september 2024 General Meeting

Wednesday, september 04, 2024 at 7:30 pm

 

**PLease NOTE – New Location for Meetings!**

For September and october we will be at the
Harding Community Center
3096 Harding Street, Carlsbad 92008

Carlsbad Senior Center
799 Pine Ave. Carlsbad CA 92008
senior Center room #100

 

Doors open at 7:00 pm for pre-meeting socialization
meeting starts at 7:30 pm

Speaker Scheduled – Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA – How Solar weather affects Ham Radio

Want to do a deep dive into all of that data in the N0NBH solar-terrestrial banner on QRZ.com?  Come join us as Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, walks us through the data and explains the effect solar weather has on ham radio propagation.   He wrote the monthly Propagation columns for World Radio magazine and then CQ magazine and remains a prolific author on the subject.   An Extra class operator first licensed in 1961, he and his wife Vicky AE9YL (first licensed in 1987) have been on several DXpeditions (YK9A, OJ0, and many trips to ZF as ZF2LA and ZF2YL). He is on the Top of the Honor Roll (worked all current DXCC entities), has 160-Meter DXCC and need four zones on 80-Meters for 5BWAZ.  His website on this and many other ham radio topics is K9LA.US.

Carl is a retired RF design engineer with Motorola and then with Raytheon, where he designed RF power amplifiers. He holds BSEE and MSEE degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University. Carl and Vicky live in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Please join us for a fascinating presentation that will help you understand the ham radio band conditions!  

PLEASE NOTE THAT CARL’S PRESENTATION WILL START DIRECTLY AFTER THE PLEDGE OF ALLIGIENCE.  THE BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE AFTER HIS PRESENTATION.  PLEASE BE AT THE MEETING BEFORE 7:30pm

Annual Club Picnic
Saturday, September 28th 2024

Members of Palomar Amateur Radio Club, and HAM Friends in the community! Join Palomar Amateur Radio Club for a fun day of radio, T-Hunting, food, and rag -chewing at San Dieguito Park, in our usual area #4, on Saturday, September 28, 2024.

Hamburgers, Hot dogs, and Veggie burgers will be provided, along with the buns and fixins, plates, and flatware. Members and guests are asked to bring an item from the following list based on their last name:

A-K Side dish or casserole
L-R Salad vegetables or fruit
S-Z Dessert

We will also hold an opportunity drawing for some fun prizes, and see some show-and-tell to include your boat-anchor radios and new toys or projects you might be working on, feel free to bring items to show off!

Park opens at 09:30, and some of us will get there to set up around then.

Parking is $3 per car. Some exceptions apply, see the Park District for more info.
Lunch is around 11:45, T-Hunts will be ongoing.

Area 4 is just inside the Highland Dr entrance, turn Left at the first street past the gate, and immediately Left again down the hill past the maintenance buildings. Picnic area under coverings on your right, playground and restrooms are nearby!

 

Join us in-person at

HarDING Community Center

3906 Harding St, Carlsbad, CA 92008

carlsbad Senior Center
799 Pine AVE., Carlsbad, CA 92008
Senior Center Room #100

or via Zoom at:
https://zoom.us/j/98736897490
Meeting ID: 987 3689 7490
Passcode: 001960

PARC was founded in February of 1936 and strives to provide the best services available to the San Diego HAM community.  PARC hosts monthly membership meetings at the Harding Community Center (3096 Harding St, Carlsbad, CA 92008)., details about the next meeting can be found on the Events page.  We also host several annual events, like Field Day, Operating Day, and a picnic.  Our repeaters serve not only as a means of communication for all HAMs in the area, but also host specific nets to allow specific topic discussions or practice for emergency preparedness.  Some of our nets include the National Traffic Service (NTS), MARA, SATERN, and Red Cross.  Special interest nets include Microwave, Ham Help, Handi-Hams, and the new C4FM Help group.

Did you know that Palomar Amateur Radio Club is now a 501(c)3 non-profit organization? This means that donations of items and cash are tax-deductible! We are also registered with Amazon Smile, simply follow the link and search for Palomar Amateur Radio Club as the charitable organization, then all of your purchases done through Amazon Smile will result in small donations from Amazon to support the club. Please contact the board for more information.

Click the button to donate via Paypal

 

Radios for Scouts is a program that the club sponsors, through generous contributions by our members, to provide a brand new pre-programmed Baofeng radio to local Boy Scouts who pass their Technician class exam and obtain their first callsign! Please contact the board for information on sponsoring this project

Our repeaters are located near the top of Palomar Mountain, at about 5600ft above sea level, and operate on a battery bank that is fed by commercial power.  We proudly maintain independent power for several weeks in the event of an extended grid outage, and indefinitely if we make a trip with a generator and fuel.

Thank you for stopping by, feel free to give a shout out on our repeaters, or join us for our monthly meeting!
Membership is not a requirement for using the repeaters or attending the meeting. However, we would encourage you to join the club and experience all the benefits of membership.

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