What we’re about
The San Mateo Radio Club has served the Amateur Radio community on the San Francisco peninsula since 1946. The club promotes the exchange of knowledge among members at monthly meetings, serves the local community with emergency communication, and helps newcomers get on the air. Meetings cover a wide range of radio related topics such as DX (long distance communication), digital radio, new technologies, equipment reviews, competitions (contests), emergency protocols, remote region expedition communications (DXpeditions), and much more. The club’s goal is to improve its member’s technical and operating capabilities and to foster fellowship.
Meetings
The San Mateo Radio Club meets the third Friday of the month at 7:15pm on Zoom and at the Congregational Church of San Mateo. Each meeting has a presentation on a topic of interest in amateur radio. There are plenty of opportunities to ask questions and get help with problems.
Membership
Membership is open to anyone with an interest in amateur radio. The annual dues are $25.
To become a member, either through the mail with a physical check, or with credit-card online, the process starts out the same on our web form: http://w6uq.org/dues
Weekly Radio NET
Join us for the San Mateo Radio Club 2-meter Net every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 19:00 PT on the N6ZX repeater:
• Output: 145.370 MHz, Minus offset of 600 KHz
• Tone CTCSS (PL): 107.2 Hz
Our thanks to the Kings Mountain Amateur Radio Club for allowing us to use their repeater for our weekly NET.
More Information
• To receive our monthly email: http://www.w6uq.org
• Main web site: http://www.W6UQ.org
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/cqw6uq
• ARRL listing: http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/san-mateo-radio-club-inc/type:club
• FCC listing: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=814328
Upcoming events (2)
See all- CW Tales -- Yours and Mine!Link visible for attendees
Early radio transmitters could not be modulated to transmit speech, and so CW (continuous wave) radio telegraphy was the only form of communication. CW persists in amateur radio today because it is the simplest form of modulation and uncomplicated robust transmitters can be used.
Join us this evening for a fun presentation and discussion with Connie W6EFI! From the vantage point of a relatively new learner, discover getting on the air with CW. Connie will reveal the number one foolproof formula for learning Morse Code along with insightful tips and observations. In the second part of this forum, join in as people talk about their own experiences and opinions of CW. If you have a code key, paddle, or "bug", bring it in and show it off!
The video conferencing session and in-person location opens at 7:00 pm, but the meeting officially starts at 7:15 pm.
Video conferencing: The Zoom link will show on the event page after you register for this event.
In-person location: Congregational Church of San Mateo, Betsy Woodward Christian Education building, in the Will Bullis Community Room, 2nd Floor. The church is graciously allowing SMRC to use their meeting room free of charge.
The church address is 225 Tilton Ave, San Mateo, CA. However, on Google Maps, use 220 Catalpa St, San Mateo, CA 94401 to navigate to the parking lot off of Catalpa Street. Access to the building entrance is from the back of the building -NOT the main entrance from the street. Finding the building entrance on the church campus may be confusing - watch this video for details: http://w6uq.org/directions. The Will Bullis Community Room is on the 2nd Floor.
If the parking lot is full, find street parking. For individuals who need it, there is a limited number of accessible spaces in the parking lot.
- APRIL MONTHLY EVENTS TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AT 7PMNeeds location
All April Tuesdays 7PM - WEEKLY NET - ON THE AIR 145.370 - 107.2
All April Wednesdays 745pm - low stress CW
All April Thursdays 7pm - Ham Chat - open topic 145.370 - 107.2Wednesdays at 745pm - talk with Connie W6EFI or Mike N6IMY - we have been recently trying on Tuesday or Thursday.
No Pressure CW Get Together - we have been informally getting on random bands to do CW Morse Code in the evenings. Please ask where and when at any of our events. Note: we have tried 6m at 50.050 and 2m at 144.200 and are willing to try elsewhere plus HF. We have also used modulated FM with a code oscillator through a repeater. Suggest a time and place to meet. We use a repeater to start, ask questions, and propose more to do on the air CW. meet on N6ZX 145.370 -600 pl 107.2 to coordinate CW frequency.San Mateo Radio Club Weekly net:
700PM - Check in to the net with your callsign and name.
Feel free to:
Share what you are up to.
Pass along current and future ham events.
Chat with your fellow hams after roll call.
A few reference materials to read up on before the net:
- http://www.hamuniverse.com/repeater.html
- https://hamradioschool.com/five-common-mistakes-new-hams-make/
- sign up to find local repeaters near you: https://www.repeaterbook.com/
- trying a hot spot to reach outside your RF range: https://amateurradionotes.com/hotspots.htm
Share upcoming events, announcements, nets, and new things you are trying.
Where to meet: N6ZX repeater 145.370Mhz, tone 107.2, offset minus 600Khz, FM analog. If the repeater is not operational please transmit on simplex 145.370MHz.
Thank you to the Kings Mountain Amateur Radio Club for the use of the N6ZX repeater!
Other things to do with San Mateo Radio Club:
-Tuesday Evenings 7 pm - Our weekly net - 145.370MHz N6ZX
-Thursday Evening 7 pm - Our weekly Ham Chat - 145.370 N6ZX
-3rd Friday of the Month 715pm - Next dates are:
JanuaryOur monthly meeting will be on Zoom and In-Person. Congregational Church of San Mateo parking lot address - 220 Catalpa Street San Mateo. w6uq.org/directions
Our website: w6uq.org
-Check email status with the club: w6uq.org/subscribe - be sure to be on our email list.
-SMRC events using Meetup: w6uq.org/events
-Join SMRC as a member, pay dues, membership list status: w6uq.org/dues
-SMRC event calendar: w6uq.org/calendar
-SMRC Pictures: w6uq.org/pictures
-SMRC meeting past presentations: w6uq.org/meetings
-Directions to In-Person meetings: w6uq.org/directions
Local Amateur Radio Testing:
Bay Area Educational Amateur Radio Society - http://www.baears.com/
Silicone Valley VE Group - http://svve.org/
Sunnyvale VEC - https://www.amateur-radio.org/
How to locate your grid square - for exchanges in contest:
https://www.egloff.eu/qralocator/
https://www.qrz.com/gridmapperField Day 2023 results: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VpphDeC4SsdAQBd7jENHii5xjMsDpdHz/view?usp=sharing
