South Bay Amateur Radio Association
General Meeting
14 April 2023
Welcome back!
Our first in-person meeting in over THREE YEARS!
Welcome guests!
bienvenue ようこそ
歡迎 welkom ברוך הבא
willkommen مرحباً
स्वागत benvenuto υποδοχή
boa vinda 환영
добро пожаловать
Welcome club members!
Introduce yourselves!
First name and call sign? (Pronouns?)
Licenses
New licensees? License upgrades?
Show and tell
What are you working on?
Interesting QSOs
Radio in the Park
Who will be on the air on ?
- 10-10 International Spring Contest, CW
- ARRL International DX Contest
- F9AA Cup, Digital
- "7QP" 7th Call Area QSO Party
- Indiana QSO Party
- Delaware QSO Party
- New England QSO Party
- You! Yes, you!
Let's organize
- Where to go 🏃
- Paseo Padre Parkway & Sailway Drive
- When to arrive ⏰
- 09:00 to 10:00 local time
- What to bring 🚚
- Yourself, portable radio and logging paraphernalia
- What call sign 📻
- Club call sign KU6S for those on site?
- Any other concerns ❓
- Let's discuss!
Break time
Announcements and Club Business
Save the Date!
| Radio in the Park | |
| to |
ARRL Field Day |
| to |
California QSO Party |
| to |
Pacificon |
Call for Speakers
Call for Speakers
- Do you have an interesting topic?
- Do you have a willing speaker for that topic?
- Let the board know!
Call for Activities
What else can we do together as a club?
Membership Matters
Thank you, dues-paying members!
We won't bother you again until October, we promise 😇
WA6PWW Repeater Update
Nets and Nodes
Mythical Mystery Net
Informal 👕 👖 chat 💬 net
Mondays at 19:30 Pacific time
WA6PWW repeater: 147.015 MHz ➕ 103.5 Hz
You can even talk about things that aren't amateur radio!
Tri-Cities EmComm Net
Formal 🤵 directed 👉 net
Tuesdays at 19:30 Pacific time
WA6PWW repeater: 147.015 MHz ➕ 103.5 Hz
Wednesday Night Roundtable
Informal 👕 👖 chat 💬 net
Wednesdays at 20:00 Pacific Time
28.412 MHz or thereabouts
KU6S-2 packet station
Packet BBS on 144.91 MHz
Same site as WA6PWW repeater
Feedback to Steve AG6TT
Fox Hunt
Next 🦊 fox hunt 🐶 is
Talk-in on WA6PWW repeater: 147.015 MHz ➕ 103.5 Hz
Electronics Flea Market
🛒 🛍 06:00 to 12:00 💸
West Valley College in Saratoga
Fill your junk box! Sell your junk box!
Amaze your friends! Appall your family! Confuse your enemies!
Second Sundays, except for this particular one.
Step up for the club
Currently Open Positions
📒 Compliance manager 📒
👥 Keeper of membership records 👥
🏢 Board member at-large 🏢
Positions Opening Soon
🦺 Safety officer 🦺
🧳 Quartermaster 🧳
✅ Volunteer Examiner liaison ❎
☕ Refreshments Coordinator 🍩
What the board is working on
In-person meetings
We got one done!
How can we make the next one better?
Help us go hybrid!
In-person license exams
Upcoming Meetings
| Board Meeting | |
| General Meeting |
Thank You!
Hurricane Electric and Benny Ng for use of the room
Tim AF6TF for audio gear
Al WT6K for the projector
Elaine KJ6AOE and Greg WY6P for refreshments
Steve K6WW for the Zoom meeting
See you on the air!
