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About Propagation Reports

Mission: Turn anonymous DX-cluster observations into a concise local view that helps operators choose promising bands and directions without retaining individual callsigns. As historical evidence grows, the project will develop carefully labeled outlooks that become more useful across times of day and seasons.

When Both is selected, propagation evidence from N7OD and the WaveLog API is analyzed together while each source remains identifiable.

How to use the report

  • Choose a view, provider, and observation window under View Options.
  • Read the overview first, then open a continent and one of its rated regions for path details.
  • Improving, Degrading, and Steady compare the selected window with the equal window immediately before it.
  • Band Activity evaluates every supported band independently. Good, Marginal, and Poor describe the strength of current reported evidence.
  • Best Outbound and Best Inbound identify the bands with the strongest current directional evidence. Frequency is not a ranking factor.

How the outlook will mature

The current display reports observed evidence; it does not yet predict how long conditions will last. Forecast wording will be introduced only after measured backtesting.

  • About 30 days — Experimental Outlook: early time-of-day and directional patterns.
  • About 60 days — Developing Outlook: improved guidance for frequently observed bands and regions.
  • About 90 days — Provisionally Validated Outlook: limited to well-sampled region, band, and time combinations under conditions similar to the season observed.
  • Six to twelve months: comparison across changing seasons. Summer observations should not be treated as a complete guide to generally stronger winter conditions.
  • One year and beyond: a full annual baseline with increasingly useful seasonal comparisons. Sparse paths may require longer.

Scoring and confidence methods are versioned so later refinements do not silently rewrite what older reports meant.

View Options

Propagation Details
Observations0
Trend--
Best Outbound Band--
Best Inbound Band--

Regional Conditions

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K6L Special Event Page QSO Lookup
Ham Radio Daily Contest Brief – August 25, 2026

Today

Scheduled contests overlapping August 25, 2026 in Pacific time are listed below. Event times remain in UTC/Zulu.

Phone/SSB

  • Phone Weekly Test — 0230Z-0300Z, Aug 26; mode: SSB; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15m; focus: North America.

CW

  • Tuesday's Telegraphy Contest — 1930Z-2020Z, Aug 25; mode: CW; bands: 80, 40m; focus: Worldwide.
  • SKCC Sprint — 0000Z-0200Z, Aug 26; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m; focus: Worldwide.

Digital

No qualifying Digital event was identified for August 25, 2026.

Tomorrow Look-Ahead

  • A1Club AWT — 1145Z-1300Z, Aug 26; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
  • CWops Test (CWT) — 1300Z-1400Z, Aug 26; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
  • Mini-Test 40 — 1700Z-1759Z, Aug 26; mode: CW; bands: 40m Only; focus: Worldwide.
  • Mini-Test 80 — 1800Z-1859Z, Aug 26; mode: CW; bands: 80m Only; focus: Worldwide.
  • CWops Test (CWT) — 1900Z-2000Z, Aug 26; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.
  • CWops Test (CWT) — 0300Z-0400Z, Aug 27; mode: CW; bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m; focus: Worldwide.

Sources

WA7BNM Contest Calendar | ARRL Contest Calendar. WA7BNM supplies the event details; ARRL is retained as the secondary calendar cross-check.

Roster Announcement 8-25-26

Announcement by KN6RBP

Buy Raffle tickets!

2026 Christmas Event Raffle

Items include

  • Radiodity G90 w/ Portable vertical multi-band antenna included.
  • POTA Challenger complete (donated in part by N6DMP, KM6JWS, KN6RBP)
  • PiStar Built and donated by KN6RBP
  • Handheld Arrow 70cm yagi. (Donated By KE6JGM)
  • ARRL Antenna book. (Donated by KE6JGM)

Raffle Ticket Prices:

  • $ 5.00 = 1 Ticket
  • $20.00 = 5 Tickets
  • $40.00 = 12 Tickets
  • $50.00 = 15 Tickets
  • $100.00 = 35 Tickets

Tonight’s Eagle Net

N6DMP will be NCS for tonights Eagle Net 7.238Mhz 20:00 8pm 40M

NEW!! XLX618 Module L now carries
LDARC Analog repeater traffic.

  • On a Yaesu radio send DGID-21 to navigate to L (DGID-17 HHO Return).
  • On a DMR radio set for XLX618L in config dashboard

New!! AllStar Repeater Access in Analog & Digital

  • AllStar Node 553310 analog access to K6LDF Repeater.
  • AllStar Node 553311 digital access to K6LDF Repeater.

XLX618 now has US America Link & CQ UK

XLX618 is now bridged to:
US America Link (on module U DGID 30 & CQ UK module C DGID 12)

LDARC Club Repeater Recording

I would like to thank KE6JGM for recording the club repeater’s traffic. At his request we are now using the new Analog to Digital Bridge to record both the Club’s Analog & Digital Traffic.

Thanks again Bob for taking care of this for years now. Rest assured recording goes on.

