We made our annual trip up to the Big Hill fire lookout station in the El Dorado National Forest. We made SOTA, POTA and VHF+ Contest contacts. Nine of our members participated in the event. We worked frequencies from 14MHz to 10GHz. The weather was excellent, and the band conditions were good too. Before going up to the hill we met for breakfast at the Ice House Resort.
At the August meeting Gary, W6GLB was the 220 Use-It-Or-Lose-It Net winner. JR, K6LBP presented Gary with new 220 Net swag.
A good turnout for the meeting and a new visitor.
The main presentation was given by Jordan, W6CQ. He shared about a few kits he has built and modifications to an HT.
The club had a very successful Field Day up at our Morman Emigrant Trail location. The weather was excellent, and we had lots of visitors. We were able to put five stations on the air for Field Day plus a Get On The Air Station (GOTA). In addition to making FD QSO's we also shared some great meals together. Thanks to everyone who helped make Field Day a success.
The May 2025 meeting had a full slate of presenters, and we also had a good turnout of members and visitors for the meeting. JR, K6LBP presented Troy, KN6GLG with a new 220 handheld transceiver. Troy was the April 220 Use-It-Or-Lose-It net winner. Congratulations Troy.
Bob, W1RH shared some pictures and impressions from the 2025 Dayton Hamvention. Stefan, AF6SA showed off a home-built 160m-6m solid state amplifier. Stefan is going to loan the amplifier to the club for event use. Thank you Stefan.
Roger, W6SHU gave an update on the Field Day location and shared some drone footage of the site thanks to Jeremy W6TKD. Our main speaker for the evening was John KM6AIX. He talked about his work with drones and photo analysis software for his position in the El Dorado County Search and Rescue Team
