WPARC - Club Pictures 2025

Western Placer Amateur Radio Club

WPARC Pictures Page 2025

We've had some fun at club events. Here are some pictures to share.

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Field Day, Jun 28, 2025

Photo credit: Erik W6ETJ

WPARC Club Field Day event at Foskett Regional Park, Lincoln, CA. Jerry N6JKH, Art KK6NFM, Michael K6BUK, and Jason KB6Q, among others, worked their stations in the morning making contacts. A few other members arrived to cheer them on and try their hand using the HF radios. Alas, multiple stations interfere with one another when they're all working the same 20M and 40M bands. Only Jerry and Art were still calling CQ Field Day at mid-afternoon as the east coast started coming alive.

Our club N3FJP logging software provided this North America section map showing our Field Day contacts. The white spaces indicate no contact, but the colored in sections indicate we did make a contact there.
Field Day Section Map Success

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Jerry studies the computer log	Art NFM gives Thumbs Up to Field Day in the shade	Michael BUK looks over Art NFM's shoulder
Walt JFL logs Bill MLT's contacts	Someone brought their Heil boom microphone, very nice!	Jerry JKH and Art NFM take a pause
Is Walt JFL plugging his ears?	Is an MFJ-2289 Big Ear Portable Dipole a non-inverted "V" antenna?
Bill MLT and Scott VAK take a pause in the shade	Scott VAK, Jerry JKH, and Art NFM take a pause	Jason Q adjusts the fan to amp up the cooling. It was a hot day
Jason takes a call	A Yaesu FT-991 on 20M, hunting for the next Field Day contact	Another view of the FT-991 pulling Field Day duty
Members put up an assortment of Yagi, vertical, dipole, and a circular antenna	Another view of our Field Day antenna fleet	And a third view of our Field Day antennas

Annual Ham Fest, Sep 20, 2025

Photo credit: Erik W6ETJ

Ham Fest is always a fun day when sellers bring out their cast offs and buyers line up to take the treasures home. Alas we could not offer coffee or donuts this year without a food concession license.

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Michael BUK and Jey DK staff the raffle ticket sales table	Art GYY, James EGJ, and Claire VWG staff the raffle ticket sales table	This was our Ham Fest HQ
Bill chats with a Ham Fest participant, it looks like he found something	Frank FMB mans the Ham Fest sales lot checkpoint.	Claire VWG keeps a eagle eye on the raffle ticket drum
Sellers meet buyers in the Ham Fest parking lot	Art BUK and Art GYY look photogenic	Sellers wander the Ham Fest parking lot in search of a treasure
Buyers look to make a deal with a seller	There are some treasures	Is that Bill? Is he buying, selling, or just looking?
Looks like some treasures on those tables!	One of our Ham Fest Marshals meets with an attendee	Ham Fest attendees seek treasures
A buyer meets a seller at the right price	The ARRL Team attended this year including new Pacific Division Director John Litz NZ6Q	Collect 'em all!

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