San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club
WR6AOK, 147.120 MHz, Offset +600 KHz, CTCSS Tone 94.8 Hz
QST QST QST The Field Day planning has started! There will be a meeting for anyone interested in participating in The San Lorenzo Vally Amateur Radio Club Field Day effort on Thursday March 20, 2014, at 7:30 PM. The location will be the Zayante Fire Station conference room. Would you like to attend? Do you have
The talk will discuss some very popular myths relating to antennas, and attempt to debunk them. Some topics may be controversial, so you may bring rotten tomatoes but please don't bring the hard green ones; they hurt. If there is time, some antenna magic will be discussed, especially related to transmission line matching. In addition, there
The next Field Day Planning meeting is scheduled for Thursday April 17, 2014, at 19:30. Meeting location is the conference room at ZFD. Any questions or volunteers can be directed to me at n6fba@arrl.net. Thank you John Charcho–FD 2014 Coordinator N6FBA
Tonight Greg N6CK will discuss Summits on the Air (SOTA), an award scheme for hams that encourages portable operation in mountainous areas. From one's home, from a nearly hilltop, or from the top of a summit, anyone can participate. Mountaineering skills are not required! Greg also will demo his ultra-portable expedition gear.
Tonight, in addition to hearing a Field Day preparations report from John N6FBA, we'll get a refresher course from Rich KE1B on the N1MM contact-logging software, which all of our stations will use on Field Day.
The next Field Day Planning meeting is scheduled for Thursday June 12, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. Meeting location is the conference room at ZFD. Any questions or volunteers can be directed to me at n6fba@arrl.net. Thank you John Charcho–FD 2014 Coordinator N6FBA
Help us whack the weeds around the repeater shack! Our agreement with the landowners requires us to maintain the vegetation on the part of the property that they let us use. Usually we meet at the intersection of Quail Hollow Road and Glen Arbor Road in Ben Lomond ("the Triangle") between 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Then we carpool
Allen WB7RWU and visitor Stu Phillips K6TU will talk about portable 10-GHz communication.