Club Repeater Recordings

LDARC Christmas Dinner Event

If you are attending our Christmas Dinner Event at 4 Seasons the deadline for payment and or reservations is November 18th, the date of our last club meeting for the year. Tickets are $45 this year due to our upgraded Venue & Menu. Our AttaBoy’s & AttaGirl’s will be eligible for 1 of 2 $50 gift cards due to contributions from LDARC, N6DMP, KM6JWS and KN6RBP.

There’s always a lot going on at the Lee DeForest Amateur Radio Club!
Keep up with what’s happening, by frequently visiting our website.
You’ll find all club announcements & newsletters, as well as LDARC,
meeting & event information.
K6LDF.com, where the ham is always fresh.

Home | Announcements | Member Login
Meetings | Events | Repeater & Nets | Club Frequencies
Resources: EchoLink | NetLogger | WaveLog | Radio Guides
Digital: PiStar | WPSD Guide | Reflectors/Hemet Hangout
Emergency Communications: ARRL | ARES | RACES | ERC

Roster Announcement 8-18-26

Announcement by KN6RBP

LDARC August Club Meeting

Our Meeting is August 19th 6:30PM at 1111 S. State St. Right off of Stetson, sharing the same lot with J&M. 

Meeting Agenda:

Old Business

  • Reports from Secretary & Treasurer (Karen to give report for May)
  • Raffle Tickets, Christmas Dinner Tickets

New Business

  • Special Event Discussion
  • AttaBoy Acknowledgements
  • Presentations


Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98166513940?pwd=7m4neiUuyANGh0zVfv3e3bCS5xwFaf.1

LDARC August Board Meeting

Our Board Meeting this month, is one hour earlier 10:00 Saturday, August 22nd.
It will be at the usual location, J&M. 10am. Come at 9am for breakfast prior to the meeting.

Agenda:

  • Approve this agenda
  • Reports from Secretary & Treasurer

Old Business

  • Spring Breakfast Fundraiser reports and review.
  • Proposal from Terry KO6ALP

New Business

  • Special Event Discussion & Fulfillment
  • Discussion regarding member letters.
  • Fall Breakfast Fundraiser.
  • AttaBoy Prizes?

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98166513940?pwd=7m4neiUuyANGh0zVfv3e3bCS5xwFaf.1

NEW!! XLX618 Module L now carries
LDARC Analog repeater traffic.

  • On a DMR radio set for XLX618L in config dashboard
  • On a Yaesu radio send DGID-21 to navigate to L (DGID-17 HHO Return).

EAGLE NET

The eagle Net has become a great opportunity to make some new friends and maybe a few regulars out of our area. This Net has picked up in the last few months and it’s mostly due to our focus on facilitating making contacts.out Regulars know that they can come to 40m 7.238 20:00 local or 03:00 GMT every Tuesday night, meet a fun bunch and make a few contacts. If you haven’t been on the Eagle Net lately and have HF capability, why don’t you come join us?

RBP Propagation Dash useful but still under development.

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Propagation Reports

For the Southwest

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Building the current propagation overview...

About Propagation Reports

Mission: Turn anonymous DX-cluster observations into a concise local view that helps operators choose promising bands and directions without retaining individual callsigns. As historical evidence grows, the project will develop carefully labeled outlooks that become more useful across times of day and seasons.

When Both is selected, propagation evidence from N7OD and the WaveLog API is analyzed together while each source remains identifiable.

How to use the report

  • Choose a view, provider, and observation window under View Options.
  • Read the overview first, then open a continent and one of its rated regions for path details.
  • Improving, Degrading, and Steady compare the selected window with the equal window immediately before it.
  • Band Activity evaluates every supported band independently. Good, Marginal, and Poor describe the strength of current reported evidence.
  • Best Outbound and Best Inbound identify the bands with the strongest current directional evidence. Frequency is not a ranking factor.

How the outlook will mature

The current display reports observed evidence; it does not yet predict how long conditions will last. Forecast wording will be introduced only after measured backtesting.

  • About 30 days — Experimental Outlook: early time-of-day and directional patterns.
  • About 60 days — Developing Outlook: improved guidance for frequently observed bands and regions.
  • About 90 days — Provisionally Validated Outlook: limited to well-sampled region, band, and time combinations under conditions similar to the season observed.
  • Six to twelve months: comparison across changing seasons. Summer observations should not be treated as a complete guide to generally stronger winter conditions.
  • One year and beyond: a full annual baseline with increasingly useful seasonal comparisons. Sparse paths may require longer.

Scoring and confidence methods are versioned so later refinements do not silently rewrite what older reports meant.

View Options

Band Activity
Propagation Report

Building the current propagation report...

