SVARA - Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association

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ARES Website: ares.saginawradio.com

Previous ARES Event
Photo Pages

SVARA Announcements

Newsletter

February Harmonic Newsletter
available now! (2/27/2023)

Club Events

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

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.

Meetings

SVARA Meetings

March Club Meeting
The next meeting will be Friday March 3, 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 January 18, 2023, 7pm
Wednesday February 15, 2023, Cancelled
Wednesday March 15, 2023, 7pm
Wednesday April 15, 2023 7 pm

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.

Public Service Events

Midland MS Walk - April 29, 2023

MCSAR State-Wide Exercise
Saturday May 6, 2023
Midland County Search and Rescue is holding a drill on Saturday May 6th
and looking for HAM operators to help out.
The flyer is here
If you can help out contact Ron KC8YVF at kc8yvf@arrl.net
or Kevin KB8QWQ at kbarnum@tds.net

Frankenmuth MS Walk - May 13, 2023

More information will follow on these two events as we get closer to
these dates.

Contest Corner

Complete Contest Calendar

ARRL International DX Contest, CW February 18-19

ARRL International DX Contest, SSB March 4-5

More contests can be found in the Complete Contest Callendar above.

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)

Swap Meets

Cadillac Swap
Saturday May 6, 2023
Check out the flyer here

Updated Announcements

Winter Field Day 2023
Photos and Log File added

Previous Announcement Links

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 3/24/2023
Use the following link to request any updates.

SVARA members only -- Send us an
e-mail to get your password!

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	RF Exposure Calculations / 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	TBD
November 2023	Board Nominations
December 2023	Elections, Pot luck
	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.

Previous Presenters Links

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.

2023 Officers		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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