San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club
WR6AOK, 147.120 MHz, Offset +600 KHz, CTCSS Tone 94.8 Hz
Kerry K3RRY will lead a discussion on mobile antenna mounting locations. He will use a slide set that has been graciously provided by John Portune W6NBC.
Join us for Field Day 2021 at our mountaintop location at Lago Lomita Vineyards in Los Gatos. Schedule Friday: setup day Saturday 11:00 am: begin operations Sunday 11:00 am: end operations Directions from Soquel Take Soquel San Jose Rd up the mountain Drive 11 miles Turn Left onto Summit Rd Drive 0.4 miles Turn Right
During the CZU Fire in 2020, mountaintop aircraft trackers were lost, and CAL FIRE ended up monitoring the locations of their helicopters through a receiver that was provided by a radio amateur. Jeff Liebermann AE6KS will describe the equipment and software needed to track aircraft and vessels at sea.
Richard K8SQB is organizing this year’s International Light House & Lightship Weekend, which is happening on August 21 and 22 near the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse. Plans are to make a “mini-Field-Day” setup with Richard’s HF phone station, an HF digital station by Craig N6SBN, and a satellite station by John KJ6ZL. Although this is
With proper programming, one can legally use a commercial handheld radio on amateur radio bands. But why would someone do that? Kerry Veenstra K3RRY will describe why, along with what you need to get, how to program the radio, and how well it works.