Propagation Details
Observations0
Trend--
Best Outbound Band--
Best Inbound Band--

Regional Conditions

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Live DX Cluster

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Raffle tickets are on sale

Items include

  • Radiodity G90 w/ Portable vertical multi-band antenna included.
  • POTA Challenger complete (donated in part by N6DMP, KM6JWS, KN6RBP)
  • PiStar Built and donated by KN6RBP
  • Handheld Arrow 70cm yagi. (Donated By KE6JGM)
  • ARRL Antenna book. (Donated by KE6JGM)

Raffle Ticket Prices:

  • $ 5.00 = 1 Ticket
  • $20.00 = 5 Tickets
  • $40.00 = 12 Tickets
  • $50.00 = 15 Tickets
  • $100.00 = 35 Tickets

Website improvements are underway

We are refreshing K6LDF.com so meeting, net, Ham resources and event information is easier to find. The site remains active while these improvements are made.

There’s always a lot going on at the Lee DeForest Amateur Radio Club!
Keep up with what’s happening, by frequently visiting our website.
You’ll find all club announcements & newsletters, as well as LDARC,
meeting & event information.
K6LDF.com, where the ham is always fresh.

Home | Announcements | Member Login
Meetings | Events | Repeater & Nets | Club Frequencies
Resources: EchoLink | NetLogger | WaveLog | Radio Guides
Digital: PiStar | WPSD Guide | Reflectors/Hemet Hangout
Emergency Communications: ARRL | ARES | RACES | ERC

LDARC August Club Meeting

Our Meeting is August 19th 6:30PM at 1111 S. State St. Right off of Stetson, sharing the same lot with J&M. 

Meeting Agenda:

Old Business

  • Reports from Secretary & Treasurer (Karen to give report for May)
  • Raffle Tickets, Christmas Dinner Tickets

New Business

  • Special Event Discussion
  • Presentations


Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98166513940?pwd=7m4neiUuyANGh0zVfv3e3bCS5xwFaf.1

LDARC August Board Meeting 2026

Our Board Meeting this month, is one hour earlier 10:00 Saturday, August 22nd.
It will be at the usual location, J&M. 10am. Come at 9am for breakfast prior to the meeting.

Agenda:

  • Approve this agenda
  • Reports from Secretary & Treasurer

Old Business

  • Spring Breakfast Fundraiser reports and review.
  • Proposal from Terry KO6ALP

New Business

  • Special Event Discussion & Fulfillment.
  • Discussion regarding member letters.
  • Fall Breakfast Fundraiser
  • AttaBoy Prizes?

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98166513940?pwd=7m4neiUuyANGh0zVfv3e3bCS5xwFaf.1

N7OD DX Cluster

DX Cluster

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N7OD DXSpider Feed

Host: n7od.pentux.net
Port: 7300
Credit: Spots provided by N7OD DXSpider, Hemet, CA.

A DX cluster is a real-time network where amateur radio operators share reports of stations they hear or contact.

Each report, called a spot, normally includes:

  • DX station: The call sign being heard
  • Frequency: Where to find the station
  • Spotter: Who reported it
  • Time: Usually UTC
  • Mode: Phone, CW, digital, and so forth
  • Comment: Signal details, location, contest, or special-event information

For example:

14.250 MHz | K6L | Phone | spotted by KN6RBP | Special event station

Operators use the cluster to quickly find active stations, rare countries, special events, contests, POTA/SOTA activators, and openings on particular bands.

Your RBP DXCluster display takes spots received through the N7OD cluster connection and presents them in a web-friendly table. The connection stays open on the reflector server, while WordPress reads the resulting stream through dxc.k6ldf.com.

ARRL membership and club support

ARRL membership supports the national work that promotes and protects amateur radio, and renewing or subscribing through LDARC can also return a commission to the club through the ARRL Affiliated Club Commission Program.

Print the ARRL membership form and bring it with payment to an upcoming club meeting. You can also use the ARRL membership form below if it is shown on your device.

Already an ARRL Member?

GET A NEW LICENSE, OR UPGRADE YOUR CURRENT LICENSE

There Will Be Testing At: At the home of Bob Brown, 3891 Rexford Dr., Hemet, CA 92545
September 19th @ 1pm. Register for this event by contacting Bob Brown, information below. No walk-ins.

Amateur Radio Licensing exams are held locally in the Hemet/San Jacinto area on the 3rd Saturday of odd months, at 0800 (8:00am) (Subject to change).
It is now required that you obtain a FRN (FCC Registration Number), from FCC, to submit with your application.
Here is the link

For more information, contact ARRL Volunteer Examiner Liaison,
Bob Brown, KE6JGM, at: (951) 448-6773 or bob@robertleebrown.email
Also contact: https://dvarg.org/

How to report malicious conduct to the FCC

Amateur Radio Complaints

Amateur radio complaints should be as specific as possible, citing dates, times, and frequencies on which alleged violations occurred. Complaints should also include a name and telephone number where the complainant can be reached for further details, if necessary. Please submit your complaints/concerns regarding amateur radio to the Commission’s on-line complaint system. The appropriate form for your complaint can be found here: https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov and click on the radio icon.

Willful or Malicious Interference Complaints

Section 97.101(d) of the Commission’s Rules prohibits amateur operators from willfully or maliciously interfering with or causing interference to any radio communication or signal. 47 C.F.R. § 97.101(d).

