MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND IS ON
 FOR JUNE 3 - 5 

Museum Ships Weekend is back for 2022 and we are planning to be aboard the USS Lucid again. We will be operating from 0000Z June 4th (5:00 PM June 3rd) until Sunday June 5th - shutting down at 1200 noon. 

Club members are needed Saturday May 28th starting at 8:30AM to set up the club's Hexbeam and other antennas aboard the ship.  Bring gloves, wear good shoes for the set up. 

Sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station NJ2BB, MSW is a great operating event especially for new hams with little HF radio experience. It’s a great chance to be “the hunted DX station” and improve your listening and operating skills. Radio operation will be from a variety of vintage and noteworthy vessels. This is not a competition – it is an event.

All stations are encouraged to QSL the USS Lucid and we get a lot of QSL request that we typically answer during the July club meeting. There will be certificates awarded this year! 

A schedule to sign up and work one of four stations is posted here in google docs. You’re welcome to come out and enjoy being on board before or after your shift as well. Late night and early morning operators are welcome using Phone, CW, and FT4 or FT8 modes.

Some ships also may be found on 75 meters (3.880 – 3.885 MHz) and on 40 meters (7.290 MHz) using AM, some using the vessel’s original restored equipment.

here is the link to sign up on the operating schedule:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KjCsNN4ChP7JfHOD6WrEhNbPMxkHDFs5_RPgB-z1nSs/edit?usp=sharing

Welcome Aboard and join us for this fun radio event!

W6SF MAY MEETING REPORT
THURSDAY, MAY 12TH 7:00 PM

The May meeting of the Stockton-Delta Amateur Radio Club was held at the Stockton Sailing Club Auditorium, 4980 Buckley Cove Rd in North Stockton on Thursday, May 12th starting at 7:00 PM.. The meeting was also held on ZOOM for those who could not attend in person.  

The meeting was called to order at 7:05 due to technical difficulties with Zoom connections. We began with introductions from both in-person and on-line attendees. There was a full house in the meeting room and on line.  President Mark W6SXA opened the meeting by acknowledging Joni from the Stockton Bicycle Club on-line. Joni took a few minutes to thank the club for their participation and support in the 2022 Delta Century Ride and let us know we will be part of the 2023 Delta Century on April 29th 2023.  She also mentioned getting er license (finally) during the August HamCram. 

Mark W6SXA ad John NZ6Q reported the success of the Delta Century and thanked the Stockton Bicycle Club for their generous donation to the club for our support of the ride.  

There was no treasurers report at Peter K6PH left the meeting early due to illness.  

A motion was made and passed to recognize Museum Ships Weekend on biard the USS Lucid a "club sanctioned" event. This included not only the operating event but the set-up and take down of equipment the weekend before and after. 

Mark W6SXA and Joyce K6QBQ reported on the Board meeting and that the club had reimbursed members and sent a $300 check to Steve NC6R for professional weed whacking and weed control at the repeater site.  

The club photo contest was extended another month to the June 9th meeting to give new members an opportunity to submit photos and since the "judge" Bob N6TCE was not at the meeting due to illness. 

After the business meeting, John NZ6Q gave a presentation on Museum Ships Weekend and the USS Lucid. Ron KG7OR played a video clip of the USS Lucid's movie appearance as well as slides of the ship from the W6SF website. New members, newly licensed hams and non member "significant others" were encouraged to attend and be invited and get on the air. MSW will use SDR receiver nodes to enhance the stations heard and combat the USS Lucid noise problems. John NZ6Q stated 4 stations will be on the Lucid including a brand new Yaesu FTDX10R, 2 competition class ICOM transceivers and TS-480HX radio (acquired from Jim WB6BET's estate). Bands have been good and the event promises to be a good opportunity for voice, CW and digital modes on all bands.  

There were 19 members present in person, an additional 7 members and 1 guest (Joni Bauer) on Zoom.  The meeting was adjourned at about 20:20 hours. 

The next meeting will be Thursday, June 9th at the Stockton Sailing Club starting at 1900 hours.  

Coffee and cookies were served throughout the meeting. 

Annie, N6ACL
Secretary 

DELTA CENTURY RIDE
APRIL 30^TH 7:00 AM
JESSE’S GROVE WINERY

The 2022 Delta Century Ride was held on Saturday April 30th.

