SJCARS

Saturday, August 25th was the W/VE Islands QSO Party, and club members Dan N6AU, Peg KI7PJS, and Scott W7SLM joined Bob K7NHE and Bob’s lifetime friend Jack, at Bob’s Stuart Island QTH to operate as K7NHE. A big thank you here, to Kent KF7VDD, who chauffeured our boat-ride out in the morning. Sadly, Kent could […]

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Folks, Planning on activating Stuart for the annual US islands of the air this Saturday the 25th. http://usislands.org/qso-party-rules/ Will have boat transportation available from Roche (dock A10) at 09:00 going over…returning at 17:00. 2-3 STATIONs ON THE AIR….with enough participation will light up several other islands that we activated recently and are now qualified. Who […]

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41st Annual 8.8k run: Saturday Aug 18th 9:00AM Start Time Map Meet on the Cady Repeater at 8:30 and I will assign stations. We will support the 3 Water Stations and 2 points in between if we have enough Hams. Bring snacks/water and a pair of binoculars is also handy. Here are the stations and […]

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SJCARS Orcas Picnic Friday, May 11, 2018 About 10 am to ? Dear SCJARS members and Friends, Our next regularly scheduled monthly meeting will be our Orcas Island Picnic on Friday May 11, 2018, at Cascade Lake at Moran State Park, Orcas Island. We have the shelter reserved, so it will be nice rain or […]

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We are holding another Test Prep Class for the Technician License The class consists of 2 – 2 Hour Sessions followed by the test. We study and explain the actual questions from the FCC pool to prepare you for the test. You are expected to home study an additional hour or so. The test is […]

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This year’s ILLW was hampered by poor propagation as we head towards a sunspot minimum.   However, we still had a good time. Mike, N7TLL, and Ed, KD7TUN, arrived at 8am and began setting up.  Mike brought his trusty antenna rope launcher, a cut down fly rod with a golf ball on the end of the […]

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Posted by Peter Dahl on behalf of Hoop, K9QJS This weekend, beginning at 5:00 pm on Friday or 00:00 May 6 UTC, is a fun contest weekend.   If you have never done a contest before, you might try one or two QSOs or even more on any of these HF bands: 160, 80, 40, […]

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This year’s ILLW (International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend) event, with the usual station set up at Lime Liln Lighthouse, was enhanced by Dan, N6AU, activating Cattle Point Lighthouse.  There was some concern during the planning stage that Cattle Point might not qualify as a lighthouse, but Dan’s submission to illw.net was accepted, and Cattle Point […]

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