farnsworth and the Invention of Television. The presenter will be Philo's own grandson, Matthew Farnsworth. All are welcome.
Our meetings are held at the Sacramento Co. Corp Yard (SMUD) building 5026 Don Julio Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95842 (corner of Elkhorn and Don Julio Blvds). Meetings are open to the general public and visitors are always welcome.
Our May 7 meeting will feature the construction of a dual band, VHF-UHF J-Pole antenna—Ed Fong’s DBJ-1. You may go to this link to review the design. You’ll note that Ed’s design provides a great beam pattern and broadband SWR performance. Your total cost to build this antenna is $5.00, payable to the club. Ed sells these antennas for about $50 once the freight costs are included. We will use an assembly line approach for constructing these antennas and it’s expected we can complete as many as 20 antennas during our normal meeting hours. Since we anticipate a large demand for the antenna, and the fact that we have limited time to complete the construction, we will use a first-come, first-served reservation system. To reserve your spot in the queue, please send a brief note to contact@n6na.org with your name, callsign and note that you wish to reserve a spot in the antenna Build-A-Thon.
The new venue for our Field Day event on June 22-23 will be the VFW Center Township Post, 8990 Kruitof Way, Fair Oaks, CA 95628. Kevin Hooke KK6DCT will be Field Day Captain. All are welcome to participate as they are able in this annual operating and public outreach event. Stand by for more details. See our Field Day Primer for newbies.
Our club holds nets every Wednesday evening at 8:00 pm on the 145.25 MHz N6NA FM repeater, followed by an 8:30 pm 10 meter net on 28.420 MHz USB and a slow scan television net at 9 pm on the 441.300 MHz N6NA FM repeater. All club members and visitors are welcome to check in to our nets. See more information at www.n6na.org/nets
Newsletters
Sierra Foothills ARC Winter Field Day
Winter Field Day was a success as brave SFARCers went up into the mountains, pitched a tent and operated stations to put W6EK on the air. See the video and photos in the news and on the W6EK.org website. Thanks to everyone for representing the club!
STEM Expo Saturday, March 2nd - Come check out the Ham Radio Exhibit, Booth #9. William Jessup University in Rocklin.
Hamfest 2019 - the first Swap of the year will return to the Loomis Historic Train Depot. Mark your calendars for this date: March 16th, 2019.
Field Day 2019 - We are on the ARRL Locator Map and into planning our event for this June.
Three years of Ham Radio in Two Minutes - K6UDA Radio
Social Media - Facebook / Video - Bob, K6UDA presents Three years of Ham Radio in two minutes. See it on our club page at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/sfarc/permalink/584875881936391/
Meetings - January saw our new Officers (and some reelected ones) take charge with our first meeting of the New Year. Everyone is invited to join us. Every 2nd Friday is our Main Meeting Auburn City Hall, 1225 Lincoln Way, in the Rose Room. W6EK Breakfast - come join us every last Saturday at Mel's off Hwy 49. See the website for map and more information.
Nets - Every Thursday night at 7:30 pm is our general net. Everyone is welcome, no membership needed. Also every 1st and 3rd Wednesday is the Elmer Net. Get answers or help on your projects, radios, antennas or anything else ham radio related. 7:30 pm. Held on the W6EK Repeaters: 145.430 pl 162.2; 223.860 pl 110.9; and 440.575 pl 162.2. Come join the fun!
de WF6J
Our Groups.io replaced the Yahoo Group function.
Newsletter at: http://www.w6ek.org/newsletters/SFARC202019%20newsletter.pdf
VE Exams - Every 1st Saturday each month at Raley's Granite Bay. Starts at 8 am. Walk ins welcome. Contact is Al, NI2U at vechair2015@w6ek.org.
VE Report February 2019
Thanks again for all the VE's that were able to come to the session. We had a very successful session again. We administered 10 elements to 7 candidates. One went all the way from Technician to Extra in one session. We have 3 new Technicians, 1 General and 3 new Extras.
Thanks, Al NI2U
Update from North Hills RC
Posted February 3, 2019
The next meeting for The North Hills Radio Club will take place on Tuesday evening, February 19, 2019.
Our speaker for the evening program will be, Mr. Alan Thompson, W6WN. He will discuss disaster and recovery communications surrounding the recent Camp Fire up in Butte County. Mr. Thompson is on a mission to make sure that what happened in Butte County, never happens again and what each of us can do to prevent such a thing from happening again. It promises to be an interesting topic of discussion.
