SVARA - Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association

KD8KDP

ARES Website: ares.saginawradio.com

Announcements

October Harmonic Newsletter
available now! (11/1/19)

Winter Skywarn Training
October 29, 2019
7 PM at the Covenant North Hospital
Lower Level Conference Room
Corner of Mackinaw Rd and Tittabawassee Rd

Fall 2019 Technician Class
Starts September 16th 2019 and runs for 6 weeks
Class hours 7 PM to 9 PM Monday and Thursday

Location: Midland High School Room 321
1301 Eastlawn Dr.
Midland MI 48642

For more information or to sign up, contact:
Lee Hodges KC8ITI
Email: kc8iti@arrl.net
Phone: (989)486-3771

Fusion Repeater Update
The Saginaw Fusion repeater frequency has been changed!
Because of interference at the site location at Covenant North,
the frequency pair has changed.
The receive frequency is now 146.490
The transmit frequency is now 147.490
The PL is now 100.0
Please update your radios for this change.

SVARA Meetings
Monthyly 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

ARES Connect
Volunteer hours reporting tool link added to the right menu.
This will replace the ARES reporting
forms on January 1, 2019.
Please sign up for your account now!

The PSHR hours will still be reported using the current form
found here.

Packet Radio Resources
now on the Repeaters & Nets page

Board Meeting Schedule
Location: Biggby Coffee, 3085 Bay Rd
Wednesday November 13, 2019 @ 7 pm
Wednesday December 18, 2019 @ 7 pm

Public Service Events

No public service events at this time.

Up coming Contests

No contests at this time

Complete Contest Calendar

Monday Night Net

Net Control Operators
We are in need 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

Net Control Operator Schedule (11/12/19)
New schedule for 2020 here

Updated Announcements

Winter Field Day
January 26-27, 2019
Log File Data added
Photos added

Previous Announcement Links

SVARA is an ARRL Affiliated Club

ARES Connect

SVARA on Facebook

Silent Keys

NATIONAL SILENT KEY ARCHIVE

Presenter's Links

January 2017	FT8 digital mode, Dave W8DW
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	Antenna matching, Tentec Tour video, Dave W8DW
April 2017	N/A
May 2017	N/A
June 2017	Field Day
July 2017	N/A
August 2017	Ice Cream night, Dave N8ERL WW2 story
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 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 Monday 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 6/13/19
Use the following link to request any updates.

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