We started setting up the NCS station at 6:00 AM. The Start/Finish was at Jessie's Grove Vineyard on Turner Rd just west of Lodi. Jessie's Grove was great to work with and we able to set up close to the registration tables and ride end point. Right by lunch! 

Club members stepped up to support the ride with their own SAG vehicles and complete SAG wagon operation - Driver, radio, APRS GPS transceiver, bike tools and more.  While there were also SAG operators from Stockton Bike Club, having radio and APRS significantly improved response times for the 18 riders that called in on the SAG hotline.   

Rest stops along the routes were covered by 1 or 2 radio operators.  Very few incidents were reported at rest stops. Bob K6DGQ and the crew at Courtland continually updated the net on numbers of riders thru the "hub" rest stop. The rides traverse the rural Delta roads of the San Joaquin Valley. Flat quarter (26 miles), metric (62 miles), and full (100 miles) century loops cover scenic vineyard, farm, and Delta roads–and a ferry ride across Steamboat Slough (metric and full century routes only)–with rewarding rest stops along the way.

SAG Operators were Mark W6SXA (along with Charlie K9DOG), Ron W6RMR, Cecil W6CPR, Gayle W6SWT, Randy K6TVT, Thomas KN6TQY and Kelly KN6TQZ, and Shane K5SML who rode in SAG10 with a member of the Stockton Bike Club. 

Rest Stop Operators were Joyce K6QBQ with Dave N6DCH in Clarksburg, Bob K6DGQ and Charlie WB6NVB in Courtland, Eric W6INP at Walnut Grove and Barry K6ZZB and Dave N6LHL at the Cosumnes River Farm in Thornton. 

Net Control was Annie N6ACL, Paul N6KZW and John NZ6Q 

A delicious post ride meal and entertainment welcomed each rider and volunteer at the finish line.

Proceeds from the Delta Century benefit local charities including our own SDARC!

Check out pictures of the ride in the May 2022 SDARC The Flysheet newsletter. 

WORLD OF STEAM EXPO SUCCESS

The club participated in the 2022 World of STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art and Math) on Saturday March 26^th at Lincoln High School.  The event ran from 10:00 AM to 2:00PM

Bob K6DGQ set up several straight keys and had a practice sheet kids could fill out and then send in Morse Code.  The table was a big hit!

  HAM UNIVERSITY - "HAM-U SESSION 2"
NEW HAM - EXPERIENCED HAM 
TRAINING CLASS

JOIN THE SESSION 2 CLASS ON
SEPTEMBER 17TH  2022

This is a FREE program that every ham – from beginner to Extra Class can benefit.  

The term "Elmer" means someone who provides personal guidance and assistance to would-be hams. The term first appeared in QST in a March 1971 "How's DX" column by Rod Newkirk, W9BRD (now also VA3ZBB). Newkirk called them "the unsung fathers of Amateur Radio."

Stockton-Delta Amateur Radio Club, the Manteca Amateur Radio Club and the Lodi Amateur Radio Club have come together to help teach new hams how to get started and offer this "personal guidance". 

These sessions are an opportunity for the new ham to learn and discover some of the many opportunities there are in Amateur Radio to "find your world" and give any ham just the chance to ask questions and get on the air. 

The session 2 class is structured with more content and more hands-on presentations.  There will be six 50-minute "classroom" sessions in the morning running in 2 tracks; lunch for an hour with "mini presentations", then two 50-minute break-out sessions in the afternoon. Classroom sessions include: Setting up and operating an HF station, How to Learn CW - Morse Code, digital modes - FT8, DMR, Packet and WinLink; your Radio Club Membership, Programming and using your programmable radios, Anderson Power poles, building simple antennas, Radiosport (contesting & chasing DX), Satellite operations - and opportunities to ask questions of experienced ham operators in an open forum.    

SIGN UP FOR ELMERING SESSIONS HERE. 

THEY ARE FREE 

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

1510 W CENTURY BLVD, LODI, CA 95240 

STARTING AT 8:30 AM

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

CHECK OUT OUR OWN BOB KM6ONS AND KYLE K6KDD ON GOOD DAY SACRAMENTO

AUGUST 28, 2018