The Next Club Meeting is Our Year End Celebration - Dec 8th starting at 6:00PM....
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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 9am so bring your latest stories, gadgets and lies to entertain everyone
I hope to see you there! de N6LHL
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2022 CHRISTMAS DINNER & YEAR-END CELEBRATION!
THURSDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 8TH
6:00PM
QST QST QST… Sign-ups are open for the 2022 Christmas Dinner &
Year-End Celebration which will be held at the Shipyard Portside Restaurant,
2305 W Washington St, Stockton.
Several outstanding prizes will be offered in our year-end raffle.
Raffle prizes include four (4), that’s right FOUR complete radio packages
including DMR, GPS enabled and Analog, the 2022 Radio Amateurs Handbook,
Antennas, test gear and more. By more, we are talking about non-radio prizes so
the non-ham in the family can win something he or she wants too!
Sign-up for the dinner today! Go to The Event Sign-UP Page HERE and book
your seats today. You can pay for your reservation in advance using PayPal for
just a $1.00 fee – bringing your total dinner costs to just $26 ! The club is picking up the tip and the
tax. Dinner includes Chicken and
Tri-Tip, roasted potatoes and vegetables, salad bar, dessert and coffee or tea
beverage.
NO-HOST COCKTAIL HOUR / MEET N GREET: Starts at 6:00 PM
DINNER: starts at 7:00 PM
RAFFLE: starts at 8:00 PM
So… grab your spouse, significant other or just that friend that
you want to get their license and join us for good food and good fun;
celebrating a great year together as a club!
PS – if you’re having trouble with PayPal just contact Annie N6ACL
to make other
arrangements for paying your
reservations.
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The November meeting of the Stockton-Delta Amateur Radio Club was held on November 10th at the Stockton Sailing Club Auditorium. President Mark W6SXA called the meeting to order at 7:05 and several members attended on Zoom.
John NZ6Q gave a report on Pacificon, along with Joyce K6QBQ and others. Joyce K6QBQ also gave a report on the Walk to End Alzheimer's on the 15th. All great events and well attended.
This meeting included the election of club officers for the 2023 SDARC Board of Directors. Mark W6SXA reminded the members that anyone can be on the board and called for any last minute nominations. There were none. There was a motion to accept the list of nominations as there were no challengers for any position. The motion carried.
Your 2023 Club Officers are:
President.............. Mark W6SXA
Vice-President...... Joyce K6QBQ
Treasurer.............. Charlie WB6NVB
Secretary.............. Annie N6ACL
The new board will appoint the positions of call sign trustee and member at large at their first meeting. Those nominations shall come before the full membership at the AGM in January.
The club welcomed new member Art KN6SSP from Manteca.
After the election, Paul N6KZW put out a call for operators for the 18th Annual Run Against Hunger on Thanksgiving Morning. You can still sign up on the website by going to the "Event Sign-Up" page. Details below.
Annie N6ACL and Mark W6SXA let everyone know you can also sign-up for the Annual Christmas Party / Year-End Celebration which is our next meeting on December 8th. The party starts at 6:00PM and you can sign-up and pay right here via PayPal on the website.
The regular meeting adjourned with a raffle.
Mark W6SXA gave informative and impressive demonstration on the use of NanoVNA devices in the ham shack. These are impressive test devices running anywhere from $50 to $150
The meeting adjourned at 8:30PM. There were 20 in attendance in person and 10 attended online.
The meeting and training was simulcasted on Zoom Video Conference.
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GET READY FOR THE 17TH
ANNUAL
RUN / WALK AGAINST HUNGER
THANKSGIVING DAY MORNING
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH
DOWNTOWN STOCKTON
Paul N6KZW is coordinating this year’s Thanksgiving Day Run
Against Hunger for the club. He’s
looking for volunteers! This is the 18th year of the event which
benefits the Stockton Emergency Food Bank. CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP NOW
Our mission is to provide communications necessary for
the safety of participants and the public. This is both a run and a walk,
conducted simultaneously on slightly different routes from the Banner Island
Ballpark around Weber Point to Morelli Point (Weber Ave under I-5) and back.
The 10K runners do the course twice.
Weather: The
show will go on rain or shine. It normally is cool to cold during this event,
be prepared for this type of weather. Raincoat?
Operators: We
are currently setting up who will be at what posts.
The Plan: We meet
at the Ballpark entrance at 06:30 AM. The run and walk begins at 8:00 AM for
the Kids and 8:30 AM for the Adults, but access to our post locations may be
difficult after 7:15 AM unless you are on foot or bring a bicycle, as the
course usually is blocked off and closed to traffic. Please
expect to be out in the field along the route by 7:15 before the police start closing
the roads.
Email: You will receive a map of
the run and the parking lot you should use is to the west of the stadium. There
is also another parking lot across the street (Fremont) from the ballpark which
may also be used. We normally arrive early enough to easily get our parking
close by.
Assignments: We are planning assignments now.
Safety: Please, all ham operators should be wearing a
green or orange safety vest at all times during the event. This is for your safety as well as to identify us
as participants, organizers, and public safety workers. If you do not have
a vest, our club has many available, just let us know, please. Think and act
safely before, during, and after the event. We want you to have an enjoyable
time out there.
Beverage/Pastries: There will be coffee and pastries available at the
ballpark as you walk in the gate to the right. Come early.
T-Shirts: In
the past, we are given event T-shirts at net control Thursday morn.
