We had another successful Discovery of Gold, Winter Field Day and Parks on the Air event at Coloma. There were lots of visitors on Saturday and had a good turn out of visitors. Other than being a little cold the weather was good too.
If you worked us during the event and would like a QSL card here is the address to request one.
EL DORADO COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
PO BOX 451
PLACERVILLE, CA 95667
USA
Total Contacts = 330
Total Points = 330
Total Contacts by Band and Mode:
Band CW Phone Dig Total %
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20 0 197 0 197 60
15 0 69 0 69 21
10 0 64 0 64 19
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Total 0 330 0 330 100
For our last meeting of the year we had a celebration. The club celebrated our 65th anniversary and the Dean family provided the cupcakes! Our speaker for the evening was our ARRL Section Manager Carol KP4MD. Carol updated us on the current ARRL activities and the services her section team can provide.
JR, K6LBP presented Vince, KM6QLB with a new 220Mhz radio. Vince was our 220 "Use It, Or Lose It Net" winner for the month of October. Congratulations!
It was a beautiful evening for our October meeting. We had a couple of first-time visitors, and a participant become a new member. After we got some club business out of the way JR K6LBP presented the 220 Use-It-Or-Lose-It net winner, Cathy W1BMX with her new tri-band radio.
Roger, W6WHU gave an update for our annual Special Event Station which will occur at the end of January.
Then a few of us, Bob W1RH, Stefan AF6SA, Jay KE6GLA, Tony W6QA and Dave W6QA shared about our California QSO Party (CQP) experiences.
Then held our raffle and some went home with a few good prizes!
Thanks to our AV team Bob W1RH and Tony W6QA for keeping us Zooming!
September 14th 9am to 3pm
Join the El Dorado County ARC as we hold our annual activation of the Big Hill summit WS/NS-290 and Park El Dorado National Forest K-4455. At the event you can learn about the POTA and SOTA programs and see examples of stations used for these activities.
The Big Hill summit has great views of the Crystal Basin and Sacramento Valley and is a great location to test the range of your HT.
Bring your portable radio gear, folding chair, picnic lunch, and sunscreen.
Directions:
Highway 50 East from Placerville for ~21 miles to Ice House Road.
North on Ice House Road for 9.9 miles to Big Hill Road
West on Big Hill Road 2.4 miles to Big Hill Lookout
Can’t make the event on site? Join us as chaser from home and help us make contacts! Find our “spots” at https://sotawatch.sota.org.uk/ or https://pota.app/#/
