SC4 Amateur Radio Club

A couple of other ideas that came up since that list was transcribed:

Have PVC j-pole antennas available for new hams / members Craig, WA6YJR
Add Welcoming new HAMs to the agenda after licensing class. Eva, KN6CZD
Explain advantage for joining the club as well as ARES. Eva, KN6CZD

Agenda

o General Updates
o Committees follow up and jumpstart
o Tech session: Simple Antennas – jpoles, ground planes, and end fed wires for HF. (Neil, W6VG)

We typically run from 10am – 12pm, with a short break at 11. Traditionally, if we have a planned presentation or two, we do them after the break.

For this meeting, we will have the ARES presentation and brainstorming after the break.

Brilliant idea!

The annual membership forms are at http://www.sc4arc.org/membership/ for anyone who wants to fill one out before the general meeting. Annual dues remain at $35 for 2020.

A reminder that our club general meeting is on January 25, at La Honda Firestation. 10:00am – 12:00 pm.

We will be kicking off the year with some annual business, and then we’ll shift to thinking about we want for the coming year.

The complete agenda is below.

Also, at the first meeting of the year, we ask members to review the…[Read more]

This seems to be a Yaesu ‘feature’. My VX-7R does exactly the same thing – the battery will discharge if the radio is on while it’s in the charging base. They really should explain that in the manual.

With the VX-7R, the external DC jack will charge the battery while the radio is on, but the FT-60 doesn’t work that way.

If you connect a 12…[Read more]

The meeting will be on the 25th. The calendar has been updated.

Put me down for a meat lasagna.

Also, I’m available for the clean up crew.

Count me in !

I will be shutting down the KJ6VCP-8 digipeater later today.

I get a lot of questions about the various emergency preparedness and services groups that exist, whether they’re volunteers, community groups, or government agencies. There is a lot of confusion about OES, CERT, ARES, CEC, CEAP, as well as groups like SSEPO, Woodside HWRT, and so on. Lots of acronyms tend to get tossed around, so I think a…[Read more]

The Yellow OES Go-box gear includes a PowerWerx SS-30DV switching supply. This is the power supply currently in use for the FT-8900. The power supply is not labeled with a county asset tag – I will add a label to it.

W6SCF-8 is working for me from the home station, so I have access to both nodes.

Thanks for setting this up.

I can definitely do Sunday 4am-10am. Other shifts might also be possible.