NU6XB Club News
Welcome to UC Berkeley EECS Amateur Radio Club, NU6XB! We’re just starting to get this site up and running so please come visit us again!
16 Jan 20 –
Because Miki’s Ham Class is on wednesdays at 1800 hrs, the Net is moving again. The W6BB Net will now take place on tuesdays at 1900 hrs on the LBNL Repeater, 442.275+ MHz with a PL tone of 103.5 Hz.
11 Sep 19 –
W6BB is re-starting the weekly net, but have moved the time to wednesday evenings at 1900 hrs on the LBNL Repeater, 442.275+ MHz with a PL tone of 103.5 Hz.
16 Jun 19 –
The M2 LEO (2M and 20cm) antennas are now up and running. We are still in the process of shaking things out, but everything is looking good!
Also, a reminder that Field Day is this weekend! Unfortunately, we, as a group, are not participating, but there are plenty of ARCs participating nearby. EBARC will have a station at the Berkeley Marina so stop by if you can!
Update: Just a pic of EBARC’s Digital Tent for Field Day 2019 in the early morning.
22 Feb 2019 –
The next Amateur Radio Test Session for EE123/198 being sponsored by EBARC/ORCA/ARCA will be held at 6:00PM on Friday 22 Feb 2019 in the:
- Wozniak Lounge
UC Berkeley
Soda Hall
Don’t forget to bring $15. Also, you may want to register for a FRN if you don’t already have one.
6 Feb 2019 –
The EE123/198 Class is having a tour of UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Lab (SSL). Update: here are some pics from the tour
- MEDIA ROOM
OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
1605 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY (AT 16TH ST)
OAKLAND, CA 94612
Don’t forget to bring $15. Also, you may want to register for a FRN if you don’t already have one.
28 Oct 2018 –
The next Amateur Radio Test Session being sponsored by EBARC/ORCA/ARCA will be held at 9AM on Sunday 28 Oct 2018 at:
- MEDIA ROOM
OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
1605 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY (AT 16TH ST)
OAKLAND, CA 94612
Don’t forget to bring $15. Also, you may want to register for a FRN if you don’t already have one.
19-21 Oct 2018 –
Pacificon is the ARRL Pacific Division Ham Radio Convention produced by the Mount Diablo Radio Club.
- PACIFICON 2018
San Ramon Marriott
2600 Bishop Drive
San Ramon CA 94583
20 Jul 2018 –
- Sorry for the short notice but the next Amateur Radio Test Session being sponsored by EBARC/ORCA/ARCA will be held at 9AM on Sunday 22 Jul 2018 at:
- MEDIA ROOM
OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
1605 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY (AT 16TH ST)
OAKLAND, CA 94612Don’t forget to bring $15. Also, there may be a large number of applicants so you may want to show up early.
- Radio Day by the Bay 2018 – Live in Alameda
Saturday July 21st 2018. This is our Giant annual event – your chance to hear live music from Radio’s Golden Age, see a radio play, bid on or purchase a radio from the past – 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s – and at great prices. Click for more information. This is a benefit for The California Historical Radio Society
2 Jul 2018 –
Back on 28 Mar 2018 (see below), KK6MRI made a posting about this on the class Slack Channel. A short Perspective Segment on KQED. A friend of mine, K6RJM, mentioned his radio club has a link to actual recordings from the Loma Prieta earthquake back in 1989 (scroll down and you will find four links). Someone had the presence of mind to record the event.
June 23-24, 2018
This coming weekend is Field Day! Many clubs around the Bay Area (near Berkeley, you have Alameda, Oakland, El Cerrito, Contra Costa County and San Francisco to name a few) will be sponsoring events where they will demonstrate various fun things you can do!
18 Apr 2018 –
Today is World Amateur Radio Day! “Every April 18, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on this day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris”
11 Apr 2018 –
The next Amateur Radio Test Session being sponsored by EBARC/ORCA/ARCA will be held at 9AM on Sunday 22 Apr 2018 at:
- MEDIA ROOM
OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
1605 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY (AT 16TH ST)
OAKLAND, CA 94612
Don’t forget to bring $15. Also, there may be a large number of applicants so you may want to show up early.
28 Mar 2018 –
Miki (KK6MRI) posted this on the class Slack Channel. A short Perspective Segment on KQED.
Commenting on this, if you attend any of the many radio clubs in the area, you will meet people who helped from this area during that and many other emergencies. It’s quite interesting talking with them. Also, if you have ever attended a marathon, festival or other civic-sponsored event, you may think the officials are talking on cheap Radio Shack Walkie-Talkies, but they are all licensed radio operators. -KM6NGX
4 Mar 2018-
Some students launched a balloon (KE8IVX-11) and tracked it. See its path here.