George Simmons (KG6LSB) was a beloved club member and friend of SFARC. Earlier this year, George became a silent key.
A celebration of life will be at 10 AM on September 17 at VFW Hall at 100 East Street in Auburn. Everyone is welcome!
All are invited to stay for the old-fashioned VFW Pancake Breakfast brunch prepared by VFW 904. If you plan to attend, please click here to RSVP.
The Lincoln Hamfest is right around the corner on the morning of September 16th sponsored by the Western Placer Amateur Radio Club.
If you’re interested in becoming a seller, join WPARC in the bandstand parking lot of McBean Park, 65 McBean Park Drive (Highway 193) in Lincoln @ 0600 with a crisp $10 bill. Seller start time is 0700.
CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL FLYER | WPARC WEBSITE
QST QST QST! We apologize for the late notice but due to a scheduling conflict at the church, THIS Friday’s meeting (July 14th) has been changed to a Zoom-only meeting. Please join us in the club Zoom room Friday @ 7 PM, the meeting will begin promptly at 7:30 PM.
Our next trip is scheduled for July 15 and we will head up Soda Springs Roads. This is a repeat of last year’s Soda Springs Rd trip with different side trips and significantly different road conditions. We are planning on a side trip to the petroglyph location on the ridge above Wabena Creek as well as an excursion to the Lyon Ridge aid station location along the Tevis Cup Trail. Our objective has changed from the flyer and we will return back down Soda Springs Rd to Mosquito Ridge Rd where we will again cross the Tevis Cup Trail on our way down to French Meadows Reservoir. From there we will head back to Robinson Flat via Robinson Flat Rd and then downhill back to civilization.
Road conditions have improved however, there is still one giant log that forces you to the edge of the trail to get around it. Longer wheelbase vehicles might have their mark on the log. We’ve seen the petroglyphs and we even saw a geocache placed somewhere along our route. For more information, or to download the event flyer CLICK HERE.
Our next general club meeting is coming up on July 14th and we’ve got a few presentations lined up including a 2023 Field Day wrap-up and a presentation by Evan (AJ6OR) on his highly successful radio direction-finding skills! If you’ve been following SFARC’s RDF Fox Hunts, you know that Evan has consistently been finding the “Fox” well ahead of the pack. Now he is going to share his secret with us.
All our welcome at the meeting Friday, July 14th @ 7:30 PM in the club Zoom room. Due to a scheduling conflict at the church, there will be no in-person attendance.
Our next Hams in the Hills event will be a nice relaxing drive in the forest to Malakoff Diggins, Graniteville, and (if snow does not stop us) Bowman Lake. We plan to leave Bel Air (2222 Grass Valley Hwy) at 0800. If you plan to join, please CLICK HERE TO RSVP.
Thank you KK7AIR, Scott for once again inviting us to the Georgetown Airport Campground for another Field Day fly-in event! Thank you for hosting us!
The airport has a very nice shaded private campground, which is accessed by a side road on the West side of the runway. There is running potable water, two restrooms with sinks, and a cold shower. The site has a good amount of shade and picnic tables, but you might consider bringing a pop-up or canopy along with comfortable lawn chairs for socializing, relaxing, and eating. The camping area is perfect for tents and small RVs. 5th wheel, larger bumper pull trailers along with class A coaches will park across the runway near the hangars. There are no hook-ups or dump stations.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS No events found.
Looking for a local location to take your amateur radio license or upgrade exam? The Sierra Foothills VE Team will be providing an extra exam session at Field Day on Saturday, June 24th @ 2 PM at the Georgetown Airport.
Scholarships are available for new hams, who are under 21 years old and enrolled in an education program. The scholarship reimburses the cost of your exam and provides a study guide for the next license level.
EXAM DATE:
06/24/2023 @ 2 PM
Need more information? CLICK HERE
We have another special presentation at our club meeting THIS Friday @ 7:30 PM. We have the pleasure of having Barri “Bear” Babow (NW6Q). She will be sharing a presentation on the new James Webb Space Telescope which she helped bring to reality. We are going to give “Bear” our full presentation, this is bound to be a fascinating topic. If you plan to join in person, please remember a food donation for the greater Auburn area. If you can’t make it in person, join us in the club Zoom room.