The Spectrum Enforcement Division, in conjunction with the Regional and Field Offices, is responsible for responding to complaints of willful and/or malicious interference among amateur radio service licensees.

 

https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/guides/amateur-radio-complaints

Simplex Net on Sunday Nights!

The net begins on this repeater at 7:00pm on LDARC repeater in FM. Net control will provide frequency information. Then we return to the club repeater for the next frequency.
Thank you KO6ALP putting this net forward as a idea to the club.

*** FIRST SUNDAY EACH MONTH ***
We will join the BOZO Net (Southern California - 7pm, 144.240) Join us, and get your own BOZO Number and be part of this fun group.

Atta-Boy Acknowledgements 2025

2024 Christmas Dinner Event

  • KN6UNL Photography
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PUR Volunteer
    Atta-Boy
  • N6CG Donations
    Atta-Boy
  • AF6YY Donations
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS Event Chair, Planning, Raffle
    3 Atta-Boy

Winter Field Day

  • KN6PUR Securing location, Event Artwork
    2 Atta-Boy
  • N6DMP Top Performer with 118 contacts
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS Shirt Production
    Atta-Girl

Helping Ham

  • KO6ALP Helped KM6JWS with ft8 setup.
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KE6JGM As always helped multiple members with radio and pi-star configuration.
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL Helped KN6RBP with his Rybakov build & hitch pole fabrication.
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP Returning calls on repeater.
    Atta-Boy
  • WK3Y Assisted KN6UNL with antenna install.
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL Helped N6CG @ POTA with antenna tuning.
    Atta Boy
  • KO6ALP Helped KM6JWS antenna positioning.
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP helped WA6SPY with his antenna install.
    Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS helped Terry with antenna troubleshooting
    Atta Boy
  • W6YKG Richard helped KK6QPU with NBEMS setup on his computer
    Atta Boy
  • KM6JWS Helped AI6ZW with his window AC Unit.
    Atta Boy
  • AF6YY Gave KN6RBP a 300Gal water storage container.
    Atta Boy
  • N6DMP helped KO6ALP with antenna hardware
    Atta Boy
  • KN6PUR offered 4040 to N6DMP for testing
    Atta Boys
  • N6DMP POTA Per Testing and refinement.
    AttaBoy
  • KE6JGM helped new member KO6JVD get on the air
    w/ a 70D. Also helped him program his new HF Rig.
    2 Atta Boy
  • KO6ALP got KN6PUR going with FT8
    Atta Boy

CW

Atta Boys go to CW team:

  1. Marcos KN6UNL
  2. Charlie WK3Y
  3. Steve AI6ZW
  4. Bruce WA6STA
  5. Don N6DMP
  6. Fernando KN6SOJ
  7. Karen KN6MJS
  8. Rick KN6RBP
  9. Damon KI6HPV

Miscellaneous

  • KN6AUV Website Roster
    Atta-Boy
  • WK3Y Event Photos
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL Tape Measure antenna workshop.
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP Simplex Net
    Atta-Boy
  • N6DMP 75 Meter Net
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP Most Complimented Net Control Operator
    Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS Outstanding work establishing communication to Hemet
    Atta-Boy
  • KM6BFE For asking the best questions on nets.
    Atta-Boy
  • N6DMP Creating 75M Roundtable Net.
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6FGI Arranged meeting with Ed.
    2 Atta-Boys
  • KN6AUV Work on adding ECommerce to LDARC Website.
    2 Atta Boy
  • KE6JGM Organized and Led Fox Hunt equipment testing workshop.
    Atta Boy
  • WK3Y Repeater Location Testing
    Atta Boy
  • KO6GGW Helped me call entire roster due to scam
    Atta Boy
  • Mary Ortiz KO6GYP T-Shirt Design
    Atta Girl
  • Gary M. KK6VZZ Crossing Fire Information Net
    Atta Boy
  • KK6VZZ Repeater Location Testing
    Atta Boy
  • KE6JGM for picking up the Simplex Net
    Atta Boy
  • KN6SVA Sharing new mode FreeDV
    Atta Boy
  • AI6ZW Tomato Plant Giveaway
    3 Atta Boy
  • KK6VZZ Came up to Potential Repeater location #3
    2 Atta Boy
  • N6DMP Potential Repeater location #3 recon
    2 Atta Boy
  • KM6JWS Potential Repeater location #3 recon
    Atta Boy
  • K6CED Potential Repeater location #3 recon
    Atta Boy
  • KO6ALP Potential Repeater location #3 recon
    Atta Boy
  • KN6UNL Potential Repeater location #3 recon
    Atta Boy
  • WK3Y Stepped up as NC on our Saturday 75M last week.
    Atta Boy
  • N6DMP helped KN6UNL with a Kenwood Dual Band Radio for simplex net.
    Atta Boy
  • WK3Y helped KN6UNL with his MCOMM 2 for trouble shooting purposes.
    Atta Boy
  • N7OD for his great outline for a our potential new repeater location, and the costs, logistics & considerations to make it happen.
    2 Atta Boy’s
  • N6DMP Simplex Net 8-10-23
    Atta Boy
  • KO6ALP Simplex Net 8-10-23
    Atta Boy
  • KN6PUR Artwork for POTA PS
    Atta Boy
  • KE6JGM For Donating Everything Given to him from AK6AR
    Atta Boy
  • KO6ALP Picked up ERC for Bart
    Atta Boy
  • N6DMP Great Job doing NCS 9-16-25
    Atta Boy
  • KE6JGM Stepping up w Net Logger
    2 Atta Boys
  • KE6JGM invited KB6HCK Carl to 75m net
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PUR Comped some Veterans day breakfasts
    Atta Boy
  • KN6AUV New Member Management
    2 Atta-Boy
  • N6DMP Club Band Pass Donation
    Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS Band Pass Filter Cables
    Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS Helped Marcos & other hams with needed items for activation
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PKG Donated 2 Mic’s for our meetings.
    2 Atta Boys

