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Victor Valley

Amateur Radio Club

K6QWR

Apple Valley, California U.S.A.



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Members of ARRL since 1957





current newsletterCurrent Newsletter

The Spectrum newsletter is now Quarterly





New 60 Meter Rules go into effect March 5th 2012



USA 60 meter Channel List
Suppressed Carrier
  Frequency
USB VFO Dial
Center of Channel
Frequency
Notes
Common Use
(unofficial Bandplan)
5330.5 kHz USB 5332.0
USB QSO
USB EMCOMM NETS
CW QSO
5346.5 kHz USB 5348.0
USB EMCOMM NETS
USB QSO
5357.0 kHz USB 5358.5 New Channel 2012
DATA EMCOMM NETS
DATA QSO
5366.5 kHz USB
5368.0 DELETED 2011
USB EMCOMM NETS
5371.5 kHz USB 5373.0
DISASTER EMCOMM NETS
DATA INTERNATIONAL EMCOMM NETS
5403.5 kHz USB 5405.0
CALLING CHANNEL
CW & USB
USB INTERNATIONAL EMCOMM NETS


Added are Digital and CW modes. Power has been increased to 100 watts PEP effective radiated power referenced to a dipole.
Click for more info from HFlink or ARRL



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Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club (VVARC), established in 1956, now celebrates fifty-five years of Amateur Radio service in the high, Mojave Desert. Our membership is a diverse group of individuals who gather to educate, communicate, and participate. If you have any interest in amateur radio, come celebrate with the most friendly, iconic, historic club in the High Desert - the VVARC. We want to see you there!



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Lewis center

Our General club meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. {except August}
at the Lewis Center for Educational Research, 17500 Mana Road, Apple Valley.



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Our Club Board meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Johnnie D's {except August}
19250 Bear Valley Road, Apple Valley. All club members are welcome to attend



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Elmers

An Elmer is kind of like a mentor for amateur radio operators. As new operators, we need the experience, knowledge, and guidance passed on to us by those that have been practicing for some time. Thank you to those members that have stepped forward and volunteered to help members with questions. Feel free to contact anyone on our ELMER list when you have questions.

Name / Email Phone Number City Call Sign Specialty
Bill Baumruck
k6gz@juno.com
(760) 947-2667 Hesperia K6GZ HF/VHF
Dave Deards
radiogramp@me.com
(760) 947-2402 Hesperia KZ6C
was:KI6HVI
Home Brew/Antennas
Dick Stephan
bdinhighdesert
@yahoo.com
(760) 955-1609 Victorville KI6IXL Batteries / WOUXUN
Radios / Solar Power


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The VVARC Net

Remember that every Sunday at 7PM the Club conducts a Net on the 146.940 repeater PL 91.5. Get the latest club announcements and reminders. Also, our Club needs volunteers to help run the Net. If you are interested, please contact us. In the event that the repeater is down, turn to 146.5350 simplex.

Net Control Script - PDF format
Net Controller Roster - PDF format
Net Roster - Excel format

Apple Valley ECS net
Monday at 7pm 146.94

High Desert Local Area Nets & additional Repeaters List — Excel format


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Club Newsletter

For more events and club info be sure to read the club's monthly newsletter the
Spectrum. CLICK HERE for the latest Club's Newsletter.



Download a Membership Application



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Ham Radio Licensing

The club sponsors four HAM Radio Technician Level Classes per year. They are taught during the months of February, May, August and November.
CLICK HERE for the latest Club's HAM Radio Technician classes.

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US Amateur Radio Bands

To view the new Amateur Radio Bands
ARRL's U.S. band listing

ICOM's U.S. band listing

Ian, G3NRW's 30 meter band digital usage chart


These are PDF files. Click here for Wikipedia's list of PDF viewers.

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