I hope everyone is ready for this year's ARRL Field Day. The location has moved for this year so take a look at the information below.
Location: Home of Dave Brooke KN6SOK, 6021 Wish Upon Way, Pollock Pines, CA 95726
Directions from US-50 Take Sly Park Road South to Starks Grade Road and follow that all the way to 5 Spot. Turn up to the top of 5 Spot. That would be Shooting Star. Follow Shooting Star to the end and that will be Wish Upon Way.
Schedule
Friday - 4:00pm Meet at Field Day Site and setup.
Saturday 10:00am Meet at Field Day Site and complete preparations.
Saturday 11:00am Start operations. We will operate until we are tired or band conditions force us to stop.
Sunday: 8:00am Continue operations until 11:00am
Sunday 11:01am Station teardown and cleanup.
Bring your own food/snacks and a spare chair.
Use this signup to schedule an operation time. Signup
More Field Day Information is here!
Members of the El Dorado County ARC provided communications support for the 2023 Pony Express Re-ride and Wagon Train. These annual events depict a part of our local history value added safety we provide with our communications checkpoints. The Neighborhood Radio Watch group provided an pubic information booth in Placerville to celebrate the arrival of the Wagon Train. Volunteers were, John KM6AIX, JR K6LBP, Jeremy W6TKD, Gary W6GLB, Colton WD6CWM.
Another full house for the May 2023 meeting.
Kirby AF6OP, was our 220 "Use it or Lose it Net winner"
For our presentations John KM6AIX, talked about his experiences in 3D printing. Jermey W6TKD, showed us his Xtera battery charger project. Dave K6TQ, gave us a report on the 2023 Visalia International DX convention. Michael K6MLE, showed us his system to receive ADS B Flight data. Reese AJ6YA gave us a demo of the Sherrif's new VoIP radio system.
Despite the rainy weather, we had a good turn out on Saturday the 6th for the antenna build. Jordan, WC6J led us through the process of building the antenna for the 2 meter band. Each of us made the cuts and soldered the connections on the 450 ohm window line. Once we were finished, we tested out the antennas with a MFJ analyzer. Everyone had a good time and got their antennas built. It was a fun project for a Saturday morning.
