River City Amateur Radio Communications Society
Sacramento, California since 1976!
Sacramento, California since 1976!
Our monthly in-person club meetings are held at 7 pm PT on the first Tuesday of each month at the Carmichael Public Library Meeting Room, 5605 Marconi Ave, Carmichael CA 95608.
Online access via Zoom is available upon request.
We appreciate your patience as we upgrade our camera and sound equipment to improve the quality of our Zoom presentations and YouTube channel videos.
River City ARCS meetings are open to the general public. Visitors are always welcome.
River City ARCS in-person meetings are held at 7:00 pm PT on the first Tuesday of each month at the Carmichael Public Library Meeting Room, 5605 Marconi Ave, Carmichael, CA 95608 and are open to members and all visitors. Members and visitors may also attend our meetings virtually via Zoom. Request Zoom log on information via advance email to contact@n6na.org
Click to view our archived meeting presentations
Playlist of archived meeting videos
Would you like a personal mentor to help get you on the air? Come to our meeting and ask about our "Elmer" Program!
Send your updates to Ken, KE6RMN, at kmartin537@surewest.net
Check into our friendly, casual and informal
Saturday Roundtable Net at 1500 (3 pm) Pacific Time
on 7181 kHz LSB +/- 3 kHz. See our Check-In List
All River City ARCS members and visitors are welcome!
Can't join us on the air? Join our Roundtable Zoom Party
or Click to Listen via the KFS WebSDR in Half Moon Bay!
Members and Visitors always Welcome!
8:00 pm - N6NA 145.250 MHz FM Repeater (- offset) PL 162.2
& AllStarLink Node: 53410 & EchoLink Node: N6NA-R
8:30 pm - 10 meter net 28.420 MHz USB
9:00 pm - Slow Scan TV Net N6NA 441.300 MHz FM Repeater
and YouTube Live Stream
10 meter Slow Speed (5 wpm) Morse CW Net: 28.055 MHz. Tues. & Thurs. at 10:00 AM and Wed. at 7:00 PM Pacific Time (Hosted by Ioan Negru, AI6UO)
Upcoming Meeting Programs/Area Events
March 25* - 8:30 am - River City ARCS Monthly Club Breakfast at Brookfield's, 4343 Madison Ave, Sacramento CA
* rescheduled from March 18March 25-26 - QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo
April 4 - 7 pm Club Meeting Program to be announced
April 15 - 8:30 am - River City ARCS Monthly Club Breakfast at Brookfield's, 4343 Madison Ave, Sacramento CA
April 21-23 - International DX Convention, Visalia, CA.
April 22 - 8 am - 12 noon - VOMARC Hamfest, Sonoma CA
May 19-20 - 9am-4pm N6NA at Rio Linda Farm & Tractor Days
June 3 - 7 am - 12 noon - N7RCA Hamfest, Minden NV
June 24-25 - River City ARCS ARRL Field Day
October 20-22 - ARRL Pacificon Convention, San Ramon CA
Join or Renew Membership now through 2023
Annual Dues for Full Time Students are $5
Click here to Join, Renew or Update
your River City ARCS Membership Now!
Membership is by calendar year. We appreciate your timely support.
Life & Complimentary Members: KD6RM KF6IZU KP4MD N6DRY+ N6ICW W6AWS W6DFG WB2ZEI WB6YLK WO6J Marie Martin (XYL of WB6YLK) Nancy Reid (XYL of K6DRY) KN6GAA : Legend: Silent Key+
Paid members for 2023.
AE6JG AI6UO AI6W DW7XCP K6CIM K6DRY K6GCN K6GEO K6HUH K6JGV K6MJ K6MCS K6VDU K6VSS K6WSM K6ZK K6ZLY K7GFM K9MEG KA4RXE KA6YLA KC6TRH KD6GBY KD6ILC KD6MDV KD6QZH KE6RMN KE7EL KE8FT KF6ABC KF6VOZ KG6BPO KG6ILB KG6NEN KG6SMX KI1TTY KI6JTF KI6LXY KI6MOL KI6RT KJ6CFD KJ6QMD KJ6VVV KK6DCT KK6LOL KK6PAS KK6TBO KK6WIP KK6WSP KK6YHM KK6ZGA KK6ZGB KL7HQR KM6DNV KM6FKB KM6GYM KM6JEQ KM6JNS KM6KFW KM6MZY KM6NFO KM6ONO KN6BVX KN6CAT KN6CTP KN6HTD KN6JGY KN6KDT KN6LC KN6LPX KN6LRN KN6LRO KN6PRD KN6QNQ KN6QQT KN6RWN KN6RXK KN6SD KN6VDP KN6WXR KN6YCN KO6KD KR4TH KS6WTF N5JEF N6ACU N6CKV N6CUQ N6DTR N6DXX N6EF N6EMF N6MAJ N6PGQ N6RF N6SRB N6TWW N6UMI N6WLM N6VN NR6H N7DY W6AE W6BS W6PJJ W6TGS W6VFW W6WMD WA6LXD WA6NEA WB6BIT WB6FC WB6UBK WD6AMA WG6CFS WO0KI W9SLH David Damit (0 call)
[updated Mar 20, 2023, total of 130 members]
Member dues & donations defray our meeting, event and operating expenses.
