Bob, KM6DKE (vice president)

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic SDR and DSP in the forum General 2 weeks, 2 days ago

For the technically inclined, I saw this note in the Hackaday newletter.
Bob

If 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 2 weeks, 4 days ago

I’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 weeks, 2 days ago

It 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]

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Congratulations to Angelo in the forum General 1 month, 3 weeks ago

If 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
Bob

Section News — ARRL Santa Clara Valley — September 1, 2020

I hop…[Read more]

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Congratulations to Angelo in the forum General 1 month, 3 weeks ago

If 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
Bob

Section News — ARRL Santa Clara Valley — September 1, 2020

I hop…[Read more]

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Field Programming the FT60 Cheatsheet in the forum General 3 months, 1 week ago

I uploaded the cheatsheet version of the Field Programming the FT60 presentation to the club library.
Enjoy,
Bob

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic General Meeting – Saturday, July 18th in the forum General 3 months, 1 week ago

I 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

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic Field Day IAP and Operating Guide in the forum General 4 months ago

Casey,
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]

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic Field Day 2020 Conference Call 6/3/20 @ 7pm in the forum General 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Casey,
Yes, We have a planning meeting every Wednesday at 7pm
You are welcome to join.
Bob

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic Field Day 2020 Conference Call 6/3/20 @ 7pm in the forum General 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Casey,
Yes, We have a planning meeting every Wednesday at 7pm
You are welcome to join.
Bob

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) posted a notice in the group General: “Field Day 2020 Conference Call ” 5 months ago

Hey 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]

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Battery Calculator in the forum General 5 months ago

Hi 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

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) posted a notice in the group General: “Field Day Invitation – We want you to be involved” 5 months, 1 week ago

Hey 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 5 months, 1 week ago

Hey 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 5 months, 2 weeks ago

For 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

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Contest University this Thursday 5/14 in the forum General 5 months, 2 weeks ago

FYI – 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]

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic SC4ARC Zoom Test 5/11/20 8:15pm in the forum General 5 months, 3 weeks ago

I’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/4475816481

Meeting ID: 447 581 6481
One tap mobile
+16699009128,,4475816481#…[Read more]

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic New members and Programming in the forum General 7 months, 1 week ago

Martine,
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.csv

As David mentioned,…[Read more]

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) replied to the topic New members and Programming in the forum General 7 months, 1 week ago

Martine,
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.csv

As David mentioned,…[Read more]

Bob, KM6DKE (vice president) started the topic Vintage ATT video on waves, SWR and impedance in the forum General 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Just saw this on the Amateur Radio Elmers facebook group

“a superb explanation of wave motion, standing waves, and impedance matching”

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