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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic ARRL wants your help stopping FCC Application Fees Proposal in the forum
General 2 months agoNote the urgency – comment deadline is Nov 16
From the ARRL (abridged) :
ARRL Urges Members to Join in Strongly Opposing FCC’s Application Fees ProposalARRL will file comments with the FCC opposing their proposal to adopt a $50 fee for each Amateur Radio License application. The fee would apply to applications for new licenses, renewal and u…[Read more]
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic SDR and DSP in the forum
General 3 months agoFor the technically inclined, I saw this note in the Hackaday newletter.
BobIf you’re interested in SDR and digital signal processing but don’t know where to start, you’re in luck. Ben Hillburn, president of the GNU Radio Project, recently tweeted about an online curriculum for learning SDR and DSP using Python. The course was devel…
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic SET 2020 – The Great Shakeout Saturday 10/10 in the forum
General 3 months, 1 week agoI’m on the debrief
Over 600 people participated. Only 14 in 3 / 4
Most participation – 159 homes (out of 350) in Canada Cove participated -
Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) posted a notice in the group
General: “2021 Board of Directors elections coming soon” 3 months, 2 weeks agoIt is that time of year, Board elections are coming soon. All seats are open.
Anyone in the club can, and is encouraged to, run for a seat on the board,
The SC4ARC board of directors are elected every year to serve a 1 year term. Elections will take place at the club meeting on November 21, and the term starts in January.
If you have…[Read more]
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Congratulations to Angelo in the forum
General 4 months, 1 week agoIf you didn’t hear, for service during the fires, Angelo was recognized for his contributions as ARES coordinator and has been awarded the ARRL Certificate of Merit. Irma reminds me that some folks Don’t get the newsletter, so here it is quoted in full, my emphasis added
BobSection News — ARRL Santa Clara Valley — September 1, 2020
I hop…[Read more]
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Congratulations to Angelo in the forum
General 4 months, 1 week agoIf you didn’t hear, for service during the fires, Angelo was recognized for his contributions as ARES coordinator and has been awarded the ARRL Certificate of Merit. Irma reminds me that some folks Don’t get the newsletter, so here it is quoted in full, my emphasis added
BobSection News — ARRL Santa Clara Valley — September 1, 2020
I hop…[Read more]
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Field Programming the FT60 Cheatsheet in the forum
General 6 months agoI uploaded the cheatsheet version of the Field Programming the FT60 presentation to the club library.
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic General Meeting – Saturday, July 18th in the forum
General 6 months agoI have 2 things to share.
1st, is a recap of my FD 2020 experience, complete with the requisite slide deck.
2nd is a quick preso on propagation via the K6TU site.Bob
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic Field Day IAP and Operating Guide in the forum
General 6 months, 3 weeks agoCasey,
By all means come by and bring your guest. Give me a heads up on when you might be here. The fun starts at 11am. I’ll be pretty busy from 2-3.
Full Schedules are in the Operating Guide, but here is the Zoom schedule. You should expect to be on around 2:20.SC4ARC Field Day 2020 Flash Educational Activities Schedule Saturday, June…[Read more]
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic Field Day 2020 Conference Call 6/3/20 @ 7pm in the forum
General 7 months, 1 week agoCasey,
Yes, We have a planning meeting every Wednesday at 7pm
You are welcome to join.
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic Field Day 2020 Conference Call 6/3/20 @ 7pm in the forum
General 7 months, 1 week agoCasey,
Yes, We have a planning meeting every Wednesday at 7pm
You are welcome to join.
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) posted a notice in the group
General: “Field Day 2020 Conference Call ” 7 months, 3 weeks agoHey Everyone,
The Field Day organizing committee invites you to a Zoom meeting this Wednesday night 6/3/20 at 7pm. The invite is below.We have a great agenda planned.
1) Recap of what Field Day is and SC4ARC’s unique style of participation.
2) Where you can go to operate – If you don’t have an HF rig or license, you can still get…[Read more]
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Battery Calculator in the forum
General 7 months, 3 weeks agoHi all,
Angelo has built a calculator for sizing a battery for using a radio in the field. Results are consistent with others on-line. He thinks we will know how accurate it is after field day.I’ve uploaded the sheet here.
Bob
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) posted a notice in the group
General: “Field Day Invitation – We want you to be involved” 7 months, 4 weeks agoHey everyone,
We’re getting pretty excited about the upcoming Field Day. At least 15 of our club’s stations will be operating over the 24 hour period, and we hope all our members, especially Technicians, will take advantage of this fun opportunity to get on the air and see how many different people and places you can reach with your home set…[Read more] -
Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Field Day 2020 Invitation – We want you to be involved in the forum
General 7 months, 4 weeks agoHey everyone,
We’re getting pretty excited about the upcoming Field Day. At least 15 of our club’s stations will be operating over the 24 hour period, and we hope all our members, especially Technicians, will take advantage of this fun opportunity to get on the air and see how many different people and places you can reach with your home set…[Read more] -
Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Contest University Recap in the forum
General 8 months agoFor those interested in contesting, or just looking for good tips on how to hook up and run your radios, Contest University was put on as part of the Dayton Hamvention online events this year.
You can view the presentations and download slides here.
https://www.contestuniversity.com/course-outline/
Bob
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Contest University this Thursday 5/14 in the forum
General 8 months, 1 week agoFYI – for those interested in contesting, or upping your game. From the ARRL Contest Update:
Block off Thursday, May 14, to attend the FULL DAY of 2020 Contest University. This year is all online due to social distancing requirements and free to anyone to join via Zoom. Registration details are on the Contest University website. Tim, K3LR,…[Read more]
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic SC4ARC Zoom Test 5/11/20 8:15pm in the forum
General 8 months, 1 week agoI’d like to try to use Zoom for our meeting on Saturday. To that end, I’ve set up a test run for tomorrow night after net using Irma’s account. Please join if you can.
Time: May 11, 2020 08:15 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/4475816481Meeting ID: 447 581 6481
One tap mobile
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic New members and Programming in the forum
General 10 months agoMartine,
The datafile for programming is under the “Information” tab at the top of the page. Look for the entry “Coastside Communication Plan”. ON that page is a .csv file with all the programming in it.Here is a direct link to the file.
http://www.sc4arc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Coastside_Comm_Frequencies-R8.csvAs David mentioned,…[Read more]
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Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic New members and Programming in the forum
General 10 months agoMartine,
The datafile for programming is under the “Information” tab at the top of the page. Look for the entry “Coastside Communication Plan”. ON that page is a .csv file with all the programming in it.Here is a direct link to the file.
http://www.sc4arc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Coastside_Comm_Frequencies-R8.csvAs David mentioned,…[Read more]
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