
TIMELINE
Past, Present & Future
December 18, 2011

It's Sunday Holiday Party Time....details to follow soon on this page as well as the meeting page of this website
$35 per person...Beef, chicken, and vegetarian. Great raffle prizes. Reservations now being taken at club meetings and by mail. Check here on this page or the meeting page of this site. Indicate the type of meal and make out your checks to the San Francisco Amateur Radio club and send to our treasurer:
Jeanette
Cereske
27 Sala Terrace
San Francisco, CA 94112
Please bring unwrapped toys (preferably two for different age groups). Representatives of the San Francisco Fire Department will be there to collect your donations.
December 11, 2011
V.E. TESTING
The Sunday testing time window opens at 8:30
am in the V.A. auditorium. For details on taking an amateur radio
examination, click here.
October
22, 2011
2
Meter Critical Mass Amateur Radio Practice
What:
An opportunity to practice Ham radio communications
When:
Saturday,
October
22, 2011. 1000 to 1200 hrs
Where:
Spreckels Lake, Golden Gate Park
Check-in
will be by radio at the Lake on 146.550 PL 100 simplex
Who:
Licensed Amateur Radio Operators, any experience level, bring your radio
and manual, paper and pencil
Why:
There are not many opportunities to practice with your radio; so come to
the Lake to practice, learn from an Elmer or be an Elmer
How:
Use your radio, practice with other Hams; learn more about your radio and
Amateur Radio Communications
What's
more fun than being with other Amateur Radio enthusiasts of varying experience
levels talking on the radio?
So,
come on out. Be an Elmer. Ask an Elmer for help. That's what Amateur Radio is
all about.
Contact
Peter McElmury at KI6NYQ@ARRL.NET
for more details (type
“2 Meter Practice” in subject line)
Definition
of Critical Mass:
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October 14-16, 2011
The club will have a
promotion table at
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Contact Tony if you would like to volunteer to represent the club at km6da@pacbell.net
September 16, 2011
Nominees So Far for Club Officers and Board Members 2012
President
- Tony Dowler KM6DA
Vice President - Nick Powell NF1P, Alan Schuman AA6ZL
Secretary - Cathy Peterson KG6QDJ
Treasurer - Peter McElmury KI6NYQ
Board of Directors
Bob Peterson - KG6QDK
Dave Billeci - WA6UHA
Ernie Filippo - KI6ODG
Jack Molinari - K6VXI
Eric Wahl - K6ELW
Important reminders
Nominations
will continue at the October meeting followed by elections
You have to be a current member and be present on the 21st to vote. No proxies
or mail ins.
July 31, 2011
The Club's participation in the San Francisco Marathon was a huge success. There were a few rough edges in the beginning in communication link reliability but there are always challenges with the terrain of San Francisco with VHF & UHF. Even though those club members who participated in this event were radio amateurs, they all performed like pros. Nick Powell, NF1P, and Scott Esters AF6RT, were the Net Controls and kept the communication event running like a fine tuned watch.
A message from Nick to all volunteer radio ops:
Thank you to each of you
for your assistance providing communications support for the medical team during
The San Francisco Marathon-2011.
The praise and gratitude
we have been and continue receiving is due entirely to your service. We
appreciate your contributions of time, talent, and equipment, and hope that you
enjoyed your time, as well. We especially appreciate your patience and
ingenuity, while we worked together to resolve issues throughout the day, from
managing supplies and transport to deployment of better antennae and rigs to
formerly difficult to reach stations. It is fantastic that we were able to
maintain steady repeater communications to virtually every aid station. Although
it does appear that I need to invest in a new antenna for my mobile base
station….
While we believe
everything ran well, we know there is room for improvement, and so we welcome
and encourage candid feedback towards making future events better and better.
Also, we will appreciate your forwarding any aid station (cellular telephone)
pictures to my email address, so we may have them as a planning reference for
future events.
Unless you indicate
otherwise, we will continue informing you of similar events, and look forward to
volunteering with you in the future.
Regards,
/s/
Nick
Nicholas
F Powell
July 1, 2011
Greg (KI6IIU) and Donna Lou (KI6IIS) Norell left the SFARC several years ago for a sailing adventure. Their 5 Year adventure can be followed at http://www.sailblogs.com/member/magiccarpetadventures/. The club has a net meet with the Magic Carpet on Wednesdays at 7:30pm/ 0230Z on 14.323 khz.
June 27, 2011
FIELD DAY...A SUCCESS
Check out the Photo Montage & Stats
June 15, 2011
CAMPOUT 2011 PHOTO MONTAGE
May 1, 2011
CLUB BOOTH AT MS WALK 2011

Thanks to all who participated in this event on May 1.
V.E. TESTING SESSION ON APRIL 10th...A REAL WINNER!!
In the V.A. Med Center conference room, 15 candidates came by for testing. The entire session went extremely well with a near perfect passing rate. Congratulations to Nick Powell NF1P and the other V.E.s who volunteered and sacrificed their Sunday to achieve success for the candidates and the club. A job well done.
March 5, 2011
V.A. SHACK WORK PARTY
THE WORK BEGINS! We put together a work party for the VA Shack and phase one was completed. It is still time to clean, organize and put up more antennas. Check below on what was done so far . There will be more work parties scheduled soon.


2
Meter Critical Mass Amateur Radio Practice Update
February 19, 2011
A
wet and cold day at the Lake today. 14 radio operators braved the elements
to for the radio practice. Some were remote at home and others sat in their
cars like I did. One checked in using W6PD from CPMC on Buchanan Street. We
talked on simplex, W6PD and a Simplex Repeater. We ended about 1100 hours, but
still did a lot of talking on the radio. Thanks very much to all who
participated. Keep your batteries charged.
Peter McElmury KI6NYQ
415/706-3957
Contact
Peter McElmury at KI6NYQ@ARRL.NET
for more details (type “2 Meter Practice” in subject line)
Definition of Critical Mass:
·
Point
of change: a point or
situation at which change occurs
· Necessary size or amount: the size or amount of something that is required before an activity or event can take place
June
10-12, 2011
Campout Weekend Change
It has been tradition the joint SFARC/MDARC campout takes place on the first weekend in June every year. However, another group beat us in reserving Rocky Ridge for that time for the second time in the entire history of the club reserving that camp site. For 2011, this event will take place on the second weekend. This might be a better time for those who have participated and those who would like to come for the first time.