1. Lots of antenna articles:
   • Revisiting the Quagi Directional Antenna
   • Optimized Moxy Antennas for 2, 6, and 10 Meter Bands
   • A Portable HF Glove Antenna
   • Chelegance KC4 Four Band Antenna
   • Radioddity HF-009 Portable HF Antenna (Good For POTA!)
   • Plus four more antenna articles
     
2. An interesting article on using an EV to provide AC power for POTA
   
3. HAM support for a six day bicycle ride in Montana. Think snow, hailstorms, broken
   bones, etc.
   
4. ARES® Growth, Evolution, Enhancement
   
5. And a look back 100, 50, and 25 years ago.
   
6. Highlights of On The Air Magazine
   • Technician Class – Maximum Possibilities
   • The Worked All States Award
   • Hints and Hacks

These are sent in by Rich, KK6RIC, to keep up up to date on the latest articles in the ARRL’s QST magazine (www.arrl.org).

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October 16 @ 1:00 am – October 18 @ 7:30 am UTC-8

http://pacificon.org

Note: Registration Closes @ Midnight on October 1st!

• Over $11,000 was given out as prizes.

• Three jumpers made parachute mobile contacts.

• People Got On The Air at the Special Event Station W1AW/6 hosted by paara.org.

• Elecraft released the KH1 radio and we gave one away as a grand prize to an attendee. Wayne Burdick N6KR interview by KK6USY.

• Pete Harris was awarded Volunteer of the Year.

• Our super Hospitality efforts kept vendors and staff going!

• theEpochTimes.com article

Pacificon℠ gives you three great days of activities for one low cost:

* A full slate of outstanding Forum presentations about a wide range of amateur radio topics

* An all-day Antenna Seminar (additional fee required)

* Gordon West, WB6NOA: Author, educator, speaker and irrepressible promoter of all things ham radio

* Large Vendor and Nonprofit expo filled with exciting products and exhibits

* Events including an outdoor Swap Meet

* Youth Activities

* Parachute Mobile contacts

* Electronics kit building and soldering instruction

* A One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to pass the amateur radio Technician license examination and get your first amateur radio license

* A One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to upgrade to the GeneralClass level

* Two days of License Testing

* A Special Events Station W1AW/6 where you can operate and contact other hams worldwide, even if you don’t have a license

* Our annual Wouff Hong Initiation ceremony

* A chance to hear about and discuss important national amateur radio issues with top ARRL leaders

* A chance to win radios and other great prizes throughout the convention

* M17 digital voice mode (patent free) and MMDVM talk and booths. M17 will be supported by our repeater W6CX soon.

And perhaps the best part – a chance to interact and share information with lots of other amateur radio enthusiasts to further (or begin) your own knowledge and to advance the hobby. 

Click here for the flyer: 

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Scroll through this presentation or download the whole file to view it any way you prefer. Enjoy.

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June 6, 2024 – June 9, 2024 PDT

The Northwest’s Largest Ham Convention

and the ARRL Northwestern Division Convention

To stay in formed about SEA-PAC, subscribe to the low volume eMailing List by sending an email with your name and callsign to info@seapac.org.
Commercial Exhibits – Giant Flea Market – Workshops – Seminars

Banquet – Prizes – VE Testing – DX & YL Luncheon

and lots more…

On the beautiful Pacific Ocean beach

Information: info@seapac.org

Facebook: SEA-PAC

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October 10, 2025 @ 1:00 am – October 12, 2025 @ 10:00 am UTC-8

http://pacificon.org

Note: Registration Closes @ Midnight on October 1st!

• acificon awarded radios to the youngest ham and twin 11 year old girls from Napa that passed their Technician exam on Saturday morning, the second and third youngest. With permission, above is their reaction to their exam results with their proud father Nik W6QY.

• Over $11,000 was given out as prizes.

• Three jumpers made parachute mobile contacts.

• People Got On The Air at the Special Event Station W1AW/6 hosted by paara.org.

• Elecraft released the KH1 radio and we gave one away as a grand prize to an attendee. Wayne Burdick N6KR interview by KK6USY.

