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ARES Website:
ares.saginawradio.com |
Previous ARES Event
Photo Pages |
SVARA Announcements
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Newsletter |
August Harmonic Newsletter
available now!
(8/27/2023)
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Club News |
Michigan's New Distracted Driver Law Goes into effect Friday June
30

Use of Amateur radio is exempt from the
new law.
It will be prohibited in Michigan to use a cellphone while driving unless
it's being used via a hands-free program or device, like
Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, or a physical phone mount for
those driving vehicles without connectivity features.
Find out more at
Michigan.gov Report
Copy of new law with
with Amateur Radio exemption highlighted

You may want to carry this on you or in
your vehicle
NOTICE The annual February Club Auction
is Saturday
September 16. It will begin at noon to 2 pm in the conference room at
Harry Browne Airport. Donate your un-used radio gear or other household
items to the SVARA auction. All money goes to the Saginaw Valley
Amateur Radio Association.
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Trainings |
ARRL RFI Exposure Calculator
The FCC has changed its RF-exposure rules. Use this handy tool to
calculate the RF exposure at your station.
Great Lakes Area Winlink Net
(GLAWN) is designed to promote the
use of Winlink.
Messages should be sent to KB8RCR (or kb8rcr@winlink.org).
Check out the information sheet
here.
EM-Comm Winlink Thursdays
Want to improve your Winlink skills? Try the exercises offered
every Thrusday from the Em-Comm group. Click
here for more information.
RATPAC
Training Videos
Over the last seveal months the RATPAC group have been
presenting different Ham related Zoom training sessions on a wide
varity of topics. Here is the list of
Documents and
Videos from those trainings and the schedule of up coming
events.
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Meetings |
SVARA Meetings

August Club Meeting
The next meeting will be Friday September 1, 2023 at Harry Browne
Airport at 7
pm. Join us and help support our club.
Monthly SVARA meetings take place at 7 pm
in the Lecture Theater at the
Covenant Anderson
building on the corner of
N Bond St and Almira St behind the
Harrison building.

Building view
Map View
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Board Meeting Schedule
Location:
Biggby Coffee, 3085 Bay Rd
No July Board Meeting
Wednesday August 16, 2023 Cancelled Wednesday September 13, 2023
Cancelled
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Reporting |
Please use the
Public Service Form on the ARES website to report your
monthly public serice hours.
The
PSHR hours will still be reported using the current form found
here.
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Public Service Events |
MCSAR State-Wide
Exercise - Saturday September 9
Midland County Search and Rescue exercise has been
rescheduled.
The flyer is
here
Contact Keith Johnson
kb8soe@arrl.com
or Jack Robinson (midlandhamradio@gmail.com
if
you wish to participate.
More information
Here
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Contest
Corner
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Complete Contest Calendar
More contests can
be found in the Complete Contest Callendar above.
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Monday Night Net |
Net Control Operators
We are always looking for
new Net Control Operators for the Monday Night Net.
If you are interested in being a Net Control operator, please contact
Ron, KC8YVF at kc8yvf@arrl.net.
Training can be provided and equipment if needed.
SVARA
Monday Night Net Preamble
2023
Net Control Operator Schedule
(12/23/22)
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Swap Meets |
None at this time
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Updated Announcements
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Field Day 2023

Check out the results, photos and more from this year's
Field Day
here
Preliminary Total Score: 3,766
Field Day Video added
here

Winter Field Day 2023
Photos and Log File added
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SVARA is an ARRL Affiliated Club







SVARA on Facebook
Silent Keys
NATIONAL SILENT KEY ARCHIVE

50th
Anniversary Events
Radio Books
at the Library


Club Roster
Updated 8/27/2023
Use the following
link
to request any updates.
SVARA members only --
Send us an e-mail
to get your password!
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Presenter's Links |
January 2023 |
Winter Field Day |
February 2023 |
Repeater basics / KC8YVF |
March 2023 |
N/A |
April 2023 |
Michigan QSO Party / W8DW |
May 2023 |
State EOC / KC8YVF |
June 2023 |
Field Day 2023, W8DW / KC8YVF |
July 2023 |
No Meeting |
August 2023 |
Ice Cream night |
September 2023 |
RF Exposure Calculations / KC8YVF |
October 2023 |
HT Winlink / APRS Station / KC8YVF |
November 2023 |
Board Nominations |
December 2023 |
Elections, Pot luck |
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Annual Auction -
This event is scheduled for Saturday
September 16 from noon to 2 pm in the conference room at
Harry Browne Airport.
Donate your un-used radio gear or other household
items to the SVARA auction, all money goes to the Saginaw Valley
Amateur Radio Association. |
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Previous
Presenters Links |
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General Membership meetings
- monthly on the 1st Friday, 7:00 p.m. See New location above.
at in the lecture theater of the Covenant
Anderson building on the corner of N Bond St and Almira St behind the
Harrison building. All are welcome.
Board of Directors meeting - monthly on the second
Wednesday
following the general membership meeting, 7:00 p.m. (unless otherwise
noted above) at Biggby Coffee,
3085 Bay Rd. All SVARA Members are welcome.
Club
Breakfast - Saturday morning following the General meeting at 8:30
AM at Sullivan's Food and Spirits, 5235 Gratiot Rd, Saginaw MI. All are welcome.
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2023 Officers
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2023 Board |
Pres. |
Mike Dougherty, KD8MMH |
Mary Paquette, WB8LZA |
VP. |
Brian Kleinfeld,
K8HY |
Renee Paquette, KE8MYJ |
Sec. |
Ron Huss, KC8YVF |
Rick Schattilly, KC8VOA |
Treas. |
Tom Schmidt, N8EUI |
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