Watts Up This Week

SFARC Members and Friends,
 
This weeks “Watts Up” email comes a few days late.  That’s because we’re feverishly preparing for the Feliz Navidad holiday party and the SFARC 2023 annual slideshow coming up THIS Saturday!
 
We hope you all enjoyed the presentation from Dr. Fong last week. We have a few uSDX units to give away at the holiday party but maybe you’re not going to be at party or you want one NOW! Ben Parish (K6GEO) has arranged a “bulk order” with Dr, Fond for a group order to combine shipping. If interested, please reply to this email and we’ll get you in touch with Ben.
 
We’re proud to announce we welcomed 5 new technicians and 1 upgrade to extra this week at the monthly VE session.
  • Kevin Osborne (KO6BMC) – Upgraded to Extra
  • Christopher Cotter (KO6CGP) – New Technician
  • John Mangels (KO6CGN) – New Technician
  • Trent Osborne (KO6CGY) – New Technician
  • Jared Weidner (KO6CGZ) – New Technician
  • William Waterhouse (KO6CHC) – New Technician
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73,
The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)
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Next VE Exam Date (Front Page Promo / January 2024)

Looking for a local location to take your amateur radio license or upgrade exam? Sierra Foothills VE Team provides in-person exam sessions on the 1st Monday evening of the month.

Scholarships are available for new hams, who are under 21 years old and enrolled in an education program. The scholarship reimburses the cost of your exam and provides a study guide for the next license level.

NEXT IN-PERSON DATE: 01/08/2024 @ 7 PM

Need more information before signing up? CLICK HERE


Last Call | Christmas Fiesta

SFARC Members,
 
This just in from the desk of our Christmas party chair.
 
SFARC’s annual end of year celebration (our Feliz Navidad Fiesta) occurs on December 9th starting at 5PM at the Crossroads Church South Campus Gymnasium, 1101 Auburn Ravine Rd, Auburn, CA 95603 (the same place we hold our meetings).

If you plan to attend and haven’t yet sent in an RSVP please go to https://rsvp.w6ek.org ASAP.

 
Since this is a catered event, we need to submit a count of the number of attendees by THIS Friday. On the other hand, if you already sent an RSVP and now find you will not be in attendance, please let me know by email at wa6e@arrl.net. The club does not charge it’s members for the dinner but we have to pay the caterer for each meal ordered and there is no sense ordering and paying for food if you won’t be there to eat it.
 
We have a whole host of drawing prizes, about 70 at last count. The whole list can be found at www.w6ek.org. Notable among these is a ClearNode, a CommRadio CR-1 Receiver, and three NanoVNA’s. These will be for our grand prize winners. Your odds of winning something at this Fiesta are pretty high although nothing is guaranteed.
 
THE DEADLINE FOR RSVP’S IS THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1st.
 
We will have photos of the club’s activities during the year, awarding of the Golden Brick Award to the next honoree, the annual Trivia Contest, induction of new officers and board members, memorable speeches, and wonderful camaraderie.
 
Looking forward to seeing you there.
 

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73,
Gerry (WA6E) | Christmas Party Chair
The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)

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Watts Up This Week

SFARC Members and Friends,
 
ED FONG JOINS SFARC NOVEMBER 29TH TO SHOW THE IN’S AND OUT’S OF THE USDX QRP TRANSCEIVER
We’ve got a special presentation happening THIS Wednesday, November 29th @ 7:30 PM in the SFARC Zoom room. Come learn about the uSDX transceiver, how it works, and why it’s such a cool QRP rig! Join SFARC in the club Zoom room on November 29th @ 7:30 PM PT. Ed is an entertaining speaker with great information to share about this transceiver. Everyone is invited to attend this special presentation with Dr. Fong, so help SFARC spread the word! Special event flyer attached.
 
CHRISTMAS PARTY RSVP DEADLINE APPROACHING FAST — 3 DAYS LEFT

If you’re an SFARC member, time is running out to RSVP for the Feliz Navidad Christmas Party. With over 65 giveaways (and more being added) you don’t want to miss out! Don’t delay, RSVP now @ www.w6ek.org. RSVPs close on December 1st.
Check out the current list of prizes by clicking here.
 

LAST VE SESSION OF 2023

Our last VE session of 2023 is coming up on December 4th @ 7PM. Know someone that wants a new license or upgrade for the holidays? Send them over to https://www.w6ek.org/activities/testing to sign up today.
 
INTERESTED IN BEING AN ELMER OR NEED AN ELMER?
We’re always looking for people to help share experiences and educate new amateur radio operators. SFARC has an excellent Elmer program lead by Greydon (KC6SLE). If you’d like to learn more, visit https://www.w6ek.org/activities/mentoring.
 
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Meeting (Front Page Promo)

We are now Looking Forward to December.  Amazing.  In place of our regular second Friday Club meeting, we’ll be having our annual end-of-year holiday celebration.   Once again, we’ll be having a Feliz Navidad Party orchestrated by Gerry WA6E.  Thank you, Gerry! Festivities begin Saturday, December 9 beginning at 5 PM.   Please sign up and RSVP if you are planning to attend.

Watts Up This Week

SFARC Members and Friends,
 
As we settle in for the holiday, let us remember to give thanks to all those we love and care about around us. SFARC would like to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving.
 
