River City Amateur Radio Communications Society
Sacramento, California since 1976!
Sacramento, California since 1976!
River City ARCS April 2 Meeting
Wilson, N6EMF, presents "HamClock!"
HamClock is a kiosk-style freeware application that provides real time space weather, radio propagation models, operating events and other information particularly useful
to the radio amateur. HamClock was introduced in an
October 2017 QST article by Elwood Downey, WBØOEW,
and continues to be maintained and expanded.
IMPORTANT: Our April 2, 7:00 pm PT meeting will be conducted on Zoom only. Our current members will receive log on instructions by email and in our Monthly Newsletter. Visitors may request log on instructions via email to contact@n6na.org Our meetings are open to the general public, & visitors are always welcome.
Our monthly in-person club meetings are held at 7 pm PT on the first Tuesday of each month at the Carmichael Public Library Meeting Room (except December), 5605 Marconi Ave, Carmichael CA 95608 and are open to members and all visitors.
Members and visitors may request log on access to our meetings via Zoom. Send an email to contact@n6na.org
Click to view our archived meeting presentations
Playlist of archived meeting videos
Would you like a personal mentor to help get you started? Come to a meeting and ask about our "Elmer" Program!
Door prize drawing exclusively for members present in-person at our monthly meeting.
Our monthly winner has choice of a NanoVNA, a TinySA, a 50 ft length of RG-8X coax or an ICOM IC-V80 Sport 144 MHz Handheld Transceiver.
Please send your newsletter items to Ken, KE6RMN, kmartin537@surewest.net
River City ARCS HF Seminar Series
Topics: Challenges and Strategies to set up a successful HF station;
Efficient home, portable and mobile HF Antennas for our modern lifestyle; and,
Best Practices for HF operating efficiency, readiness, service, and enjoyment.
Our session enrollment is now full. Email comments or inquiries to contact@n6na.org.
River City ARCS HF Seminar Schedule
HF Antennas - Feb 13, 6-9 pm Raley's Event Center, 4840 San Juan Ave, Fair Oaks
Introduction to Basic HF Operating, DX & Contests - Apr 9, 6-9 pm Raley's Event Center, 4840 San Juan Ave, Fair Oaks
Hands-on HF Demo and Operation - May 14, 6 pm, Location to be announced.
Confirmed participants: K6GEO KR6RAO N6HA KM6GMS N1YCN KJ6CFD KO6AGW KO6COW KO6CIL KA4RXE KK6BAX KM6MZY N3ARP KV3LMR KO6CCU W1SLC KG6SMX KK6ZGA N6EMF
New N6NA Emergency Backup 2 meter Repeater
River City ARCS has a new emergency backup for our N6NA repeater on 145.250 MHz with the following settings:
Output Frequency: 145.250 MHz
Input Frequency: 144.650 MHz
Offset: Negative (-600 kHz)
Location: West side of Sacramento Valley near Zamora
PL/CTCSS: 123.0 Hz (set your receiver to carrier squelch, not tone decode)
Our regular repeater users should now program a separate memory in their radios with the same frequencies as our primary repeater, but with the 123.0 Hz PL tone and carrier squelch (no tone decode) for the backup repeater.
Our N6NA backup is a stand-alone repeater with no remote receivers or AllStar/EchoLink access. Our control operators will activate it only when our primary repeater is offline for periodic practice nets or due to equipment failure or power outage.
Program your radios now and be ready for future practice nets and emergencies!
Check into our friendly, casual and informal
Saturday Roundtable Net at 1500 (3 pm) Pacific Time
on 7181 kHz LSB ±3 kHz. See our Check-In List
All River City ARCS members and visitors are welcome!
Can't join us on the air?
Click to Listen via the KFS WebSDR in Half Moon Bay!
Members and Visitors always Welcome!
