They are held every third Friday monthly except in December at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center auditorium at 42nd Ave & Clement St. San Francisco  at 8 PM. See the the regional map above and the V.A. complex map at the right. Clement Street is located in the lower right section of the map and runs left-right (west-east). The entrance to the V.A. at Building 7 is shown at the upper left hand corner and is an extension of 42nd Ave.  Upon entering the building, go left and then right to the elevator. Exit the elevator on the first floor and go left. The auditorium is down the hall to your right opposite the windows. 

SEPTEMBER 17.

The Stanford University club station W6YX has a history dating back to the 1920's, but use of radio teletype only began in year 2001. Improvements in equipment, operating techniques and in the number of skilled operators have lead to rapidly improving contest scores, and a number of First Place finishes in the North American QSO Party Contests. Our speaker, Stanford alumni and club member Mark, K6UFO, will give us a tour of our neighboring radio club, discuss the basics of RTTY and how it compares to other amateur radio modes, and show how you can try operating RTTY and the other digital modes.

 Most important of all, don't leave after this presentation because nominations are going to be held for club officers and board for 2011.

OCTOBER 8 (Second Friday).

For the first time, our speaker will be Steve Lampen from Belden Cable. Steve has worked for that company for eighteen years and is currently Multimedia Technology Manager and also Product Line Manager for Entertainment Products. Prior to Belden, Steve had an extensive career in radio broadcast engineering and installation, film production, and electronic distribution. Steve holds an FCC Lifetime General License (formerly a First Class FCC License) and is an SBE Certified Radio Broadcast Engineer.  On the data side he is a BICSI Registered Communication Distribution Designer. His latest book, "The Audio-Video Cable Installer's Pocket Guide" is published by McGraw-Hill. His column "Wired for Sound" appears in Radio World Magazine. Even though Steve is not a radio amateur, we purchase a lot of his cable.

Steve's presentation will be followed by the club election. Additional nominations will be accepted. Remember you must be a paid up member and be present at this meeting to vote. Also remember this meeting is on the second Friday due to Pacificon starting on the third Friday the 15th.