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.
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