NAPCO News


2013 Chapter Award Winners Announced

Congratulations to the following list of winners of the 2103 NAPCO chapter awards. There were many deserving nominees, but we had to select only one from each category. Each will be awarded their honors at the Annual Table Top and Awards Banquet held at the Concord Hilton on December 12, […]


Bylaws and Constitution Amendment

During the September membership meeting in Santa Cruz, President Randy Hagar presented the 4th amendment to the Chapter Bylaws and Constitution this year. This amendment modifies the bylaws to create one additional board of director position, bringing the total number of directors to 6, and the total number of voting […]


New Antenna Design

New from the Emerging Technology Committee of the Northern California Chapter of APCO Intl. Recent articles and white papers provided in the telecommunications community point out a unique design in antenna theory.  Antennas for receiving radio frequencies have been around since the late 1800’s, over 130 years ago.  Since that […]


September 11, 2013

September 11, 2011: A day we will never forget! It was 12 years ago today that the world suffered the largest terrorist attack. 3000 innocent civilians died at the hands of terrorists who thought they would cripple our country. What seemed like a devastating blow turned our nation into a […]


Take the Pledge

As one of our commercial sponsors in August, AT&T took the opportunity to promote their continuing efforts to reduce traffic hazards and distractions by introducing the membership to their new mobile app, AT&T Drive Mode. Drive Mode is currently available for Android and Blackberry devices.  It greatly reduces the risk […]


NPSTC 4.9 Gig 2013 APCO Meeting

During the APCO International Tradeshow and Conference, the NPSTC 4.9 National Plan Committee is having a discussion session on Wednesday the 21st at 2:00 PM in Room 209A.  The Committee is putting together a draft National Plan for the 4.9 band. This session is to get together the members of […]