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Give HF a try today even if you don't want to contest

 

The North America QSO Party is happening right now until 10pm Pacific time.? Yes, it's a contest, but you don't need to keep contacting folks, you don't need to upload anything, you can just get on, make some contacts, see how your rig and antenna is working.

The 'exchange' is your name and state? (AI6VX, Dave in Calif).? ?That's it.? No worries about thinking of what to say.

15M was pretty good and 20M is hopping.??

Give it a try!

Dave AI6VX
Re: North American QSO Party - SSB

 

Good luck everyone!? I'll be participating tomorrow from around 1pm - 5pm. and then a few hours in the evening.
Dave AI6VX

On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 9:12?PM Jacques KN6VQ via <jacques.a.behar=[email protected]> wrote:
Hello again all,
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We have a full team of five for tomorrow's NAQP SSB contest. The following people will be participating as Team Ventura County ARC:
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Jacques KN6VQ
Dave AI6VX
Sean KN6TXR
Matt N3AR
John W6JPG
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Good luck to the team, and to anyone else who gets on the air and participates! And as always...
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Have some fun!
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Jacques
KN6VQ
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Re: North American QSO Party - SSB

 

Hello again all,
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We have a full team of five for tomorrow's NAQP SSB contest. The following people will be participating as Team Ventura County ARC:
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Jacques KN6VQ
Dave AI6VX
Sean KN6TXR
Matt N3AR
John W6JPG
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Good luck to the team, and to anyone else who gets on the air and participates! And as always...
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Have some fun!
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Jacques
KN6VQ
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Event: Ham License Testing - Saturday, January 18, 2025 #cal-reminder

Group Notification
 

Reminder: Ham License Testing

When:
Saturday, January 18, 2025
8:30am to 11:00am
(UTC-08:00) America/Los Angeles

Where:
Grace Lutheran Church 6190 Telephone Rd, Ventura 93003

Organizer:
Dave Schmidt
licensing@...

An RSVP is requested. Click here to RSVP

Description:

Ham License Testing at Grace Lutheran Church
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Sponsored by VCARC
Pre register using the email address above.? No-Walk ins
DM04qb Ops in ARRL VHF Contest on Sunday, 19 January

 

Pete , N6ZE, & Woodie, WA6WDY , will rove from noon - 1500 ish on 19january2025,?Sunday , from the top of Stunt Rd in the Santa Monica mts (DM04qb) from 50 MHz to 1296 MHz on typical frequencies. Modes will be FM simplex, usb, & a bit of CW. Even when in motion, we¡¯ll monitor 223.5 MHz fm simplex plus 146.52 fm simplex, 144.2 MHz usb?& 50.125 MHz usb?We hope to work lots of you as we gaze out upon the burn areas.?

For further info, look at ARRL¡¯s rules for this event.

Questions?
Pete: ?n6ze@... & 805.796.n6ze txt

Good luck to all.
Re: North American QSO Party - SSB

 

Hello all,

This is my last reminder for anyone who would like to be on the VCARC team for this Saturday's North American QSO Party. There is no requirement to put in a big effort, just to get on the air and make some contacts!

I will be submitting the team list around this time tomorrow (Friday) night. Let me know before then if you'd like to participate.

So far the team is:

KN6VQ - Jacques
AI6VX - Dave
KN6TXR - Sean

Hope you can join us!

Jacques
KN6VQ
Re: 7.245 for the 40m tonight

 

3.984 for the 80M net, there's guys from Washington and Idaho on 3.987


On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 6:59?PM Dave Schmidt <dgschmidt@...> wrote:
There's traffic on 7.242 so let's try for 7.245?

Also to give 80M a try, let's try 3.987 LSB at 7:20pm.

Dave AI6VX
7.245 for the 40m tonight

 

There's traffic on 7.242 so let's try for 7.245?

Also to give 80M a try, let's try 3.987 LSB at 7:20pm.

Dave AI6VX
Re: North American QSO Party - SSB

 

Hey Pedro,

There is an N3FJP log for the NAQP:


Jacques
KN6VQ


On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 16:32 Pedro Morillas <pedromo@...> wrote:
Jacques;

I plan to operate from the Micro Field Day for a few hours. Do you know if N3FJP has formatted a software the contest??

On Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 03:43:26 PM PST, Jacques KN6VQ via <jacques.a.behar=[email protected]> wrote:


Hey Dave,

Awesome, you'll be added to the team!

Jacques
KN6VQ
Re: North American QSO Party - SSB

 

Jacques;

I plan to operate from the Micro Field Day for a few hours. Do you know if N3FJP has formatted a software the contest??

On Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 03:43:26 PM PST, Jacques KN6VQ via groups.io <jacques.a.behar@...> wrote:


Hey Dave,

Awesome, you'll be added to the team!

Jacques
KN6VQ
Re: North American QSO Party - SSB

 

Hey Dave,

Awesome, you'll be added to the team!

Jacques
KN6VQ
Event: 40M Local Net 1900 Local Time 7.242 LSB - Wednesday, January 15, 2025 #cal-reminder

Group Notification
 

Reminder: 40M Local Net 1900 Local Time 7.242 LSB

When:
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
7:00pm to 7:30pm
(UTC-08:00) America/Los Angeles

Organizer:
Dave Schmidt AI6VX

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Description:
1900 Local Time?
40M net on 7.242 LSB.

If the frequency is busy, check 5 Khz below or above as we may have moved there, or check your email as I will try to email the Groups.io list with our new frequency

To help with coordination, please tune to 147.515 Mhz simplex! This will allow us to let each other know if we moved to another frequency, or if band conditions are poor and we want to try a different band.


Re: North American QSO Party - SSB

 

Hi Jacques,
I will participate and be on the team.??
Thank you!
Dave AI6VX

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 12:40?PM Jacques KN6VQ via <jacques.a.behar=[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,
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This Saturday, January 18th from 10am to 10pm, is the North American QSO Party SSB contest. Last weekend, the CW version of the contest was very well populated with ops from every state, so this Saturday should be a great day to get on HF and make some contacts.
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A cool aspect of this contest is that we can enter as a team, even while operating from our own homes. If you would like to be on the Ventura County ARC team, please let me know by EOD Friday, which is when I will be registering.
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The exchange is first name and state/province for US and Canadian stations; first name and DXCC prefix for other North American entities (example: Puerto Rican stations should send "KP4"); first name and "DX" for stations outside of North America.
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If you have any questions about the contest, logging, the exchange, what bands and when, etc., please feel free to message me.
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There are (almost) no requirements to participate. Whether you make 1 contact or 100? it doesn't matter, all that matters is you have some fun!
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I'll be putting in a very half-hearted effort, maybe an hour or two max. I only ask that if you do decide to join the VCARC team, that you submit an official log to the organizers at the end of the contest.
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Hopefully you'll join the team and I'll hear you on the air on Saturday!
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Jacques
KN6VQ
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North American QSO Party - SSB

 

Hello all,
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This Saturday, January 18th from 10am to 10pm, is the North American QSO Party SSB contest. Last weekend, the CW version of the contest was very well populated with ops from every state, so this Saturday should be a great day to get on HF and make some contacts.
?
A cool aspect of this contest is that we can enter as a team, even while operating from our own homes. If you would like to be on the Ventura County ARC team, please let me know by EOD Friday, which is when I will be registering.
?
The exchange is first name and state/province for US and Canadian stations; first name and DXCC prefix for other North American entities (example: Puerto Rican stations should send "KP4"); first name and "DX" for stations outside of North America.
?
If you have any questions about the contest, logging, the exchange, what bands and when, etc., please feel free to message me.
?
There are (almost) no requirements to participate. Whether you make 1 contact or 100? it doesn't matter, all that matters is you have some fun!
?
I'll be putting in a very half-hearted effort, maybe an hour or two max. I only ask that if you do decide to join the VCARC team, that you submit an official log to the organizers at the end of the contest.
?
Hopefully you'll join the team and I'll hear you on the air on Saturday!
?
Jacques
KN6VQ
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questions for Clem re Steppir antenna

 

Clem -
You said in your talk that the receive noise floor is very low.?
To what do you attribute this??
- directionality (horizontal and vertical)
- height above ground and house
- narrow bandwidth or Q of antenna
- something else?
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ARRL January Contest Saturday & Sunday

 

11am pst Saturday to 7:59pm?pst Sunday?



