FJ Cruisers of Northern California

East Bay Pacificon / Meetup San Ramon Saturday Oct 16th

Figured we needed to get a East Bay get together going again and this is a perfect opportunity.

http://www.pacificon.org has information on what is expected to be there Tickets are 15 dollars if you buy in advance and I believe 20 dollars the day of the event.

This is a good opportunity for for folks to get a get their license as well as check out some of the latest gear from the various manufactures

Some of the highlights

HAM swap - 6AM - Noon. Here you can find that diamond in the rough, or you can be amazed at how much crap people own and try to sell. It 's very entertaining,
HAM Cram - You can signup and knock you tech license out. It's included with the cost of the event, but they do have a 40 person max so if your interested then sign up soon.
People watching - If you though some of the off roaders were eccentric, they can't hold a candle to a large group of hams.
Vendors - Sometimes they do show deals so you might get a percentage off of gear. but it's a great place to pick up batteries and other electrical accesseries.
Forums - They also have a bunch of forums that might peak your intrest.

I'm also going to see if I can get the guys that run the CARLA system to hang with us after the event. A great group of guys and a sweet system.

For those of you that aren't interested in going to Pacificon we can then get together after we are done with the convention.

Unless someone has a better idea, I'm thinking the Hopyard in San Ramon will be a good place meetup after Pacificon. They have a decent menu and unless something has changed radically a great beer selection.

If you are interested just sign up in the comments and let me know if your going to Pacificon or just the meetup or both.

OPG4759 - Both.
Sonof40 - Both
Patrick +1 - Both
Boss73 - Both
DWH - Both (tentative)
Toe4x4 - Meet Up
downy_ball - Both
PBn'FJ - Both
Manoweb +1

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Permalink Reply by Sonof40 on September 8, 2010 at 8:01am

both

Permalink Reply by Ranger Jim on September 8, 2010 at 8:06am

mmmmmm, Ham

Permalink Reply by Boss73 on September 8, 2010 at 8:42am

X2 on the mmmmm HAM

But back on track I want to go to this and I will do both..

Permalink Reply by DWH on September 8, 2010 at 1:11pm

Maybe, on both.

Permalink Reply by TOE 4X4 on September 8, 2010 at 3:20pm

Meet up only

Permalink Reply by Bz on September 8, 2010 at 8:29pm

1st street Ale House!!!!

Permalink Reply by opg4759 on September 8, 2010 at 8:43pm

Most of us are going to be just down the street from the Hopyard, plus I have to cut out by 6:30 since I have opening night at the Shark Tank.

We can do Livermore at a future East Bay meetup.

Permalink Reply by downy_ball on September 8, 2010 at 9:12pm

Both. I've also singed up to do the Ham Cram, if anyone else wants to join me :-)

Permalink Reply by potatomutato on September 8, 2010 at 9:25pm

is there another type of license besides the Tech License?...or is this the one to go with?

Permalink Reply by opg4759 on September 8, 2010 at 9:30pm

Tech is the lowest level license you can get. It allows you privileges for any of the ham bands above 50MHz, for most of us it's fine. I've been a Tech for 18 years.

I'm going to upgrade my license so I can gain extra privileges below 50MHz.

It's worth getting your ticket even if your not going to use it immediately.

Permalink Reply by downy_ball on September 8, 2010 at 9:32pm

come on tater... we kan b study buds

;-]

Permalink Reply by opg4759 on September 9, 2010 at 7:36am

If your completely new then picking up a book like

The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual

Is a good idea since it will help you understand some of the theory, and your not just memorizing questions and answers from the testing pool.

I put into every practice a lot of the information I learned when I was becoming a HAM.