Field Day 2021

Lago Lomita Vineyards 25200 Loma Prieta Ave, Los Gatos, CA, United States

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

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VIRTUAL Club Meeting – ADS/B and AIS

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.

International Light House & Lightship Weekend

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

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VIRTUAL Club Meeting – Using a Commercial Handheld in the Ham Bands

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.