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These are the archived calendar events, for reference. Why throw something away if it still works ? Reduce - reuse - recycle!

Note: any hyperlinks on this page might no longer work (but they did work for sure when the event was current).

date / time	event
Sat. 01/25/2003, 1400-1600PST	County Wide ARES/RACES Drill (click here for details)
Wed. 03/12/2003, 1900-2100PST	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way) speaker: Jenny Woods, Safety Dispatcher Sunnyvale DPS, "Sunnyvale Dispatch and its relationship to SARES"
Tue. 06/03/2003, 1200PST	Lunch at Coco's (1305 S Mary Ave, at W Fremont Ave)
Sat. 04/26/2003, 1400PDT-1600PDT	County-wide drill, tune into the AA6BT repeater for more info
Sat. 05/03/2003, 1400-1600PDT	City of Sunnyvale ARES drill (missing vehicle)
Sun. 06/08/2003, 1400PDT	Field Day preparation meeting (Raynor Park, 1565 Quail Ave)
Wed. 06/11/2003, 1900-2100PDT	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way); speaker: Lt. Doug Lamar on Emergency Procedures
Tue. 06/17/2003, 1130PDT	Luncheon, new location: Holders Country Inn, 998 South De Anza Boulevard, San Jose
Sun. 06/22/2003, 1400PDT	Field Day preparation meeting (Raynor Park, 1565 Quail Ave)
Mon. 06/23/2003, 1830-2100PDT	Community Emergency Preparedness Workshop (Columbia Middle School Multipurpose Room,739 Morse Ave)
Sat./Sun. 06/28/2003 and 06/29/2003	ARRL Field Day (Field Day info) at the Raynor Park building (1565 Quail Ave, Sunnyvale)
Sat. 07/19/2003, 1400-1600PDT	County Wide ARES/RACES Drill (see SVECS home page). Tune into the AA6BT/R repeater for the resouce net.
Sat. 07/26/2003, 0900PDT	SVECS quarterly breakfast meeting, Santa Clara Senior Center 1303 Fremont St. (corner of Monroe and Fremont), Santa Clara
Wed. 09/10/2003, 1900-2100PDT	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way); spea ker: Bob Gundrum KG6MOL "Operation Lifesaver" (on Railroad Crossing Safety, see http://www.operationlifesaver.org/)
Sat./Sun., 10/04-10/05/2003	ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) weekend, for details see http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/set guide.html
Sat. 10/11/2003, 1400-1600PDT	City of Sunnyvale SARES drill (the scenario is a flood event, this is our very own SET for 2003): James Long, N6YB, has posted an invitation with some details to the SARES mailing list, see his messages in the archive and send him a reply soon if you wish to participate.
Sat. 10/25/2003, 0900PDT	SVECS quarterly breakfast meeting (it's free), Santa Clara Senior Center 1303 Fremont St. (corner of Monroe and Fremont), Santa Clara
Sat. 10/25/2003, 1400-1600PDT	County Wide ARES/RACES Drill (W6XSC, details to follow)
Fri. 10/31/2003	Boooh!
Wed. 12/10/2003, 1800-2100PST	Holiday potluck and quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way) [invitation flyer ]
Sat., 01/17/2004, 0900PST	SPECS annual meeting, Cafeteria El Camino Hospital, Mountain View
Sat. 01/17/2004, 1400-1600PST	County Wide ARES/RACES Drill (TBD)
Sat., 01/24/2004, 0900PST	SVECS quarterly breakfast meeting, Santa Clara Senior Center 1303 Fremont St. (corner of Monroe and Fremont), Santa Clara
Wed. 03/10/2004, 1900-2100PST	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way); speaker: John Pilger, K6PIO, Public Information Officer City of Sunnyvale. [invitation flyer ]
Sat. 04/17/2004, 1400-1600PDT	County Wide ARES/RACES Drill (details TBD)
Sat., 04/24/2004, 0900PDT	SVECS quarterly breakfast meeting, Santa Clara Senior Center, 1303 Fremont St. (corner of Monroe and Fremont), Santa Clara
Sat., 04/24/2004, 1400-1600PDT	SARES drill, please RSVP to James N6YB, see his e-mail to the SARES-list (details TBD)
Sat. 05/22/2004, 1110-1500PDT	2004 Health & Safety Fair (Columbia Neighborhood Center, 785 Morse Ave) [invitation postcard]
Wed. 06/09/2004, 1900-2100PDT	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way); Field Day preparation meeting; National Traffic System, speaker Andreas Ott, K6OTT. [invitation flyer ]
Sun. 06/13/2004, 1400PDT	Field Day preparation meeting (Raynor Park, 1565 Quail Ave)
Sat./Sun. 06/26/2004 and 06/27/2004	ARRL Field Day, hamradio in the park. Always The Fourth Full Weekend In June. (ARRL Field Day info) and (ARRL 2004 Field Day rules). Location: at the Raynor Park building (1565 Quail Ave, Sunnyvale).
