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:

Please bring unwrapped toys (preferably two for different age groups). Representatives of the San Francisco Fire Department will be there to collect your donations.

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.

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)

· 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

Contact Tony if you would like to volunteer to represent the club at km6da@pacbell.net

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.

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.

SFARC/HAMS at Sea

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

W6PW D-star System

With the help of lot of people and overcoming several challenges our D-star system is on the air. The switch was thrown on Sunday afternoon January 10, 2010. Gateway connection to the world wide D-star network is just around the corner and 23cm operation is in the near future after we acquire duplexers for the band. Your generous contributions have been put to work and have paid off.
W6PW D-star Installation Photo Montage