SC4 Amateur Radio Club

We do not have a general meeting in December, but we are going to have a fun Holiday Party on ZOOM. We will:
1. Have a White Elephant gift exchange
2. Share (if you want) reflections of the past year and say goodbye to 2020
3. Introduce the 2021 Board

This is how the White Elephant Exchange will work:
1. First we need to know how many people…[Read more]

The minutes for our General Meeting held on November 21, 2020 have been uploaded to the library and can be found at the following link: http://www.sc4arc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sc4-amateur-radio-club-meeting-minutes-november-21-2020.pdf

As a result of our election, the new Board of Directors for 2021 are as follows:
President: Jeneen…[Read more]

On November 21 and November 22 we will be conducting our CERT Skills Training at the firehouse. This is part of the new Hybrid CERT Training that was become essential because of COVID. They completed about 14 hours of on-line training. Now it’s time for them to get their skills training — hands off style. In the a.m., the students will visit…[Read more]

Please get your votes in for our 2021 Officers. They must be received by Friday, Nov 20. You can email them to me or send to PO Box 237, La Honda, 94020.

Thanks. Pat

On Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 9:00 a.m. the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will be recognizing La Honda Fire Brigade, Loma Mar Fire and SMC Large Animal Evac for the role in the fire. All are welcome.

The Zoom link for the SMC Board of Supervisors meeting has changed: The new link and meeting ID is…[Read more]

Linda has volunteered to be Net Control on Nov. 9 and 16. We need someone for the following:

Dec. 7 and Dec 14
Dec. 21 and Dec 26

New folks, this is a great opportunity to practice being Net Control before the next activation. We can arrange to have someone with you to help do the check-ins.

Thanks. Pat

It’s that time of year again. Your opportunity to elect the 2021 Board of Directors. You have from now until Nov. 20 (if by email) or Nov. 17 (if by mail) to vote. The slate of candidates are:

President: Jeneen Sommers or Mike Pittaro
Vice-President: Bob Mitton
Treasurer: Peter Chupity or Neil Panton
Secretary: Pat…[Read more]

I have uploaded the latest issue of the South Skyline Newsletter for those of you who don’t get the newsletter. It has a number of articles about the CZU Fire, including a couple written by yours truly and one by our PIO, Lisa Chupity. It can be found at the following link:

http://www.sc4arc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/skylines_2020_10.pdf

The minutes for our special board meeting held on October 22 have been uploaded to the library and can be found at the following link: http://www.sc4arc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sc4arc-board-meeting-oct-22–2020.pdf

Thanks. Pat

Just a reminder that the CZU Fire Movie Night will be this Sat, Oct 24, at 7:00 p.m. at Harley Farms Field in Pescadero.

Presenters include: Chief Delay from La Honda Fire Brigade, Loma Mar Fire, Mid-Pen Open Space, San Mateo County Large Animal Evac, residents from Butano and Dearborn.

There are no tickets to purchase and no cost to you.…[Read more]

Some of you know that one of our members, David Trupiano, was in a serious car accident a couple of days ago. David has had major health problems ever since his partner, Patty, died a year ago. He is at Stanford, room K708, 650-497-2281. He has asked to be moved to another hospital because he doesn’t like Stanford. I LOVE Stanford! Anyways,…[Read more]

After the fire, many of you asked for a session with Chief Delay to show fire pictures and share stories.

We heard you! On Saturday, Oct. 24, at 7:00 p.m. we will be having a drive-in movie night at Harley Farms Field in Pescadero. We will be sharing pictures, videos and stories from Chief Delay, Loma Mar Fire, Butano residents, Large Animal…[Read more]

The minutes for the Board meeting held on Oct 7 have been uploaded to the library and can be found at the following link: http://www.sc4arc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sc4arc-board-meeting-oct-7–2020.pdf

If you haven’t already done your CERT training, now is a great time to do so. Half of the class is on-line / independent study. The other half is hands on skills training and emergency simulation.

HOW TO REGISTER: Click on the following link: https://forms.gle/NUoZAcpY4vBMdXqR7 or go to http://www.lahondafire.org and register there.
Once we confirm…[Read more]

Bryan Osborne and Dr. Rich put together a utube video of the fire from the beginning with emphasis on radio communications from his comm trailer at the top of Castanea Ridge.

Some great pics of the fire from our viewpoint and audio of radio transmissions — both HAM and GMRS within our neighborhood

In the pics of…[Read more]

The minutes for our General Meeting held on September 19 have been uploaded to the library and can be found at the following link:
http://www.sc4arc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sc4-amateur-radio-club-meeting-minutes-september-19-2020.pdf

There is NO General Meeting in October because of the SET on October 10.

Thanks. Pat