SVARA - Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association

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ARES Website: ares.saginawradio.com

Previous ARES Event
Photo Pages

SVARA Announcements

Newsletter

May Harmonic Newsletter
available now! (6/3/2025)

Club News (Return to Top)

Field Day 2025
June 28-29, 2025
Field Day 2025 is approaching fast.
Get in on the fun and plan to participate in this year's event.
Check the link above for more information.

911 Radio Room Upgrades
Saturday March 29
The radio room at 911 was updated with
new computers donated by MMR.
They are HP ProDesk 600 i5-7500 mini computers
that provided a drastic upgrade from the 12 year old
Intell Pentiumn desktops.
Check out the photos here

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 GLAWN.
Check out more information 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

June Club Meeting
The next meeting will be Friday June 6, 2025
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 January 15, 2025
Wednesday February 19, 2025 Cancelled
Wednesday March 19, 2025 Cancelled
Wednesday April 16, 2025 TBA

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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Frankenmuth MS Walk
May 10, 2025
Operators meet at the Kern Pavilion at 8:30 am

Contest Corner (Return to Top)

ARRL Contest Calendar

Michigan QSO Party
1600Z Saturday April 19 to 0400Z Sunday April 20
(12 pm Saturday 4/19 to 12 am Sunday 3/30)
https://miqp.org/
https://miqp.org/index.php/rules/

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

2025 Net Control Operator Schedule (11/26/24)

NEW NET

Sunday - 7:00 PM
Mid-Michigan Net
Saginaw 147.240 (103.5 PL)
2025 Net Control Operator Schedule (11/26/24)

Swap Meets (Return to Top)

Wexaukee ARC Swap & Shop
May 3, 2025
Cadillac MI
More information found HERE

Midland Amateur Radio Club Swap
June 14, 2025
Will be held at the Salvation Army in Midland
More information found HERE

Updated Announcements (Return to Top)

Winter Field Day 2025
Saturday January 25 - Sunday January 26
Photos and Log Added
Final Results Added!!

Holiday in the Heart of the City
Friday November 22, 2024
5 pm - 8:30 pm
Photos Added

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 3/6/2025
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	n/a
March 2024	POTA - KE8CB
April 2024	Michigan QSO Party - W8DW
May 2024	How to measure your radio harmonics with the TinySA - KC8YVF
June 2024	Field Day 2024, W8DW / KC8YVF
July 2024	No Meeting
August 2024	Ice Cream night
September 2024	How to check your HT antenna SWR with the NanoVNA - KC8YVF
October 2024	TBD
November 2024	Board Nominations, TBD
December 2024	Elections, Pot luck
	Annual Auction - This event is scheduled for -TBD 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. in the conference room at Harry Browne Airport, 4821 Janes Rd, Saginaw. 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 9:00 AM, at Levis Food and Spirits, 5800 Brockway Rd, Saginaw. All are welcome.

2025 Officers		Board (3-year Term)
Pres.	Mike Dougherty, KD8MMH	Fred Bolger, KE8QCO (2025-2027)
VP.	Brian Kleinfeld, K8HY	Rick Schattilly, KC8VOA (2024-2026)
Sec.	Ron Huss, KC8YVF	Mary Paquette, WB8LZA (2023-2025)
Treas.	Tom Schmidt, N8EUI

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