Amateur Radio Service

Hams have been in Davis for a long time. From the March 16, 1916 edition of the Weekly Agricola The Amateur Radio Service is a FCC licensed radio service. In order to get a license, you must take a written, multiple guess test. You used to need to pass a morse code test to get a license, then you just needed it for long distance transmissions (shortwave bands). As of February 2007 the morse code requirement has been completely dropped. But, you should learn it anyway if you get a license because morse code is for cool people! You can learn more about Amateur Radio from the National ARRL organization, the local Yolo Amateur Radio Society or from the Yolo County Amateur Radio Emergency Service organization. You can find a list of upcoming exam sessions here.

If you are a Local Davis resident with a license or used to be active in the Davis area, feel free to add your name to this list:

Name	Call Sign	Still on the air?
WesHardaker	WS6Z	Yes
WilliamLewis	KG6YMG	Occasionally
NickSchmalenberger	KG6PIP	Yes, infrequently
PatrickFish	W6HBD	Off and on
JonathanLawton	KF6SLW	Yes, Rarely
JessicaLuedtke	KI4DTN	Yes
PopeChristof	KI4DTO	Yes
JasonAller	KI6OBF	Yes
AndrewPotter	KI6KVZ	Occasionally
DarinWick	KG6GFQ	Seldom

Amateur operators have traditionally also been referred to as HAM Operators.

Local HAMs who frequently chat in the Davis Wiki IRC chat-room have generally agreed to listen to the Vacaville repeater at freq: 147.000 MHz, tx offset: -.6 MHz, PL 136.5 Hz for Davis specific "rag-chewing". This repeater generally gets good coverage in Davis and is frequently available.

In addition to the many local HAMs hanging out in the Davis Wiki IRC chat room, there is also a #ham channel on the irc.slashnet.org IRC server that was created by WesHardaker.