Frequencies
Main
147.210 pl
114.8 +600 N5FDL
Backup 444.325 pl 94.8 +5.000
K6KJQ Please
program your HT.
Simplex 147.510 no pl needed
Tactical Callsigns: Standard
rules of identification apply. We will use tactical calls, but you should
identify your ham station as normal FCC regulations.
Checklist:
1. Dual-band HT radio w/extra
battery. If you do not have a dual band
or UHF handy-talkie, contact us.
2. Bring a folding chair as our posts don't have seating available.
3. Appropriate clothing for the weather, mindful it will be dark when we
arrive. Cold and rain are always possible.
4. A flashlight may be helpful in the wee hours of the morning before the
event
5. Traffic safety vest. If you do not have one, we will loan you one.
6. Hot/cold beverage, or water and snack if needed.
7. Personal items, such as glasses and medication.
8. Printed Map from the website will be emailed to you. Make sure we have
your email address.
Go to
the event website... http://www.runagainsthunger.org/Event-Info it will give you an idea of what's going
on...
Please ham radio folks do not volunteer that way, go to the Event Sign-Up page here to sign up. I suggest printing out the map and
bringing it with you. We will use that during the event.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP
This is a great event supporting the neediest in our
community. The club has been involved nearly since the beginning. Do you have
time to give back? support your
community? Get a free T-Shirt? If you don’t want to volunteer and be part
of the radio team – then just come and do the 5K walk or the 10K run.
Call me if you have any questions 209-477-6893 Paul
N6KZW@sbcglobal.net
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OCTOBER MEETING REPORT THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH
The October 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, October 13th starting at 7pm. There was a
limited Zoom presentation because of an equipment issue.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00PM by President Mark
W6SXA. There were 20 members in attendance.
Old Business:
John NZ6Q gave a report on the CQP Expedition to Mariposa
County. We made 981 QSOs and worked all 58 multipliers for a submitted score of
144,750 points and currently led the Multi-Op Low Power Expedition category.
Colin K6CMM got on the air on 10M using his call sign and made 20 QSOs Sunday
afternoon before we had to start breaking down. Thomas KN6TQY and Kelly KN6TQZ
arrived Saturday night and served up a great meal for all and then got on the
air Sunday morning as well. Joyce K6QBQ was a big help with set-up on Friday as
well as President Mark W6SXA. Everyone is excited to do this again next
year.
Bob N6TCE gave a report on Saturday’s HamCram in Lodi. We
licensed 9 new Technicians including a mother and son from Valley Springs, 2
upgrades pass their General and 1 Extra Class upgrade.
John NZ6Q also reminded the club that N6F was still in
progress and club members could sign up to participate as the special event
station until Saturday midnight.
There was a report on the Alzheimer’s Walk given by Joyce
K6QBQ as Zoom issues prevented Ron KG7OR from connecting. Everything looked pretty set and a couple of
additional members stepped up to volunteer.
President Mark W6SXA opened the floor for nominations for
club officers for 2023. Peter K6PH
stated he would not continue as Treasurer and Charlie WB6NVB was nominated
(accepted) as Treasurer to replace him. All the other officer positions had no
nominations to replace incumbents. Bob N6TCE motioned to accept a “white
ballot” election, but it was pointed out that club bylaws keep the nomination
window open until the November meeting. Anyone wishing to nominate a member to
board, including themselves, should contract Annie N6ACL (n6acl@arrl.net) to be included in November’s
election.
Annie N6ACL reported on the club Christmas Party / Raffle
and it was voted on by the membership to hold the Year-End Celebration at the
Shipyard Restaurant at the Port of Stockton again. Suggestions for the raffle
included a NanoVNA analyzer, SDR receivers and antennas along with some “non
radio related” prizes. (more details on the Christmas Party are in the
newsletter)
Bob N6TCE gave a presentation on the Great California
Shake-Out Drill on Thursday October 20th at 10:20 AM. He discussed
the incident plan using both the Lodi 147.090 and Stockton 147.165 repeaters as
well as WinLink. Stations will be
encouraged to submit drill messages of simulated damages as they check in.
WinLink will be used to send “Did You Feel It” reports to
the USGS. Stations without WinLink were discouraged from sending damage reports
through the USGS website as their website had no way to flag the reports as
part of a “drill” and not the real thing.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 PM
Annie N6ACL
Secretary
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OCTOBER HAMCRAM / VE SESSION
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10TH 7:45 AM
DOORS OPEN 7:45 AM
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST - LATTER-DAY SAINTS
731 N HAM LANE, LODI, CA 95240
The next HamCram study and test session will be held at the Ham Lane building of the Church of Jesus Christ - LDS on Saturday, December 10th
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 8:05 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.
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HAM UNIVERSITY - "HAM-U SESSION 2"
NEW HAM - EXPERIENCED HAM
TRAINING CLASS
WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING BACK HAM-U IN MARCH 2023
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.
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THANKS DAVE NAVONE FOR THE LINK TO THIS COOL VIDEO ALL ABOUT HAM RADIO AND THE TV SHOW "LAST MAN STANDING"
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W6SF 2019 FIELD DAY VIDEO CHECK IT OUT! THANK YOU DENNIS AD6DM
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CHECK OUT THE CLUB HISTORY PAGE
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CHECK OUT OUR OWN BOB KM6ONS AND KYLE K6KDD ON GOOD DAY SACRAMENTO
AUGUST 28, 2018
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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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