Last modified on 4-24-17

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) (script updated 4-24-17)
SVECS Net Control Script in PDF format (click here)

Dates for city responsibility of SVECS Net Control UPDATED for 2017

John Nourse AI6EH made this small XLS spreadsheet to keep track of the totals when doing the SVECS net.

SVECS Tuesday Night Packet Check-in (before 2000 hrs!)

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

Videos of SVECS Meetings, http://video.svecs.net

SVECS Membership Application, (click here for PDF form)

Santa Clara County local HF net

HF net at 20:30 hours local time on 80 meters, 3.878MHz LSB
Click here for more details.

SVECS Board of Directors

Chairman		Lou Steirer, WA6QYS		(408) 241-7999		wa6qys@aol.com
Treasurer		Don Steinbach, AE6PM		(408) 867-3912		ae6pm@arrl.net
Secretary		Bob Underwood, AA6BT		(408) 255-1997		aa6bt@arrl.net
Board of Directors
		Ralf Erickson, WA6CQA		(408) 245-6034		wa6cqa@sbcglobal.net
		Ben Vickers, WB6FRM				wb6frm@pacbell.net
		Glen Lokke, Jr., K6GNG				glokke@pacbell.net
		Gregg Lane, KF6FNA
SVECS Address:		SVECS Santa Clara Valley 14600 Bougainvillea Ct Saratoga, CA 95070

Tutorials and References: (Click here for more)

Baofeng handheld radio reference

Earthquake Reporting Procedures (pdf)

Modified Mercalli, or Mike Mike, scale used by SCC RACES in wallet size (pdf)

FEMA ICS/NIMS online courses
Recommended Basic Emergency Management Course Completion
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
Packet 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

SVECS Quarterly Breakfast Meeting:
CalFire 1629 Mobile Command Vehicle
Saturday, April 22, 2017
9 am to 12 noon

Santa Clara Senior Center
1303 Fremont St. (corner of Monroe and Fremont)
Santa Clara, CA
GPS coordinates: 37.350269, -121.949827
Thomas Guide page 833 quadrant E4
click here for map

Come see and hear about CAL FIRE 1629, a mobile command vehicle designed, built and operated by volunteer ham radio operators. Nick Arnett (KJ6FOI) and other participating hams will describe 1629’s ham and government communications capabilities and their role in emergency responses. They will also describe the communications duties that they performed during the first few days of the Loma Fire in September, which included deploying a portable repeater to the summit of Loma Prieta during the fire.

Nick Arnett, KJ6FOI, a member of Santa Clara ARES/RACES, is a nationally registered EMT and former paramedic with experience in domestic and international disaster response in medical, communications, crisis intervention and chaplain roles. He has been a contract CAL FIRE employee during major incidents. He is a member of the California Fire Chaplain Association, on the executive board of the California Peer Support Association and a member of the Contra Costa County Public Safety Support Association. He received a Volunteer of the Year award from the Santa Clara County Emergency Managers Association in 2012. His occupation for the last 20 years has been product management leadership in the software industry.

Come early and help with the breakfast effort. Need kitchen help as well as set up the eating area. Doors open at 0730.

Door prizes: $125 gift certificate for HRO.

Breakfast at 9 am, program at 10 am.

Please RSVP during your city net (preferred and then person giving city count can also give number of breakfast counts) on the SVECS net (AA6BT, 146.115+ 100PL) Tuesdays 2000 hours. Or to Lou WA6QYS at wa6qys@aol.com or 408-241-7999.

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

Donations for the raffle table are graciously accepted.




Image shows Glen Jr. K6GNG, Chief Cook, of SVECS.   

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 $30.

Antennas are sold at DeAnza electronics flea market (next to coffee/donut tent) and also at Quarterly Breakfast Meetings. Electronics Flea Market site at http://www.electronicsfleamarket.com

Photos of J-pole antennas for sale. Antennas are available for 2-meter VHF, 220 MHz, and 440MHz.

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

Webhosting by

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).