Last modified on 01.15.10

Santa Clara County ARES/RACES website: http://www.scc-ares-races.org

SVECS Weekly Net on Tuesday Nights at 2000 hours on AA6BT (146.115+, PL100.0)

Click here for Net Control Script (on a webpage)
SVECS Net Control Script in PDF format (click here)

SVECS Tuesday Night Packet Check-in on K6SNY-1 (144.910) (before 2000 hrs!)

Keep your packet skills up to date by also checking in Tuesday nights on packet. Click here for the easy steps

SVECS Membership Application, (click here for PDF form)

SVECS Board of Directors

Chairman		Lou Steirer, WA6QYS		(408) 241-7999		wa6qys@aol.com
Treasurer		Le Henderson, KB6MXH		(408) 829-5881		kb6mxh5376@att.net
Secretary		Ralf Erickson, WA6CQA		(408) 245-6034		wa6cqa@sbcglobal.net
Board of Directors
		Bob Underwood, AA6BT		(408) 255-1997		aa6bt@arrl.net
		Ben Vickers, WB6FRM				wb6frm@pacbell.net
		Glen Lokke, Jr., K6GNG				glokke@pacbell.net
		Don Steinbach, AE6PM				ae6pm@arrl.net
SVECS Address:		SVECS Santa Clara Valley 857 Tamarack Lane Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Tutorials and References: (Click here for more)

FEMA ICS/NIMS online courses

Recommended Basic Emergency Management Course Completion
Earthquake Reporting Procedures
Emergency Responder Manual (pdf)


Amateur Radio Related Links
What is ARES?      What is RACES?
 
Previous Speakers at Quarterly Breakfast Meetings

Santa Clara County ARES/RACES website: http://www.scc-ares-races.org

City Emergency Coordinators
County Staff DEC, ADECs
Frequency Information
Direct-Dial Emergency Numbers

SPECS, Southern Peninsula Emergency Communication System (North County):
http://www.specsnet.org

Previous Speakers at Quarterly Breakfast Meetings

SVECS Events

EC/AEC Council Meeting
Thursday, January 14, 2009
7:30 pm to 9 pm

Attendance limited to ECs, AECs, and specific invitees.

Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Dept, 55 West Younger Ave, San Jose
Sheriff’s Dept is at corner of N. First and W. Younger (see map here)

SCCo ARES/RACES
County Quarterly Drill
Saturday, January 23, 2010
2 to 4 pm

Details to follow.

SVECS Quarterly Breakfast Meeting:
When all else fails, the April 2009 Cable Cut
January 23, 2010
9 am to 12 noon

Santa Clara Senior Center
1303 Fremont St. (corner of Monroe and Fremont)
Santa Clara, CA
Thomas Guide page 833 quadrant E4
click here for map

43 hams delivered critical assistance at a time when most means of communications (cellphone, landline, internet services) were either completely interrupted, or severely overloaded. Pat Moore KG6RLR (EC Gilroy) will discuss the response by amateur radio operators stationed at various locations to provide communications links and became the eyes and ears of police and fire on the streets.

Door prize: HT Radio

Breakfast at 9 am, program at 10 am.

Please RSVP on the SVECS net, AA6BT repeater, 146.115+ 100PL, Tuesdays 2000 hours, or Lou WA6QYS at 408-241-7999.

Volunteers to help with the breakfast are always needed. Please arrive at 0730.

Donations for the raffle table are graciously accepted.

J-Pole Antennas by SVECS

These famed American Legion Post 380 J-pole antennas are regarded as highly effective antennas for ARES/RACES base stations, fixed and field use. VSWR is virtually 1.000 and very cost effective for a donation of $25.

Antennas are sold at DeAnza electronics flea market (next to coffee/donut tent) and also at Quarterly Breakfast Meetings.

Below is the SVECS tent next to coffee/donut tent with collection of J-pole antennas for sale. Antennas are available for 2-meter VHF, 220 MHz, and 440MHz.








DeAnza College Electronics Flea Market site at http://www.electronicsfleamarket.com

Santa Clara Valley NTS

SCV section National Traffic System voice nets meet Tuesday at 2100 hrs Pacific time on the Loma Pioneer Repeater Club 146.640 minus offset, 162.2 PL, LPRC website at http://www.lprc.net

Santa Clara Valley NTS group site is to educate and train amateur radio operators to use the National Traffic System, a method to pass text messages over ham radio, vital to emergency radio service. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nts_scv/

Michael Wright, K6MFW SVECS Webpage Editor (650) 604-6262 mfwright@batnet.com

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Silicon Valley Public Access Link http://www.svpal.org

Notes:
Many thanks to Hee So, N6XVK, for setting up the domain and initial webhosting for svecs.net.
N6NAC returned as UHF linked repeater (8-18-2008)
K6SNY became new UHF linked repeater, previously was N6NAC (May 2008)
SVECS AA6BT Repeater old callsign was WB6ADZ (was changed early in 2003).
N6NAC (440 repeater) old callsign was WB6FIY (was changed in mid 2003).