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From Morro Bay, Los Osos, Cayucos, Cambria and San Luis Obispo
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Estero Radio Club Past Activities

October 2024

September 2024

  • September 25, Wednesday, 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

August 2024

  • August 17, Saturday: Volunteers needed for San Ardo Road Race
    Contact ASAP Scott Curry, NS7C, at ns7c@arrl.net
  • August 28, Wednesday, 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

July 2024

  • July 24, Wednesday, 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Scott Currie: New and old hardware available for digital modes
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

June 2024

  • June 21-23 ARRL Field Day set-up, operation, and tear-down

May 2024

  • May 22, Wednesday, 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

April 2024

  • CANCELED: April 24, Wednesday, 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

March 2024

  • March 27, Wednesday, 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Speaker: Ryan Trapp, Emergency Services Coordinator
    County of San Luis Obispo

    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

February 2024

  • February 27, Tuesday, 1800-2000: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Morro Bay Community Center
    1001 Kennedy Way
    Morro Bay, CA 93442

January 2024

  • January 24, Wednesday, 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

December 2023

  • December 25, Monday, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!
  • December 26, Tuesday, *NO* ERC HamDinner or meeting
  • December 27, Wednesday: *NO* SLOECC County-wide meeting this month
    Happy Holidays

November 2023

  • November 22, Wednesday: *NO* SLOECC County-wide meeting this month
    Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
  • November 23 Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Ham Tests for all license grades in Los Osos
    Contact Tom Tengdin <wb9vxy@gmail.com>

October 2023

  • October 19, Thursday, The Great California ShakeOut
  • October 25, Wednesday, 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

September 2023

  • September 16, Saturday: Eroica ride
  • September 23, Saturday: San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club needs a few more Hams for the Lighthouse ride
    To register, go to the SLOBC website and click on the Volunteering link to volunteer as a Ham operator.
  • September 27, Wednesday, 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

August 2023

  • August 23 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Scott Curry will be talking about the SET exercise on 9/30/23 and the California Shakeout on 10/19/23, and we will be discussing how a wild fire event, such as the recent one in Hawaii, could happen here in SLO county, and what we could to do to prepare.
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

July 2023

  • July 26 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

June 2023

  • June 23-25 ARRL Field Day set-up, operation, and tear-down
  • June 28 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Presentation by John Kitchens, ARRL Santa Barbara Section Manager
    (Note that San Luis Obispo County is included in the ARRL Santa Barbara Section.)
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

May 2023

  • May 24 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Steve Curry will speak on All Things Winlink
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

April 2023

  • April 26 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
    Special program: Nate Janson, former Baywood Elementary School student and Los Osos club soccer player, who now is Director of SpaceX Vandenberg Launch Operations and Launch Directer during a launch, will be our featured speaker at the meeting. Nate will be talking and presenting slides/video about his experiences working for SpaceX.

March 2023

  • March 22 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

February 2023

January 2023

  • January 25 1900-2100: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    Agriculture Auditorium
    2156 Sierra Way
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

December 2022

  • December 28: no SLOECC meeting this month

November 2022

  • November 05: Paso Robles Bovine Classic Bicycle Ride
    Sign up here by following the "volunteer" links. Or contact Ron Rose K6JTA.
  • November 06: Morro Bay Triathlon
    Sign up here. Be sure to identify yourself as a ham radio operator and associated with the Estero Radio Club.
  • November 16 1900: SLOECC County-wide meeting

October 2022

  • October 22: Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Ham Cram and Testing Session
    Register for either or both with the links below:
    Ham cram
    Testing session
  • October 26 1900: SLOECC County-wide meeting

September 2022

  • September 18: Grover Beach Parade and Dunes Run
  • September 24: SLOBC Lighthouse Ride
  • September 28 1900: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    SLO County Sheriff's (Lundgren) Auditorium
    1585 Kansas Ave
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

August 2022

  • August 23, 1830-1930: Ham Radio license class on Zoom
    Contact Tom Foster in advance: 831 - 385 - 5327 or Blueoak3 at gmail.com
  • August 24 1900: SLOECC County-wide meeting:
    "Nuke 101" by SLO County OES

    SLO County Sheriff's (Lundgren) Auditorium
    1585 Kansas Ave
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
  • August 27: Siren Test

July 2022

  • July 27: no SLOECC meeting this month

June 2022

  • June 22 1900: SLOECC County-wide meeting: Field Day Preparations
    SLO County Sheriff's (Lundgren) Auditorium
    1585 Kansas Ave
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
  • June 24: Field Day Set-Up
  • June 25-26: Field Day

