PURPOSE

WELCOME TO THE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OF EL CAJON

The Amateur Radio Club of El Cajon, Inc. (ARCEC) exists to encourage the furtherance of amateur radio and allied interests; to foster public service by the amateur radio community; the development of acquaintances; to increase our technical skills and knowledge of electronics as well as good operating practices for the increased enjoyment of amateur radio as a hobby.

What you put into Ham Radio is what you get out of it. Volunteer as much as you can. It is a lot of fun to see all the smiles.

ARCEC is an Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) special services club and club members are encouraged to be members of the ARRL as well as the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). Many of our members also participate in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) and VIP Red Flag Patrol (CAL Fire).

MEETING TIMES

Our monthly meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month, at the First Lutheran Church in El Cajon
867 S. Lincoln Ave
El Cajon, CA 92020

See the calendar below for details. SCARF usually meets for dinner at 5pm on Thursdays at Manana's Mexican Food, 1255 Avocado Ave.
STARTING IN FEBRUARY 2023, we will begin our meeting at 6:30 pm. Doors open at 6:00, meeting starts at 6:30 and we're usually done before 8:00. Bring your interests and ideas each month, and help us keep things interesting. Thank you for participating and helping this radio club survive. -Jon KK6VLO

REPEATER UPDATE

December 20, 2022 - The club repeaters are offline. We don't know why. We're scheduling time with the water district to get access and will figure it out soon.

December 28, 2022 - We're back online. Chuck went on site and got them running, and we'll update what we think was wrong once we have a better explanation. For now, all he did was flick the switch on the power supply.

UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS

JANUARY 2023 -- Happy New Year!

February 2023 -- MEETING BEGINS AT 6:30 p.m. Swap Meet Night - Free or Affordable! Bring radio things to swap or cheaply sell to our meeting and we'll provide a table where you can display them. You must take all un-gifted or un-sold items home with you. One HAM's junk is another HAM's new treasure.

Mark Wohlschlegel, WC3W will be presenting an overview of the CQ DX Marathon program on February 9, 2023. Mark has been an active operator for over 50 years and thoroughly enjoys working DX. He has recently taken over the helm of the program from longtime administrator John Sweeney, K9EL. The DX Marathon Program over the past two years is the fastest growing DX program in the world and in his presentation, he will explain how any licensed ham radio operator that works DX should participate in this program. The DXMarathon is a year long program starting on January 1st and ending on December 31st of each year. Countries and zones are worked with no confirmation required. Clubs can participate as well by combining their scores. Come join for this interesting presentation.

Only the presentation will be given over a ZOOM call, and our club meeting will be in person. I will post the zoom link prior to the meeting for those who want to connect from home.

March 2023 -- MEETING BEGINS AT 6:30 p.m.