To Member, clubs and friends in the San Joaquin Valley Section. 

Happy New Year and welcome all to 2026. Let’s take a moment to remember all the Silent Keys we lost, and let’s welcome all the newly licensed operators. As we go into 2026, this hobby is about teaching, learning, building, and most importantly, helping one another. This is done in many ways by your Elmer, another ham, and providing emergency communications. This all circles back to clubs, and 2026 is the ARRL Year of the Club. Let’s be Club Active! This starts with all of us by volunteering for board positions, events, nets, promoting activities, and of course, amateur radio. Clubs, we want to see what you are doing in your community. Please send your club newsletters, upcoming events, and testing to me so we can get the information out. I also want to invite all club officers to our February meeting via Zoom. Email me all your info, and I will provide the link. It will be the third Sunday in February at 5 p.m. This will give you a chance to meet the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section Leadership. With the Year of the Club, the focus is on your club and activities. Please check out the website www.clubs.arrl.org for more info and to list all your club information.  

Join us on Facebook. The San Joaquin Valley Section has a facebook page.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/sjv.arrl be sure and share your club events and pictures for the rest of the section to see!  Invite your club members and ham friends, or potential new ham friends to connect with us on social media. Post your local media hits on your club and get your monthly meetings scheduled as events! 

You should also send your newsletter to the Section Manager, (kk6jtb@arrl.org)  Affiliated Club Coordinator  and the Pacific Division Leaders (nz6q@arrl.org)  and to ARRL HQ (clubs@arrl.org). Thanks to all the clubs who are doing this each month. 

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. 

The K6RAU (our Traffic Manager) Morse Code Instruction Course is available at https://k6rau.podomatic.com  No need to know a "dit" from a "dah", simply with paper and pencil, and following the instructions.

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ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section Report for the month of March 2025 

73, 

Steve, KK6JTB                                                                                                       Section Manager SJV

ARRL Field Appointments -

ASM K6YK – ASM KD6SUN -ASM KF6NPG
SEC WL7COO – ASEC KF6NPG – ASEC W6DQ
ACC  - OOC N1VM - STM K6RAU  - TC W6TE- PIC KO6GJL

ZOOM MEETINGS

SJV Section ALL HANDS                                                                                    Third Sunday of the month Contact Dan, WL7COO for an invite 

>> CLUBS <<

CALAVERAS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY -  ++ Steve Airola W6RXK, President.   www.calaverasars.org

CLOVIS AMATEUR RADIO PIONEERS - K6ARP ++ Rob Marvis AE6GE, President.   www.k6arp.org 

LODI ARC ++ Keith Colgan N7DXC, President – Club meetings are the first Thursday each month at Casa Flores on Kettleman Lane. Check out their new website at www.lodihams.org 

FRESNO ARC ++  Fresno ARC meetings are on the air 2^nd Friday of the month.  www.w6to.com 

KERN COUNTY-CENTRAL VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB  John Montoya KN6FVK President W6LIE.ORG

MADERA COUNTY ARC ++ Guss O Keith, KF6ZXO, President www.w6wgz.org

MANTECA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB ++ www.k6man.org

MOUNTAIN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB ++ Angelo Ferrari KO6AFO, President - Regular club meetings are the 4^th Thursday each month at the Sierra Senior Center in Oakhurst  www.w6bw.org

PORTERVILLE ARA (PARA) ++ www.portervilleham.com

SIERRA ARC ++ Dennis Kidder W6DQ, President. Check out the upcoming events and hands-on classes coming soon www.wa6ybn.com

SEQUOIA ARG ++ Mike Hiiggins KA6IYS, President --  www.n6krv.org

STOCKTON DELTA ARC ++ Steve Cranny KN6ZJJ, President - www.w6sf.org

STANISLAUS ARA ++  Club Meetings are 3^rd Tuesday of the month at Stanislaus County OES.  Morning Traffic, Weather & Information Net is weekdays on WD6EJF repeater 145.390 - (PL 136.5) starting at 7:00AM. VE Sessions are available prior to club meetings.  www.saraclub.net

TEHACHAPI AMATEUR RADIO ASSOC. TARA ++ club website www.ac6ee.org TARA meets regularly on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. We meet in the Community Room at the Tehachapi Police Department Building at 7:00 pm. The Tehachapi Police Department is located at 220 West C Street, Tehachapi, CA 93561

TULARE COUNTY ARC ++ Ray Quinn W6RAY, President – Club meetings are held 3rd Thursday of each month - VE Session at 6PM regular meeting a 7PM.  www.tcarc.net

TUOLUMNE COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ELECTRONICS SOCIETY  ++  Craig Peterson KM6NCU, President – the club website  www.tcares.net

TURLOCK ARC ++  Bambi Schmidt KI6YQL, President – Club Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday each month at the Salvation Army in Turlock.   www.w6bxn.org

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 The following Amateurs became Silent Keys since the last report:

 Miguel "Mike" Lopez KN6FXR

 Ron Eaves W6RPM

Mike Cash W6PM

I'm sure there were others... They will be missed... 

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   SJV Section ORS/FOR Traffic Report: [NOV 2025]

     Call       Org       Rcvd       Sent      Del       Total

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    k6rau       0            0           12         0           12

--------------------------------------------------------------------

      sum:       0           0             12         0           12

  ==================================

       SJV Section PSHR/FOR Reports:   [NOV 2025]

      Call     (1)     (2)     (3)     (4)     (5)     (6)     (T)

   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

     k6rau   31      12      30       0        0       0       73

   -------------------------------------------------------------------

      sum:    31      12      30       0        0       0       73

    =================================

                          [ de: k6rau@arrl.net ]

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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.

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.

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San Joaquin Valley HF Nets:

San Joaquin Valley ARES HF net every Sunday at 0700 on 3935 KHz (with alternates 7195 and 1935 KHz) All participants are encouraged to send a Winlink check-in and or status report to W6PE prior to the net.                                            

The Noontime net meets on 7.2835 MHz. This net has a lot of check-ins especially mobile.

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 3.8575 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 .

See you on the Air!

73

Steve, KK6JTB