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CARP Meeting – June 5, 2009 at 7:00pm

Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers
June Membership Meeting

Come joins us for our June membership meeting. This month we will have a guest speaker. Ray Mills W6WIM will be demonstrating his homebrew Radio Direction Finding Equipment and talk about his experiences in Transmitter Hunting.

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AZ Radio Ops Win Vote in Antenna Flap

East Valley Tribune, Phoenix AZ
by Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
May 7, 2009

Radio operators win vote in antenna flap

Faced with a decision of the rights of ham radio operators versus their neighbors, the state House voted Wednesday to side with the folks with the microphones and headsets.

On a voice vote, the House gave preliminary approval to a requirement for cities and counties to allow antennas of “reasonable height,” even if the size runs contrary to ordinances.

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Contest: ARRL Field Day

ARRL Field Day

When:
Fourth full Weekend in June

Website:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/

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EMCOMM West/Pacificon 2009

EMCOMM West/Pacificon 2009

Overview:

Pacificon’09, the ARRL Pacific Division Convention, is part of EMCOMMWEST this year! The Mt. Diablo Amateur Radio Club has decided to not sponsor the Pacificon Convention this year.
The banquet speaker at EMCOMMWEST/PACIFICON’09 will be none other than Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH, who was in charge of Amateur radio enforcement at the FCC when he retired.
Our ARRL keynote speaker will be Steve Ewald, WV1X, Public Service Coordinator from ARRL Headquarters in Newington CT, who brings a wealth of knowledge from headquarters and the latest buzz on whats happening in amateur radio. Steve was here in 2002, so welcome back Steve!
Special event station N7V will be active from EMCOMMWEST/Pacificon’09
There will be a a special ” HAM CRAM” followed by VE testing for those who want to get an Amateur radio license.
While registration is required to attend convention activities, limited registration for admission to the vendor area ONLY will be FREE
Mark Spencer WA8SME will be presenting a special “Train the Trainers” course. This will be an advanced course on how to create and present training. The class will be small and intense and available to a very limited number of pre-enrolled students (no walk-ins). Contact Mark at mspencer@arrl.org for more information and to enroll in the class.

Date:
May 1-3, 2009

Location:
CircusCircus Hotel
Reno, Nevada

Website:
http://www.pacificon.org

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Meeting: SJVARS 2009

San Joaquin Valley Amateur Radio Society monthly meeting

Time/Date:
Third Friday of the Month at 7:00 pm

Location:
Pelco -Building 2
3500 Pelco Way
Clovis, CA

Contact:
Carole Whitteberry – W6TTF
(559) 228-7597
info@sjvars.com

Website:
http://www.sjvars.com/

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Turlock ARC Auction

Turlock Amateur Radio Club Auction

When:
Saturday May 2nd, 2009 at 9:00am

Location:
Turlock Youth Center
1030 East Ave. (cross of Minerva)
Turlock, CA
[map]

Contact:
Grady Williams
gradyw@elite.net

Website:
http://www.w6bxn.org/auction.htm

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Amateur Radio Exams 2009

2009 AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS
UNLICENSED THRU EXTRA CLASS
Sponsored By the FRESNO Volunteer Exam (VE) TEAM
AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE

Exams for all Amateur license classes will be conducted on the following dates in Fresno California. All exams are given on Saturday and begin at 9:30 AM.

February 21 May 16 August 15 November 21

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