SVARA - Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association

KD8KDP

ARES Website: ares.saginawradio.com

Announcements

April Harmonic Newsletter
available now! (4/6/18)

Announcement from the ARRL
Michigan Section Manager Position OPEN

New Repeater Updates (3/7/2018)
March 2018:
Covenant North receive site has been installed.
This site provides better coverage to MBS airport,
Freeland and the north part of the county.

November 2017:
The 147.240 Repeater has been migrated to the New Repeater System.
Testing and tuning of the system will take several weeks or more,
so please be patient while this process takes place.
Also the Echolink has been moved to
the new system as well.
Note 2 - We now have the 6 meter repeater online.
51.860 rx, 51.380 tx, PL 103.5 on the receive.

View new updates here
Video of equipment and testing

Antenna work at 911
November 11, 2017

A new HF 80-10 meter folded di-pole
antenna was installed at 911.
Thanks W8DW, N8ERL and KC8YVF

Board Meeting Schedule
Location: Biggby Coffee, 3085 Bay Rd
Thursday April 19, 2018 @ 7 pm
Thursday May 17, 2018 @ 7 pm
Thursday June 14, 2018 @ 7 pm

Yaesu System Fusion Repeater
Receive frequency 146.500 MHz
Transmit frequency 147.500 MHz
+1000 split
PL 103.5

Reminders

SVARA Club meetings
start at 7 PM

Public Service Events

Midland MS Walk
Saturday April 28, 2018
Please contact Ron KC8YVF at kc8yvf@arrl.net if you
would like to work this event.

Frankenmuth MS Walk
Saturday May 12, 2018
Please contact Ron KC8YVF at kc8yvf@arrl.net if you
would like to work this event.

Up coming Contests

Check the Contest Calendar

Complete Contest Calendar

Monday Night Net

Net Control Operators
We are in urgent need for two new Net Control Operator for the Monday Night Net.
If you are interested in being a Net Control operator, please contact
Ron, KC8YVF at kc8yvf@arrl.net ASAP.
Training can be provided and equipment if needed.

SVARA Monday Night Net Preamble (2/9/2015)
Updated to include Echolink stations

Net Control Operator Schedule (1/1/2018)
New schedule for 2018 listed

Updated Announcements

Winter Field Day
January 27-28, 2018
SVARA will again participate in Winter Field Day.
Come test your communicating skill in less then ideal conditions.
Photos added.

Previous Announcement Links

SVARA is an ARRL Affiliated Club

SVARA on Facebook

Silent Keys

NATIONAL SILENT KEY ARCHIVE

Presenter's Links

January 2017	N/A
February 2017	Auction, donate your un-used radio gear or other household items to the SVARA auction, all money goes to the Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association.
March 2017	N/A
April 2017	N8EUI Ham Station
May 2017	N/A
June 2017	Field Day
July 2017	N/A
August 2017	Ice Cream night
September 2017	N/A
October 2017	N/A
November 2017	Board Nominations
December 2017	Holiday Pot Luck, Elections

Previous Presenters Links

50th Anniversary Events

General Membership meetings - monthly on the 1st Friday, 7:00 p.m. at the American Red Cross, 1232 N. Michigan Ave (map). All are welcome.

Board of Directors meeting - monthly on the second Thursday following the general membership meeting, 7:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) at Biggby Coffee, 3085 Bay Rd. All SVARA Members are welcome.

Club Breakfast - Saturday morning following the General meeting at 8:30 AM at Savoy Bar and Grill, 127 S. Franklin St, Saginaw (Downtown). All are welcome.

Radio Books
at the Library

Officers		Board
Pres.	Mike Linton, N8XPS	Maru Paquette, WB8LZA
VP.	Brian Kleinfeld, K8HY	Doris Miles, KD8MMG
Sec.	Mike Elias, K8AVJ	Tom Schmidt, N8EUI
Treas.	Ann Elias KB8AWE	Mike Dougherty, KD8MMH

Club Roster
Updated 2/3/18
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