Hey SFARC Members and Friends,
Apologies for the extra email this weekend. The promo code previously mentioned for t-shirts expired yesterday. However, we have a new promo code in place that will save you 25% off your entire order (including anything you see in the new merch shop).
If you plan to get a Field Day shirt and you waited… you just saved a little extra cash.
www.w6ek.org/fieldday/tshirts
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2025 SFARC Field Day T-Shirts are now available for purchase @ www.w6ek.org/fieldday/tshirts
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We’ve got some updates for this week and coming weekend.
If you’re looking for something to do on Saturday, join SFARC for some breakfast at Mel’s in Auburn. The fun starts at 0730 but make sure to arrive early for best seating. Following breakfast, we’re going on a hunt.
FOX HUNT THIS SATURDAY The fox transmitter will be hidden within the greater Auburn area. The transmitter may or may not be able to be heard from Mel’s Diner. The fox transmitter and clipboard will be easily accessible from the roadway or parking lot. Sign and time stamp the log when located. The transmitter on 146.565 MHz will be activated 0930 and turned off at 1100. The Fox Tender, AI6US – Brian will announce when the fox transmitter is active and can be contacted during the hunt via the W6EK 2 meter repeater. We will meet for a post-hunt celebration at Burgers and Cream at 1100. Map @ maps.app.goo.gl/wp4LfGwpDg14E2Jo9
FIELD DAY 2025 UPDATE The planning for Field Day 2025 is well underway and nearly complete. Field Day t-Shirts will be available for purchase soon at w6ek.org. A big congratulations to Brian (AI6US) for winning the Field Day T-Shirt Contest this year. More information about purchasing a t-shirt can be found @ www.w6ek.org/fieldday/tshirts
RSVPs are now open for Field Day. If you plan to join us, even for the day, please RSVP using the Field Day Resource Center @ fieldday.w6ek.org/
The next Field Day planning meeting is Wednesday, June 4th @ 1800 in the club Zoom room.
FALL CAMPOUT Sure, September seems far away but it will be here before you know it!!! We’ve added a lot of information about the campout on the website. Check is out @ www.w6ek.org/activities/campout and at a minimum, reserve your campsite, space is limited. Once you reserved a campsite, please reply to this email and I’ll make sure to add you to the camp map.
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Your feedback is important to us and has helped shape what Hot RF Nights has become. Please take the 60 seconds and click the link below and tell us what you thought. Please also forward this anonymous survey to others in attendance that may be absent from our club email list.
www.w6ek.org/activities/hotrfnights
We will also be sending the survey link to other clubs in attendance and served agencies.
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Late week update.
The final deadline for submitting a T-Shirt design for the Field Day 2025 contest is approaching. We will accept submissions until 11:59PM tomorrow (Friday, May 16, 2025). Submit your design @ www.w6ek.org/contest
I won’t continue to promote Hot RF Nights. OK, maybe one more time! It’s this Saturday and the weather looks GREAT. Saturday’s highs are 77 with a lite breeze. Absolute perfect weather for being outdoors and enjoying an ice cream float. We’re giving away a Xiegu G90 and two really cool battery boxes so bring out your vehicles or go kits (go boxs) and show off your stuff. This Saturday (March 17th), 2PM setup, 3PM start.
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SFARC Members and Friends
We’ve got a number of meetings ending this week.
Tonight at 6PM (05/07) we have another Hot RF Nights planning meeting. As we near the final stages, we are still looking for volunteers and would LOVE your help and participation. Location: Club Zoom Room
This Thursday (05/08) is the SFARC board meeting at 6PM. Location: Club Zoom Room
This Friday (05/09) is the SFARC general meeting starting at 7:30PM. This month we’ll have a presentation exploring different backup solutions and what you can do to insure your data is not lost WHEN a computer fails. Location: In Person (Confluence Church, Auburn CA) OR Club Zoom Room
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QST QST QST. The Field Day T-Shirt contest has begun! We’ll be taking submissions until May 16th @ www.w6ek.org/contest www.w6ek.org/contest
* Please indicate below whether this is a homemade design or generated by AI * Limit design to 4 COLORS ONLY. * Design will be used on the back of the shirt. The front of the shirt will have the SFARC logo. * Bonus points for limiting your design to ONE color! * Last day to submit designs is 11:59PM May 16th, 2025 * If you have more than one design, please submit an entry for EACH design. * The contest winner will be announced by email on May 19th with instructions on how to order. READY, SET, GO!!!
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We’ve got a busy week ahead on many fronts.
THIS WEDNESDAY, FIELD DAY PLANNING MEETING & 5TH WEDNESDAY SPECIAL PRESENTATION (04/30) We’ve got another Field Day planning meeting coming up, this Wednesday in the club Zoom room. All are welcome to attend. (6P).
At 7:30P, the Zoom room will reopen with a special presentation by Craig (KM6LYW). Craig has a really cool DigiPi project he’s been involved with for some time. Rather than carry a separate computer to operate modes such as FT8, RTTY, APRS, and WinLink, DigiPi allows you to do all that and more through your phone. Craig will give a brief introduction to the platform and demonstrate the many useful features it provides to your digital ham radio operations. He will also go into further details, what it takes to build your own device, and how it can be interfaced to various models of amateur transceiver equipment.
RIVER CITY ARC HAS INVITED SFARC TO THEIR ENCORE SERIES OF MENTORING SESSIONS ON HF OPERATION – FIRST SESSION, THIS TUESDAY April 29 | Practical home, portable and mobile HF Antennas | 7-9 pm You must register first @ CLICK HERE bit.ly/4js5KPr
TRIVA NIGHT, THIS FRIDAY, 7:30P – W6EK 2-meter repeater, now in full duplex! This is going to get fun!!!
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Loaded email this week… In case you missed it, some substantial upgrades have been done to the W6EK 2M repeater system. If you haven’t talked on the repeater since the weekend, you should first and foremost hear it better. It is back at full power after a long hiatus on the top antenna. We also launched voting receivers overlooking the valley HIGH above Auburn, another in Rocklin (with good ears), and a third at the Georgetown airport. ONE NOTE!!! The W6EK TX is not transmitting a CTCSS at this time, it is carrier squelch only at this time.
BREAKFAST AND FOX HUNT, THIS SATURDAY A reminder that this weekend (this Saturday) is the club breakfast at Mel’s Diner in Auburn. The fun starts at 7:30 but make sure to come early or you’ll be stuck at the kids table.
Following breakfast is Fox Hunt. The Fox Tenders for this month will be John KO6COW and his son. Thank you to both. The Fox Hunt pre-meeting will be in the parking lot of Mel’s, 9:00 AM, immediately following the monthly cub breakfast. The Fox Hunt itself will start at around 9:45 AM and end at 11:45 AM. The Fox Hunt call-in frequency will be 146.550 MHz The Hunt will be south of Mel’s and north of Indian Hill Road. The Fox transmitter will be 146.535 MHz running at 20 mW. Come one, come all. Bring the family.
HOT RF NIGHTS UPDATE New Served Agencies and Clubs Added * Placer County ARES * Community Emergency Radio Association (CERA) * El Dorado Amateur Radio Club * North Hills Amateur Radio Club * Glenn County Amateur Radio Society and GC ARES * Yuba-Sutter Amateur Radio Club and Sutter County ARES * Oroville Amateur Radio Society (tentative) * Rocklin Fire * Rocklin Police This year we’re at William Jessup University in Rocklin. We REALLY hope all club members and friends will come out.
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