Schedule of future meetings:

• 13 October 2008: "CQP & SS Plans", TBD

• 10 November 2008: "SS Checkpoint" & "ARRL RTTY Round-Up", China Wok, Vallejo

• 8 December 2008: Holiday Dinner, Michael's Restaurant, Mountain View (tentative)

• 14 January 2009: Joint meeting with REDXA, Mr. Magoo's Restaurant, Petaluma

• 9 February 2009: Holder's Country Inn, San Jose

• 9 March 2009: Annual Awards Meeting, TIBCO, Palo Alto (tentative)

• 13 April 2009: Elections, Harry's Hofbrau, Santa Clara (tentative)

Meetings are usually the second Monday of the month. Meeting locations change from month-to-month to make it more convenient for members in various parts of our territory to attend.  The locations and program topics listed above are a tentative projection.  Always consult this page or the JUG for the final information on the next meeting.

Past Meetings

2008

• 23 August: Sierra chapter BBQ/meeting (tnx N6XI & XYL)

• 11 August: Which Contest is Best for You? (N6RO, K6XX, AE6Y, W0YK)

• 14 July: Computer-to-Radio Interfacing (K9YC)

• 9 June: Contesting and Health, other agenda items

• 12 May: Vision 2008 (K6MM & K9YC), Contest Logger Software:

  • Contest Logger Software Overview

  • CQPWIN

  • CT

  • N1MM Logger

  • WriteLog

  • Win-Test

  • Comparison

• 14 April: Elections, CW Contesting Panel

• 10 March: Awards

• 11 February:

• 16 January: Coax Chokes

2007

• 10 December: Holiday dinner party

• 12 November: Contesting with the K3; Config/Price spreadsheet

• 15 October: CQP Report, SS LCR Analysis,  SS Propagation

• 10 September: CQP Plans

• 13 August: agenda, High Rate RTTY Contesting

• 7 July: agenda, BS7H

• 11June: Elecraft K3

• 14 May: BS7H & N8S

• 9 April: LoTW and Farallons IOTA Expedition

• 12 March: Awards

• 12 February: WPX Plans

• 8 January: Reflector Tips

2006

• 13 November: SS Phone & Audio snippet, N6BV & P49X 2006 ARRL RTTY Round-Up, W0YK

• 16 October: SS Preparation, N6BV

• 11 September: N6BV & SS Propagation

• 14 August: WRTC Observations, N6BV, N2NL, W2SC

• 12 June: RFI Suppression with Toroids, K9YC; President's Comments, N6BV

• 8 May: 2006-2007 Plan (N6BV) , K7C DXpedition (AD6E, K6SRZ, NI6T)

• 10 April: Noise Elimination, K2RD

• 13 March: Annual Awards Dinner

2005

• 10January: K2 as a Contesting Radio

• 7 February: Our Secret Weapons

• 14 March: Awards Dinner

• 18 April: Elections, YagiStress, Antenna Panel

• 8 May: Remote Station Control

• 23 July: Joint MLDXCC meeting, A71AJ

• 13 June: Multi-Op Contesting, N7MH

• 8 August: 2005 - The 40th Running of CQP

• 12 September 2005: Getting Prepared for SS

  • N6BV: SS Propagation

  • WX5S: SS HMO

  • N6RO: SS Tips

• 10 October 3005: Getting MORE Prepared for SS!

  • N6BV: SS Propagation (enhanced)

  • N6RO: SS Tips

2004

• 10 May: Teamwork

• 14 June: 2003 SS Lessons Learned, 2004 Budget

• 24 July: T33C DXpedition (joint MLDXCC meeting)

• 9 August: CQP

• 13 September: 2004 SS Strategy

• 18 October: 2004 SS Tactics

• 8 November: Orion

• 13 December: Holiday Party

  • Pileup WAV file and log

  • Pictures courtesy K1IR:

             

Meeting Locations

• Agilent (used to be Hewlett-Packard) - Building 50, Santa Clara

• Chef Wang's, Los Altos

• Chevys Fresh Mex, Foster City

• China Wok, Vallejo

• Christy Street Deli, Fremont

• Duke of Edinburgh, Cupertino (OK, so this pub isn't exactly a meeting place, but it is a meeting-after-the-meeting place. NCCC'ers are frequently found sampling the brews here after HP Building 50 meetings.)

• Harry's Hofbrau, Redwood City

• Holder's Country Inn , San Jose

• HP - Building 20A, Palo Alto

• HP - Building 36, Mountain View

• IHOP (International House of Pancakes), Martinez

• Mountain Mike's Pizza, Belmont

• Pleasanton Hotel, Pleasanton

• Red Morton Community Center, Redwood City

• Senior Center, Jackson

• South Beach Yacht Club, San Francisco

• Old Spaghetti Factory, Oakland

• TIBCO, Palo Alto

• Tied House - Mountain View

• Tied House - San Jose

• Tularik, Inc. - South San Francisco