South Bay Amateur Radio Association
General Meeting
12 May 2023
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?
Our Feature Presentation
Ed Fong WB6IQN
- Licensed radio amateur since 1968
- BSEE, MSEE, and Ph.D. degrees
- Inventor of DBJ-1, DBJ-2 and TBJ-1 antennas
- Patents, publications, and professorships, oh my!
- Silicon Valley veteran of startups and semiconductor giants
Break time
Radio in the Park Recap
- 100 watts, hex beam, battery power
- 20 meters was great, other bands…weren't
- 7QP: 23 QSOs, 23 mults. Wyoming exists!
- New England QP: 4 QSOs, 4 mults. Maine exists!
- Indiana QP: 2 QSOs
- Parks on the Air: 4 unique parks
- ARI Int'l DX Contest: 1 QSO with Italy!
- Delaware QP: Absolute Bupkis. Delaware is a myth.
Show and tell
What are you working on?
Interesting QSOs
Announcements and Club Business
Save the Date!
| 23-25 June 2023 | ARRL Field Day |
| 7-8 October 2023 | California QSO Party |
| 20-22 October 2023 | 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?
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 145.05 MHz
Same site as WA6PWW repeater
Feedback to Steve AG6TT
Fox Hunt
Next 🦊 fox hunt 🐶 is tomorrow, Saturday 13 May
Talk-in on WA6PWW repeater: 147.015 MHz ➕ 103.5 Hz
Electronics Flea Market
Second Sundays through September!
🛒 Sunday, 14 May 2023 🛍 06:00 to 12:00 💸
West Valley College in Saratoga
Buy, sell, and trade your junk box! Or even the junk in the box!
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
Badges
- Short list of vendors
- Short list of designs
- We'll be picking something soon!
In-person license exams
Upcoming Meetings
| 22 May 2023 | Board Meeting |
| 9 June 2023 | 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!
