SVARA - Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association

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ARES Website: ares.saginawradio.com

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SVARA Announcements

Newsletter

August Harmonic Newsletter
available now! (9/3/2024)

Club News (Return to Top)

SVARA Annual Auction
Saturday September 21
Noon untill 2 pm in the conference room at Harry Browne Airport.
Donate your used or no longer used radio gear or other household items to the SVARA auction.
All money goes to the Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association.

Following the auction there will be a project build at 2 pm.
We will be building a Simple Coax Tester.
Donations are welcome to cover the cost of the electronic parts.

Rosien Repeater Site Upgrades (4/13/2024)
On Saturday several members from Saginaw, Flint
and Bay City upgraded the equipment rack
at Rosien Towers.

The new SVARA 220 Repeater is now online
Check out the Repeater Link
for more information

New GMRS Repeater
The Central Michigan Emergency Network group
has install a new GMRS Repeater in Saginaw
Information can be found on the Repeaters and Nets link.
This is an Open repeater for general use.
FCC Regulations

Michigan's Distracted Driver Law
Friday June 30, 2023
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

Trainings (Return to Top)

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 (Return to Top)

SVARA Meetings

October Club Meeting
The next meeting will be Friday October 4, 2024
at Harry Browne Airport at 7 pm.
Join us and help support our club.
Check the monthly presentation list below.

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Board Meeting Schedule
Location: Biggby Coffee, 3085 Bay Rd
Wednesday July 17, 2024
Wednesday August 14, 2024 Cancelled
Wednesday September 18, 2024 Cancelled
Wednesday October 16, 2024 TBD

Reporting (Return to Top)

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

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Holiday in the Heart of the City
Friday November 22, 2024
5 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us for a night of fun at the Saginaw Childrens Zoo
for our annual SantaGram celebration.
Come help fill out SantaGrams for the children
and Jim Wade will be present again this year.
Or at the Hoyt Library Saturday at 12:30.

Contest Corner (Return to Top)

ARRL Contest Calendar

More contests can be found in the Complete Contest Calendar.

Monday Night Net (Return to Top)

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

2024 Net Control Operator Schedule (11/27/23)

NEW NETS

Sunday - 7:00 PM
Mid-Michigan Net
Saginaw 147.240 (103.5 PL)
2024 Net Control Operator Schedule

Swap Meets (Return to Top)

None at this time

Updated Announcements (Return to Top)

FIELD DAY 2024 (6/29/2024)
June 22-23, 2024
Log files have been added, click HERE

Winter Field Day is in the books
Winter Field Day
Saturday and Sunday January 27 and 28, 2024.
Thank you to all that participated in this year's event.
Photos now available

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 9/12/2024
Use the following link to request any updates.

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

Presenter's Links (Return to Top)

January 2024	Winter Field Day, KC8YVF
February 2024	K8DAC Website, KC8YVF
March 2024	Ham Clock-Geochron, KC8YVF / N8EUI / KD8MMH
April 2024	Michigan QSO Party - W8DW, Solar Eclipse - KD8MMH
May 2024	Personal Radio Services, KC8YVF
June 2024	Field Day 2024, W8DW / KC8YVF, Meshtastic
July 2024	No Meeting
August 2024	Ice Cream night
September 2024	Vintage radio/gear Show and Tell, who has the oldest stuff?
October 2024	New and cool gadgets - Everyone
November 2024	Board Nominations
December 2024	Elections, Pot luck
	Annual Auction - This event is scheduled for Saturday September 21 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 (Return to Top)

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, location TBD. All are welcome.

2024 Officers		Board (3-year Term)
Pres.	Mike Dougherty, KD8MMH	Rick Schattilly, KC8VOA (2024-2026)
VP.	Brian Kleinfeld, K8HY	Mary Paquette, WB8LZA (2023-2025)
Sec.	Ron Huss, KC8YVF	Renee Paquette, KE8MYJ (2022-2024)
Treas.	Tom Schmidt, N8EUI

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