Terry Finn has announced that there will be a mini auction at the next club meeting, on Feburary 4th, with proceeds to benefit PAARA.

This Friday, February 4,
at 7:30pm, World-famous DXer Bonnie Crystal will describe her most interesting operating adventures to remote locations all around and deep inside the Earth. Bonnie will talk about her use of the LowFER 160–190 kHz band, with its mile-long (1750m) wavelength, for establishing radio communications from the surface into deep underground caves, and her adventures spelunking and exploring lost jungle cities in Peru.
Bonnie is perhaps best known for founding the HF Pack group, which promotes the use HF radio communications while pedestrian or bicycle mobile, but has also co-founded three high-tech companies (International Medcom, Telegen, and Telisar), and in a previous century, co-authored The World of CB Radio

New Location!
PAARA member Sister Tony, KG6RVS passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2005 at the Mission San Jose, Dominican Nuns.

Services to be held on Monday, January 24, 2005 at 17:00 (5pm), with a viewing at 16:00 (4pm) at The Holy Family Sisters Chapel, 159 Washington, 510-657-2468. Driving directions.

According to K6WX, 880 may be congested at that time of day so one might want to take Mowry or Stevenson to Mission Blvd and then head south to Bryant. A Mapquest map is also available.

Les Vickery, W6AKR, passed away on Christmas Day, December 25/04. He was a long time PAARA member who lived a rather exciting life as a radio operator with Pan Am Airways. The family is planning a graveside service for Friday, January 7/05 at 1300 hrs at the Sky Lawn Memorial Park, located at the top of the hill on highway 92.
A memorial service will be held sometime later and his daughter Lee Ann at 408-529-6081 will advise us of the details.
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