A BIG congratulations to the 4 newest Technician operators who passed their test on Monday night; Steve Carter, Roger Konecny, Jeff Rice, and Matthew Schmit. Marty Main KO6GXX /AG also joined us and got his upgrade to General! Congratulations to you all from the Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club.
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ARRL Policy Matters & Direction in Amateur Radio with Pacific Division Director Tony Marcin (W7XM)
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: ARRL Pacific Division Director Tony Marcin (W7XM) will speak on ARRL Policy Matters & Direction in Amateur Radio at the Tuesday, February 4th, 7:00 pm PT in-person meeting of the River City ARCS.
This will include an update on the January ARRL Board of Directors meeting. Members and visitors are welcome. Zoom information is available upon request to contact@n6na.org.
WHERE: Congregation Beth Shalom, 4746 El Camino Ave. Carmichael, CA 95608 | MAP LINK
A BIG THANK YOU
A B1G thank you to Gilda, Cindy, and Shari from Confluence Church who spoiled us ALL rotten at this month’s meeting with this amazing spread. 2025 diet broken and it was soooooo worth it!
TIME FOR SOME UPGRADES
Congratulations to all those who go their license or upgrade at last nights SFARC VE Session: Ben Brabon (Tech), Colin Ryan (Tech), Jason Ray (KO6GXN /AG), Garrett Hebert (/AG), Michael Baker (AK6KR /AE), Nikolai Chernyshev (KO6GGR /AE), John Fischer (KO6COW /AE), and Paul Walker (KO6GQV /AE).
Countdown To 2025
HO HO HO, IT’S FOX HUNT TIME
Join Santa and his sleigh on December 28th for the last SFARC Fox Hunt of 2024. This month the fun comes to Newcastle with a meet-up (pre-game) at Denny’s, 681 Newcastle Rd, Newcastle, CA 95658 (south side of Interstate 80) at 9:30 AM. The fox will be within a 5-mile radius of Denny’s with some walking involved. Want more information, CLICK HERE.
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Thank You Vets!
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell
Thank you to all who served this country from the Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)
Congratulations New Hams
A great turnout for the November VE Session with a big congratulations going out to the following folks: Murugan Balasubramanian, Marsha Brashear, Jeremiah Dauphinals, Jason Hodkin, and Carly Geo who all got their Technicians license last night. In fact, at only 9 years old, Carly might have set a record completing her tech exam in about 2 minutes with a near perfect score. When asked after, she read the manual 3 times and took over 100 practice tests. Now that is some dedication!!! We can’t forget one last congratulations to Paul Walker who got a perfect score on his tech test and then took the general and got, ANOTHER PERFECT SCORE! Congratulations to you all, we can’t wait to hear you on the air.
NOVEMBER POTA PARTY
It’s that time again! we are going to have a POTA PARTY! We will be meeting in the Beals Point Parking Lot at Folsom Lake on Saturday, November 9th at 8:00A. We will keep going until either the park closes, or everyone goes home. The goal is to have 3 HF stations going using the W6EK call sign. All are welcome to come play radio with us! Parking is $12.