Summer Field Day 2025

  • KN6PUR Location, Planning, Site Securiry
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL Pancakes, Planning, Operations, Shirts, Photos,
    Purchased Safety Shirt for Ai6ZW & KN6RBP
    6 Atta-Boy
  • KE6JGM Planning, Dupe Sheets, Extension Cord for KN6AUV
    2 Atta-Boys
  • KN6MJS Planning, Food, Raffle, Operations
    4 Atta Girl
  • N6DMP Planning, Operations
    2 Atta Boys
  • KN6JWS Planning, Operations, Sprinklers
    3 Atta Boys
  • AK6LD Power, Operations
    2 Atta-Boys
  • KO6ALP Operations, Winlink
    2 Atta-Boys
  • KN6AUV Planning, Operations
    2 Atta-Boys
  • WK3Y Operations, Onsite Support, Hand Wash Station, Extension Cord for KN6AUV,
    Purchased Safety Shirt for KN6RBP
    5 Atta-Boy
  • WA6STA 5 CW Contacts, ARRL Message
    2 Atta-Boys
  • KK6QPU Planning
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6VJO Onsite Help, Tested Passed General
    2 Atta Boys
  • N6JYW Photos, Brought Visitor
    Atta-Boy

Youth Outreach

  • KK6VZZ Outline & Planning
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS Planning
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PUR Planning
    Atta Boy
  • KO6GGW
    Atta-Girl

Raffle Donations

  • N6DMP (70D SFD)
    Atta Boy
  • KE6JGM (PiStar SFD)
    Atta Boy
  • KM6JWS (PiStar Duplex SFD)
    Atta Boy
  • AF6YY (2 Water Tanks, Provided Tent)
    Atta-Boy
  • KJ6YJI 1 Radio & 4 Knives Donations
    2 Atta Boy
  • N6CG 2 Magic Carpets and numerous other items.
    Atta-Boy
  • AF6YY Computer Cases
    2 Atta Boy
  • KM6FGI USB Adapters
    Atta-Girl

Fox Hunt

  • KE6JGM Planning & Conducting
    2 Atta Boy
  • KE6JGM Added Prize Money to his fox
    Atta Boy
  • KN6UNL Participation & Found Fox
    2 Atta Boy
  • Samantha WK3Y YL Participation & Found Fox
    2 Atta Girl
  • WK3Y Participation
    Atta Boy
  • KK6VZZ Participation & Group Photo
    Atta Boy
  • KO6ALP Participation & Antenna Donation
    Atta Boy

2025 Spring Breakfast Fundraiser

  • KN6MJS Event Mgr, Operations
    3 Atta Girl
  • KN6UNL Lead Cook Pancake Specialist
    2 Atta Boy
  • KN6PUR Creator & Chair
    2 Atta Boy
  • KK6QPU
    Atta Boy
  • KM6BFE
    Atta Boy
  • KO6GGW
    Atta Girl
  • KN6AUV Bacon Specialist
    2 Atta Boy
  • AI6ZW Cook, Operations
    Atta Boy
  • WK3Y
    Atta Boy

2025 Fall Breakfast Fundraiser

  • KN6PUR Chairmen, Volunteer, SetUp
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS Planning, Purchasing, Kitchen Lead
    3 Atta-Girl
  • AI6ZW Grill
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6JVD Over Duty
    Atta-Boy
  • KK6QPU Kitchen
    Atta-Boy
  • KM6FGI SetUp
    Atta-Girl
  • KM6JWS & YL Kitchen & CleanUp
    2 Atta-Boy&Girl
  • KN6VJO Set Up
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP SetUp
    Atta-Boy
  • KE6JGM SetUp/CleanUp
    Atta-Boy

