Blog - Northern California Ham Kids

Net Movement

posted Oct 9, 2011 6:54 PM by Sutter Laird

Due to Saturdays getting harder for me to do, the net will be moving to Thursdays at 7:30 pm, still on 146.910. This will take effect Thursday, November 3. All nets before that will be on Saturday, while all nets after will be on Thursday. Hopefully this change will make it easier for everyone to check in.

Field Day is Coming Up!

posted Jun 18, 2010 4:21 PM by Sutter Laird

I hope everyone gets a chance to visit a Field Day location. You can find a location near you at http://www.arrl.org/field-day

Announcements April 17

posted Apr 17, 2010 7:26 PM by Sutter Laird

Google Group:

We now have a Google group so that I can email you with important notifications. Please fill out the form on the Google Group page. Be sure to get permission from your parents!

Voting Results:

• We will keep the role call.

• We will keep having only one net control.

Want to Light up Your Bike?

posted Dec 27, 2009 7:19 PM by Sutter Laird

Some good ham friends of mine, Joe (AB6JP) and Marc (KG6ZKQ) (regular check-ins), put strings of Christmas lights on their bikes every year. I got to see their bikes, and they were incredible! Joe had the idea to get a bunch of people together with lights on their bikes and have a light-up Bike-a-Thon to raise money for the Salvation Army. I thought I would post here to see if anybody was interested in lighting up their bike and joining the parade.

Audio Archives Shut Down

posted Nov 10, 2009 7:55 PM by Sutter Laird [ updated Nov 23, 2009 3:26 PM ]

The Audio Archives have been shut down until further notice due to technical difficulties with the recording equipment.

Listed on DXZone.com!

posted Nov 7, 2009 2:37 PM by Sutter Laird

Yippee! We are now listed on www.dxzone.com, the amateur radio search engine! This will help more people find our little club!

Experiment Gives Project Green Light

posted Oct 30, 2009 6:38 PM by Sutter Laird [ updated Nov 7, 2009 2:38 PM ]

I tried an experiment during the Net last week on October 24th. I was not there for so net, but I wanted to hear what happened. So I hooked my dad's police scanner up to my ham radio laptop and set it to record from 6:55-7:20 pm. I worked great! Now, if you visit the Audio Archives page, you will see the recording on the bottom. I hope to do this every net, now that I know it works.

JOTA was a Success

posted Oct 21, 2009 5:10 PM by Sutter Laird [ updated Nov 7, 2009 7:30 PM ]

Yippee! The Scout Day Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) on Saturday, October 17 was succesful and fun! I was a control operator on 2 meters form 9am to 12pm. I am looking forward to next year!

New URL

posted Oct 4, 2009 1:36 PM by Sutter Laird

Woohoo! You can now visit this website by going to www.hamforkids.com! I bought this domain name because the URL for this website was so long, it was hard to say on the air and have people understand. The net script has been updated to show the change.