Stockton-Delta Amateur Radio Club

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SEPTEMBER MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH 7:00 PM
STOCKTON SAILING CLUB
4980 BUCKLEY COVE
STOCKTON, CA  

 

QST QST QST… The September meeting of the Stockton-Delta Amateur Radio Club will be held at the Stockton Sailing Club Auditorium, 4980 Buckley Cove Rd in Stockton. The Sailing Club is located at the west end of March Lane, west of Interstate 5 on the left-hand side of the road just before you enter Buckley Cove Park. We will be planning the multi-club Ham Fest, Swap Meet and potluck scheduled for Saturday September 30th. This is being held with the SARA Club and the Manteca Club and others. John NZ6Q will be giving a presentation on contesting and radiosport. He will also talk about the importance of your logbook. John and Annie N6ACL will be hosting a CQP County Expedition to Mariposa County for the contest. Your club has a lot going on and WE NEED YOU HERE TOO! So… grab your spouse, significant other or just that friend and we'll see you at the meeting! ALSO AVAILABLE ON ZOOM IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON Zoom Meeting Information: Topic: W6SF MONTHLY CLUB MEETING ON ZOOM Time: September 14th, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8715741939?pwd=alRiTFhydFNtMlBQZXAwOUd2YTN1UT09 Meeting ID: 871 574 1939 Passcode: 147165 One tap mobile +16699009128,,8715741939#,,,,*147165# US





Topic: W6SF REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
Time: Jul 13, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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JOHN & ANNIE'S CQP 2023
BARRETT COVE AT LAKE McCLURE
MARIPOSA COUNTY 
OCTOBER 5 - 8


 

QST QST QST… You're cordially invited to come join us for CQP 2023. We will be setting up at Barret Cove Campground at Lake McClure starting Thursday morning on October 5th. Once the antennas are raised, on-the-air warm-up start until the contest gets underway Saturday morning October 7th at 9AM. We will have 4 stations in operation on 80M through 10M with 80/40M dipoles, End-Fed Half Wave dipoles and more. Come and check out the BuddiHex HexBeam ! Club members are welcome any time. Come help set-up, come stay the weekend, or just come for a few hours on Saturday or Sunday and learn the excitement of Radio Sport.


You can check out the rules for CQP at www.cpq.org This is your chance to be the hunted DX right from your own back yard! We usually have plenty of food n drink. We are planning a Bar-B-Que on Saturday night and if you're not a tent camper, you can get a few hours shut-eye in our motorhome. Last year we logged 982 QSOs and Collin K6CMM came in 2nd place for the youth operator on 10M using his own call.


Come join the fun! It's a short drive from Stockton. Come for an hour - stay the weekend! 73, John NZ6Q and Annie N6ACL

W6SF CLUB BREAKFAST 
THURSDAY MORNINGS 9:00 AM
THE OMLETTE HOUSE 
CHEROKEE AND 99 ON THE WEST SIDE
OF THE FREEWAY 

Club members and friends of Amateur Radio are welcome to gather at 9:00 AM on Thursdays for Hamz n Eggs Breakfast... This week is at The Omlette House, 3455 N Cherokee Lane in Stockton.   

We enjoy a high level discussions of ham radio communications, rules, regulations, contesting, SOTAs, ARES gear and whatever else 'ya got. 

DX, county and state , SOTA, and POTA  hunters!  This is a reminder that you are expected to attend Thursday's breakfast or face demerits on your FCC issued license. 

Schmoozing starts about 8:45am so bring your latest stories, gadgets and lies to entertain everyone - get there early!

I hope to see you there!   de N6LHL
SATURDAY OCTOBER 14TH 7:00 AM
SWENSON PARK GOLF COURSE
6801 ALEXANDRIA PL, STOCKTON

SDARC has again been asked to provide radio support and eyes and ears for the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's at Swenson Park. 

The 2023 Walk to End Alzheimer’s is Saturday October 14th starting at 8:00 AM. The event will be held at Swenson Park, 6805 N Alexandria Place - in North Stockton across the street from Lincoln High School. Volunteers are still needed.

We will be the "Eyes and Ears" on the course reporting back to Start/Finish and problems as walkers circumnavigate part of the Swenson Park Golf Course. This is a great event for new hams wanting to be involved in a "low impact" public safety event.

