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Bands and Modes 2-21-23 & 2-22-23

Tonight for our B&M, Eagle Net QSY, we go to 10M FM 29.635mhz. Remember, we always start on 10 meters at 28.360mhz USB. Once the assembled group is ready to QSY that’s when we’ll move to 29.635mhz FM. This usually … Continue reading

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LDARC Flower Trail Field Trip

It was a success! Thanks to Good weather and good friends, The Day was great! More info to follow. I just wanted to get the pics up. The new date is THIS SATURDAY 4-8-23! Fresh air, Fresh Flowers & Fresh … Continue reading

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FCC Testing 3-18-23

There will be testing at Hyatt’s house Saturday, March 18th 2023

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Digital Calling Frequency Info

Channel Frequency Admit Criteria (DMR only) 1 (VHF)  145.790 MHz  Free or Always  2 (VHF)  145.510 MHz  Free or Always  1 (UHF)  441.000 MHz  Free or Always  2 (UHF)  446.500 MHz  Free or Always  3 (UHF)  446.075 MHz  Free or Always  … Continue reading

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Bands and Modes 2-14,15-23

Tonight our Eagle Net QSY will be 20 Meters 14.265Mhz. Correction: Next week is week 3 10M FM not week 4 wildcard. The following week is week 4. That will be 17 meters per membership decision. Remember, no Digital Only … Continue reading

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Bands & Modes 2-7&8-23 15M & YSF 59073

This week’s bands and modes exercises are 15M & YSF 59073 Eagle Net QSY Tonight it’s 15 Meters 21.370 Mhz Digital Only After Hours YSY 59073 Hemet Hangout Post Eagle Net:15 Meters worked well for everyone. Super clear audio and … Continue reading

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Winter Field Day Photos

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Bands & Modes 1-31-23

It’s the fifth Tuesday of the month! That means our Eagle Net QSY will be 60 meters. Tomorrow’s Digital Only after hours will be YSF Hemet Hangout, 59073.

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Winter Field Day 2023 Recap #1

Winter Field Day was Awesome! The weather was perfect for the event. While it was super cold in the morning, by 11am it was pretty nice and it stayed that way all day. HF was good and K6CED’s wire antenna … Continue reading

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Digital Only After Hours 1-25-23

Bands & Modes Digital only net after hours now has a schedule Fourth Wednesday of the month 70cm 439.000Mhz FM DCS 026 (not digital)The purpose of this net is to experiment with 70cm simplex and practice DCS programming on your … Continue reading

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17M Bands & Modes

Our new trial schedule is week 3 Wildcard. We will go to 17 Meters for the first time.18.142 Mhz USB. That will be after at least 20 min of normal 10M Eagle Net. 10M 28.360 Mhz @ 19:00 then when … Continue reading

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Our First WEEKEND Breakfast

Is on the fourth Saturday of the month at J&M. Due to Winter Field Day the first weekend breakfast will be in February.2-25-23 9am. Thank You KN6SOJ for the idea. 🙂

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LDARC February Meeting

Our next meeting is February 15th at 6:30PM. Presentation from AK6R Bob Brehm Palomar Engineers Bob will give his presentation on End Fed Antennas

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Eagle Net 1-17-23 6M FM

Today for Bands and Modes we’ll be trying 6 meters. After the usual 10M eagle net activity we’ll move to 6 Meters FM 52.515mhz. From there maybe 6M C4FM or SSB. I’m really intrigued by the 6 Meter Band. It’s … Continue reading

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Winter Field Day Planning Meeting 2 of 2

We’re having our final WFD Planning MeetingNext Monday Jan 23, 06:00 PM Use the link to attend: Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 743 7321 2177Passcode: 5BerbM All are welcome and encouraged to attend.More on Winter Field Day Here

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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 … Continue reading

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