|
Web Site Last updated: Friday, April 9, 2021 @ 8:57pm |
| Date Updated
| Action Taken
| Change Made
|
| 04/09/2021 |
Updated |
- VHF & HF Net Call Sheets |
| 04/07/2021 |
Posted |
- Special announcement regarding the Fire Tower that SIERA uses to
house our repeater on Leviathon Peak.
See the announcement below on this webpage. |
| 04/03/2021 |
Posted |
- 2021 Pony Express Announcement
See the Communications Events link under the "Activities" menu |
| 03/31/2021 |
Posted |
- April 2021 SIERA Beacon Newsletter
& Special Antenna Supplement submitted by Guenther-KU8B
See the Newsletter list for link to this article. |
| 03/30/2021 |
Updated |
- Membership Listing |
| 03/20/2021 |
Posted |
- ALL CLUB IN-PERSON MEETINGS & ACTIVITIES SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
See Meeting Adjustment Notice below |
| 2021 Pony Express Re-Ride is ON!!! |
The 2021 Pony Express Re-ride will be traveling through Nevada from Woodfords
to Ibapah this year.
The Pony is scheduled to come into Nevada at Woodfords at 1:00pm PDT, June 17th and leave Nevada at Ibapah at 2am MDT, June 20th.
Your participation in this event, as always, is greatly appreciated AND necessary!
Click here to go to the Main Pony Express page
More information coming soon! |
| « Announcements & Events » |
| MEETING ADJUSTMENT NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 |
Effective immediately and until further notice, all
SIERA meetings will be held via our Repeater
at their regular times (see Repeater information, Net and Meeting Schedules below).
We will resume in-person meeting and activity schedules as soon as the restrictions are lifted.
|
| Repeater and Net Info: |
The SIERA Repeater is an open 2-meter repeater, located on Leviathon Peak south of the Carson Valley. It operates at
147.33 MHz with a +600 KHz
input offset and a PL of 123.0 Hz. On Tuesday evenings, we conduct a roll-call net on our repeater at 7:30 PM PT. On Wednesday evenings
we conduct an informal net (called the "Watering Hole") on our repeater at 7:30 PM PT. We invite all amateur radio operators to join us
during these nets. The nets meet to discuss, collect, and pass on general information of interest to both club members as well as non-members.
Following the Tuesday evening VHF net we also conduct a roll-call HF net on 3.982MHz ±, LSB, at 8:00 PM PT.
|
| Meeting Schedules: |
SIERA General Club Membership Meetings are held at 1:00pm PT on the first Saturday of
each month. We will use the SIERA VHF Repeater to conduct this meeting. |
| |
SIERA Club Board Meetings are held at 12:00pm PT (NOON) on the first Saturday of
each month. We will use the SIERA VHF Repeater to conduct this meeting. |
| |
SIERA VE Exam Sessions are SUSPENDED until further notice. |
| Social Breakfasts: |
ALL
Social Breakfast & Lunch Gatherings are SUSPENDED until further notice. |
|
 Leviathon Peak
SIERA Repeater
Site |
SIERA NV7CV REPEATER
NEWS
Saving Leviathan Peak Lookout
UPDATED: April 7, 2021 |
Leviathon Peak
SIERA
Repeater Site |
Special article by Bob Yandow - K7GUU
In the past we have discussed the Forest Service and CALOES plans for the Leviathan Peak infrastructure. I am a member of the Forest
Fire Lookout Association which would like to save the Leviathan Peak lookout building. See the following information regarding potential
plans to demolish the old lookout tower.
Thanks for your help. Bob K7GUU
Some may remember I have worked as a wildfire lookout in past summers and I belong to the Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA). Our
association has the purpose of saving and restoring fire lookout structures across the United States. We have assisted federal and state
agencies in maintaining fire lookout towers when their funds were short. Some of these were grants of several hundreds of dollars and
some were major rebuilding projects. A few have consisted of moving the structures piecemeal or intact via helicopters.
Currently the Forest Service is planning on destroying the Leviathan Peak lookout which is the site of the SIERA club 147.330 repeater.
The FFLA leadership in the Western U.S. would like to save the lookout and has contacted the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
administration about alternatives in place of destroying the lookout. We understand building a new communications tower and destroying
the lookout has been delayed. The FFLA wishes to evaluate if the lookout can be used where it is or moved to another location. To do
this we would first need the structure of the lookout evaluated by a structural engineer to determine if it can be saved or moved. I
would like to know if any of the SIERA members are structural engineers or know such an engineer who would be willing to do a gratus
evaluation of the structure relative to it remaining in place or being moved. If someone does come forth I can put them in touch with
the FFLA staff able to proceed with such a project.
Thanks for your help. Please email me at k7guu@arrl.net to discuss this further.
Bob Yandow K7GUU.
|
|
Find us on Facebook