We offer Complimentary Membership to new hams
licensed at the Auburn, Carmichael Elks,
and Folsom VE team testing locations.
Our 2023 Complimentary membership goes to Ben KN6WYH. Congratulations!
River City ARCS is transitioning to a better membership management platform using Ham Club Online. General members who are familiar with this system will find it an easy transition because it offers cross-membership with other clubs who use the same system. This is better for the club and better for the environment! It is an option to use it if you can until further notice. The club board is already pilot-testing this.
NEW MEMBERS AREA:
THANK YOU TO OUR EVERGREEN* CLUB DONORS!
David KM6GYM, Laurence KC6TRH, Sylvia KS6WTF
*Evergreen donor program is at least $10/mo x 1 year pledge -
You get the I LOVE N6NA Repeater Acrylic LED lit plaque
Monthly River City ARCS Club Breakfasts at Brookfield's Restaurant
Join us on March 25 at 8:30 am for our friendly River City ARCS club breakfast at Brookfield's Restaurant meeting room, 4343 Madison Ave, Sacramento, CA. All our club members and visitors are welcome at this casual monthly social event. We moved this breakfast date to avoid conflict with the March 18 Loomis Hamfest.
Our sincere thanks to River City ARCS member Al, K6AAI, and RadioQSL.com for his generous donation of custom QSL cards for N6NA!
River City ARCS Logo Apparel
Order River City ARCS Logo caps, shirts and jackets directly from our logo apparel supplier.
Call Gina Land at (916) 455-2876 or visit Danoc Manufacturing,
6015 Power Inn Rd Ste A, Sacramento CA 95824.
Port Authority Cap $5.00 plus tax
River City ARCS Logo - add $5.50 plus tax
Name and call sign on each side of Logo - add $10.00 plus tax
Deep Red color Hanes #0504 EcoSmart Jersey Knit Polo Shirt with Pocket $14.00 plus tax
River City ARCS logo on left chest - add $5.50 plus tax
Name and call sign embroidered on right chest - add $8.50 plus tax
True Royal color Sport-Tek by Port Authority Style JST71 Sideline Jacket (price pending)
Large Logo embroidered on back - add $18.00 plus tax.
Small Logo on left chest - add $6.50 plus tax.
Name and call sign on left chest - add $8.50 plus tax.
River City ARCS Car Magnet and Sticker
Arrives to you after 1 year of membership with the club. We hope you stay current with your membership! Jeep SUV with car magnet photo credit: Alf Gonzalez KN6PRD
Amateur Radio Video/Podcast Channels
Audio Podcasts: SolderSmoke • QSO Today Podcast • ARRL: The Doctor Is In • ARRL: So Now What? • ARRL: On the Air
Videos: ARRL • Amateur Radio Roundtable • Amateur Logic TV • Ham College TV • Ham Nation Live Wed. at 6 pm PT - Episodes 80-485
• Ham Radio 2.0 • Ham Radio Crash Course • Other YouTube channels: N6NA • K7AGE • W6LG • K6UDA • W2AEW • KEØOG • VK3YE
We appreciate your support of the River City ARCS! This is your Club! Support it!
We forward inquiries and comments addressed to contact@n6na.org to the appropriate party.
Antelope Carmichael Citrus Heights North Highlands Foothill Farms Roseville California Sacramento Valley Hamfest Ham Radio American Radio Relay League ARRL Special Service Amateur Radio Club net N6NA 2 meter FM repeater 145.25 MHz 10 meter 28.420 MHz USB slow scan television SSTV 145.51 MHz APRS Packet DX CW AM RTTY PSK WSPR SSB HF VHF UHF YL Field Day FD