Paul N6KZW will be coordinating the event. You can sign up by clicking HERE or going to the "EVENT SIGN-UP" button on the W6SF
HAMCRAM / VE SESSION
SATURDAY OCTOBER 14TH
DOORS OPEN 7:45 AM 

STOCKTON FIRE STATION #2 - BRET LAWES CLASSROOM 
110 W SONORA ST, STOCKTON, CA 95202 

Here's your chance to get your license and join the fun of ham radio! Did you know that during the recent storms and flooding around San Joaquin County, ham radio operators we still able to communicate, able to access their own email, data and internet sites.  Ham radio operators are part of the teams that help the community through a natural disaster - The next HamCram study and test session will be held at Stockton Fire Station #2 - Bret Lawes Classroom, 110 W Sonora St, Stockton, CA 95202

 

If you are interested in doing a HamCram Study Session, OR you are testing for an upgrade, or you or a family member wants to get your license, please pre-register at www.w6sf.org/hamcram.html

 

HamCram study session starts at 8:00 AM and the doors will open at 7:45.

 

The Test Only sessions will start at 3:00 PM

 

Sign up for the next HamCram clicking the link here.

W1AW / 6 SPECIAL EVENT 
OCTOBER 11TH - 17TH 

Special Event Instructions W1AW/6

As a part of the Year of the Volunteer celebration, the mystical callsign W1AW will be operating from all corners of land. ARRL members in each state/territory will be approved to operate their stations during two different weeks using the callsign W1AW/x where x is one of the local regions: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, KL, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH7, KH8, KP2, KP3, or KP4.

California's second week starts October 11, 2023, at 0000z and will run through October 17, 2023, at 2359z, using the callsign W1AW/6. Each state coordinator will approve time, band, and mode slots throughout the week and hams will be able to operate their stations using W1AW/x.

SDARC club members can be one of the official W1AW/6 authorized operators for California, you may sign up at the link listed here or below.  I am accepting guest opportunities at my station at home if you wish to come and operate here contact me NZ6Q at 209-687-0774. 

https://ok.arrl.org/w1awca/

You may, subject to the following conditions, select any available two-hour operating time slot for the band and mode (SSB, CW, Digital) of your choice. Once selected, it's selected - NO CLAIM JUMPING !! Use an approved electronic logging program capable of creating an ADIF file. You will email your files to the coordinator. 

All approved W1AW/6 operators are expected to observe all FCC regulations, including only operating on frequencies allocated to their license class and at permitted power levels. Violators, may, unless The Old Man is merciful, be Wouff-Honged!

Minimum station requirements: 
- 100W + yagi, hexbeam or good vertical antenna or better on 20-15-10M
- 100W (or more up to Legal Limit) + good vertical or dipole antenna on 80-40M 

Be comfortable with the modes you select. If you work a lot of FT-8 or your station may be limited then sign-up on FT-8. If you like RTTY or digital do that. If you have a solid station on all bands then sign-up for bands/modes/times following the guidelines below.

Portable W1AW Rules

  • Each operator must follow the rules for their own license class. Stay in the sub-bands that you are legally allowed to operate.
  • Operators can operate anywhere in the state.  Please observe the above guidelines when choosing your time/mode slots. 
  • ARRL members that contact the Portable W1AW stations will receive 5 points in the VOTA event.
  • Each band/mode combination can be activated simultaneously. For example, N6ACL could be working on 20M SSB, N5SML could be working on 20M FT8, NZ6Q could be working on 20 M CW, and K6WX could be on 40 M SSB, all at the same time.
  • The state weekly assignments are shown in the W1AW/ Schedule area at http://vota.arrl.org State operations start at 0000z each Wednesday and stop at 2359z the following Tuesday.
  • Operations are not allowed on the 12 M, 17 M, 30 M, 60 M, 630 M, or 2190 M bands.
  • All logs for the week must be consolidated into one ADIF file and sent to the state coordinator to be uploaded to LoTW.
  • When you sign up for a two-hour slot, you are also selecting a band and a mode. Signing up for CW on 20M is one slot, phone and digital modes are two other slots.
  • One operator per band/mode at the same time. (i.e. two stations cannot be on 40CW or 20 SSB from CA at the same time) 
  • You may only use the band and mode you have selected, for the time period you requested. You may request multiple slots throughout the week. To allow for as many stations as possible to operate, please limit yourself to no more than 4 hours in a row on any band and mode. You are encouraged to select multiple modes (i.e... 2 hours on CW, 2 hours on SSB, 2 hours on RTTY on any band is a full day - and it gives others the chance to participate. 
  • Check back on the sign-up sheet often & during the event. If you're operating 20M FT8 for two hours, but the next two hours open and you want to continue, then add your call into that 2nd slot and continue... 

