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DECEMBER HOLIDAY FAMILY FOX HUNT
Come one, come all. The December fox hunt will be like no other. Join SFARC on December 27th at the Regional Park in Auburn (3770 Richardson Drive). Our pre-meeting will start at 0900 at the main parking lot near the paddleboard courts (38.952465, -121.107092). Bring your family, friends, spouse, kids, significant other, pets, and grandkids (did I miss anyone?) to this family-friendly event. It will be a “walk in the park” kinda hunt, with accesible paths for all. We’ll have hot chocolate and prizes for the kids.
As always, a big thanks to this month’s tenders: Brian (AI6US), John (KO6COW), Jayden (W6EFM), and Frank (KG9M). More info can be found HERE.
WINTER IS COMING… SO IS THE 2026 LOOMIS HAMFEST
SFARC POTA THIS WEEKEND
SFARC will be doing a club POTA activation at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area THIS SUNDAY, 11/16, starting @ 10 AM. Bring your portable radio equipment, a filling lunch, and enjoy the great outdoors in zero-noise land with SFARC members! We will be operating phone, digital, and CW modes on as many bands as we have antennas for.
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area: 45211 County Road 32B, Davis, CA 95618
Next VE Exam Date – December 1, 2025
Looking for a local location to take your amateur radio license or upgrade exam? Sierra Foothills VE Team provides in-person exam sessions on the 1st Monday evening of the month.
Scholarships are available for students currently enrolled in Elementary, Middle, High School, or Undergraduate College programs and are 21 years of age or younger as of the date of the
exam. Upon passing an exam, the student will be eligible for an instant $14 refund for the cost of the exam and also awarded the $35 FCC licensing fee.
NEXT IN-PERSON DATE: 12/1/2025 @ 7 PM
Need more information before signing up? CLICK HERE
Have You Checked Out Friday Night Trivia Night?
Every first and third Friday at 7:30 PM PT, Dawn (KG6FZZ) and Simon (K6DXN) host Friday Night Trivia Night. Dawn and Simon previously hosted trivia night on a Southern California repeater system for 15 years. If you haven’t checked it out, you’re missing out. All ham operators and trivia buffs are welcome to attend. Must have a license to transmit. 🙂
WHEN -> First and Third Friday each month @ 7:30 PM
WHERE -> W6EK 2M Repeater / ASL #51018
Next VE Exam Date – November 3, 2025
Looking for a local location to take your amateur radio license or upgrade exam? Sierra Foothills VE Team provides in-person exam sessions on the 1st Monday evening of the month.
Scholarships are available for students currently enrolled in Elementary, Middle, High School, or Undergraduate College programs and are 21 years of age or younger as of the date of the exam. Upon passing an exam, the student will be eligible for an instant $14 refund for the cost of the exam and also awarded the $35 FCC licensing fee.
NEXT IN-PERSON DATE: 11/3/2025 @ 7 PM
Need more information before signing up? CLICK HERE
SFARC FALL POTLUCK IN THE PARK
September Fox Hunts, Two Options This Month!
The first Fox Hunt will take place on Saturday, 9/20, at a special location: Stampede Reservoir, located off Interstate 80, just east of Truckee, CA. This Fox Hunt is scheduled to coordinate with the SFARC annual campout. The Fox Hunt will start with a pre-meeting at the camp host’s (base camp site, Site 228) location, usually after morning breakfast, no earlier than approximately 10 AM. If you are
not planning to camp, then consider coming up for breakfast (don’t forget to RSVP), stay for the day, join the Fox Hunt later in the morning, enjoy all the afternoon fun events, and then savor the Saturday night dinner (again, please don’t forget to RSVP). Stampede is actually a reasonable drive from most Sacramento areas…less than two hours with normal traffic.
The second Fox Hunt opportunity will be on the last Saturday of the month, September 27. Thank you Frank (KG9M) for volunteering to be the Fox Tender for this Fox Hunt. Regular pre-meeting time of 9 AM directly following the monthly club breakfast in the parking lot of Wings, following the SFARC monthly breakfast.
More information can be found HERE.
Next VE Exam Date – October 6, 2025
Looking for a local location to take your amateur radio license or upgrade exam? Sierra Foothills VE Team provides in-person exam sessions on the 1st Monday evening of the month.
Scholarships are available for students currently enrolled in Elementary, Middle, High School, or Undergraduate College programs and are 21 years of age or younger as of the date of the exam. Upon passing an exam, the student will be eligible for an instant $14 refund for the cost of the exam and also awarded the $35 FCC licensing fee.
NEXT IN-PERSON DATE: 10/6/2025 @ 7 PM
Need more information before signing up? CLICK HERE