Emergency Preparedness Fair

  • KM6JWS Event Coordinator, Planning
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6AUV HF Station
    Atta Boy
  • KK6VZZ Winlink, RACES Trailer
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KE6JGM SetUp/CleanUp
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6JVD SetUp, Table Duty
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PKG SetUp, Table Duty
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL Table Duty, Photos
    2 Atta-Boy
  • WK3Y Found Benjie KQ4KIS video & Visitor
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KK6QPU Visitor
    Atta-Boy
  • KM6BFC Visitor
    Atta-Boy
  • KG6BAM Visitor
    Atta-Girl
  • WD5GIE Visitor
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6GGW Visitor
    Atta-Girl
  • N6JYW and friend Visitor
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KC7CBN Visitor
    Atta-Girl
  • KN6MJS Visitor
    Atta-Girl
  • KO6ALP Visitor
    Atta-Boy
  • W6WDS Races Table
    Atta-Boy

POTA Lake Perris 2025

Operators

  • Marcos KN6UNL
  • Don N6DMP
  • Bart KM6JWS
  • Terry KO6ALP Century obtained
  • Ken K6CED
  • Andy AF6YY
  • Greg KN6PKG & YL
  • Rick KN6RBP

Visitors

  • Larry KN6PUR
  • Charlie WK3Y
  • Candace KO6GGW & Son
  • Gary KK6VZZ & YL
  • Mark KM6BFC & YL
  • Art KD5GIE

Thanks also goes to KE6JGM for letting us use his coolers.
Atta Boy or Atta Girl to all.

Hemet Christmas Parade

  • KN6PUR 2 Atta Boy
  • KN6PKG 2 Atta Boy
  • KO6JVD 2 Atta Boy
  • KO6ALP
  • N6DMP 2 Atta Boy
  • KN6MJS
  • KE6JGM
  • WK3Y
  • N6JYW
  • AF6YY

2025 LDARC Election

  • KO6GYP
  • N6DMP
  • KN6MJS x2
  • KN6PUR
  • KN6VJO
  • KO6ALP
  • KN6AUV
  • KC7CBN
  • KE6JGM x2
  • AI6ZW
  • KM6JWS

Century Club

  • N6DMP Creator Century Club
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL
    Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS
    Atta-Boy

Breakfast Fundraiser Recon

  • WK3Y
    2 Atta Boy
  • KN6UNL
    2 Atta Boy
  • KN6PUR
    2 Atta Boy

VE Extra Session in March

  • W6WHC Atta Boy
  • WK3Y Atta Boy
  • KN6AUV Atta Boy
  • KK6VZZ Atta Boy

Club Assets

  • N6DMP
    2 Atta Boy
  • KO6JVD
    Atta-Boy

2025 VE’s

  • N6CG
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KE6JGM
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6AUV
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KK6VZZ
    2 Atta-Boy
  • WK37
    2 Atta-Boy
  • W6WHC
    2 Atta-Boy
Atta-Boy Acknowledgments 2024

This is something we started at our last meeting.
I hope it will be a fun way to acknowledge members, that make this club fun and helpful.

If there’s someone I missed or, you feel should be acknowledged please let me know.
More Atta-Boy acknowledgements will be posted soon!

And to everyone who is acknowledged,
LDARC Thanks you for helping to make our club a “Hamily”.

Ham Camp

  • KN6UNL Idea, Chairman, Planning/Recon, Safety, Photography, Food & Prep, Sota Activation.
    7 Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP Planning/Recon, Safety, Satellite Demonstration, Early Setup, Photography, Sota Activation.
    7 Atta-Boy
  • WK3Y Hill Activation, Food & Prep, Fire Management, Photography, Sota Activation, Planning/Recon.
    6 Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS Planning, Safety, Porta Sota, Sota Activation, Early Setup.
    5 Atta-Boy
  • KN6RBP Planning/Recon, Photography, Safety, Shirts.
    5 Atta-Boy
  • KE6JGM Water, Planning, Saftey.
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS Planning, Shirts.
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6AUV GeoCache, Planning.
    2 Atta-Boy
  • N6DMP Planning, Safety, Sota Activation.
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KK6QPU Planning, Cleanup.
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6PUR Planning, Shirts.
    2 Atta Boy
  • AI6ZW Porta Sota, Planning/Recon
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KE6IKE Photography
    1 Atta-Boy

May Breakfast Fundraiser

  • KN6PUR (Chair, Planning, Volunteer)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS (Shopping, Planning, Volunteer)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KK6QPU (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KM6BFE (Volunteer)
    1 Atta-Boy
  • KE6JGM (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • AI6ZW (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KK6VZZ (Volunteer)
    1 Atta-Boy
  • KN6RBP (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6AUV (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy

Summer Field Day

  • KN6UNL (Chair, Planning, Volunteer, Operator, Claenup-LastMan)
    4 Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS (Shopping, Planning, Volunteer, Night Watch)
    4 Atta-Boy
  • KN6PUR (Planning, Volunteer, Location, NightWatch)
    4 Atta-Boy
  • N6DMP (Planning, Operator, Donation)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • K6CED (Planning, Operator, Volunteer)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6RBP (Planning, Operator, Donation)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6SOJ (Planning, Operator)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KK6QPU (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • WK3Y (Volunteer, Cleanup-LastMan)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS (Planning, Operator, Volunteer)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KE6JGM (Planning, Night Watch)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • N6CG (Operator)
    1 Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP (Operator)
    1 Atta-Boy
  • WA6STA (Operator)
    1 Atta-Boy
  • N6JYW (Volunteer)
    1 Atta-Boy
  • KK6VZZ (Volunteer)
    1 Atta-Boy
  • AF6YY (Donation)
    1 Atta-Boy
  • KC7CBN (Volunteer)
    1 Atta-Boy

