Past Events in the Amateur Radio Club

Starting Fall this year, we're chronicling the events that we do. The current quarter's events are on the Calendar page.

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Fall Quarter 2005

• First Meeting of School Year - Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 7:30pm at the Shack
  Pizza Party! Meet all of the club members, visit the shack, and talk on the radios all while enjoying free pizza!
  This is our first meeting of the school year.


• Transmitter Hunt - Sunday, October 2, 2005 at the Shack
  Our first transmitter hunt of the year! We will start off with a BBQ at the shack (bring your own meat).
  Mark KR6ZY will then hide the transmitter somewhere on campus and then the hunt begins.
  In the past the trasmitter hunts have taken around an hour to complete.


• California QSO Party - Sat/Sun, October 1-2, 2005
  The club will be operating from the shack during this fun contest. It starts at 8am on Saturday and ends at 2pm on Sunday.
  More information and rules can be found at the CQP webpage.


• General Meeting - Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 7:30pm in 20-129
  Elections and budget planning for this school year. Sounds boring, but this is your chance to spend some of the Club's money!
  Check out the forum topic on this issue.


• General Meeting - Thursday, October 20, 2005 at 7:30pm in 20-129
  Nick KF6UZB will be talking about Xastir, an open source APRS client. We use Xastir at Wildflower to track all of the course vehicles.


• Lunar Eclipse - October 17, 2005
  The moon will enter eclipse at 2:51am, the middle of the eclipse is 5:03am, and the end is 7:15am.
  For those of you not on the central coast, check out the Lunar Eclipse Calculator at the US Naval Observatory's webpage.
  For more information, check out NASA's Lunar Eclipse Page.


• ARRL November CW Sweepstakes - November 5-7, 2005
  Starts at 1pm on Saturday and ends at 7pm on Sunday.


• General Meeting - Thursday, November 3, 2005 at 7:30pm in 20-129
  Tour of the repeater site in the Administration building.


• Ham Testing Session - Saturday, November 5, 2005 at 9:00pm
  Brought to you buy the Estero Radio Club
  Held at the South Bay Fire Departament, 2315 Bayview Heights Dr, Los Osos
  Cost is $14, contact Milton Davis, ai6md@arrl.net, 805-550-8607 to register


• ARRL November Phone Sweepstakes - Saturday-Monday, November 19-21, 2005
  Starts at 1pm on Saturday and ends at 7pm on Sunday.


• Last General Meeting - Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 7:30pm in 20-129
  Due to dead week, there are no meetings in December, so this is our last one!


• ARRL 10 Meter Contest - Saturday/Sunday, December 10-11, 2005
  Starts at 4pm Friday and ends at 4pm on Sunday.

Previously:

W6BHZ Field Day Operations

Field Day 1997 - Lake San Antonio
Field Day 1994 - High Mountain