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San Diego Digital VHF Net
Every Thursdays, at 8:00 p.m.
“Except the 2nd Thursday of each month”
PDT on 50.291 Mhz.
PSK31 mode.

Frito’s Wide Open Net
WA6BGS Repeater Tuesday Night 7:30
Freq. 147.420
Bring your Chips and Dip, sit back and have fun!
OPEN TO ALL

Frito’s 10 Meter Net
Thursday Night at 7:30
Freq. 28.435 USB
OPEN TO ALL

WAMO Net
Wednesday and Saturday Nights
8:00 p.m. Local time
With Early Check-ins at 7:45

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HOME BREW RULES
Amateur Radio Club of El Cajon
November Meeting


ATTENTION: REVISED HOME BREW RULES FOR NOVEMBER 2008 CONTEST

1. All home brew projects must be original works.

2. The Home Brew Contest will consist of four categories: Novice, Advanced, Antenna and Kit.

3. Once an item is submitted in a Home Brew Contest, it may not be re-entered in any other category or in any subsequent year.

4. Novice class would be reserved for beginners who are constructing their first project.

5. Advanced class would be for those who are experienced in the art of home brewing. It would be as complex as practicable.

6. The antenna class would consist of a transmitting antenna for any amateur frequency.

7. The kit class would be a ready made kit and will be judged based on assembly, soldering, and over all kit building ability.

8. All home brew projects must be explained by the builder and demonstrated before the general membership. All projects must function as described.

9. Each Home Brew Class will consist of first, second and third places. The winner of each class would be awarded an appropriate plaque.

10.The judging would be accomplished by three
volunteers selected by the club president. Any
licensed amateur radio operator and club
member is illegible to be a judge. The decision
of the judges is final. No sour grapes please.

11. The purpose of the Home Brew Contest is to
demonstrate just one of the many capabilities of the amateur radio community.


Build and have Fun!!

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San Diego Fair

ARCEC weekend at the San Diego County Fair
This is our Club's weekend to man the SANDARC booth at the Fair..Admission is free for those of you who work the booth. Shifts at the booth are from 10:00am until 2:00pm and 2:00pm until 6:00pm. The ticket you get to enter the fair is for the full day. You can wander and enjoy the Fair while not on shift. This is a fantastic opportunity to introduce Amateur Radio to the public.

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El Cajon FD Open House

El Cajon Fire Station #6 Open House
Location: 100 E. Lexington Ave in El Cajon
We'll be setting up our booth at the Fire Station which will include 2 meters as well as HF with antenna's high atop our tower trailer and will be working our station call: WA6BGS WAMO #000. Remember all of those wooden Morse Code key kits we assembled at the April and May meetings in 2008? Well, we'll be handing them out to kids, helping them put the keys together and listening to them trying their hand at sending Morse Code. This is an excellent opportunity to introduce the public to Amateur Radio…come and be a part of it.

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Mother Goose Parade

Mother Goose Parade
It's our day to shine on the City of El Cajon. We'll meet in the Law Office parking lot at 222 West Madison in El Cajon at 7:30am to set up the table, chairs, radio's, antenna's, etc on the float. We'll head out to the Parade Marshalling area around 8:30 am where we add the banners, fringe, garland, etc. to the float. The Parade starts at 10:00 am. Once we reach the end of the Parade, we'll head back to the law office where we'll remove the decorations from the float. If you'd like to ride on the float or walk the Parade route behind the float, contact Paul KC6QLS at kc6qls@cox.net or (619)593-9445 LINK

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Christmas Dinner

Annual Club Christmas Party
The Christmas Party will be held at the Hometown Buffet in El Cajon again this year (tentatively). Arrive early (5:30-6:00pm) to eat dinner. Award presentations and raffles will begin around 7:00pm. This years "HAM of the Year" will be announced at the Party.

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Volunteer Opportunities

We are always busy, Please Volunteer and Volunteer often.

Community Support: We are an ARRL supported Club and a member of the San Diego County Amateur Radio Council (SANDARC). We support the California Division of Forestry; (“CAL Fire” as it’s now known) on “Red Flag Patrols” where we go into the back country when extreme fire danger is present to watch for fire hazards (you may have read articles about the “Red Flag Patrols” in the August and November 2008 editions of “QST” magazine). Many of our members are also members of ARES and RACES, support the El Cajon Fire Department EOC and CAL Fire at the San Diego EOC. We provide Amateur Radio Classes to help you “get your license” or “upgrade” to a higher class license, and a good number of our members are certified “VE’s” (Volunteer Examiners) for Amateur Radio License Testing. Our Members participate in and are on call to support any function where Amateur Radio Communications might be needed.

Club Activities: Our Club is pretty “radioactive” and we participate annually in events like:
• San Dieguito Half Marathon (providing communications)
• Pacific Crest Trail Run (providing communications)
• 100 mile Endurance Run (providing communications)
• HAM Radio Round-up (when a suitable location is found for it)
• San Diego County Fair (we staff the SANDARC booth on the first weekend of the Fair and talk to the public about Amateur Radio)
• Kids Best at the Fair (where we introduce kids and their families to HAM Radio)
• Field Day
• Annual Club Picnic
• El Cajon Fire Department “Open House” (where we set up HF and VHF stations and introduce the community to HAM Radio by encouraging kids and adults stopping by our booth to “get on the air”)
• First Methodist Church of El Cajon Fall Festival (where we set up HF and VHF stations and introduce the community to HAM Radio by encouraging both kids and adults stopping by our booth to “get on the air”)
• Home Brew Contest at our November Meeting (categories include: Novice, Advanced, Antenna and Kit)
• El Cajon’s “Mother Goose Parade”
• Annual Christmas Party

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CAL Fire Station

Radio Gear was Funded by SURF “San Diego Ultra Running Friends”

Bob W2IRI
Pat WA6MHZ
At the Station
Pat WA6MHZ &
Len W5WFW
(2) 3M 6M &70 CM Antennas.
Bob and Steve "Looks Straight?"
Steve KO4QT
"What Hole?"
Station Almost Done!
Paul KC6QLS "Crimp What?"

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Club Picnic

It will take place on Saturday 8 -8-09 at La Mesita Park It will start officially at 9am and I believe we will have a table or two reserved at the south end of the park. To find the park go to 8881Dallas St. from Fletcher Parkway and go west onto Dallas. The park is on the left just before you cross over the freeway. The Hot Dogs and Burgers are from the club but please bring a favorite dish to share with the group.

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Silent Auction Rules


• Auctioneer announces that He/She is holding a silent auction. He/She also posts what the item being bid on is and an optional minimum bid i.e. $20.00.

• Everyone that is participating in the auction privately writes down their WAMO number, Call sign , Name, and their Bid on the item. Then Hands it to the Auctioneer. The Auctioneer will then time code the bid and place it in the Silent Auction Box.

• Everyone is entitled to no more than (2) two bids per item. Only the first two bids from any participant will be valid. All bids must be deposited in the Silent Auction Box no latter than 10 minutes into the first meeting break. The bids are compared by the auctioneer and the highest bid is the winner. If there is more than one winning bid amount, than the lowest time code is the winner.

• The winner will be announced when we resume after break. Cash or check (payable to A.R.C.E.C.) must be paid in full prior to the end of the meeting the day of the Silent Auction. Auctioneer will then hand item(s) to the winner.


The auctioneer posts ONLY the person who won, the price, and time stamp if needed - so everyone knows that no scamming is involved.

 

 

 

 
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