• Pete Harris was awarded Volunteer of the Year.

• Our super Hospitality efforts kept vendors and staff going!

• theEpochTimes.com article

Pacificon℠ gives you three great days of activities for one low cost:

* A full slate of outstanding Forum presentations about a wide range of amateur radio topics

* An all-day Antenna Seminar (additional fee required)

* Gordon West, WB6NOA: Author, educator, speaker and irrepressible promoter of all things ham radio

* Large Vendor and Nonprofit expo filled with exciting products and exhibits

* Events including an outdoor Swap Meet

* Youth Activities

* Parachute Mobile contacts

* Electronics kit building and soldering instruction

* A One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to pass the amateur radio Technician license examination and get your first amateur radio license

* A One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to upgrade to the GeneralClass level

* Two days of License Testing

* A Special Events Station W1AW/6 where you can operate and contact other hams worldwide, even if you don’t have a license

* Our wonderful Banquet & Keynote (video) Speaker Steve Goodgame K5ATA, ARRL Education and Learning Department  (additional fee required)

* Our annual Wouff Hong Initiation ceremony

* A chance to hear about and discuss important national amateur radio issues with top ARRL leaders

* A chance to win radios and other great prizes throughout the convention

* M17 digital voice mode (patent free) and MMDVM talk and booths. M17 will be supported by our repeater W6CX soon.

And perhaps the best part – a chance to interact and share information with lots of other amateur radio enthusiasts to further (or begin) your own knowledge and to advance the hobby. 

Click here for the flyer: 

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January 19, 2025 – January 25, 2025 PST

QuartzFest is special in part because it comes to life each year, rising from nothing in a remote area of the Sonoran desert in the southwestern USA. Hundreds of Hams and their families and friends choose to unplug from their daily lives, travel to and setup this desert community, and immerse themselves in this week-long one-of-a-kind ham radio, camping, learning and living event.

The educational classes at QuartzFest offer something for everyone including those new to ham radio or even the most seasoned veteran.

QuartzFest is a week-long ham radio, camping, learning and living event.

QuartzFest is an ARRL Specialty Convention held in January  near Quartzsite, Arizona in the United States. No other hamfest in the world brings together in one gathering so much innovation in mobile antenna systems, mobile ham shacks, recreational vehicles, portable and mobile EMCOMM systems, off-the-grid living, alternative energy and radio education.

What? Quartzfest© is an annual HAM Radio RV and tenters Boondocking event which is held in
late January every year with dates coinciding with the Quartzsite Arizona “RV Show”.
When? January 19th thru 25th of 2025 (make sure you add these important dates to your 2025
calendar)

Where? 7 miles south of Quartzsite Arizona – on US 95 at La Paz Valley Road
Who Can Attend? ANYONE! If you don’t have your Amateur Radio Operators License yet, you’ll
be able to take your Amateur Radio Operators License Exams at Quartzfest©
Cost? $5.00 per person for the entire week
Our Annual Amateur Radio “get together” is called “Quartzfest©” and is open to ALL to attend.
Quartzfest© is not a club, no officers and no dues..and only costs $5.00 per person for the entire
week of fun!! During the week of Quartzfest©, RV’s are everywhere across the desert, as far as
you can see..every make and model you can imagine!
There are hundreds of groups that meet in Quartzsite every year in different parts of the desert
who share like interests. Our group, Quartzfest©, started out in 1997 as just a few HAM RV’ers
getting together, camping in their RV’s in the middle of the desert..no power, no running water.
Solar Panels and Generators are in use everywhere (Porta-Potties are available for our tent campers
and day visitors).
Quartzfest© is similar to a Hamfest but lasts an entire week and is packed full of scheduled Seminars
and Activities (no vendors are allowed on BLM land though). Talks range in topics from Genealogy
and Crafts for Non-HAM’s to Solar Power and Battery Information, Technical information for the
seasoned HAM, and introductory information for the new HAM. Also included in the week’s activities
are Amateur Radio License Testing, Antenna Walkabout (touring other HAM’s RV Antenna
installations), Solar Walkabout, 4×4 Off Road Trip in the Desert, Prospecting, Campfires (some with
musical entertainment), Pot Luck dinner, Hootenanny and lot’s more!
We Camp on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land which is FREE, but you can only camp there for
14 days at a time.

