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Don’t miss this! There are lots of events coming soon on the club calendar and the training program is in there too. Our Meeting meeting will be just two days before the Linden Cherry Festival and two weeks before activation of the USS Lucid for Museum Ships Weekend.
Members in attendance in person can participate in a 50/50 raffle to win half of the donated “kitty” with the club. Our Training Program is TBD, but I know Steve and the board are working on something good.
Grab your spouse, or significant other and come join the meeting. ARRL Field Day is just around the corner too!
SATURDAY, MAY 16TH, 2026 09:00 AM – 4:00 PM LINDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROUNDS 18100 FRONT ST
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Presented by the Linden Chamber of Commerce, this sweet celebration of the local cherry harvest comes complete with a parade, food, live entertainment, vendors, a cherry pie eating contest, children’s activities AND Amateur Radio. Make your way out to Linden to celebrate cherries and help out with your Amateur Radio skills.
The annual Linden Cherry Festival is May 16, 2026 Saturday, and the Stockton Delta Amateur Radio Club has been asked to provide communication support again this year. Participation from other clubs is welcome.
The Linden Cherry Festival is a rural festival in Linden, which centers around the cherry crop the Linden area is well known for. As you can see by the festival link at the bottom, it includes a parade, car show, pie eating contest and festival, with the parade starting at 10:00 AM and festival at 11:00 AM to about 4PM. The parade proceeds from downtown, west along Front St., past the High School and ending at the Grammar School. We would like to assign three people on the parade route starting at 9:45 AM for communication support, then transitioning to the festival at the end of the parade. We need several additional people roaming the festival grounds starting at 11 AM. Three from the parade plus two (or more) for the festival would cover the festival from 11 AM for a total of 5 people in addition to Net Control.
The festival is an open-air event in the Grammar School fields. The organizers will have limited private security, members from the Linden Peters Fire Department and SJ County Sheriffs, providing public safety, as well as exhibitions. Volunteers would be public liaisons/contacts for event safety and organizers, through Network Control. Tactical/Directed Net protocols will be used over the Club’s Simplex frequency. Everyone will need to always wear a safety vest when you are on duty. Sunscreen recommended!
This is a great event for experienced and new Hams alike. Newcomers to Amateur radio (licensed or not) can be paired with experienced operators. This is a great way for inexperienced people to get some hands-on time. This will be simplex, so no repeater protocol is involved. The festival is laid back and provides time to help each other and enjoy the sights and activities. You can work a partial shift if you aren’t available for the full time. We just need to cover the hours listed.
To sign up, do not use the Event Sign Up link on w6sf.org. Email your name, phone number, email address, call sign and time you can work, as well as any comments to Cecil W6CPR at cprendon@aol.com.
This event is currently pending club sanction approval at the April 9 Club Meeting.
Free for all. Bring your HT, bring your family – volunteer for a few hours and have fun! The Linden Cherry Festival is a great family event and amateur radio volunteers just make it that much better. Contact Cecil, W6CPR for more information and to sign up.
Don’t forget to pick up some delicious cherries while you are there!
JUNE 5 – 7, 2026 (FRIDAY – SATURDAY – SUNDAY) STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT AT 5:00 pm (0000Z 6/6/26) THE USS LUCID 3001 W MONTE DIABLO AVE STOCKTON, CA 95204
The Stockton Maritime History Museum will open their doors aboard the USS Lucid Museum Ship for us to put N6MSO on the air for Museum Ships Weekend! Welcome Aboard the USS Lucid! The last of the great Navy Wooden Ships!
This annual event, one of the most fun of the year is your next opportunity to be on the air as the “hunted DX” station. Only about 100 to 125 ships around the world will be on the air as museum ships. Thousands of hams across the country and around the world will be hunting the USS Lucid on their quest for that coveted MSW Master Certificate! Museum Ships Weekend is sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey Radio Club www.nj2bb.org
Club members will gather on Thursday June 4th about 9 AM to put up tables and antennas and test everything out. MSW starts at 5PM Friday June 5th which is 0000Z on 6/6/26. We will be operating 24/7 until noon on Sunday 6/7. Come for an hour or two and get on the air, come for the whole 3 days. John NZ6Q will be on board the ship from Thursday afternoon until Sunday when we take everything down.
You can get on the air on voice, CW or data FT8. Come play with SDR receivers to learn how to hear better thru a high noise environment which happens at times on board. We will have 3 operating positions available.
So… Thursday, June 4th 9:00 AM meet at the Lucid for Antenna raising Friday, June 5th come on board and get ready to operate Friday, June 5th 5:00 PM MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND STARTS Sunday, June 7th 12:00 NOON start take down and off ship
The N6MSO callsign is listed in OQRS and club log. Stations who work us can send a $5 donation through Club Log to get a USS Lucid QSL Card. 100% of that $5 donation goes to the USS Lucid as Annie N6ACL and I pick up the mailing costs for the cards. Last year we raised about $200 for the USS Lucid.
