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Tech Night Member Meeting Feb 20 - Bring your HT for free antenna upgrade » Tech Night Net Feb 22 - Participation Experiment » 2024 Dues are due - PO Box 1173, Lincoln CA 95648 » First Tue Ham Exam 6-7 PM: Mar 5 | Apr 2 | May 7 » Second Sat Breakfast 8 AM: Feb 10 | Mar 9 | Apr 13 » Third Tue Club Meeting 7 PM: Feb 20 | Mar 19 | Apr 16 » CQ CQ CQ! Weekly Net Thu 7:30 PM, HF net follows » Thursday Eve Zoom Ragchews 6:00 PM » See details below...
WPARC Meetings
Ham License Testing - First Tuesdays, 6:00 PM, Round Table Pizza
WPARC offers ham radio license testing on the first Tuesday of each month. Arrive at Round Table Pizza Clubhouse in Roseville ready to test between 6:00 and 6:30 PM. Our friendly volunteer examiners will greet you and proctor your exam. If you have any questions about the exam session then you may contact Lou by email.

WPARC Board Meeting - First Tuesdays, 7:00 PM on Zoom
The WPARC Board of Directors conducts Board meetings on the first Tuesday of each month. The Board welcomes members and guests who wish to observe or bring business before the board. Click for Zoom Meeting information.

Second Saturday Breakfast - Second Saturdays, Waffle Farm in Lincoln, 8:00 AM
WPARC meets for breakfast at the Waffle Farm, 815 Twelve Bridges Dr, Lincoln at cross-street Fieldstone Dr. Click for Google Maps location and directions. This is an informal meeting to meet fellow or future members, share a project, share a question, and enjoy some waffles! Come dine with us.

WPARC Members Meeting - Third Tuesdays, 7:00 PM
WPARC holds Member Meetings on the third Tuesday of each month at the Round Table Pizza Clubhouse in Roseville. Enjoy some pizza, salad, and a beer or soda while you enjoy meeting new and old friends. Meetings are also held on Zoom Meetings so you can participate from almost anywhere.

Scheduled Topic: Feb 20: Upgrade your HT Antenna - Bring your HT to the Meeting!

Zoom Thursday Night Net Ragchews 6:00 PM
WPARC hosts a weekly Zoom Ragchew meeting before the Thursday evening nets at 6:00 PM. Click for Zoom Meeting information. We'll look for you online!

Attend A Meeting
Meeting and Testing Location - Round Table Pizza, Roseville
WPARC offers ham radio license testing and member meetings at the Round Table Pizza Clubhouse at Foothills Blvd and Baseline Road in the Brickyard Center (Bel Air supermarket) shopping center. Street address is 4010 Foothills Blvd, Suite 108, Roseville. Round Table Pizza is tucked into the northwest corner of this center. Click for Google Maps location and directions.

Club Zoom Meetings
If you can't make the eyeball QSO then join the meeting virtually on Zoom.
Join Zoom Member Meeting

Meeting ID and Passcode shouldn't be requested, but if they are then see below,
Meeting ID: 841 8486 4741
Passcode: 352 729

One tap mobile (audio only) - Join by phone, select the entire string from + to second # and paste it into your phone dialer. Each comma instructs your phone to pause briefly. You may need to drop the "+1" for some cellular carriers, otherwise the network thinks you're trying to dial an international call. If your smartphone supports it you may be able to install the Zoom meeting app, and then click on the web page link above for audio and video connectivity.
+16699009128,,84184864741#,,,,*352729# US (San Jose)

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WPARC News
New Tech Night Nets in 2024
Returning club member Erik W6ETJ is sharing his knowledge of radios, bands, and antennas with the club. His last two Club meeting topics in December and January with show and tell were fascinating. Erik will host new Club Tech Night Nets over the air on Thursday evenings on weeks where there is a Club Member Meeting.

Plan to attend the February 20 Member Meeting in person and bring your HT for a free HT antenna upgrade. The February 22 Tech Night Net will include an audience participation demonstration to test your antenna upgrade. Please join us!

More Tech Night Nets are being planned for 2024, so jump onboard to receive a little elmering.

2024 Dues are Overdue
WPARC dues are due at the start of each year. Our dues haven't changed in years! It is still a bargain at $12 for student or military members, $24 for an individual member, or $36 for a household residing at the same address. Your dues support club repeaters, antennas, equipment, insurance, a storage locker, and this website. Please send your check to PO Box 1173, Lincoln CA 95648 or bring your dues to a club meeting. Please renew today!

LHARG Ham Radio Library
Secretary/Treasurer Michael K6BUK writes: I am pleased to announce that WPARC has joined with our affiliated club, the Lincoln Hills Amateur Radio Group (LHARG) to develop a library of ham-related books. Many thanks to LHARG/WPARC member Dan KN6DRN for his time and effort to create the new library. It will be housed at the LHARG club building, the south entry building, in Sun City Lincoln Hills, on the corner of Joiner and Del Webb Blvd. Access is limited to LHARG club meeting hours on Monday nights from about 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. You may also request a book from Dan or Michael Buck, K6BUK, and we will send them to the monthly WPARC meeting. The new library is quite extensive but if you have any books we don’t have and would like to donate them, we would greatly appreciate it.