SIGN-UP LINK 

https://ok.arrl.org/w1awca/

If you have any questions, please contact the California State Coordinator John Litz at nz6q@arrl.org or by phone 209-687-0774.

NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 
SPECIAL EVENT STATION N6F
OCTOBER 8TH - 14TH 
ON-THE-AIR

As if being W1AW/6 wasn't enough reason to get on the air, the Stockton Fire Department Amateur Radio Club, W6SFD, invites you to participate as the special event station N6F.  

You may operate Voice, Data (including FT8), or CW depending on your license privileges. You will be using the call N6F for this event. "CQ CQ N6F Fire Prevention Week Special Event Station". Please remember a special event call does not impart any extra operating privileges. You must operate within your own license privileges or that of a control operator, if present. All N6F stations must transmit from within California. The rules require giving out the call of the license holder once an hour, so give out your call (i.e. NZ6Q) at least once an hour (see instructions). 

The purpose of the event is to promote fire safety and Fire Prevention Week. So, please give out a fire safety tip as often as possible.  There is a link to the safety tips at www.hamfire.com. 

A sign-up sheet will be posted soon with a link to allow you to sign-up when n where you would like to operate. There should be only one station on the same band/mode at the same time. Therefore, select available band/mode slots on the signup sheet and operate only those you have selected. You can select pre-planned times or look for and select any available times during the event. If there is a call entered in a slot, you should assume they are on whether you can hear them or not. If for some reason you are not able to operate at a time previously selected, please remove your call from the signup sheet so it will be available for someone else. Please note some of the slots only require you to enter your call while others require you to also enter the band you will be on.

Once you have entered your data in an open slot it is yours to operate. EXAMPLE: N6ACL would be entered on 40M Phone “SLOT” at the date and time she wants to be on the air. Then operate on that band and mode at that time.

Have fun and if you have any questions email me at john@litz.com or text me at 209-687-0774. Thank you for your help making this a successful event. You can find more event info at www.hamfire.com

Signup link: FPW SIGNUP (coming soon)

VOLUNTEERS ON THE AIR
A YEAR-LONG AMATEUR RADIO EVENT

JAN 1 – DEC 31, 2023

 

2023 will be celebrated by ARRL as “The Year of the Volunteer.” More information will be available throughout the year as the details are confirmed. However, the first adventure has been announced as a project called “Volunteers On The Air (VOTA).” Here we get ‘points’ for each contact made with another ARRL volunteer. So, if two ARRL members contact each other, they will each receive a point for that QSO. No special codes, sequence numbers, or section information needs to be passed. Make contact with a fellow ARRL member, and you each receive a point. Each of you must upload the contact to the Logbook of The World (LoTW), and your points are calculated when the QSO is matched. This could be an FT8 contact, a CW contact, a simplex 2M FM contact, an RTTY contact, or an SSB rag-chew.

To add more interest to the year-long operating event and help demonstrate the ARRL volunteers’ value, each level of volunteer activity has been assigned a point level, shown in the table at http://vota.arrl.org For example, if you make a contact with John NZ6Q, the San Joaquin Valley Section Manager, you’ll get 175 points for that one contact. So, I’ll need to up my HF game to handle all the pile-ups coming my way in 2023. Maybe I need that 160M inverted L and another HF rig ! I’m hoping you will be able to get some certificates, or wallpaper, for your efforts.

More details on this are at http://vota.arrl.org and in the January 2023 issue of QST. So, get your gear running, make sure your LoTW connection is working, and see you on the air!!!

VOTA Program Rules

I’m sure these rules may be extended or revised, so please check http://vota.arrl.org for updates.

  • This starts January 1, 2023, at 0000Z.
  • This ends December 31, 2023, at 2359Z.
  • You must be an ARRL member. You can join or renew at https://arrl.org/join/
  • All QSOs must be uploaded to the ARRL QSO matching system, Logbook of The World (LoTW).
  • No repeater contacts are allowed.
  • Contacts can be made on any band (except 12 M, 17 M, and 30 M).
  • Contacts can be made on any legal mode of operation.
  • You receive ‘points’ based on the volunteer level of the ARRL member you contact. Points range from 1 point for an ARRL member to 300 points for Rick Roderick K5UR.
  • The point levels are listed at http://vota.arrl.org (Your favorite Section Managers are worth 175 points.)
  • Each QSO will get only one point value. For example, someone who is a member, a life member, and an Assistant Section Manager will be worth the value of the highest role, 35 points for the ASM role.

