Our next club meeting will take place on January 10 at 7:30 PM at the Confluence Church Gym in Auburn, California and on Zoom at zoom.w6ek.org. Please welcome Scott (KM6RFB), who put together a comprehensive portable communications backpack inspired by medic bags. We all have plenty of radio gear, and sometimes it can be difficult to pack it all together for field use and transport. Come join us as Scott tells us about the items he used to get everything organized, where you can obtain them, and how easy it can be to tidy up your equipment for that next casual outing or an emergency event that requires rapid response and deployment.
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SFARC 2024 Year In Review
A big thanks to all club members and their families for coming to the SFARC Holiday Fiesta tonight. If you missed the SFARC 2024 Year In Review, we’ve published it right at the top of www.w6ek.org www.w6ek.org …
Here’s to an amazing 2025 ahead of us.
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Here’s to an amazing 2025 ahead of us.
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73, The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK) (530) 492-0920
Website: www.w6ek.org www.w6ek.org Group.io: groupsio.w6ek.org
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December 2024 Meeting
Thanks to all for a wonderful 2024! We hope to see you at the annual SFARC Holiday Party on December 7!
Our monthly club meetings will resume in 2025, on January 10 at 7:30 PM at the Confluence (formerly Crossroads) Church Gym in Auburn, California and on Zoom at zoom.w6ek.org.
Tomorrow Night’s Meeting | SFARC Election Night
SFARC Members,
Tomorrow night is election night for SFARC and WE NEED YOU. Did you know that based on SFARC’s bylaws, it takes 62 club members to be present for quorum (both online and in person). As a club member, it’s important you attend since we’ll be voting in some new officers. We hope you can attend if not in person, online @ meeting.w6ek.org
A reminder for this weekend. We’ve got a POTA kicking off Saturday morning and we want you to come by. If you’re planning to join us, please head over to www.w6ek.org and RSVP ASAP!
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73, The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK) (530) 492-0920
Website: www.w6ek.org www.w6ek.org Group.io: groupsio.w6ek.org
Social: facebook.w6ek.org facebook.w6ek.org twitter.w6ek.org twitter.w6ek.org linkedIn.w6ek.org linkedIn.w6ek.org instagram.w6ek.org instagram.w6ek.org youtube.w6ek.org youtube.w6ek.org
Tomorrow night is election night for SFARC and WE NEED YOU. Did you know that based on SFARC’s bylaws, it takes 62 club members to be present for quorum (both online and in person). As a club member, it’s important you attend since we’ll be voting in some new officers. We hope you can attend if not in person, online @ meeting.w6ek.org
A reminder for this weekend. We’ve got a POTA kicking off Saturday morning and we want you to come by. If you’re planning to join us, please head over to www.w6ek.org and RSVP ASAP!
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73, The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK) (530) 492-0920
Website: www.w6ek.org www.w6ek.org Group.io: groupsio.w6ek.org
Social: facebook.w6ek.org facebook.w6ek.org twitter.w6ek.org twitter.w6ek.org linkedIn.w6ek.org linkedIn.w6ek.org instagram.w6ek.org instagram.w6ek.org youtube.w6ek.org youtube.w6ek.org
New Member Vote – CORRECTION
SFARC Members,
A correction to the email sent out earlier this morning. The link sent out for member voting was incorrect and does not work. The system generates a custom link for each member, emailed directly from HamClubOnline. Please check your inbox for that message (image below of what it looks like). If its not in your inbox, make sure to check your SPAM folder.
If you’re a member in good standing, and you didn’t receive anything from HamClubOnline (HCOL), please login @ secure.hamclubonline.com/ secure.hamclubonline.com/. secure.hamclubonline.com/ Once you log in, enter SFARC and look for Elections/Survey <– click on that. You should see a link for “New Member Vote”. Click on that and vote and you’re all set.
