We’re having a bit of difficulty getting the combined July_August QFQ (newsletter) out to the distribution list. However, it is available as a download (”pdf”) on the QFQ page at the beginning of the 1st paragraph.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: We had a relatively small monthly club meeting last night (Aug. 4th). Attendance is always a bit thin […]
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NO JULY 7th CVARC MEETING
As in the past, due to the 1st Wednesday in July coming on the heals of “Field Day”, Independence Day Celebrations, and summer vacations for many members, there will be no CVARC meeting the first Wednesday of July. We will, however, meet the 1st Wednesday in August (August 4th) at the Steak House on the […]
CVARC HAS A NEW “SPECIAL EVENTS” CALL SIGN
Thanks to research, efforts, numerous e-mails, and phone calls by Wayne Dorsett [WA1YNE], and great assistance by the ARRL, CVARC has a new FCC issued “Special Events” Call Sign. The impetus for obtaining the new call sign was Wayne’s careful reading of the Field Day GOTA station requirements. Wayne had mentioned this issue in previous […]
Vermont City Marathon This Sunday 5/30/2010
Volunteers are still needed for this Sunday’s “VCM”, especially:
“…a critical need for a Trail Bike Operator. Such an operator must
be very capable on a bicycle and on a radio (both at same time!). The job
is to follow the last official runner in the race and advise NCS on their
pace and location. It is a very […]
RANV Ham Mentoring Brochure
A good Mentoring file for new, and any Hams, was sent to me by Carl Dow (AB1DD) after this a.m.’s Ham Breakfast in Essex Jct., VT. A link will “probably” soon be up an RANV’s website.
http://joshua.smcvt.edu/ham_mentoring.html
When Robin Conway (N1WWW) gets the notes from this morning’s Ham Breakfast I will post the link. Thanks to all […]
CVARC Supports JDRF
From the October 2009 ARRL “ARES Newsletter”:
Vermont ARES Supports JDRF Bike Tour
On August 29, ARES members of the Central Vermont Amateur Radio Club, Inc (CVARC) provided health and welfare communications for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Bike Tour. The tour covered one hundred miles over difficult terrain on a cold rainy […]