Everyone who attended our annual holiday dinner had a good time. We had a great turnout at the Lions Club and shared some great food. Some lucky people left with some new radio gear or goodies. We hope everyone has a great holiday season and look forward to seeing everyone in January 2026. Don't forget to check into the nets.
We ran into a scheduling issue for our meeting, and we were not able to use the conference room. We didn't have any of our programs. We were able to share some donuts and chat with each other and have a raffle. We did conduct the election for the 2026 year. Thank you to our new club officers.
President: Jay Harmor
VP: Susan Keale
Treasurer: Steve Palmer
Secretary: Sandy Helms
Past President: Jeremy Dean
Field Day Coordinator: Roger Newman
Directors:
Jordan Heichman
Giulietta Dean
Chuck Helms
Mike Sumersille
Tony Miller
Todd Crawford
Gary Boal
Bob Hess
A few of us set up a public information booth at the 2025 Cops Props and Roders community event in Cameron Park. The weather was excellent, and we had lots of interested visitors. Between talking to people about the Ham Radio hobby and emergency communications we were able to look at some nice cars and airplanes.
The September meeting started off with Mike, N7MSS showing off the ARES trailer remodel progress. After our president got the meeting going, JR, K6LBP presented our latest 220 Use-It-Or-Lose-It net winner, Carly KO6GQQ with her prize.
Then JR presented a new gavel to the club in honor of SK Nancy Harmor KG6PNP.
Bob, W1RH gave a quick update on the new 2m repeater, remote receiver at Big Hill. Giving better coverage in Crystal Basin area. 
John Litz, NZ6Q, our Pacific Division Director gave us an update on the ARRL and asked us to support the letter writing campaign for the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act.
Mike, N7MSS showed off his fan dipole antenna spreaders from SOTA Beams.
Our main speaker was Steve, K6SLP. He showed off some of the devices that his company builds to assist law enforcement. He walked us through the design process and all the hurdles his company needed to clear to get the devices ready for production.
