February’s QFQ Report is ready for downloading & perusing. Find it in the usual spot, on our QFQ Report page.
CVARC
Central Vermont Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
RANV “Ham Breakfast” January 28th
I forgot to get this information to Jessica for the QFQ (see QFQ note below).
RANV’s annual “Ham Breakfast” will be at JP’s Restaurant, January 28th, 09:00 – 12:00, Rt. 2A (River Road), Essex Junction, VT. All are welcome. This is always a great chance for “Eyeball QSO’s” with Ham’s you may only have heard on the air, share in discussions of radio, meet more Hams, and have a great breakfast. 73, de KB1NGQ
January QFQ now available
2011 isn’t even finished yet, but the first QFQ Report of 2012 is already available for downloading & reading. Find it — and all of the QFQs from the last decade — on our QFQ Report page.
DECEMBER HOLIDAY PARTY AND RESERVATIONS
Our annual Holiday Gathering will be at the Steak House on Saturday, December 3rd,
2011. In addition to great company there will a Yankee Swap, items limited to ten dollar value.
Please put this on your calendar. Please plan to attend and RSVP to avif48@tds.net and let me know whether you are attending with another person.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Avi, K1AKF
November 2nd, 2011 CVARC Meeting
The meeting will be, as usual, at the “Steak House” on the Barre-Montpelier road, Wednesday evening, November 2nd. The presentation will be:
GUEST SPEAKER PAUL WADE
CVARC is pleased to welcome Paul Wade W1GHZ as our presenter at the November 2 meeting. His topic will be microwave transmission. A newcomer to Vermont, he is the author of The W1GHZ Online Microwave Antenna Book, which you can check out at http://www.w1ghz.org/antbook/contents.htm. You also may want to visit his information-packed (and often fun) web page http://www.w1ghz.org/10g/10g_home.htm. Here is an opportunity to get some in-depth, face-to-face information on the subject. Also note that Paul has been a frequent contributing editor to ARRL’s QST magazine. We are fortunate to have Paul with us in Vermont.
The November 2011 QFQ
The November 2011 QFQ is ready for reading or download from the QFQ Link on this page.
CVARC MEETING Sept. 7th, 2011
The regularly scheduled CVARC 1st Wednesday of each month will be held, as usual, at the Steak House on the Barre-Montpelier road. Although we may not have the scheduled presentation from Rob Schell on “RACES”, due to the flooding from “Irene”, we have Club issues to discuss. It has been suggested we take the “presentation” time to discuss our response, as Ham’s, to the disaster and how we may improve. 73, Tom KB1NGQ
September QFQ Report is ready
September’s QFQ Report is ready for downloading & perusing. Find it in the usual spot, on our QFQ Report page.
Sunday (28th) Shack Cleanup MAY BE CANCELLED
If, as expected, hurricane Irene hits us by Sunday afternoon, the scheduled clearing around the Williamstown 146.625 “Shack” will obviously be re-scheduled.
August 28th Repeater Site Clean-up Party
At last night’s meeting (Aug. 3rd) we voted to hold a site clean-up “party” at the W1BD Mt. Pleasant site on August 28th, meeting at the base of the road to the site at 13:30 LT. It is our responsibility to help maintain the grounds. We need to do some weed-eating and brush cutting around the “shack”, as well as cut some of the overhanging branches along the road up to the shack. Please bring your lunch/snack and non-alcoholic beverage. Some will be bringing “weed-eaters”, loppers, clearing saws, chain saws, and appropriate safety clothing (helmets, gloves, boots, chainsaw chaps, etc.). If you have such equipment and experience, please bring them. If not, please come and help, give moral support, and enjoy the afternoon for a work crew/picnic. Many hands should make the task go quickly. Rides up the hill, from the gate, will be arranged by those of us who have 4-Wheel drive trucks. Please contact me (thedirector@w1bd.org) for specifics and commitment to join in the fun. de KB1NGQ