October Breakfast Fundraiser

  • KN6PUR (Chair, Planning, Volunteer)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL (Planning, Pancakes, Volunteer)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS (Shopping, Planning, Volunteer)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KE6JGM (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KM6BFE (Eggs)
    Atta-Boy
  • AI6ZW (Planning, Chef)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6AUV (Planning, Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KK6VZZ & XYL Annie (Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6SOJ (Volunteer)
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP (Volunteer)
    Atta-Boy
  • WK3Y (Volunteer)
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6GGW (Servers)
    Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS & YYL MARY (Volunteer)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6AUV (Bacon)
    Atta-Boy
  • KK6QPU (Servers)
    Atta-Boy

POTA Lake Perris

  • KN6UNL (Chair, Planning, Activation)
    3 Atta-Boy
  • N6DMP (Planning, Activation, Mentor & Top Performer)
    4 Atta-Boy
  • KM6JWS (Planning, Activation)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • WK3Y (Planning, Photos)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KG6IKE (Photos)
    Atta-Boy
  • K6CED (Planning)
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS (Food)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • AI6ZW (Food)
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PKG (Activation)
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP (Planning, Activation)
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6SOJ (Activation)
    Atta-Boy

VEC’s

  • KE6JGM
  • W6WHC
  • W6CCT
  • WK3Y
  • KK6QPU
  • KK6VZZ
  • KN6AUV
  • N6CG

Net Participation

  • KE6JGM
  • KO6ALP
  • KM6BFE
  • AI6ZW
  • N6DMP
  • KN6PKG

Group POTA

  • KN6UNL Set up a last minute POTA (US-1177) and invited members to come along.
    Atta-Boy
  • N6DMP for making by far the most contacts @ US-1177 with 75 phone contacts.
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PKG for making contacts with our group from his QTH.
    Atta-Boy
  • N6DMP POTA assistance to many members.
    2 Atta-Boy 🙂

Christmas Parade

  • KN6VJO Setup
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6AUV & KG6BAM Setup & Teardown
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL Setup & Teardown
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS Decorations
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PUR Power & Lights
    Atta-Boy
  • KK6VZZ Popup Tent
    Atta-Boy

Donations

  • N6CG Donates to Raffles
    Atta-Boy
  • AF6YY Donates to Raffles
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PUR Donated a radio and hotspot to raffle
  • Atta-Boy

Helping Ham

  • KN6RBP & KO6ALP For KC7CBN antenna help with her son.
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6AUV Helped KN6FGI with her antenna install.
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP Helped Bart with his Hi Gain Yagi setup.
    Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP Helped Tom KE6IKE with his hotspot configuration.
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL & KO6ALP Helped KE6JGM With his 22 antenna.
    Atta-Boy’s 🙂
  • KN6AUV & KK6QPU Help with setup at meetings.
    Atta-Boy’s 🙂
  • KE6JGM Helped has helped many people set up there radios.
    Especially digital along with hotspots.
    3 Atta-Boy 🙂

Other Stuff

  • N7OD Rebuilt Repeater Controller Config & New Messages,
    Repeater Now WiresX.
    3 Atta-Boy
  • KO6ALP APRS iGate & Original Antenna Design
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6AUV Website Updates, Newsletter
    2 Atta-Boy
  • KN6MJS Mothers Day Cups
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6PUR Mothers Day Cups
    Atta-Boy
  • KK6QPU Newsletter
    Atta-Boy
  • KN6RBP APRS iGate, Mothers Day Cups
    2 Atta-Boy

LDARC Monthly HF Contest

  • AI6ZW February Atta-Boy
  • KN6UNL March Atta-Boy
  • AC6AR April Atta-Boy
  • KN6SVA May Atta-Boy

Frequencies have been added and some others have been updated.

Primary Simplex, Net, and Event Frequencies

Use these frequencies for simplex testing, LTAC operations, local calling, nets, and special operating events.

