Coming Events
- March 16 - ARRL Sacramento Valley Section Nets
- March 18 - Loomis Hamfest https://hamfest.weebly.com/
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Mike Meighan, KD6ILC - Silent Key
Mike Meighan, KD6ILC, Sacramento Valley District 3 ARES
District Emergency Coordinator became a Silent Key on Sunday March 12
while hospitalized for sepsis.
Mike had been active for many years with Sacramento Valley ARES,
Sacramento ARC, Sacramento Metro Fire CERT, Sacramento SHARP, as an
instructor and a volunteer examiner with the Carmichael Elks Lodge VE
Team.
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KUDOS FOR ARRL SET/ARMY MARS EXERCISE OCT 2022
TO ALL ARRL PACIFIC AND SOUTHWEST DIVISION MEMBERS
"On behalf of the DOD and US Northern Command, I want to express my thanks to the more than 1,400 amateur radio operators who were a part of the SET-DOD interop exercise this past Oct/Nov. Your willingness to support this effort is indicative of the amateur radio spirit of communications and interoperability towards achieving a common goal of providing communications during a time of need. Thank you and well done.
Paul English
Dept Army Civilian
Chief of Army MARS"
Paul English
DA Civilian
U.S. Army NETCOM G3 Current Operations
HF/LMR Capability Manager and Chief Army MARS
To all of you I want to say a big Thank You. Without your help we(Army and Air Force MARS) would not have been able to complete the assigned mission of delivering the Message from United States Northern Command to United States Amateur Radio Operators, Simulated Emergency Tests(SET). Please pass this Thank You on the Amateur Radio Operators who were there in the background supporting you in the SET’S coordinating with the MARS Operators who passed the Message to them because without them the Mission would not have been completed.
AGAIN THANKS TO ALL
DERRILL COFFMAN W7LTM
ARMY MARS REGION 9 LIASION
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Redding Hamfest Saturday, October 8
Thanks to the Amateur Radio Club of Anderson, Shasta/Tehama ARES and Bentronics for hosting the October 8 Redding Hamfest, and to all those who stopped by and said hello at our ARRL Section communications information booth.
Congratulations to the four new Technician licensees and the upgraded General licensee who tested at the onsite VE session!
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Section Appointments
James Goldstene, KN6QNJ, has been appointed as ARRL Sacramento Valley Affiliated Club Coordinator. Our Section Amateur Radio Clubs should contact James at KN6QNJ@arrl.net for club resources. Thanks to Max Soucia, N1KGS, for his past service in this position.
Ted Cochran, N6TBC, of Oroville is the new Butte County ARES Emergency Coordinator, replacing Dale Anderson, KK6EVX, who became a Silent Key in August.
Mike Meighan, KD6ILC, has assumed Michael Joseph’s position as District 3 District Emergency Coordinator, and
Mike Sumersille, N7MSS has replaced Jay Harmor KE6GLA as El Dorado County Emergency Coordinator.
Congratulations to Mike KD6ILC and Mike N7MSS on your new appointments, and thanks to Jay KE6GLA and Mike KK6ZGB for your past service in those positions.
Next Sacramento Valley Section Net will be March 16
All ARRL members, club presidents, Section appointees, and all appropriately licensed radio amateurs are encouraged to join us for the ARRL Sacramento Valley Section nets. Section News and items of regional and national interest to all radio amateurs will be the topics of discussion.
ARRL Sacramento Valley Section Wide Nets are conducted on the third Thursday only of such months when announced via official bulletin and on www.arrlsacvalley.org
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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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ARRL Sacramento Valley Section Nets are conducted only on months when announced, on the third Thursday of that month following the 7 pm Pacific Time Yuba-Sutter ARES net on the WD6AXM 146.085 MHz +0.6 MHz offset, CTCSS 127.3 Hz FM repeater, followed by the HF Section Net on 3880 kHz LSB +/- 3 kHz. During spring and summer months the HF net may be conducted on 5330.5 kHz USB as propagation permits.
All Sacramento Valley Section radio amateurs are welcome to check into our Section Nets. The nets carry announcements of interest to our section and test our section-wide station communication capabilities.
Hourly Northern California NVIS Observations
This chart shows colors that represent the recommended HF frequencies for contacting stations for a particular hour. Both stations should use the SAME frequency denoted by the color at the location of the target station. The chart is in Universal Time (UTC). More information at http://www.sws.bom.gov.au/HF_Systems/6/6
