From Morro Bay, Los Osos, Cayucos, Cambria and San Luis Obispo, Estero Radio Club members are amateur radio operators on the Central California coast participating in all phases of amateur radio.
The Estero Radio Club is a 501(c)3 organization. Our EIN is 91-2151691.

What's Inside?

THE ESTERO RADIO CLUB

IT'S A BLAST!!

As SLO County DEC (ARES District Emergency Coordinator), John Bonnett (KK6JRA) ccordinates the area Hams for any County RACES call outs. To help facilitate that, one of the things he has set up is a Cell Text Messa\ ge "blaster" that can quickly send out short messages in case of an emergency.

Both Morro Bay and Cambria CERT groups are currently using this, and John would like to extend it to Hams in San Luis Obispo, northern Santa Barbara, and southern Monterey Counties that are interested.

Folks on this list will occasionally receive test messages and announcements about county-wide emergency drills, and in the event of a RACES activation by San Luis Obispo OES, an activation message to turn on their\ Ham radios to the emergency repeaters for further information.

If you would like to receive SLO County RACES callout messages on your cell phone, please email John at sloecc@hfchat.net.

Include the following informationin your email:

     Full Name:
     Location: (city or area)
     Call Sign:
     Email Address:
     Cell Phone Number:
     Cell Carrier: (Alltel, AT&T, Boost Mobile, Consumer Cellular, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon, Virgin Mobile)
     County RACES Badged? (yes/no)
     Equipment: HT? (yes/no) Mobile? (yes/no)
     CalOES SIMS/NIMS Training? (yes/no)
     Can you deploy to a shelter, ECC, or other remote station? (yes/no) No means you can relay traffic from your neighborhood)

**All information is kept confidential on a secure server run by UUPlus, LLC located on Los Osos.**

Thanks for your participation!

John

On the Horizon ...

December 2019

No SLOECC meeting this month.

January 2020

January 18 0800-1700: HamCram at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.
Get your license in 1 day!
For information, visit: https://w6nbc.com/
January 22: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.
SLOECC Board Election
Inverters

February 2020

February 26: SLOECC at Estrella Warbirds Museum, Paso Robles
Joint Meeting with PRARC
TO BE CONFIRMED

March 2020

March 14: SCOR Solvang Century
March 25: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.

April 2020

April 04: Eroica Bike Ride
April 22: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium 1585 Kansas Ave.
ERC Board Election
April 25: SLOBC Wildflower Century

May 2020

May 27: SLOECC at Cambria Fire Station
(To Be Confirmed)

June 2020

June 24: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.
Field Day Prep
June 27-28: ARRL Field Day

July 2020

July 18 0800-1700: HamCram at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.
Get your license in 1 day!
For information, visit: https://w6nbc.com/
No SLOECC meeting this month.

August 2020

August 19: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.
Note date change to prepare for siren test.
Nuc. 101 SLO County OES
August 22: Siren Test

September 2020

September 23: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Station 1681 Front St., Oceano
(To Be Confirmed)

October 2020

October 28: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.

November 2020

November 18: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.
Note date change to accommodate Thanksgiving.

December 2020

No SLOECC meeting this month.

December 10, 2019

HamDinner @ 5 p.m.
Thai Bounty
560 Embarcadero
Morro Bay, CA

Every Week

MONDAYS
HamBreakfast @ 7:00 a.m.
Temporarily moved!
Coffee Pot
1001 Front St.
Morro Bay, CA

TUESDAYS
HamDinner @ 5 p.m.
Location changes weekly
(see above for this week)

HamSpeak @ 6 p.m.
Morro Bay Community Center
1001 Kennedy Way,
Morro Bay, CA

HamChat about 8 p.m.
Temporarily suspended while
The Hungry Fisherman
is closed.