If you have any trouble, please reach out to membership help using the form @ www.w6ek.org/membership
If you have any trouble, please reach out to membership help using the form @ www.w6ek.org/membership
Sample Email From HCOL:
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73, The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK) (530) 492-0920
Website: www.w6ek.org www.w6ek.org Group.io: groupsio.w6ek.org
Social: facebook.w6ek.org facebook.w6ek.org twitter.w6ek.org twitter.w6ek.org linkedIn.w6ek.org linkedIn.w6ek.org instagram.w6ek.org instagram.w6ek.org youtube.w6ek.org youtube.w6ek.org
73, The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK) (530) 492-0920
Website: www.w6ek.org www.w6ek.org Group.io: groupsio.w6ek.org
Social: facebook.w6ek.org facebook.w6ek.org twitter.w6ek.org twitter.w6ek.org linkedIn.w6ek.org linkedIn.w6ek.org instagram.w6ek.org instagram.w6ek.org youtube.w6ek.org youtube.w6ek.org
November 2024 Meeting
Our next club meeting will be on November 8 at 7:30 PM at the Confluence (formerly Crossroads) Church Gym in Auburn, California and on Zoom at zoom.w6ek.org. Brian (KM6MDM) will be presenting his custom-built battery box, complete with a bill of materials, what inspired him to built it, and the many uses he now has for it. If you’ve ever been interested in putting together a portable power source to meet your specific needs come join us for an informative talk!
Sierra Signals October 2024 Issue
The October 2024 issue of Sierra Signals is now available online @ https://newsletter.w6ek.org/ and attached.
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73,
The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)
(530) 492-0920
Website: www.w6ek.org
Group.io: groupsio.w6ek.org
Social:
facebook.w6ek.org
twitter.w6ek.org
linkedIn.w6ek.org
instagram.w6ek.org
youtube.w6ek.org
2024_10_newsletter.pdfExtra Helping – Watt More This Week
The SFARC Potluck Picnic In The Park is fast approaching on 10/12 @ 4PM. Have you RSVPed yet? More information and to RSVP visit https://www.w6ek.org/rsvp
This is the perfect time of year to get together with “your radio buddies” and enjoy a fall potluck. We’ll have some games set up as well as an HF GOTA station should you want to “play radio”. SFARC will be providing the main course but we’re looking for you to bring your favorite dish. Head out to the link above and tell us…
1. Are You Coming?
2. What Are You Bringing?
We hope you can all make it out.
Date/Time: October 12th, 2024 @ 4PM
Location: Auburn Recreation Park, 123 Recreation Drive, Auburn CA, 95603 (map below)
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73,
The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)
(530) 492-0920
The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)
(530) 492-0920
Website: www.w6ek.org
Group.io: groupsio.w6ek.org
Social:
facebook.w6ek.org
twitter.w6ek.org
linkedIn.w6ek.org
instagram.w6ek.org
youtube.w6ek.org
The Loss of an SFARC Friend
It’s with great sadness that we share the news of another SK. Bill Silva aka. “Colusa Bill” (KA6FKK) passed away on September 20th due to complications from a stroke.
From dialing around 40M and landing on that BIG voice to hearing him participate on nearly all of our nets including the Coffee Break, Given the distance, and being the sole caretaker of his mom, it was hard for Bill to attend many events but he did make a special trip to Hamfest last March to meet Brian and Smitty; it was great to put a face with the voice. 🙂
Bill’s voice, laugh, and calm demeanor will certainly be missed. As we learn more about his celebration of life, we’ll make sure to share it here.
73 one last time old friend, W6EK
Breakfast and Fox Hunt
SFARC Members and Friends,
We have received multiple emails with some confusion surrounding tomorrow’s breakfast AND Fox Hunt.
1, The Fox Hunt IS happening, the information on the website is current.
2. The SFARC club breakfast is at Wings in Auburn tomorrow, NOT Mel’s Diner.
Apparently there was an email sent out automatically from Groups referencing Mel’s. That was incorrect.
Apparently there was an email sent out automatically from Groups referencing Mel’s. That was incorrect.
We’re sorry for the confusion and have already made changes to keep this from happening in the future.
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73,
The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)
(530) 492-0920
Website: www.w6ek.org
Group.io: groupsio.w6ek.org
Social:
facebook.w6ek.org
twitter.w6ek.org
linkedIn.w6ek.org
instagram.w6ek.org
youtube.w6ek.org