SC4 Amateur Radio Club

And here we are. It is arrived. Field Day weekend is here.
We did quite a bit of preparatory work between planning, construction and testing of new antennas, new modes of operations and new activities. Now it is the time to pull everything together and we need everyone’s help.
We will meet at the parking lot of La honda Creek Open Space Preserve…[Read more]

Hi again,
for those interested, besides Sunday the 16th (see previous post with instructions), we will transmit SSTV images from La Honda Fair on Saturday morning on 145.5100MHz
This is another opportunity for practicing.
Best,
Angelo

Hi all,
I have uploaded in the library some slides about the fox hunt. They are far from covering all aspects but they should be enough to give an idea of what to expect.

http://www.sc4arc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fdfoxhunt.pdf

For people interested we have planned a test on Saturday the 15th. We will meet at 10am at the firehouse. I am…[Read more]

Hi all,
I have posted a little tutorial on how to setup the software to receive SSTV images.
Feel free to distribute to anyone interested in participating in the Field Day SSTV challenge. I will activate the SSTV beacon for practicing purposes on Sunday June 16 between 9:00am and 12:00pm.

Here is the link to the…[Read more]

Hi all,
turns out that our Antenna Day Saturday April 27th 9:30am in the field by the Fire House falls exactly on the International Marconi Day celebrating the birth of Guglielmo Marconi. There is a contest associated to it. A number of registered stations will transmit from historic sites related to Marconi’s history. If we contact 15 stations we…[Read more]

Hi,
as announced at the meeting,in preparation for Field Day, we will have an Antenna day on Saturday 27th in the field by the fire house.
We will build setup and test a Coupled Resonator 80-40-20m that Mike has been study. Depending on the time available we might also take a look at the spider beam and the delta loop. If not we will have a…[Read more]