Remember that the meetings of the NHRC are open to anyone and everyone who wishes to attend. Come one, come all and let's have a big turnout for our speaker. Also, we'll be welcoming our new president, Paul Young, KA6PDY as he takes the gavel for the first time.
Club meetings are always held on the third Tuesday of every month, at the former SMUD building located at 5026 Don Julio Blvd, at the northeast corner of Don Julio and Elkhorn Blvds. The board meeting begins at 6:00 P.M., followed by the general membership meeting at 7:30 P.M.
See you there! From Doug Emerson, Vice-President, North Hills Radio Club. Amateur call sign N6NFF
W6SFM Monthly Meeting
Our next SFM ARC inperson meeting will be held at its normal time and location Feb 7th (followed by our March. 5th meeting). The SFM ARC in-person meeting will be held in the Howard Crowley room upstairs at the Carmichael Presbyterian Church. Directions, including a Google Map, are available at the bottom of the W6SFM homepage.
At our February meeting, we will be discussing ARRL news and events. We will be recapping our NAQP event held at member Bob, N6PGQ’s QTH. We will also have a presentation on the different aspects of the Buddipole portable antenna system. As always, we will have our Tech (show and tell) portion. Members and visitors are welcomed to share their Ham Radio related items they find of interest.
On-Air Net Meeting
Each Tuesday of the week 8:00 PM on 3.545 MHz the SFM ARC enjoys getting on the air with CW for our weekly Nets. You do NOT need to be a member of the SFM ARC to check into our nets and we encourage you to invite a friend to join us as well. Although our nets usually run around 15 wpm code, we are all happy to accommodate those that are slower and need us to oblige. If you are unable to copy Morse Code or need some code practice, please feel free to visit our on-line LIVE streaming broadcast of both the Audio and a CW to Text decoding of the meeting. The “LIVE FEED” link can be found on our home page of our website. With our YouTube Live streaming system, you can watch the Live Feed on your Apple IOS or Android devices. You do not need to have a YouTube account to access the feed. However, you will need one to subscribe to our channel. Those viewing through Youtube can chat with others watching on-line as well. This of course is not mandatory, but rather just a way of making everyone feel more involved in our on-air nets. If you like, you can “check-in” using the chat window and you will be included with our On-Air Net log. Simply announce your call letters in the chat window.
Tell A Friend
Do you know someone in need of a Ham Club to call home? Perhaps someone that wants to learn Morse Code, are interested in CW or already knows and uses it? The SFM ARC would love to be their new Club home. Our in-person meetings are held each 1st Thursday of the month at 7PM. Please use the rear parking lot and entry for best access to the meeting. A map and directions can also be found on our website.
We hope to see you at our next meeting!
Thank You, Chris AI6U Secretary 2019
Newsletter
Update from Western Placer ARC - pending
Posted January 8, 2019
WPARC 2019 Kickoff Luncheon at Via Roma Pizzeria con Cucina Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 1:00 PM
Our third WPARC Annual Kickoff Luncheon will be held at Via Roma Pizzeria con Cucina. Via Roma is opening early for this special luncheon just for us, on Saturday, Jan 19, 2019 at 1:00 PM. In past years we've dined on delicious lasagna, spaghetti and meatballs, or chicken parmigiana entrees. Come join us for salad, fine Italian dishes, beverages, dessert and gratuity included for $25/person (wine available at additional cost.)
There will be our annual prize drawings from all of the drawing tickets collected at meetings in 2018. You have one last chance to strike it big! Who knows what prizes our Drawing Master will find?
Find Via Roma Pizzeria con Cucina at 1230 Sunset Blvd, Suite 600, in Rocklin [Map] where West Oaks Blvd crosses Sunset Blvd, between Lonetree and Blue Oaks Blvds.
We'll see you there!
Ham License Testing - Wednesday, January 2, 6 PM
WPARC offers Ham radio license testing on the first Wednesday of each month at Round Table Pizza at 6 PM (see below for map and directions.) For more information please email Chuck KK6DOA
WPARC Board Meeting - Wednesday, January 2, 7:30 PM
WPARC conducts Board Member meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at Round Table Pizza at 7:30 PM (see below for map and directions.) The board welcomes members and guests who wish to observe or bring business before the board.