A list of available books is on the LHARG Lending Library page.

Frank K1FMB and Lou KG6FCT Interviewed on Auburn Community TV
Our intrepid Western Placer ARC ham radio personalities Frank K1FMB and Lou KG6FCT are grilled by Susan Rushton on Auburn Community Television's program AhMuse! Frank and Lou share their ham radio experiences with Susan in a 30 minute interview. You can enjoy it too on YouTube. Thank you for sharing guys! It was a nice plug for ham radio!

K6PAC/R "Mobile"?
WPARC's K6PAC/R is pictured in the photo here. On the cart it is almost mobile! It has been at its new home since Apr'22.
K6PAC Repeater (Tip: open image in a new browser tab to see it bigger.)

WPARC on Facebook and Twitter
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WPARC Calendar
Join Weekly Ragchews (Thu 6:00 PM), Board or Club Member Meetings on Zoom Meetings
All dates are subject to change at discretion of the board.
2024
January
2-Ham Exam 6p
2-Board Mtg 7p
13-2nd Sat B'fast
16-Members Mtg 7p
18-Tech Night Net
27-28-Winter Field Day

February
6-Ham Exam 6p
6-Board Mtg 7p
10-2nd Sat B'fast
20-Members Mtg 7p - Bring HT!
22-Tech Night Net

March
5-Ham Exam 6p
5-Board Mtg 7p
9-2nd Sat B'fast
19-Members Mtg 7p
21-Tech Night Net

April
2-Ham Exam 6p
2-Board 7p
13-2nd Sat B'fast
16-Members Mtg
12-14-Intl DX Conv

May
7-Ham Exam 6p
7-Board 7p
11-2nd Sat B'fast
21-Members Mtg 7p

June
4-Ham Exam 6p
4-Board 7p
8-2nd Sat B'fast
18-Members Mtg 7p
22-23-ARRL Field Day

July
2-Ham Exam 6p
2-Board 7p
13-2nd Sat B'fast
16-Members Mtg 7p

August
6-Ham Exam 6p
6-Board 7p
10-2nd Sat B'fast
20-Members Mtg 7p

September
3-Ham Exam
3-Board 7p
14-2nd Sat B'fast
TBD-WPARC Ham Fest
17-Members Mtg 7p

October
1-Ham Exam 6p
1-Board 7p
12-2nd Sat B'fast
15-Members Mtg 7p
18-20-Pacificon
19-Tour de Lincoln

November
5-Ham Exam 6p
5-Board 7p
9-2nd Sat B'fast
19-Members Mtg 7p

December
3-Ham Exam 6p
3-Board 7p
14-2nd Sat B'fast
TBD-Lions Holiday Event
17-Members Mtg 7p

WPARC Nets
WPARC Weekly Nets
Members and guests are always welcome to check in. Share a few minutes with us and keep your net skills sharp! WPARC hosts a Thursday 6:00 PM PT ragchew Zoom Meeting before the net

Day and TimeNetNotes
Thu 7:30 PMWPARC Evening Nets2M then HF net follows, see below
Select ThuTech Night NetsOn the same week as a Club Member Meeting drop by for some elmering!

WPARC Thursday Evening HF Net Schedule
Following the Thursday evening 2M Net we have an HF Net to keep our HF radio skills sharp. Confirm the scheduled band and frequency during the 2M net.

DayBand and Frequency Jan Feb Mar Apr May
1st Thu10 meters (28.410 MHz) 4 1 7 4 2
2nd Thu15 meters (21.355 MHz) 11 8 14 11 9
3rd Thu40 meters (7.225 MHz) 18 15     16
Tech Night Net    22 21 18 23
4th Thu75 Meters (3.855 MHz) 25   28 25  
5th Thu10 meters (28.410 MHz) 29 30

Bozo 2M SSB Net - Wednesday and Sunday Eves - 7:30-10:00 PM
This net started in Southern California when local hams started a 2M SSB simplex net on the SSB calling frequency, and some old timer got on to inquire 'What are you Bozos doing?' Link to a legacy Bozo Net Page from 2019. Contact the webmaster if you have updates.

Net Script
Running a net is a great way to gain radio experience. Try your hand at running a net! The net script can be found here [pdf]. The frequent weekly checkins list [mid-2023] can be found here [pdf].
WPARC Officers - 2024
PresidentArt GKK6NFM
Vice PresidentErik JW6ETJ
Secretary/TreasurerMichael BK6BUK
Board Member and VECLou FKG6FCT
Board MemberJason FKB6Q
Board Member and WebsiteJey YKQ6DK
Alternate Board MemberFrank BK1FMB
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