Welcome to the
Foothills Amateur Radio Society

FARS is an amateur radio club for the southern San Francisco Peninsula area in California serving residents of Los Altos, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and other nearby communities. Our regular monthly meetings are held typically on the fourth Friday of the month at Covington School in Los Altos.

Our meetings are free and open to the public.

Join FARS and PAARA on January 23rd for our 2009 annual winter banquet. Our speaker Seth Shostak of the SETI institute talks about "What Will the Real ET Be Like?" Reservations are required.

Am-Tech Day for January has been scheduled for January 31.

Don't miss out on our monthly Amateur Radio Technology Days hosted by FARS at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Members and registered users may login to the web site to update their profile, sign up for (or renew) membership, or create/modify a public biography. Members may also search the club roster to contact other members. Not a member, then register online, or sign-up at one of our meetings.

Membership in the Foothills Amateur Radio Society is open to any person interested in amateur radio who agrees to abide by the Bylaws and pay the annual dues ($20). Membership in the club includes our monthly newsletter you can receive by US postal mail or email. FARS is the sponsor for one of the Electronics Flea Markets at De Anza College during each year. Read our newsletter on line or join our email list. Many club members are active in amateur emergency communications and civic support activities.

We have a number of useful articles covering Smith Charts, Antenna Impedance Models, Digital Keyboard Modes, etc.

Here are copies of the FARS Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.