WPARC Meeting and Testing Location - No Evening Meeting in January
We're having a luncheon meeting on January 19. See the lead article at the top of this section. Skip the evening meeting, and come to the luncheon! Our usual meeting site is Round Table Pizza, 1020 Pleasant Grove Blvd #170, Roseville. This location faces Roseville Parkway at the northeast corner of the complex, just around the corner from the CVS store. View map and directions
The club website, http://wparc.us/index.html, has a new look and new information. Jey KQ6DK is now club web master and is updating the the site on a regular basis. Thanks to Jey for all his work on the website.
Don’t forget about our WPARC Facebook page. It is at: https://www.facebook.com/WPARC
Want more? We now have a Twitter account! Just search for @k6pac (the club repeater call sign with the “@” symbol). We are following the ARRL, the ARRL Sacramento Valley Section, Kenwood, and Yaesu and a few others. If you think of someone we should follow, please email me. I know there are a few local clubs with Twitter accounts and I will add them.
73, Michael Buck. K6BUK
WPARC on Facebook and Twitter
Check us out on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter (@k6pac)
WPARC Nets WPARC Weekly Nets Members and guests are always welcome to check in. Share a few minutes with us and keep your net skills sharp!Day and Time Net Notes Wed 10:00 AM WPARC Day Net Members and guests welcome Thu 7:30 PM WPARC Evening Net 2M then HF net follows, see below
WPARC Thursday Evening HF Net Schedule Following the Thursday evening 2M Net we have an HF Net to keep our HF radio skills sharp. Confirm the scheduled band and frequency during the 2M net.
Day Band and Frequency Jan Feb Mar 1st Thu 10 meters (28.410 MHz) 3 7 7 2nd Thu 15 meters (21.355 MHz) 10 14 14 3rd Thu 40 meters (7.225 MHz) 17 21 21 4th Thu 75 Meters (3.855 MHz) 24 28 28 5th Thu 10 meters (28.410 MHz) 31
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Greetings, This will be a short message from me this month.
Time has been flying by for the Harmors and we haven’t had much free time; my mother was in a car accident before Christmas, we had to put down our family dog right at the start of the year and we had to get Natalie back off to college just this week.
I hope your new year is off to a better start than ours. We have the club meeting this Thursday, so, it’s the perfect time to show off any radio presents that Santa may have brought you. We also have the Coloma special event station this Saturday and Sunday, Jan 26-27.
We should have a few weeks of good weather coming up, to make any antenna repairs that you need to take care of after that last round of storms. The storms did a beautiful job of covering the Sierra’s in a fresh blanket of snow. Nancy and I were able to enjoy some of the snow on Tuesday after our trip to Reno to drop of Natalie back at University of Nevada Reno.
Stay warm and hope to see and catch up with many of you on Thursday at the meeting.
73, Jay, KE6GLA Newsletter
Update from Oroville ARS
Updated February 3, 2019
OARS Monthly Meeting
The OARS regular monthly meeting will take place Friday, 8 February, 7 pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Hall, 1430 Pine St., Oroville, CA 95965. The doors will open at 6 pm for a social hour prior to the meeting. 73, Jim W7XZ
Net night is every Sunday evening 8:00 pm on the 146.655 MHz W6AF FM repeater.
OARS Monthly Breakfast
This month’s OARS Breakfast will take place Saturday, 23 February, 9 am, at the Acorn Cafe (second floor) of the Gold Country Casino and Hotel, 4020 Olive Hwy, Oroville, CA 95966
The SOTARS/QCWA meeting is Wednesday, February 13. You may choose lunch or breakfast. Lunch is at eleven and Denny's serves breakfast all day.
The meeting will be called to order at noon in the restaurant's back room.
The meeting as usual is at: Denny's Restaurant on the southwest corner of Howe Ave. and College Town Drive, one block North of Highway 50. 7900 College Town Drive, Sacramento Phone (916) 383-7071
Please plan to attend. 73, Dan WA6VPJ
Update from Nevada County ARC
Updated February 3, 2019
Next Meeting: Monday February 11, 2019 7 pm-9 pm.
Our February guest speaker will be: Alan Thompson W6WN, VSAT Field Engineer for El Dorado Networks. Alan was involved with the disaster recovery efforts in Butte County to restore and harden cell phone services that were disabled by the Camp Fire. He has some interesting insights on the communications recovery.
