Greetings FRC members and friends,

Our next Fullerton Radio Club Zoom session is tomorrow,

Wednesday 12/1 at 8 pm. Zoom link is in your email.

There will not be a net tomorrow night.

Tonight (Wednesday 11/24) at 7:30 pm AD6QF will hold an informal net on the K6QEH repeater. (146.97- with a PL of 136.5 Hz). At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom. Hope to see you.

Zoom link is the same as usual (check your email).

Tonight (Wednesday 11/3) at 7:30 pm AD6QF will monitor both the K6QEH repeater and 7208 kHz LSB. (KQEH is 146.97- with a PL of 136.5 Hz). Vote for your favorite mode by coming up on either 2 m FM or 40 m SSB. It seemed to work last week, with more folks on 40 m. If 7208 kHz is occupied, AD6QF will listen down. At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom.

Zoom link is the same as usual (check your email).

Let’s try a “hybrid” 2m / 40 m net tonight. Tonight (Wednesday 10/27) at 7:30 pm AD6QF will monitor both the K6QEH repeater and 7208 kHz LSB. (KQEH is 146.97- with a PL of 136.5 Hz). Vote for your favorite mode by coming up on either 2 m FM or 40 m SSB. It might be chaos … we’ll see! If 7208 kHz is occupied, AD6QF will listen down. At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom. Same link as usual (check your email).

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday 10/20, at 7:30 pm on the K6QEH repeater for our 2 meter net. (146.97- with a PL of 136.5 Hz) followed by our October general meeting at 8 pm on Zoom. 
The meeting will be a little bit more formal that usual, as we have some club business to discuss.
Secretary position: After serving the club faithfully for ten years, Linda Endsley has asked to step down as FRC Secretary. We need someone who would like to run for this position. The responsibilities involve taking notes at our monthly Board meetings and submitting them to Paul for publication in Smoke Signals. The Board meets at 5:30 pm on the first Wednesday of each month, usually at the Sizzler in Fullerton. This would be a nice opportunity for one of our newer members to join the Board of Directors. There is no additional time commitment other than what I have just described.

Board election coming up: Your club officers serve at your discretion, and are elected for one-year terms each November. If you are interested in running for a position or nominating a (willing) club member, you may do so between now and mid-November. We will hold an election during the week of  November 17.

The future of club meetings: As it looks like in-person activities are becoming more practical, I’d like us to start thinking about what you would like club activities and meetings to look like going forward. Should we return to a monthly evening meeting at Chapman Park Activity Center? Do we keep a presence on Zoom? Would it be better to have our monthly meetings on Saturday mornings, perhaps at a park? I think a Saturday morning meeting would allow a wider range of activities. If there is a Saturday morning where the Chapman Park Activity Center is available (unknown), would we prefer that to meeting at night, as we have in the past? I need to hear your opinion about how best to proceed. Please join us on Zoom on Wednesday to give your input. If you are not available tomorrow, please email me with your thoughts.

The future of Smoke Signals: For the past 18 years, Paul Broden has donated his time as editor of Smoke Signals. In addition to the hours Paul spends editing and formatting articles, he also has the challenging (frustrating?) job of “encouraging” members to write and submit articles. It has always been difficult to gather enough content to fill the newsletter, but during the last several years it seems the number of articles submitted has continued to decline. We currently do not have enough material to fill 12 issues per year. Let’s have a discussion about how best to get timely club news and other ham radio content to the members. Make Smoke Signals quarterly? Use some other medium? Your ideas and suggestions are welcome.

Walter Clark will be hosting an in-person TAG meeting in his back yard at 7 pm. There will not be a 2 meter net or Zoom session tonight. The net and Zoom will return next Wednesday 10/20/21.

The 2 meter is net is back! Join us tonight (Wednesday 10/6) at 7:30 pm on the K6QEH repeater. 146.97- with a PL of 136.5 Hz. At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom. Same link as usual (check your email).

The 2 meter is net is back! Join us tonight (Wednesday 9/29) at 7:30 pm on the K6QEH repeater. 146.97- with a PL of 136.5 Hz. At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom. Same link as usual (check your email).

The 2 meter is net is back! (as is your prez). Join us Wednesday at 7:30 pm on the K6QEH repeater. 146.97- with a PL of 136.5 Hz. At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom. Same link as usual (check your email). (PS: I promise Zoom will work this week!)

No net this week but At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom. Same link as usual (check your email).

No net this week but At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom. Same link as usual (check your email).

No net this week but At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom. Same link as usual (check your email).

Let’s change things up! Join us tonight at 7:30 pm for a 40 meter SSB net. Bob will come up on 7208 kHz SSB ± QRM at 7:30 to see how many of us can hear each other on 40 m.

At 8 pm we will do our usual meeting on Zoom. Same link as usual (check your email).

Also, for next Wednesday (7/14), remember that TAG is once again in-person at Walter’s house. Watch for Walter’s reminder next week.

After having an enjoyable Field Day, Fullerton Radio Club will be having our last 2 meter net for a while at 7:30 on the K6QEH repeater (146.970- PL 136.5 Hz) followed by our usual Zoom meetup at 8. Visitors always welcome! As an experiment (and change of pace) we will be trying to move to 40 meter SSB for a few weeks.

We will do a little Field Day debriefing and look at a few pictures from Saturday.

Also, for next week, remember that TAG is once again in-person at Walter’s house. Watch for Walter’s reminder next week.