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
ED FONG JOINS SFARC NOVEMBER 29TH TO SHOW THE IN’S AND OUT’S OF THE USDX QRP TRANSCEIVER
Come learn about the uSDX transceiver, how it works, and why it’s such a cool QRP rig! Join SFARC in the club Zoom room on November 29th @ 7:30 PM PT. Ed is an entertaining speaker with great information to share about the transceiver.

If you’re an SFARC member, we’ll be giving away three at the Christmas party coming up on December 9th. Everyone is invited to attend this special presentation with Dr. Fong, so help SFARC spread the word! More information can be found at www.w6ek.org and on the attached flyer.

THE CHRISTMAS PARTY IS ALMOST HERE!

December 9th is fast approaching. If you plan to attend this years Christmas party, you have a little over a week before RSVPs close so don’t delay. Have you seen all the prizes we’re giving away? Head over to www.w6ek.org now, check out the prizes, and RSVP today. Must be a club member to attend.

THE HUNT IS ON, NOVEMBER 25th!

Join SFARC for the “treasure hunts of all treasure hunts“. If you’ve never joined us for Fox Hunt, you’re missing out!!! It’s the holiday season and this is a great event to bring family members, pets, neighbors, friends, and grandkids out for a morning walk in the park and have some fun. If you don’t have radio direction experience, gear, or even an amateur license, DON’T FRET, ALL ARE WELCOME, NO EQUIPMENT OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Check out www.w6ek.org for more information.

OTHER EVENTS AND DATES TO REMEMBER
– Club Breakfast, November 25th @ 7:30AM at Mel’s Diner in Auburn
– In The Shack, November 22nd @ 7:30PM in the club Zoom room

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73,
The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)
(530) 492-0920

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uSDX (Front Page Promo)

ED FONG JOINS SFARC NOVEMBER 29TH TO SHOW THE IN’S AND OUT’S OF THE USDX QRP TRANSCEIVER

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE EVENT FLYER

Come learn about the uSDX transceiver, how it works, and why it’s such a cool QRP rig! Join SFARC in the club Zoom room on November 29th @ 7:30 PM PT. Ed is an entertaining speaker with great information to share about this transceiver.

If you’re an SFARC member, we’ll be giving away three at the Christmas party coming up on December 9th. Everyone is invited to attend this special presentation with Dr. Fong, so help SFARC spread the word!

CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION


Feliz Navidad Fiesta (Christmas Party) – December 9

SFARC Members,

It’s almost the end of 2023 and you know what that means:  PARTY TIME!  And the Club will be doing exactly that on Saturday, December 9 at 5 PM.

The location will be the same place we hold our meetings (the Crossroads Church in Auburn) so you know where that is and how to get there.  Because the party last year was so successful, this year’s theme will be the same as last year:  a Mexican Fiesta!  In fact we are calling it the Feliz Navidad Fiesta (although some, such as those who refuse to abandon AM on 40 meters, will stubbornly continue to call it the Christmas Party).

The entree will be catered by Maria’s Mexican Tacos and will include what you would expect at a Fiesta:  pork, chicken, beef, corn torillas, beans, salsa, lettuce, onions, cilantro, lime, rice, sour cream and chips..  The serving table will be set up smorgasbord style so you can ask our seervers to create your own entrée in whatever form you want.  The Club will also provide dessert, tableware and nonalcoholic beverages.  There is no cost for Club members and a guest to attend the party.

As is tradition there will be contests, drawings, prizes, speeches, memories of the activities of 2023 and camaraderie.  We will find out who the winner of the traveling Golden Brick award will be.  And we will have the Fourth Annual Trivia contest.

In order to have enough food on hand we need to know if you are coming and how many of “you” there are.  We have to tell the caterer by December 1 how many people will be attending so they will know how much food to prepare so please RSVP.  RSVP’s cannot be accepted after December 1.  You can RSVP by going to the Club’s website and clicking on the link you’ll find there or by clicking below.  Please don’t RSVP if you aren’t sure.  The food costs the club a lot of money and we hate to see it wasted when people don’t show up.

To RSVP click here.

 

And as we ask at every event we have at the Church (which facility they graciously provide at no cost) we ask everyone to bring canned/nonperishable goods for the church’s food closet.  The Club has been very generous in providing food in the past and this event will be no exception.

Oh – and did I mention there are prizes?  Yes there will be a drawing for prizes.  Jon, KI6RT, has outdone himself this year coming up with a virtual cornucopia of prizes.  On the prize table are a ClearNode, NanoVNAs, QRP rigs, antennas, gift certificates for various places.  At the moment there are about 68 separate gifts that you might win but you have to be present to win.  One ticket will be given to each club member and one ticket to one adult guest of that member.  Unlike previous years no separate ticket will be given for donations to the food closet.

The annual party is a very popular event and is a lot of fun so you won’t want to miss it.  It is the kind of event that divides time (was that before or after the party?).  If this were a business it would be the kind of party on which careers are built and ended.  It will be the talk of the Coffee Break Net for months so you don’t want to miss it.

Put the party on your calendar now and please go to the provided link to RSVP.

Again the details are:

Date: Saturday, December 9, 2023
Time: 5 pm social hour – 6 pm (more or less – probably more) for dinner
Location: Crossroads Church, 1101 Auburn Ravine Rd, Auburn, CA 95603

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73,
The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club (W6EK)
(530) 492-0920

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