May 2022

  • May 1: Eroica California
    More details at https://eroica.cc/en/california
    Sign up by contacting Ron Rose, K6JTA <ronrose at crms.com>
  • CANCELED:
    May 27 1900: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    location to be determined

April 2022

  • April 27 1900: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    SLO County Sheriff's (Lundgren) Auditorium
    1585 Kansas Ave
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
  • April 30: SLOBC Wildflower ride
    Sign up at https://slobc.org/volunteering/index.html
    Click on the volunteer button and pick 17.1 Ham Operator
  • April 30: Nova Eroica California
    This is a "maybe" event
    If you are available please sign up for the SLOBC so we are sure we have enough. If you are willing/interested in helping with Eroica also send Tom Tengdin an email at <wb9vxy at gmail.com> and let him know. If we get enough folks over the needs of SLOBC Ron and Tom will work together to move folks around.

March 2022

  • March 23 1900: SLOECC County-wide meeting
    SLO County Sheriff's (Lundgren) Auditorium
    1585 Kansas Ave
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

February 2022

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

January 2022

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

December 2021

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

November 2021

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

October 2021

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

September 2021

  • September 25: Lighthouse Local Ride.

August 2021

  • August 22: Siren Test

July 2021

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

June 2021

  • June 26-27: ARRL Field Day
    Trinity Methodist Church, 490 LOVR in Los Osos
    11:00am Saturday to 11:00am Sunday

May 2021

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

Apri 2021

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

March 2021

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID
  • March 2: Start of Technician class led by John Tom Foster
    Details are here.

February 2021

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID
  • February 27: Test session sponsored by Cal Poly
    Register here.

January 2021

  • Looking forward to the end of COVID

December 2020

  • No SLOECC meeting this month.

November 2020

  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    November 18 1900: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.

    Note date change to accommodate Thanksgiving.

October 2020

  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    October 28 1900: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.

September 2020

  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    September 23 1900: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Station 1681 Front St., Oceano

    (To Be Confirmed)
  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    September 26: Lighthouse Local Ride.

August 2020

  • August 19: 2020 FEMA Evaluated Nuclear Power Plant Exercise (Evaluated Exercise)
  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    August 19 1900: 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

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/
  • July 22: 2020 FEMA Evaluated Nuclear Power Plant Exercise (Practice Exercise)
  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    July 22 1900: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave. (tentative)

    Field Day After Action Review (tentative)
  • No SLOECC meeting this month.

June 2020

  • IT'S ON!
    June 01 06:00pm: Test session
    at Paso Robles ARC meeting at the Estrella Warbirds Museum. All levels offered. Sign up in advance, email to wb9vxy@gmail.com
  • June 20: Satellite Amateur Radio Club Swapmeet
  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    June 24 1900: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.

    Field Day Prep
  • IT'S ON!
    June 27-28: ARRL Field Day

    Trinity Methodist Church, 490 LOVR in Los Osos
    11:00am Saturday to 11:00am Sunday

May 2020

  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    May 27 1900: SLOECC at Cambria Fire Station

April 2020

  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    April 04: Eroica Bike Ride
  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    April 18: HamCram in Santa Maria

    Get your license in 1 day!
    For information, visit: https://w6nbc.com/
  • April 22 1900: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium 1585 Kansas Ave.
    ERC Board Election
  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    April 25: SLOBC Wildflower Century

March 2020

  • March 14: SCOR Solvang Century
  • CANCELED due to COVID-19
    March 25 1900: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.

February 2020

  • February 03 1800: Test session in Paso Robles
    Contact Tom Tengdin <wb9vxy@gmail.com> for details.
  • February 03 1900: SLOECC at Estrella Warbirds Museum, Paso Robles
    Note date change to coincide with PRARC meeting.
    Joint Meeting with Paso Robles Amateur Radio Club
    "What do I do about my Windows7 machine?"
    OS Virtualization: Run multiple operating systems on a single PC or Mac

    Speaker: Joe Biniskiewicz, KD6ECF
    Most newer computers, combined with off-the-shelf software, contain features that help support running legacy operating systems and applications that we may reluctant to abandon.
  • February 15: Test session at Cal Poly
    Contact Tom Tengdin <wb9vxy@gmail.com> for details.

January 2020

  • January 06 1800: Test session in Paso Robles
    Contact Tom Tengdin wb9vxy@gmail.com for details.
  • 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 1900: SLOECC at SLO Sheriff's Auditorium, 1585 Kansas Ave.
    SLOECC Board Election
    John Lindsey, local meteorologist

December 2019

  • No SLOECC meeting this month.
  • No SLOECC Nets on 12/24 and 12/31
  • No ERC HamDinner/HamSpeaks/HamCoffees on 12/24 and 12/31
  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS, ALL!

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