Congratulations to Bill Stanton, a new Technician, and Zach Witter (KN6WKI) who successfully upgraded to General last night. Congratulations to you both from SFARC!
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We’d love your feedback on Sierra Signals (the newsletter).
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Sierra Signals August 2024 Issue
The August 2024 issue of Sierra Signals is attached.
An archive of all SFARC newsletters, including this months issue, can be found @ newsletter.w6ek.org
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2024_08_newsletter.pdfAugust 2024 Sierra Signals Newsletter
Looking Forward August
After two exciting months of back-to-back club events, the month of August is rather light with a few things of note.
After a break in July, we will resume VE testing on the evening of the 5th. Following a dinner VEs and Elmers will gather at 7 PM to administer exams for new hams and those looking to upgrade their license. It’s always a good time and I love seeing the candidates get their new amateur radio privileges at the end of the night. More than just an exam session, we answer candidates’ questions before and after the exam to give them a personalized experience.
That same week we will have our club meeting at 7:30 PM on Friday at the Auburn Crossroads Church South Campus Gym and on Zoom. Scott (KM6RFB) will give a talk on internet resources providing situational awareness. With rapidly changing weather and emergency events that can arise at a moment’s notice, come join us and learn about free public resources that you can rely on when disaster strikes.
Our monthly club breakfast will be held at Wings on the 31st. Stick around after the meal for a fox hunt and put your equipment (and skills) to the test in finding the hidden transmitter!
Oh, and one last thing: I’m sure we’re all looking forward to cooler weather ahead, since this summer’s been one of the hottest around with record-breaking heat waves. Keep cool and stay hydrated, and look after your friends and family.
73 DE W6JCZ
Watts Up This Week
We’ve got some fun lined up for the weekend with a preview to next week.
THIS SATURDAY, CLUB BREAKFAST – CHANGE OF VENUE
Join SFARC THIS SATUDAY for breakfast at Wings in Auburn. Its the right time of year to sit on the patio and watch the planes take off and land so we’ve switched up the venue for the club breakfast this weekend to Wings Grill at the on the Auburn Airport on 13595 New Airport Road in Auburn. The fun starts at 0730. 🙂
FOX HUNT TO FOLLOW
This time we’re headed to Orangevale. The pre-meeting will start at 9:30 AM with the Fox Hunt beginning at 9:45 AM. The pre-meeting will be at the Orangevale Community Center at the corner of Filbert Ave and Oak Ave, in Orangevale. The Fox Tender for this month is Emiliano (KO6AJO). The RF Comms will be on 146.430 MHz simplex. The transmitter frequency will be 146.535 MHz simplex with an output power will be 2 watts.
More information can be found @ https://www.w6ek.org/activities/foxhunt
A LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK – 5TH WEDNESDAY PRESENTATION ON ZOOM
Special Zoom Presentation – “Going On Your First DXpedition”
Join SFARC on July 31st @ 7:30 PM in the Club Zoom Room as Alan (K7AR) will give a presentation on setting up for your first DXpedition. As a follow-up to his excellent presentation on FT8 Fox/Hound mode, Alan will go into what it takes to plan, set up for, and work a DXpedition. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in what goes into an operation, gaining an appreciation of those that make it possible for hams to work exotic locations, and understanding the challenges involved in traveling abroad with radio equipment. All are welcome to join!
Join SFARC on July 31st @ 7:30 PM in the Club Zoom Room as Alan (K7AR) will give a presentation on setting up for your first DXpedition. As a follow-up to his excellent presentation on FT8 Fox/Hound mode, Alan will go into what it takes to plan, set up for, and work a DXpedition. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in what goes into an operation, gaining an appreciation of those that make it possible for hams to work exotic locations, and understanding the challenges involved in traveling abroad with radio equipment. All are welcome to join!
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73,
The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)
(530) 492-0920
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August 2024 Meeting
Our next club meeting will be on August 9th at 7:30 PM at the Auburn Crossroads Church South Campus Gym and on Zoom at zoom.w6ek.org. Scott (KM6RFB), Emergency Coordinator of Placer County ARES, will give a talk on internet resources providing situational awareness. With rapidly changing weather and emergency events that can arise at a moment’s notice, come join us and learn about free public resources that you can rely on when disaster strikes.
Watts Up This Week
A bit of a quiet week ahead with a few standouts.
Whether you were able to attend or not, we value your feedback. Please take the 60 second survey here -> https://www.w6ek.org/activities/hotrfnights
What’s on the calendar this week?
Elmer Net – This Wednesday, July 17th @ 7:30 PM on the W6EK 2M repeater
Friday Night Trivia – This Friday, July 19th @ 7:30 PM on the W6EK 2M repeater
A reminder that starting at Noon on Saturday July 20th, the Tevis Cup Endurance Ride will have primary use of the W6EK 2M and 440 repeaters (linked in analog only). We’re asking regular users to keep QSOs short during this time and give priority access of the repeaters to the Tevis Cup team. There will be no Coffee Break Net on Sunday (July 21st) and AllStar and other digital nodes will be in monitor only mode. The repeaters will be returned to normal operation at 7 AM on Sunday July 21st
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(530) 492-0920
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Hot RF Nights | Feedback Wanted
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