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~8:30 pm - 10 meter net on 28.420 MHz USB after 2 meter net
~9:00 pm - Slow Scan Television Net on 441.300 MHz N6NA Repeater
Upcoming Meeting Programs and Events
- March 2 - 9 am - 3:30 pm Amateur Radio Exhibit and Special Event Station at Placer County STEM Expo, Rocklin, CA
- March 5 - General Membership Meeting - Communications Disaster Recovery in Butte County - Alan Thompson W6WN
- March 16 - 7 am - 12 noon Sierra Foothills ARC Hamfest, Historic Loomis Train Depot, Loomis, CA
- April 2 - General Membership Meeting - Homebrewing Presentation - Bob Mix KF6ABC
- April TBD - Annual Club Family Picnic and Fox Hunt - VFW Post 6158, 899 Kruitof Way, Fair Oaks, CA
- May 7 - General Membership Meeting - DBJ-1 J-pole Antenna Build
- May 17-18 - Rio Linda Farm & Tractor Days - Dry Creek Ranch, 6852 Dry Creek Rd, Rio Linda CA
- June 4 - General Membership Meeting - Field Day Prep
- June 22-23 - ARRL Field Day - VFW Post 6158, 8990 Kruitof Way, Fair Oaks, CA - New Venue!
- July 2 - General Membership Meeting - Sacramento Sheriff Amateur Radio Program (SacSHARP)
- August 6 - General Membership Meeting - Elmer Night
- September 3 - General Membership Meeting - Homebrew Contest Night
- October 1 - General Membership Meeting - White Elephant Sale
- October 12 - Rocklin Maker Faire - Amateur Radio Exhibit
- November 5 - General Membership Meeting - Club Elections and Slow Scan Television Program - Carol KP4MD
- December 3 - River City ARCS Membership Holiday Dinner Meeting at Sam's Hof Brau
River City ARCS Member Phil Sittner, KD6RM, on QSO Today Podcast
Phil Sittner, KD6RM, has a ham radio story that goes back over 50 years, from childhood. Still living in Northern California, Phil builds his own radios and test equipment, operates CW on 80 and 40 meters, using his fence mounted 80 meter end-fed Zepp and a pair of phased 40 meter verticals in an HOA neighborhood where antennas are forbidden. We harness Phil’s extensive technical expertise and hear his ham radio story in this QSO Today.
Listen to Phil's podcast interview on https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/kd6rm
$5 Dual Band J-Pole Antenna Build-A-Thon May 7
Our May 7 meeting will feature the construction of a dual band, VHF-UHF J-Pole antenna—Ed Fong’s DBJ-1. You may go to this link to review the design. You’ll note that Ed’s design provides a great beam pattern and broadband SWR performance.
Your total cost to build this antenna is $5.00, payable to the "River City ARCS." Ed sells these antennas for about $50 once the freight costs are included. We will use an assembly line approach for constructing these antennas and it’s expected we can complete as many as 20 antennas during our normal meeting hours.
Since we anticipate a large demand for the antenna, and the fact that we have limited time to complete the construction, we will use a first-come, first-served reservation system. To reserve your spot in the queue, please send a brief note to contact@n6na.org with your name, callsign and note that you wish to reserve a spot in the antenna Build-A-Thon. We currently (2/8/19) have 18 participants and will close out the enrollment at 25.
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Dues received after August 31 are credited to the subsequent calendar year.
Dues paid after August 31 count towards the 2019 calendar year.
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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.
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 (price pending)
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.
Ham Nation Live Wed. at 6 pm PT on TWiT.TV
K7AGE YouTube Channel • SolderSmoke
Amateur Radio Roundtable • Ham College TV
Amateur Logic TV • QSO Today Podcast
Sacramento SHARP 2019 Technician and General Class Ham Radio Licensing Courses
Posted December 2, 2018
The Sacramento Sheriff Amateur Radio Project is offering no-cost license courses for the Technician and the General Class Amateur Radio Licenses at the LDS Church, 8580 Florin Rd, Sacramento, CA 95828. The course is offered as class sessions from 6-9 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays over 3 or 4 weeks, each of which covers one portion of the material with pre and post practice exams. A license exam session for a $15 fee is offered on the Friday following the final class of each course.
DATES FOR TECHNICIAN CLASSES: March 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th, 19th, 21st with the VE Session on the 22nd of March, 2019. Download Flyer
DATES FOR GENERAL CLASSES: April 2nd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 23rd, with the VE session on the 26th of April, 2019. Download Flyer
A current ARRL License Manual for each corresponding license class is required. For details go to http://www.sacsharp.org/ham-classes