Last modified on 4.29.08

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

SVECS Board of Directors

Chairman		Lou Steirer, WA6QYS		(408) 241-7999		wa6qys@aol.com
Vice Chairman		Don DeGroot, KA6TGE		(408) 243-8827		tgedon@sbcglobal.net
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
		Jim Dethlefson, KA6YRK				jdethlef@earthlink.net
		Glen Lokke, Jr., KE6NBO				glokke@pacbell.net
		Don Steinbach, AE6PM				ae6pm@arrl.net
SVECS Address:		SVECS Santa Clara Valley 857 Tamarack Lane Sunnyvale, CA 94086

SVECS Weekly Net on Tuesday Nights at 2000 hours, click here for Net Control Script

SVECS Membership Application, (click here for PDF form)

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

SVECS Quarterly Breakfast Meeting:
April 26, 2008

Elaine Gibbons WA6UBE discussed NVIS. For more info, see her NVIS page at http://www.tactical-link.com/nvis_discussion_page.htm

Electronics Flea Market, De Anza College:
May 10, 2008

SVECS will host the coffee/donut stand for the electronics flea market at De Anza College (Stevens Creek Boulevard and Stelling Road), http://www.electronicsfleamarket.com

Please signup with Lou WA6QYS at 408-241-7999.

Use this opportunity to buy a J-pole antenna (see below).

Market opens around 5:00am and closes at 12:00 Noon. Buyers attend the flea market for free. However, the College charges $2 per vehicle to park on campus. College parking and traffic regulations are enforced! Off campus parking is very limited. Vendor fee is $20.

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.

Photos show 2-meter VHF but SVECS also has 220 MHz and 440MHz J-pole antennas.








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

Santa Clara Valley NTS

SCV section National Traffic System voice nets meet Tuesday and Thursday at 2100 hrs Pacific time on the Loma Pioneer Repeater Club VHF and UHF repeaters (146.640 minus offset, 162.2 PL and 442.900 plus offset, none or 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.
SVECS AA6BT Repeater old callsign was WB6ADZ (was changed early in 2003).
N6NAC (440 repeater) old callsign was WB6FIY (was changed in mid 2003).