 

Logbook of The World (LoTW)

All the reporting for this VOTA effort will be handled automatically by the ARRL Logbook of The World (LoTD) QSO matching system. If you already log your QSOs from your favorite logging software and it uploads them to LoTW, you will automatically be enrolled in the project. Your QSOs will be verified normally, and the callsigns of the people you work will be searched to find the appropriate points (table shown at http://vota.arrl.org ) that you receive for each QSO.

 

But, if you aren’t set up to use LoTW, now is the time to set it up. The LoTW quick-start page is a great place to start, and the “What is LoTW Document” explains the whole process. You must authenticate yourself with the system by receiving a postcard mailed to your FCC-registered address. You’ll run a program called TSQL that is used by your logging program, N3FJPN1MMDX Lab Suite, or something else to authenticate and upload to LoTW. You can start the setup process now, and you’ll be ready in a few days. Hold your logs until you get LoTW set up, and you can upload them when you get it all sorted.

 

If you need help setting up your LoTW account, watch some YouTube videos, contact your Elmer, or local club. If that fails, email me at nz6q@arrl.org, and I’ll find someone to help you.

 

W1AW Remote Operations

As a part of the Year of the Volunteer celebration, the mystical callsign W1AW will be traveling to the corners of ARRL-land. ARRL members in each state/territory will be asked to operate their stations for two different weeks using the callsign W1AW/x where x is one of the local regions: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, KL, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH7, KH8, KP2, KP3, or KP4. For example, California’s first week starts Feb 15 2023, at 0000z and will run through January 31, 2023, at 2359z, using the callsign W1AW/6. Each state will coordinate the time/band/mode slots throughout the week and hams will be able to operate their

Each state W1AW coordinator will make a schedule to optimize the on-air time for those interested in running the callsign. Contact John NZ6Q if you would like to be W1AW/6 between October 11th and October 17th. You can email to...  nz6q@arrl.net

This is a great opportunity to get on the air and have some fun, maybe earn a W1AW Worked-All-States Certificate, talk to the President of the ARRL (I did during the Centennial QSO Party in 2014), meet a bunch of new people and learn more about the hobby while you’re doing it.

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CLUB REPEATERS

Located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at 2500 feet, the club repeaters cover the Southern Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys. The call-sign is W6SF and can be heard on 147.165 MHz and on 442.250 MHz with a PL of 107.2 Hz. Club simplex frequency is 147.51 MHz.



SDARC also has a UHF repeater, operating independently, on 444.575+ PL 107.2.  This is a local low level Stockton repeater with the call W6SF.  As the project progresses, three receiver/voters will be installed via T1 phone lines and the addition of IRLP linking to other repeaters.  
CLUB REPEATERS

Located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at 2500 feet, the club repeaters cover the Southern Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys. The call-sign is W6SF and can be heard on 147.165 MHz and on 442.250 MHz with a PL of 107.2 Hz. Club simplex frequency is 147.51 MHz.



SDARC also has a UHF repeater, operating independently, on 444.575+ PL 107.2.  This is a local low level Stockton repeater with the call W6SF.  As the project progresses, three receiver/voters will be installed via T1 phone lines and the addition of IRLP linking to other repeaters. 
CLUB REPEATERS

Located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at 2500 feet, the club repeaters cover the Southern Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys. The call-sign is W6SF and can be heard on 147.165 MHz and on 442.250 MHz with a PL of 107.2 Hz. Club simplex frequency is 147.51 MHz.



SDARC also has a UHF repeater, operating independently, on 444.575+ PL 107.2.  This is a local low level Stockton repeater with the call W6SF.  As the project progresses, three receiver/voters will be installed via T1 phone lines and the addition of IRLP linking to other repeaters.  
CLUB REPEATERS

Located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at 2500 feet, the club repeaters cover the Southern Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys. The call-sign is W6SF and can be heard on 147.165 MHz and on 442.250 MHz with a PL of 107.2 Hz. Club simplex frequency is 147.51 MHz.

  



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