Wednesdays
New time 5:30 pm - N6NA YL Net 145.250 FM Repeater & EchoLink N6NA-R
8:00 pm - N6NA 145.250 MHz FM Repeater (- offset) PL 162.2
& AllStarLink Node: 53410 & EchoLink Node: N6NA-R
8:30 pm - 10 meter net 28.420 MHz USB
9:00 pm - Slow Scan TV Net N6NA 441.300 MHz FM Repeater
and YouTube Live Stream
Saturdays
3:00 pm - 40 meter Roundtable Net on 7181 kHz LSB
10 meter Slow Speed (5 wpm) Morse CW Net: 28.055 MHz. Tues. & Thurs. at 10:00 AM Pacific Time (Hosted by Ioan Negru, AI6UO)
Upcoming Meeting Programs/Area Events
March 28 - 6 pm - Homemade Radio Pixie Class
April 2 - 7 pm - RCARCS General Meeting - Wilson N6EMF - HamClock
April 9 - 6 pm - Are You Ready for HF? HF Operating Procedures - Session #3
April 12-14 - International DX Convention, Visalia, CA
April 14 - Electronics Flea Market, Saratoga, CA
April 27 - 8 am - VOMARC Hamfest, Sonoma, CA
April 26-28 - Big Bear Mini Hamcation, Big Bear Lake, CA
May 7 - 7 pm - RCARCS General Meeting at Carmichael Public Library - Reflections on the End Fed Half Wave Antenna
May 11 - 8 am - Reno Ham Swap, Verdi, NV
May TBD - Are You Ready for HF? Hands-on Demo in the Park
June 1 - 7 am - Minden Hamfest, Minden, NV
June 4 - 7 pm - RCARCS General Meeting at Carmichael Public Library - Field Day prep
June 22-23 - ARRL Field Day
Join or Renew Membership
Annual Dues for Full Time Students are $5
Click here to Join New or Update
your River City ARCS Membership.
RENEWALS, use HAM CLUB ONLINE.
Each dues payment extends your membership for 365 days. You should have an anniversary month for renewal every year. We appreciate your support.
Life & Complimentary Members (n=12) : KD6RM KF6IZU KP4MD N6ICW N6SNO W6AWS W6DFG WB2ZEI WB6YLK KN6GAA Marie Martin (XYL of WB6YLK) Nancy Reid (XYL of N6DRY); Silent Keys+ N6DRY+ WO6J+
Current Regular Members 2024 (n=154).
AD6AD AE6JG AI6UO AI6W AJ6GE DW7XCP K6AAI K6CIM K6DRY K6GCN K6GEO K6HTD K6HUH K6JGV K6MCS K6BZ K6VDU K6VSS K6WSM K6ZK K6ZLY K7GFM K9MEG KA4RXE KA6YLA KC6TRH KD6GBY KD6ILC KD6MDV KD6QZH KE6BZZ KE6RMN KE7EL KE8FT KF6ABC KF6RNZ KF6VOZ KF6YXK KG6BPO KG6ILB KG6NEN KG6SMX KI1TTY KI6JTF KI6LXY KI6MOL KI6RT KJ6CFD KJ6PRY KJ6QMD KJ6VVV KK6BAX KK6DCT KK6FON KK6LOL KK6PAS KK6TBO KK6WIP KK6WSP KK6YHM KK6ZGA KK6ZGB KL7HQR KM6DNV KM6DWD KM6FKB KM6GMS KM6GYM KM6JEQ KM6JNS KM6KFW KM6MPV KM6MZY KM6NFO KM6ONO KM6SBB KM6TVV KN6BKB KN6BSB KN6BVX KN6CAT KN6CTP KN6HTD KN6JGY KN6KDT KN6LC KN6LPW KN6LPX KN6LRN KN6LRO KN6PRD KN6QFQ KN6QQT KN6RWN KN6RXK KN6SD KN6SYD KN6WQP KN6WXR KN6ZGY KN6ZJJ KO6COW KO6KD KO6KL KO6AGW KO6DCN KR4TH KR6RAO KS6WTF KV3LMR N1YCN N3ARP N5JEF N6ACU N6CKV N6CUQ N6DTR N6DXX N6EF N6EMF N6MAJ N6PGQ N6RF N6SRB N6TWW N6UMI N6WLM N6VN N6YG NR6H N7DY WA0BIY W6AE W6BS W6KDJ W6PJJ W6TEE W6TGS W6XBC W6VDP W6VFW W6WMD W6WWR WA6L WA6LXD WA6NEA WA6WST WB6BIT WB6FC WB6UBK WD6AMA WG6CFS WO0KI W9SLH David Damit (N0 call)
Updated 3/27/2024
TOTAL of 166 [92 are ARRL members =60%]
Member dues & donations defray our meeting, event and operating expenses.
We offer Complimentary Membership to new hams
licensed at the Auburn, Carmichael Elks,
and Folsom VE team testing locations.
Membership Inquiries: send email to contact@n6na.org;
Call or text 916-800-2416 (Google Voice and SMS)
THANK YOU TO OUR EVERGREEN* CLUB DONORS!
