Watts Up This Week

May 29, 2025 W6EK

We’ve got some updates for this week and coming weekend.
If you’re looking for something to do on Saturday, join SFARC for some breakfast at Mel’s in Auburn. The fun starts at 0730 but make sure to arrive early for best seating. Following breakfast, we’re going on a hunt.
FOX HUNT THIS SATURDAY The fox transmitter will be hidden within the greater Auburn area. The transmitter may or may not be able to be heard from Mel’s Diner. The fox transmitter and clipboard will be easily accessible from the roadway or parking lot. Sign and time stamp the log when located. The transmitter on 146.565 MHz will be activated 0930 and turned off at 1100. The Fox Tender, AI6US – Brian will announce when the fox transmitter is active and can be contacted during the hunt via the W6EK 2 meter repeater. We will meet for a post-hunt celebration at Burgers and Cream at 1100. Map @ maps.app.goo.gl/wp4LfGwpDg14E2Jo9
FIELD DAY 2025 UPDATE The planning for Field Day 2025 is well underway and nearly complete. Field Day t-Shirts will be available for purchase soon at w6ek.org. A big congratulations to Brian (AI6US) for winning the Field Day T-Shirt Contest this year. More information about purchasing a t-shirt can be found @ www.w6ek.org/fieldday/tshirts
RSVPs are now open for Field Day. If you plan to join us, even for the day, please RSVP using the Field Day Resource Center @ fieldday.w6ek.org/
The next Field Day planning meeting is Wednesday, June 4th @ 1800 in the club Zoom room.
FALL CAMPOUT Sure, September seems far away but it will be here before you know it!!! We’ve added a lot of information about the campout on the website. Check is out @ www.w6ek.org/activities/campout and at a minimum, reserve your campsite, space is limited. Once you reserved a campsite, please reply to this email and I’ll make sure to add you to the camp map.
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May 21, 2025 Smitty (WB1G)

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Watts Up This Week

Hot RF Nights, Event Feedback

May 19, 2025 W6EK

Your feedback is important to us and has helped shape what Hot RF Nights has become. Please take the 60 seconds and click the link below and tell us what you thought. Please also forward this anonymous survey to others in attendance that may be absent from our club email list.
www.w6ek.org/activities/hotrfnights
We will also be sending the survey link to other clubs in attendance and served agencies.
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Congratulations New Lifetime Members

May 15, 2025 Smitty (WB1G)

A big congratulations to the newly awarded SFARC lifetime members. From left, Dennis (WU6X), Scott (KK7AIR). Gerry (WA6E), Jeff (AK6OK) not pictured, Brian (AI6US), and Orion (AI6JB).Thank you for your dedication to the Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club.

Watts Up This Week

May 15, 2025 W6EK

Late week update.
The final deadline for submitting a T-Shirt design for the Field Day 2025 contest is approaching. We will accept submissions until 11:59PM tomorrow (Friday, May 16, 2025). Submit your design @ www.w6ek.org/contest
I won’t continue to promote Hot RF Nights. OK, maybe one more time! It’s this Saturday and the weather looks GREAT. Saturday’s highs are 77 with a lite breeze. Absolute perfect weather for being outdoors and enjoying an ice cream float. We’re giving away a Xiegu G90 and two really cool battery boxes so bring out your vehicles or go kits (go boxs) and show off your stuff. This Saturday (March 17th), 2PM setup, 3PM start.
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Watts Up This Week

May 7, 2025 W6EK

SFARC Members and Friends
We’ve got a number of meetings ending this week.
Tonight at 6PM (05/07) we have another Hot RF Nights planning meeting. As we near the final stages, we are still looking for volunteers and would LOVE your help and participation. Location: Club Zoom Room
This Thursday (05/08) is the SFARC board meeting at 6PM. Location: Club Zoom Room
This Friday (05/09) is the SFARC general meeting starting at 7:30PM. This month we’ll have a presentation exploring different backup solutions and what you can do to insure your data is not lost WHEN a computer fails. Location: In Person (Confluence Church, Auburn CA) OR Club Zoom Room
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Looking Forward

Looking Forward May 2025

May 1, 2025 Jim Zheng

It’s May already! That means Hot RF Nights is happening! This time we’re doing it earlier than we’ve ever done so we can enjoy some nicer weather and a new larger venue. On the 17th, amateur radio operators and emergency communications personnel from all over the area will spend an afternoon checking out each others’ setups, exchanging ideas, learning a thing or two, all while enjoying great food and social time. Whether it’s you car, truck, van, or RV, bring it by so we can all admire your work and get inspired to take radio out into the field. No mobile install? No problem, because go kits big or small have stories to tell! Whatever it is you’ve got, come show it off and be a part of the action.

The first full week of the month is its busiest, with a club VE session on the evening of the 5th. Come join us and help out with showing new and upgraded licensees what ham radio is all about! Our club board meeting is on the 8th, and following that is the general meeting on the 9th. With so much of our lives happening on digital devices, it’s important to safeguard our data. Smitty (WB1G) has an excellent presentation on how to store, preserve, and ultimately retrieve important data so you’re left with peace of mind in case emergencies arise. Come join us and learn all about how you can take control of your digital assets and make sure it’s all there when you need it!

Field Day is in June, and we’ve got a T-shirt design contest going on this month! We’re accepting submissions starting on the 2nd and we’ll take designs until the end of the 16th. For more information on the contest, head on over to http://w6ek.org/contest. The winner will be announced on the 19th, and I look forward to what you all come up with for this year’s Field Day T-shirt!

73,

Jim Zheng (W6JCZ)
SFARC Vice President

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