Typical freq:
50.125 usb/ 52.525fm simplex
144.2usb/146.52 & 146.55 & 146.58 fm simplex
223.5 fm simplex?
222.2 usb
446.0 fm simplex
432.1 usb

I shall try to do some hilltopping.

Send n6ze@... any requests for additional info?

Bt73
Pete, n6ze
¦ÌField Day this Sunday

 

¦ÌField Day is happening again, January 19th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, at
the usual spot (details below). A VERY special thanks to Ventura County
Fire Department; I had asked for the date but given all the fires, did
not expect it to be available.

If ever there was a time to make sure your portable gear is in order,
this is it! And if you don't have a portable setup, you need to come and
see what other people are doing-it doesn't have to be complex or expensive.

The weather prediction is for 4 mph winds-nice! It'll be a great chance
to feel a bit guilty about our winter weather too-sunny and 60 degrees.
Plus, everyone who attends has a good time-if you never have, now's the
time! Everyone is welcome, hams, non-hams, etc.

Same location, at the Ventura County Fire Department¡¯s training ground
at Camarillo Airport. This is at the east end of Durley avenue, and I¡¯ll
have some signs there. Or set your nav to 34.2084, -119.0722. 11:00 am
to 3:00 pm as always, and we¡¯ll have water and some shade on hand; bring
your own lunch, radio, etc.

Keith W6KME
Event: 2M/70cm Net - Monday, January 13, 2025 #cal-reminder

Group Notification
 

Reminder: 2M/70cm Net

When:
Monday, January 13, 2025
8:00pm to 9:00pm
(UTC-08:00) America/Los Angeles

Where:
On the air and over Zoom

Organizer:
Dave Schmidt
info@...

View Event

Description:

Please join us for our Monday Night Net.

Mondays 8:00pm using the PVARC linked repeaters
Sulphur Mtn:
445.56 141.3 / 440.56 141.3?-Linked
145.20 127.3 / 144.60 127.3?-Linked

South Mountain:
447.48 156.7?/ 442.48 156.7?-Linked

Camarillo Hills:?
445.60 141.3 / 440.60 141.3?¨C Linked

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Topic: VCARC Monday Night 2M Net Zoom Meeting
Time: Dec 23, 2024 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
? ? ? ? Every week on Mon, 10 occurrence(s)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 938 9789 7253
Passcode: 323972
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+16694449171,,93897897253#,,,,*323972# US
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Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adFVuvKycL
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Host needed for 10M Net today

 

Unfortunately I am running behind on getting the house ready for the next series of winds that are coming through. What I have learned from the previous events is that WeatherUnderground underestimates what I will receive wind wise.? Windy.com is better, especially the HRRR model.? This next batch of winds are supposed to be more Santa Ana like which affects inland Ventura more, which is where my QTH is.

I need to get some more stuff done while there is daylight which means I have decided I cannot host the 10M net today.

Pedro, K6MIL, Robert KM6RSS usually have a pretty good signal as does Chester K1GKM.? Not sure if any of you are available to take the net.

Regardless, folks should get on 10M and see how the conditions are, and chat with folks that answer.? Don't be afraid to call out CQ.

Sorry everyone,
Dave AI6VX
Event: 10M Local Net 1600 PDT 28.395 USB - Sunday, January 12, 2025 #cal-reminder

Group Notification
 

Reminder: 10M Local Net 1600 PDT 28.395 USB

When:
Sunday, January 12, 2025
4:00pm to 4:30pm
(UTC-08:00) America/Los Angeles

Organizer:
David Schmidt

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Description:

1600 PDT? 28.395 Mhz USB
If the frequency is busy, check 5 Khz below or above as we may have moved there
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Get on the air and see who you can hear!? A good way for Technicians to participate on HF as they are allowed a small slice of 10M.

Edit: Moved time to 4pm (0000 UTC) so we are not in the last hour of various contests through the year.
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