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ARES Website:
ares.saginawradio.com |
Previous ARES Event
Photo Pages |
SVARA Announcements
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Newsletter |
May Harmonic Newsletter
available now!
(5/29/2023)
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Club News |
Central Michigan Emergency Network Updates The
CMEN group has been hard at work updating the radio capibilities
in Michigan Read more
here.
2023 Club dues are due by the March 1.
 If you
have not paid for this year, please consider renewing your
membership using the
MEMBERSHIP link. All membership is now only $12 a year.
The annual February Club Meeting Auction
has been moved to Saturday
September 16. It will begin at noon to 2 pm in the conference room at
Harry Browne Airport. More information will follow
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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

May Club Meeting
The next meeting will be Friday June 2, 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
Wednesday April 15, 2023, Cancelled Wednesday May 17, 2023,
Cancelled
Wednesday June 14, 2023 TBD
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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
- Postponed
Midland County Search and Rescue exercise has been
postponed. A new date will be scheduled The flyer is
here
Contact Ron KC8YVF at
kc8yvf@arrl.net or Kevin
KB8QWQ at kbarnum@tds.net if
you wish to participate
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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 |
W8KEA - Midland Swap
Saturday June 17, 2023
Salvation Army Building 330 Waldo Ave, Midland Find more
information
here
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Updated Announcements
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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 4/28/2023
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 |
HT Winlink / APRS Station / KC8YVF |
October 2023 |
RF Exposure Calculations / 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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