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June 25, 2022 @ 11:00 am – June 26, 2022 @ 11:00 am PDT

Field Day is ham radio’s open house. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.

• Objective-To contact as many stations as possible on the 160, 80, 40, 20,15 and 10 Meter HF bands, as well as all bands 50 MHz and above, and to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions.
  Field Day is open to all amateurs in the areas covered by the ARRL/RAC Field Organizations and countries within IARU Region 2. DX stations residing in other regions may be contacted for credit, but are not eligible to submit entries.
  Each claimed contact must include contemporaneous direct initiation by the operator on both sides of the contact. Initiation of a contact may be either locally or by remote.

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October 20, 2023 – October 22, 2023 UTC-8

http://pacificon.org

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Pacificon gives you three great days of activities for one low cost:

* A full slate of outstanding Forum presentations about a wide range of amateur radio topics
* Gordon West
* Bob Heil
* Youth Forum with Carole Perry
* A large Vendor Expo filled with exciting products and exhibits
* An outdoor Swap Meet
* QRP activities
* Youth Activities
* Electronics kit building and soldering instruction
* A One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to pass the amateur radio Technician license examination and get your first amateur radio license
* A One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to upgrade to the General Class level.
* Two days of License Testing
* A Special Events Station where you can operate and contact other hams worldwide, even if you don’t have a General or Extra Class license
* A wonderful Banquet with Keynote Speaker
* Our annual Wouff Hong Initiation ceremony
* A chance to hear about and discuss important national amateur radio issues with top ARRL leaders
* A chance to win radios and other great prizes throughout the convention

And perhaps the best part – a chance to interact and share information with lots of other amateur radio enthusiasts to further (or begin) your own knowledge and to advance the hobby.

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Pacificon gives you three great days of activities for one low cost:

* A full slate of outstanding Forum presentations about a wide range of amateur radio topics
* Gordon West
* Bob Heil
* Youth Forum with Carole Perry
* A large Vendor Expo filled with exciting products and exhibits
* An outdoor Swap Meet
* QRP activities
* Youth Activities
* Electronics kit building and soldering instruction
* A One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to pass the amateur radio Technician license examination and get your first amateur radio license
* A One Day License Prep Class to prepare you to upgrade to the General Class level.
* Two days of License Testing
* A Special Events Station where you can operate and contact other hams worldwide, even if you don’t have a General or Extra Class license
* A wonderful Banquet with Keynote Speaker
* Our annual Wouff Hong Initiation ceremony
* A chance to hear about and discuss important national amateur radio issues with top ARRL leaders
* A chance to win radios and other great prizes throughout the convention

And perhaps the best part – a chance to interact and share information with lots of other amateur radio enthusiasts to further (or begin) your own knowledge and to advance the hobby.

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I am pleased to announce that we will have a very special guest at the TCARES Membership Breakfast Meeting on May 11, 2019. Dan Sohn, Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator, (and perhaps others) representing the San Joaquin Section of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) (Tuolumne County is in this Section) will be here to talk about ARRL, ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) and the San Joaquin Section. There have been significant changes at ARRL / ARES in the last few months as it tries to recover and maintain relevancy today’s world of electronics in the public safety world.

Bring your ideas and questions with you to the next TCARES Membership Breakfast Meeting: Saturday, May 11, 2019, at the My Garden Cafe on Mono Way in Sonora. Breakfast (on your own) starts about 0830 hours, the meeting commences at 0930 hours.

I am moving out of the state in the near future, so I have resigned my position as the Tuolumne ARES Emergency Coordinator (EC). This will be a good opportunity to learn more about ARES and perhaps consider if you or a Ham you know would be a good fit to step up and take the assignment as the next ARES Area EC.

Larry Crabtree, KJ6QVI

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