Wed. 09/08/2004, 1900-2100PDT	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way); speaker: Lt. Craig Farley, "Incident Command System (ICS)"
Sat. 10/02/2004, 1400-1600PDT	City of Sunnyvale SARES drill (the scenario is a tornado and a new activation procedure will be used): James Long, N6YB, will be coordinating the drill. For more details please read his message in the September 2004 archive. This is our Simulated Emergency Test SET for 2004.
Sat. 10/23/2004, 1400-1600PDT	County Wide ARES/RACES Drill and SET (details TBD)
Wed. 12/08/2004, 1800-2100PST	Holiday potluck and quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way)
Wed. 03/30/2005, 1900-2100PST	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way); speaker: Charles Cullen, "911 Cell Phone Calls"; Field Day 2005 announcements
Sat. 04/23/2005, 1400-1600PDT	County Wide ARES/RACES Drill (A Day Outside Without Repeaters, listen in on the output of the W6TI/R 147.360 simplex)
Sat. 04/30/2004, 0900PDT	SVECS quarterly breakfast meeting, VFW Post 3982, 1313 Franklin St. (corner of Monroe and Franklin), Santa Clara
Sat. 04/30/2005, 1400-1600PDT	SARES spring drill, please RSVP to James N6YB, see his e-mail announcement to the SARES-list (details TBD)
Sat. 05/14/2005, 0500-1200PDT	Electronics Fleamarket, De Anza College parking lot A (Stevens Creek and Stelling, in Cupertino). See ASVARO or www.electronicsfleamarket.com.
Wed. 06/08/2005, 1900-2100PDT	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way); Charles Cullen, Communications Manager - Palo Alto Police, "911 Cell Phone Calls"; Field Day 2005 planning
Sun. 06/12/2005, 1400PDT	Field Day preparation meeting (Raynor Park, 1565 Quail Ave)
Sat./Sun. 06/25/2005 and 06/26/2005	ARRL Field Day (Field Day packet ) and (Field Day info), at the Raynor Park building (1565 Quail Ave, Sunnyvale) [Raynor Par k Site Plan printable PDF]
Sat. 07/23/2005, 0900PDT	SVECS quarterly breakfast meeting, Washington Park building, 880 West Washington Ave. Sunnyvale, CA. Speaker: Frank Kibbish, Jr. WB6MRQ, "Utilizing APRS for Emergency Communications"
Sat. 07/23/2005, 1400-1600PDT	County Wide ARES/RACES Drill (Wildfire err... Snowstorm scenario; participating cities might activate field responders; listen to the message net on the W6TI/R 147.360iMHz (+) PL 110.9Hz). In Sunnyvale listen on the K6GL/R 145.170MHz (-) PL 94.8Hz, or on 147.405 MHz SIMPLEX.
Sat. 08/06/2005, 0900	county-wide CERT exercise at San Jose State University
Sat. 10/01/2005, 0700-1200PDT	Pancake Breakfast at Firestation 2, Wolfe Rd./Arques
Sat. 12/03/2005, 0900/1100PST (new date)	Lakewood Village Holiday Parade: SARES operator assembly and briefing at the Lakewood Elementary School, 750 Lakechime Dr. at 0900PST; parade assembly at 1000PST, parade starts at 1100PST. Please contact Bob Gundrum KG6MOL via e-mail by December 1st, 2005 to indicate if you want to participate.
Wed. 12/14/2005, 1830-2100PST	SARES holiday potluck meeting and photo session for the new ID cards (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way); this year we extend the invitation to the potluck meeting to all current SNAP members
Sat. 01/21/2006, 0900PST	SVECS quarterly breakfast meeting, Washington Park building, 880 West Washington Ave. Sunnyvale, CA. Speaker: Barbara Cimino, Emergency Manager City of Palo Alto OES, "Hurricane Katrina Emergency Response"
Sat. 01/28/2006, 0830PST	SPECS annual meeting (Cafeteria El Camino Hospital, Mountain View). Speaker: David Chamberlain N6DWC, "Experiences as an Emergency Volunteer in the Hurricane Katrina Aftermath"
Wed. 03/22/2006, 1900-2100PST	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way), speaker: Jim Oberhofer KN6PE, "Outpost packet client software" [invitation flyer ]
Wed. 04/05/2006, 1830-2130PDT	Spring SNAP training class (1st session)
Wed. 04/12/2006, 1830-2030PDT	SNAP Lite class (DPS, 700 All America Way)
Sat. 04/22/2006, 0900PDT	SVECS quarterly breakfast meeting, VFW Post 3982, 1313 Franklin St. (corner of Monroe and Franklin), Santa Clara. Speaker: David Chamberlin, N6DWC, "Hurricane Katrina Recovery Effort"
Sat. 04/22/2006, 1400PDT-1600PDT	County-wide drill, earthquake scenario; tune into the AA6BT/R repeater 146.115MHz for the resource net.