LTAC Frequencies

  • LTAC4: 70CM 446.150 MHz FM C4FM & FM
  • LTAC3: 70CM 431.075 MHz FM C4FM & FM
  • LTAC6: 1.25M 222.140 MHz FM
  • LTAC2: 2M 146.445 MHz C4FM & FM
  • LTAC1: 2M 145.540 MHz C4FM & FM
  • LTAC5: 10M 29.630 MHz C4FM & FM

Calling, Net, and Event Frequencies

Net and Event Frequencies

Digital
DMR Simplex Frequencies
  • 70CM 446.500 MHz DMR event simplex (TG 99, TS1, CC1)
  • 70CM 446.075 MHz DMR event simplex (TG 99, TS1, CC1)
  • 70CM 433.450 MHz DMR event simplex (TG 99, TS1, CC1)
C4FM Simplex Frequencies
  • 6M 50.625 MHz C4FM
FM
  • 6M 52.515 MHz FM
Single Sideband

Calling Frequencies

  • 70CM 441.000 MHz DMR calling (TG 99, TS1, CC1)
  • 70CM 446.000 MHz FM calling
  • 1.25M 223.500 MHz calling
  • 2M 146.520 MHz FM calling
  • 10M 29.600 MHz FM calling
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Ham Camp Video

Bands & Modes Monthly HF Contest

LDARC Monthly HF Contest Rules

Lets have some fun, and change up Bands & Modes a bit.

On the third Tuesday for bands and modes, from 20:30 to 21:00 we work for points, fun & prestige. all while improving our HF capabilities.

Here’s the plan.

  • 2 Points for any QSO on any band, using any mode.
  • 1 point for any QSO another station makes using the frequency you shared with the group.

1 bonus point for each QSO you post on QRZ.com

And for those of you who really want get big points,
10 points for any CW contact on any band.

Finally, as an incentive to help new hams use the tech area of 10M

2 bonus points for any QSO made by you or another station you sent to the tech area of the 10M band.

Our regular 10M frequency will continue to be our net frequency.
Points and frequency’s are to be reported to net control. Only then do the points count.
Net control will also keep track of who found a frequency we use for a QSO’s.

The winner will receive an official, LDARC, ATABOY.

All QSO’s must be made using modes and frequencies indicated on the icom band plan linked here
As always, only operate within the parameters of your FCC license.

I just made all of this up so any feedback you have will be appreciated.

Announcements

Nets Notes

Winter Field Day

Winter Field Day Chili Cook Off

LDARC Membership is due January of each year. If you haven't paid your dues now is the time. If you would like to become a member you can download the application on our website. Membership must be mailed in or handed to our treasurer.
Click Here For our Membership form.
We also accept ARRL memberships and renewals all year long.
When you pay via our club we get a commission. It's a great way to support ARRL as well as LDARC.

ARRL Affiliated Club Commission Program

Why subscribe or renew with our club?

  • The ARRL Affiliated Club Commission Program allows ARRL Affiliated Clubs to earn a commission on new and renewing regular memberships.
  • Each new ARRL member earns the club a $15.00 commission. New members are defined as never having been a member or a returning member that has not been a member for two years. Each renewal now earns the club a $5.00 commission. There is no limit to the amount a club can earn in this program.

Your membership supports ARRL’s work to promote and protect amateur radio and provides you with benefits to do more with your amateur radio license.

By renewing or better yet subscribing through our club you not only benefit ARRL, they will return a commission to us.

ARRL fights for our right to use ham radio and with all the bands we enjoy. From field day to learning antenna design, they provide the resources you need.
ARRL membership is a great way to support your operating privileges at every level from Washington to Hemet. Get the most from your callsign by supporting ARRL and of course the Le DeForest amateur radio club.

Use this link to print out the subscription form and turn it in at our next meeting with your payment.

Bands & Modes

What Bands & Modes would you be interested in trying? We have been conducting exercises to test usability, and viability of some Bands and Modes for two way voice communication. Our Eagle Net is every Tuesday at 20:00. Recently we have been moving to other bands and or modes around 20:30. Announcements are made on the preceding Roster Net. We have worked 10, 40, 80 meters. On Wednesday after our Digital Only Net we sometimes move to C4FM on 2 meters. We have also used C4FM on 10m and 70cm ...
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Winter Field Day 2023

Winter Field Day 2023…

Diamond Valley Flower Trail

Christmas Award Ceremonies

Cajon Pass Day Trip

Click here for pics video & info of the day.

Candyland Christmas Parade Exibit

SUMMER FIELD DAY VIDEO 2022

Projects

  • KN6UNL Antenna Project
    Last weekend KN6UNL, WK3Y & myself KN6RBP conducted an antenna building bonanza.We built 9 antennas, 5-10 meter roll ups and 4-Open Stub J-Poles. And we have parts ready for 3 more J-Poles. KE6JGM & KN6MJS were on hand for the building of their J-Poles. Thank you Marcos for making … Continue reading →
  • XLX & WiresX! Cross Mode System
  • 2 meter NMO/PL259 antenna project
    SG2000: 144MHz(2m) KE6JGM gave me this antenna without the ground plane. The first time I used it, fortunately, was with the 991a and with swr indicated. After a brief gasp I stopped transmitting and switched out the antenna. I forget what the swr was but it was no good. And … Continue reading →
  • Rick’s Antenna Project
    Been using a Cushcraft R5 as my primary HF antenna. AI6ZW is loaning it to me(thank you Steve). It does 10,12,15,17 & 20 meters. Very effective on FT8. Now Before It worked ok but our primary network switch is just on the other side of the exterior wall where … Continue reading →

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