All posts by Smitty (WB1G)

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

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

CAMPOUT COUNTDOWN

Next VE Exam Date – September 8, 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: 9/8/2025 @ 7 PM

Need more information before signing up? CLICK HERE