Sat. 05/06/2006, 1100-1500PDT	2006 Health & Safety Fair (Columbia Neighborhood Center, 785 Morse Ave). [Invitation Flyer PDF] Setup starts at 1000PDT.
Wed. 06/14/2006, 1900-2100PDT	quarterly SARES meeting (Program Room B, Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 West Olive Avenue, directly across the street from Public Safety building); speaker: Barbara Cimino, Emergency Manager City of Palo Alto, "The Katrina Experience"; Field Day 2006 preparation
Sat./Sun. 06/24/2006 and 06/25/2006	ARRL Field Day (Field Day packet and Field Day info), at the Raynor Park building, 1565 Quail Ave, Sunnyvale [Raynor Park Site Plan, printable PDF]. Read our Field Day Press release .
Wed. 09/13/2006, 1900-2100PST	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way), speaker Craig Farley, OES, "Types of disaster incidents in our city"
Sat. 09/30/2006, all day	County-wide Exercise (community emergency response teams), Sunnyvale Baylands Park
Sat. 10/14/2006, 0800-1100PDT	Eighth Annual Community Pancake Breakfast and Safety Fair at Firestation 2, Wolfe Rd./Arques Ave.
Sat. 12/02/2006, 0900/1100PST-1230PST	Lakewood Village Holiday Parade: SARES operator assembly and briefing at the Lakewood Elementary School, 750 Lakechime Dr. at 0900PST; parade assembly at 1000PST, parade starts at 1100PST. Please contact Bob Gundrum to indicate if you want to participate.
Sat., 01/20/2007, 0830PST	SPECS annual meeting, Ortega Park Building, 636 Harrow Way, Sunnyvale
Sat. 01/20/2007, 1400PST-1600PST	County-wide drill, winter storm and earthquake scenario.
Sat. 05/12/2007, 1100-1500PDT	2007 Health & Safety Fair (Columbia Neighborhood Center, 785 Morse Ave). Setup starts at 1000PDT. [ Flyer from the City webserver (PDF)]
Sat. 06/23/2007 0900PDT to Sun. 06/24/2007 1200PDT	ARRL Field Day (Field Day packet and Field Day info), at the Raynor Park building, 1565 Quail Ave, Sunnyvale [Raynor Park Site Plan, printable PDF]. Read our Field Day 2007 Press Release.
Wed. 06/27/2007, 1900-2100PDT	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way), "The SARES Emergency Plan"
Wed. 09/26/2007, 1900-2100PST	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way) speaker: Ed Fong, WB6IQN, Dual-Band J-pole antennas
Sat. 10/06/2007, 0900-1200PDT	ICS 100/200, NIMS 700 and SEMS training class for MACs, please sign up here.
Sat. 10/13/2007, 0800-1100PDT	Ninth Annual Community Pancake Breakfast and Safety Fair at Firestation 2, Wolfe Rd./Arques Ave. ; SARES radio setup starts at 0700PDT, please contact Rick Eversole, N6RNO if you wish to participate.
Sat. 10/13/2007, 1400-1600PDT	County Wide ARES/RACES Drill (earthquake scenario, focus on messaging and packet operation)
Wed. 11/14/2007, 0830-1530PST	Golden Guardian 2007, full-scale emergency preparedness exercise in California
Tue. 12/11/2007, 1130PST	Luncheon, Spoons, 725 S. Fair Oaks (corner of Fair Oaks and El Camino Real), Sunnyvale
Tue. 12/19/2007, 1800PST	SARES quaerterly meeting and social event, family invited; at Spoons, 725 S. Fair Oaks (corner of Fair Oaks and El Camino Real), Sunnyvale. No host dinner.
Sat. 02/09/2008, 0800PST	Packet Radio training class, Sunnyvale DPS classroom; sign up at the scc-ares.races.org web form
Wed. 03/26/2008, 1900-2100PST	quarterly SARES meeting (Public Safety Classroom, 700 All America Way), speaker: Gary Gordon, K6KV: "The HandiHam Program" [invitation flyer ]
Sat. 04/26/2008, 1100-1500PDT	Sunnyvale Public Safety Open House, 700 All America Way. Setup starts at 1000PDT.