Membership Information
Club Directors
The people to contact if you have questions or comments...
Lee Hendrickson, K6LQT Send email
or connect to Lee's Home Page
George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU Send email
or connect to George's Home Page
Mission Statement
SRA’s mission is to provide a membership-supported, linked
amateur radio UHF repeater system that provides reliable communications
throughout the major population centers of Northern California in support of
community events, non-profit emergency and disaster relief agencies, and SRA’s
membership.
In support of the above-stated mission, SRA will:
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Provide a feature-rich system that can be readily configured for daily
enjoyment or for a particular event or emergency situation
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Employ sound technical practices, commercial-grade equipment, and knowledgeable
site managers to ensure that the system is reliable, especially in the event of
an emergency
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Maintain a sufficient spares inventory to permit rapid change-out of equipment
at each site
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Make the system available to non-members for scheduled events as well as
emergencies
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Foster an environment where members with all levels of skill can be challenged
to participate in technical and non-technical activities to heighten their
enjoyment of the system as well as to maintain and improve the system
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Encourage experimentation, learning and exploring new ideas that may enhance
the utility, reliability and fun using SRA’s system (e.g., portable repeaters,
IRLP, remote bases, control systems, etc.)
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Encourage members to create and actively participate in club events including
contests, Field Day, public amateur radio displays, school programs, etc.
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Create a positive, upbeat operating environment that welcomes new potential
members and encourages system usage and experimentation
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Create a “membership-sponsored” environment that is open to all amateurs who
are willing to support the mission.
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Provide a
structured set of communications practices that help prepare our club members
to effectively participate in public service activities and real emergency
communication situations, including training on controlling and configuring the
system, running a net, and other topics as may be deemed appropriate or
requested by the membership
Membership...
SRA is a membership supported radio club open to all radio amateurs.
Membership in SRA is open to those who share a sincere interest in remote
base, linked repeater systems, and public service communications in time
of need. If you are interested, please drop us a note via email and we will
be happy to talk to you about membership. To speed our reply, please answer
the following questions with your inquiry, then email your inquiry to
George, KJ6VU
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Name
Call
City
Name and call of SRA or Cactus Intertie members you know
Why are you interested in being an SRA member?
What can you contribute to the system? (Time, expertise, equipment, etc...)
Other amateur radio interests
Email address
Phone number
What kind of person joins SRA?
Most SRA members are technically inclined and share a keen interest in
designing, building, maintaining and using linked repeaters and remote base
stations. Most SRA members are also interested in various aspects of ham
radio including HF, QRP CW, field day, packet, satellite, emergency
communications and public service. Members often volunteer to help build
circuit boards, tune radios and antennas, and install equipment at radio sites.
We encourage all radio amateurs to contact us about membership. What do we expect of members?
As a membership supported club, all members are expected to support the club financially. It costs a lot
of money to build and maintain several radio sites so club members pay annual
dues. Dues are $100 per year and covers both spouses and kids. Donations
of equipment and parts are also appreciated. We wish we did not have
to ask for dues but paying for good radio sites is expensive. Over time,
as we add more members, we would like to be able to drop the cost of the dues,
but for now this is a necessity. If you are a full time student, on a
fixed income, or can not contribute financially at this time, contact us anyway
to see what we can work out. Is this an open or closed system?
Neither! We call ourselves member supported. All radio amateurs
are invited to join the club and support our club mission.
All members are control operators. Members may configure the network to
facilitate their communications needs. Many sites throughout the Intertie
provide users with down-links onto other bands including 2m, and to the
internet via the Internet Radio Linking Project.