General Meetings 2nd Monday of Each Month 7:00 p.m. at the Salvation Army Meeting Room, 10725 Alta Street - Grass Valley. Guests are Welcome. Presentation, Coffee, Monthly Raffle. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
Nevada County Amateur Radio Club members hold impromptu meetings at the Omega Rest Area on highway 20. Elevation is around 5000 ft and the views are tremendous. Our activity always draws the interest of motorists coming through the rest stop.
73, Cal McKitrick AI6MC, NCARC President 2019 Newsletter Facebook Group
COFFEE CHAT (Ham n' Coffee)
Thursdays, 8 am at Valentina's Bistro, 841 Sutton Way, Grass Valley
Update from Yuba-Sutter ARC
Posted February 2, 2019
NEXT GENERAL MEETING
The next general meeting will be held Tues., Feb 5 at Marysville First United Methodist Church, 730 D Street, Marysville. This meeting will include a potluck. Enjoy good food, and good conversation with fellow club members. There will be a drawing.
BOARD MEETINGS
Board meetings are held at the American Red Cross Center. The Red Cross building is located at 125 E. Onstott Road, Yuba City. The next board meeting will be Wed., 20 Feb 2019. Visitors are welcome.
TECHNICIAN CLASS
Coming in January and February 2019 is the next technician class. Do you know of anyone interested in becoming a ham? Encourage them to attend and then become their Elmer. Help your hobby to grow. Classes will be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. at the American Red Cross Center in Yuba City beginning Jan. 7, 2019. They will run through Feb 27th. The Red Cross building is located at 125 E. Onstott Road, Yuba City. We will be meeting in Classroom 2.
EDITORS COMMENTS
✓YSARC’s new web page is: www.ysarc.net - click on the upper right-hand icon on the homepage to join the club’s Facebook page. Past issue’s of the VHN are available on our new website.
✓Send your ham related articles and pictures to share in your VHN. Pictures of ham shacks, antenna projects, antenna parties, etc. are appreciated KI6CSN@arrl.net orKF6FVP@arrl.net
Newsletter
Update from Elk Grove-Florin ARC - pending
Posted July 9, 2018
Elk Grove-Florin ARC—Section News
Remember how much fun the Install-O-Rama was last August? Attached is the announcement for this year's event. Please share it with your radio club and others who may be interested. Thanks... Dave Reingold, KK6MVJ
Christine Lay, KG6JFO, President EGFARC, 916/715-8091 Install-O-Rama Flyer
Update from Glenn ARS - pending
Posted July 9, 2018
Prez Says for July 2018
Greetings to all club members and guests. It’s almost Independence Day and I want to thank you for your service this club and to this great country. I hope you find the club newsletters and ‘Prez Says” message useful and informative.
Mike Ellithorpe, KF6OBI President, GARS kilofox6obi@yandex.com 530-518-3730 Newsletters
Update from Golden Empire ARS - pending
Posted July 9, 2018
The Prez' Says:
73 de KI6VOS, Rick +1.415.624.5865
73, Tom Rider W6JS, President GEARS rustyboyrider@aol.com Newsletter
Member Updates and Feedback
Please send your feedback to kp4md@arrl.org to be included in this section.
Duane Wyatt, WAØMJD, on Kaleidoscope Variety Show
Section Member Duane Wyatt, WAØMJD, on Childrens Hospital's "Kaleidoscope Variety Show"
Posted February 3, 2018
The University of California Benioff Childrens Hospital's Kaleidoscope Variety Show recently featured Sacramento Valley Section member Duane Wyatt, WAØMJD, showing his ham radio operation.
In this "Video Postcard" Duane explains and demonstrates his ham radio station in this program for children.
Section Member Phil Sittner, KD6RM, on QSO Today Podcast
Phil Sittner, KD6RM, has a ham radio story that goes back over 50 years, from childhood. Still living in Northern California, Phil builds his own radios and test equipment, operates CW on 80 and 40 meters, using his fence mounted 80 meter end-fed Zepp and a pair of phased 40 meter verticals in an HOA neighborhood where antennas are forbidden. We harness Phil’s extensive technical expertise and hear his ham radio story in this QSO Today.
Listen to Phil's podcast interview on https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/kd6rm
May 2019 News
Carmichael Elks ARC Ham Swap Sunday May 26
Emergency Communications 
