Saturday, September 23, 2023 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Join the El Dorado County ARC as we hold our annual activation of the Big Hill summit WS/NS-290 and Park El Dorado National Forest K-4455. At the event you can learn about the POTA and SOTA programs and see examples of stations used for these activities.
The Big Hill summit has great views of the Crystal Basin and Sacramento Valley and is a great location to test the range of your HT.
Bring your portable radio gear, folding chair, picnic lunch, and sunscreen.
Directions:
- Highway 50 East from Placerville for ~21 miles to Ice House Road.
- North on Ice House Road for 9.9 miles to Big Hill Road
- West on Big Hill Road 2.4 miles to Big Hill Lookout
For more information about the event or Summits on the Air, contact:
Can’t make the event on site? Join us as chaser from home and help us make contacts! Find our “spots” at https://sotawatch.sota.org.uk/ or https://pota.app/#/
This year's Field Day is in the books for the club. A big thank you to Dave KN6SOK for providing the QTH and great food. Another thanks to Steve W1SRD and Stefan AF6SA and Alex KK6VIX for providing the gear. We had fourteen participants at the Field Day site and the weather was great it never got too hot or cold and there was no wind. Everyone had a good time working the stations or just hanging out.
We had a great pre-Field Day meeting this June. It was a nice turnout, and the weather was still great. We had a few visitors and John KM6AIX upgraded to General Class License.
John, KM6AIX got even more attention, he was the winner of the Icom ID-5100 Raffle. The raffle was sponsored by Dave, KN6SOK to benefit the repeater generator fund.
Presentation one for the evening was highlights from the 2023 Pony Express Re-Ride presented by John, KM6AIX, Jeremy W6TKD and Colton WD6CWM. The second presentation was Bob W1RH giving a EDCARC and NRW repeater update.
I hope everyone is ready for this year's ARRL Field Day. The location has moved for this year so take a look at the information below.
Location: Home of Dave Brooke KN6SOK, 6021 Wish Upon Way, Pollock Pines, CA 95726
Directions from US-50 Take Sly Park Road South to Starks Grade Road and follow that all the way to 5 Spot. Turn up to the top of 5 Spot. That would be Shooting Star. Follow Shooting Star to the end and that will be Wish Upon Way.
Schedule
Friday - 4:00pm Meet at Field Day Site and setup.
Saturday 10:00am Meet at Field Day Site and complete preparations.
Saturday 11:00am Start operations. We will operate until we are tired or band conditions force us to stop.
Sunday: 8:00am Continue operations until 11:00am
Sunday 11:01am Station teardown and cleanup.
Bring your own food/snacks and a spare chair.
Use this signup to schedule an operation time. Signup
More Field Day Information is here!