SVARA - Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association

KD8KDP

ARES Website: ares.saginawradio.com

Announcements

January Harmonic
Newsletter available now!

Come Join Us for the annual SVARA Auction
Friday February 6, 2015
Bring the items you want to donate to the club for the auction Friday night or
contact Mike KD8MMH if you want to donate beforehand
All proceeds go to SVARA

Hemlock Receive Site Repair (12/19/14)
Friday November 28, 2014

220 Repeater back online (1/2/15)
The 220 repeater has had an issue with the squelch in recent weeks,
we will continue to monitor the repeater for any further issues.

Reminders

SVARA Club meetings
now start at 7 PM

Public Service Events

Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo
Saturday April 11, 2015 8 am - 4 pm
Setup begins at 7 am. at the Birch Run Expo Center
If you can help, please contact KC8YVF or KD8MMH
or come to the Expo Center Saturday.

Midland MS Walk
Saturday April 25, 2015

Frankenmuth MS Walk
Saturday May 9, 2015

Up coming Contests

ARRL International DX Contest - SSB
March 7 - 8, 2015

CQWW WPX SSB Contest
March 28 - 29 , 2015

Monday Night Net

Net Control Operators
We now have 6 net control operators for the Monday Night Net.
Thank you to Kevin and Mark for stepping up.
Please check the schedule below for your date.

SVARA Monday Night Net Preamble (12/9/2014)
Updated to include Echolink stations

Net Control Operator Schedule (1/5/2015)
New schedule for 2015 in the works

Updated Announcements

Winter Field Day
January 24-25, 2015
Photos Added

Holiday in the Heart of the City
November 21-22, 2014
Photos to follow

Zombie Run to benefit Saginaw County Citizen Corp
Sunday October 19 2014, 5 pm - 8 pm
Photos Added

Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo
Saturday October 4, 2014, 8 am - 4 pm
Photos Added

Field Day 2014
June 28-29, 2014
Photos Added

Previous Announcement Links

SVARA is an ARRL Affiliated Club

SVARA on Facebook

Silent Keys

NATIONAL SILENT KEY ARCHIVE

Presenter's Links

January 2015
February 2015	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 2015
April 2015
May 2015
June 2015	Field Day
July 2015
August 2015
September 2015
October 2015	Ice Cream Social
November 2015	Board Nominations
December 2015	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 Wednesday following the general membership meeting, 7:30 p.m. at The Texan Restaurant, 5656 State Street (map). All SVARA Members are welcome.

Club Breakfast - Saturday morning following the meeting at 8:30 AM at The Texan Restaurant, 5656 State Street (map). All are welcome.

Radio Books
at the Library

Officers		Board
Pres.	Mike Dougherty, KD8MMH	Dave Paquette, W8DW
VP.	Mary Paquette, WB8LZA	Mike Gascoyne, KD8PEZ
Sec.	Mike Linton, N8XPS	Tom Schmidt, N8EUI
Treas.	Duane Morris, KD8AUY	Judy Weirauch, KC8BYI

Club Roster
Updated 7/27/14

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