Coos County Radio Club is calling for volunteers to organize and assist managing Summer Field Day
June 26-28. Some set up work is expected on Friday. Main event Saturday & Sunday.
The Club will be showing the new trailer for the first time at the Bandon City park on west 11th street.
Join the Tuesday evening Club VHF ‘net at 7:30 to hear more.
https://www.arrl.org/field-day
Back in April, the first iteration of trailer graphics mock ups were circulated in this post.
A survey was linked at the bottom and here are the results.
Thanks everyone who completed the survey and has so far participated to move the project forward.
We’ll be discussing it for a bit during the CCRC weekly VHF ‘net, tomorrow evening at 7:30pm.
Status: Fifth design iteration.
Everyone please join us on the air Tuesday evening.
Round table discussion. And perhaps vote go / no go.
Regular Tuesday evening K7CCH VHF net at 7:30pm. Details here.
The objective: Simple, readable text and minimum cost. Those criteria are met with plain white vinyl lettering stating the club name, web URL and call sign.
Note: We plan to add QR Code graphics not accounted for in that price.
Producing a Club logo and trailer graphics for it, is another project. REPEAT A Club logo is not in scope for this effort.
Also: A Club member has funded this portion of the trailer graphics, therefore the expense is not part of the Club’s build budget.
The June CoB Newsletter announces Summer Field days for the public’s awareness. It’s on pg 2 at the bottom.
But also of interest are notes on preparing for Power cuts – in case of fire.
The Bandon AuxCom group (N6BLU, KF7RSF, KK7WXV) has obtained three newly minted MeshCore repeaters thanks to funder/builder Von WB6DYA.
We are seeking elevated locations for placements in Bandon. The objective is to make connections with Coos Bay and Coquille MeshCore networks already in operation.
Pictured are mature prototypes. They’re well tested and operate reliably.
These repeaters run on solar power and once situated are managed / updated over the air.
Which means AuxCom members should not need regular physical access. We don’t need to touch the appliances unless they fail.
The MeshCore project is new and we welcome inquiries. Send email for more information. MeshCore@CoosRadioClub.com
Please pass this information along to any who may be interested.
MeshCore is an open-source, decentralized mesh networking protocol and software platform designed for low-power, off-the-grid text communication and telemetry.
It allows off-the-shelf radio hardware to link together to form a self-healing, private communication network completely independent of cellular service, Wi-Fi, or satellite internet.
MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND
JUNE 5TH – 7TH
All Aboard for 2026 Museum Ships Weekend! The historic U.S.S. Lucid is the setting for SDARC Museum Ships Weekend – this weekend! We are running a 3 station set up including CW, SSB Voice and Digital to make worldwide contacts. Over 100 ships around the world are participating and being “hunted” by Amateur Radio Operators world-wide in pursuit of awards… Several current and former U.S. Navy veterans will be on-the-air. This is a great event aboard a local piece of history. If you’ve never participated in a special event station, if you’ve never been on HF, Museum Ships Weekend is your opportunity to experience both. Experienced operators will be on board to help you. The USS Lucid is located at 3100 Monte Diablo Road in Stockton, behind the buildings at the river edge – across from the ball fields at Louis Park.
This is where I (Ki6DC) lived for many years, blessings, Eugene
The most recent iterated design for the club trailer graphics has arrived from a local vendor.
Thanks to Maya Graphics for their effort in the the design and pricing.
We asked for simple white lettering. And I gave permission to mock up components similar to the first attempt. This would (theoretically) provide some ability for price comparison.
If we install the vinyl ourselves, we save $350.
Previously the cost estimate was less than $500.00:
*Note: These expenses are not included in the remodel budget, as a member has volunteered to cover them.
Thanks to the Coos County Radio Club website, a member of the public came forward with an illegally modified Citizens Band radio. And due to that interaction the radio has been removed from circulation.
Prohibition of Sale: The FCC strictly prohibits the marketing, advertising, or selling of non-certified or illegally modified radio equipment. This applies to everyone, regardless of whether they hold a Ham license or not.
If you modify your radio for extra “channels” or freeband operation the radio is now illegal to use to transmit. If you modify your radio’s clarifier to adjust TX frequency your radio is now illegal to use to transmit.
If a CB shop (any CB shop) does a “peak and tune” to your CB radio and it increases the modulation or output power over FCC levels the radio is now illegal to use to transmit. It doesn’t matter that it’s a CB shop with a business license that did the work on your radio, it still becomes an illegal CB radio to use for transmitting.
It’s simply illegal to make any modifications to your CB radio. What does this mean? You cannot legally change anything inside the radio and then use the radio for transmitting.
This is one service the Ham Radio community is ready to help the public with – What to do with legacy radio gear of all kinds.
In this case, a member took possession of the gear and will assure proper disposal of the radio.
The 80 watt HF amp might work well for POTA though!
Much has happened over the past couple of weeks, some good some not so good but progress has been made. Approximately $3200.00 has been spent on the project so far and there are still a few things needed to be purchased. Most of the high dollar stuff is sitting here waiting for it’s turn to be installed.
Finishing up the insulation, painting interior panels (Thank You Lorna!) and wiring of the interior and exterior lighting has been the majority of the tasks the last couple of weeks. Insulation is complete, most of the painted panels have been re-installed and the majority of the lighting wiring is complete other than some switches yet to be installed.
Flooring and desk materials are here and will be the focus over the next few days followed by the installation of a 3000watt 120v inverter/charger/transfer switch, the 4-100Ah batteries, and the solar panel rack and panels.
Workdays are Wednesdays and Saturdays, 11am – ?. Contact Gary N6BLU@hotmail.com Come by and put your mark on the trailer.
Coos County Radio Club to provide race communications.
For more information or to volunteer, club members can reach the Radio Event Boss Sam W7GNM. Details for the event are recorded below (.PDF)
Coos County Radio Club