David KM6GYM, Laurence KC6TRH, Sylvia KS6WTF,
and Phillip KM6DWD
*Evergreen Donor program is at least $10/mo x 1 year pledge
(or total of $120, one time).
You'll get the I LOVE N6NA Repeater Acrylic LED lit plaque and other cool stuff every December while on the pledge.
All River City ARCS are enrolled into Ham Club Online. This is our improved members' management platform. Most club members' renewal anniversary date now falls on August or September of every year. Otherwise, it is always 365 days from the date of your last payment. Advance payments are stored and will only be spent at the end of your current membership. PayPal is now active on HCOL for renewals. Log in now and check out your fellow ham members in the club!
Welcome to our new members! Brandon KE6BZZ, John KO6COW, Kishore KR6RAO, Glenn KM6RGQ, Larry KN6BSB, Chad KK6BAX & also congratulations to Tony KM6GMS - on upgrading to General Class!
You can claim your QRZ.com page and enter your email address so other hams can reach out to you better. If you have a photo there, we will post it here.
Monthly River City ARCS Club Breakfasts at Brookfield's Restaurant
Join us the third Saturday of every month at 8:30 am for our friendly River City ARCS club breakfast in the meeting room at Brookfield's Restaurant, 4343 Madison Ave, Sacramento, CA. All our club members, family and visitors are welcome at this casual monthly social event.
Our sincere thanks to River City ARCS member Al, K6AAI, and RadioQSL.com for his generous donation of custom QSL cards for N6NA!
Happy Birthday KN6HTD (November)
River City ARCS Net Control Operators who participate in the Birthday Sweepstakes will get a personalized QSL card, plus surprise goodies from the club, courtesy of Jojo KN6HTD and Jen KI1TTY.
Thank you for your dedication to emergency preparedness through skillful and confident message handling - being one of our net control operators.
River City ARCS Logo Apparel
Order River City ARCS Logo caps, shirts and jackets directly from our logo apparel supplier.
Call Gina Land at (916) 455-2876 or visit Danoc Manufacturing,
6015 Power Inn Rd Ste A, Sacramento CA 95824.
River City ARCS Bottle Cap Opener (plus personalized QSL card) - NEW
Get this via $5 donation to the club, or receive as a gift for doing Birthday Net Control Sweepstakes. This is a program for new net control operators to celebrate birthday with the group, on-the-air! Apply when you are ready as net control - you will receive training by shadowing, and be assisted on your debut. The club can also lend you a mobile radio, with power supply, and vertical antenna.
River City ARCS Car Magnet and Sticker
You earn this after 1 year of membership with the club. We hope you stay current with your membership!
Jeep SUV with car magnet photo credit: Alf Gonzalez KN6PRD
Port Authority Cap $5.00 plus tax
River City ARCS Logo - add $5.50 plus tax
Name and call sign on each side of Logo - add $10.00 plus tax
Deep Red color Hanes #0504 EcoSmart Jersey Knit Polo Shirt with Pocket $14.00 plus tax
River City ARCS logo on left chest - add $5.50 plus tax
Name and call sign embroidered on right chest - add $8.50 plus tax
True Royal color Sport-Tek by Port Authority Style JST71 Sideline Jacket (call for latest price)
Large Logo embroidered on back - add $18.00 plus tax.
Small Logo on left chest - add $6.50 plus tax.
Name and call sign on left chest - add $8.50 plus tax.
Coming Soon: Engraved, magnetic club name plates!
Amateur Radio Video/Podcast Channels
Audio Podcasts: SolderSmoke • QSO Today Podcast • ARRL: The Doctor Is In • ARRL: So Now What? • ARRL: On the Air
Videos: ARRL • Amateur Radio Roundtable • Amateur Logic TV • Ham College TV • Ham Nation Live Wed. at 6 pm PT - Episodes 80-485
• Ham Radio 2.0 • Ham Radio Crash Course • Other YouTube channels: N6NA • K7AGE • W6LG • K6UDA • W2AEW • KEØOG • VK3YE
We appreciate your support of the River City ARCS! This is your Club! Support it!
We forward inquiries and comments addressed to contact@n6na.org to the appropriate party.
Antelope Carmichael Citrus Heights North Highlands Foothill Farms Roseville California Sacramento Valley Hamfest Ham Radio American Radio Relay League ARRL Special Service Amateur Radio Club net N6NA 2 meter FM repeater 145.25 MHz 10 meter 28.420 MHz USB slow scan television SSTV 145.51 MHz APRS Packet DX CW AM RTTY PSK WSPR SSB HF VHF UHF YL Field Day FD