Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club
An ARRL Special Service Club since 1970
On Saturday, May 15, 2021, Ron Nelson-K6RIN will be staffing a special event station (WA6LE) at the Simi Valley Police Department to commemorate the annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day and National Police Week.
Continue reading “Special Event Station: National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day”
This week’s Saturday Morning Radio School begins at 10 A.M. on Zoom.
May 8th: Repeater Networks with Brad Ormsby-W6VO. We have linked repeaters everywhere, both open and private, and Brad is the guy to tell us all about them.
Here are the Zoom meeting details:
Direct Link: https://zoom.us/j/91055491273?pwd=M3dzYS85RlU4TndGc2d0UjA1dFNvUT09
Meeting Number: 910 5549 1273
Password: jaCC2H
Contact: Keith Elliott at W6KME@CVARC.org
This week’s Saturday Morning Radio School begins at 10 A.M. on Zoom.
May 1st: Nets and Netiquette with Rick Tate-KQ6NO. Rick is the Section Emergency Coordinator for the ARRL’s Santa Barbara Section (which includes Ventura County) and Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Ventura County. He’ll discuss proper order and etiquette during all sorts of nets. A good refresher for the veteran net users and the recent Technician Class graduates alike!
Here are the Zoom meeting details:
Direct Link: https://zoom.us/j/91055491273?pwd=M3dzYS85RlU4TndGc2d0UjA1dFNvUT09
Meeting Number: 910 5549 1273
Password: jaCC2H
Contact: Keith Elliott at W6KME@CVARC.org
CVARC will hold its annual Field Day event on June 26th and 27th, 2021 on the field near the intersection of West Potrero Road and Trentwood Drive in the Lake Sherwood area. (34.139531, -118.881485)
Setup will begin at noon on Friday June 25th. The actual operating event will run from 11:00 AM Saturday, June 26th to 11:00 AM Sunday June 27th. Breakdown of our gear will commence immediately thereafter.
The barbecue will be held Saturday evening.
If you are interested in participating as a band captain, as an operator, or in helping to cook, set up or breakdown, please contact Martin Hickey at AJ6CL@cvarc.org
By Bruce Schubert-KM6ZJK
I thought I’d share my “Shack” in a Box / Go Kit which is nearly complete. This HF/VHF/UHF portable setup normally operates on my workbench in my shack, but it has also run out of the back of my Jeep or on a small camping table. The setup includes a 35A power supply and a 16Ahr LiFePO4 battery.
Continue reading “KM6ZJK’s Shack in a Box”The next regular club meeting on May 20, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. will be conducted via Zoom video conferencing software as we continue meeting remotely to combat the spread of COVID-19. Details on how to access the meeting are below.
Topic – Field Day 2021: CVARC Operations Chair Martin Hickey-AJ6CL outlines the plans for the club’s Field Day.
Continue reading “May Club Meeting”
A 45-year-old hiker who was reported missing after he texted a friend that he was lost in Angeles National Forest has been found. Ham radio operator and satellite mapping enthusiast Benjamin Kuo, working from a cell phone photograph, helped authorities pinpoint the hiker’s location. View this interesting Twitter thread in which Ben explains how he managed to geolocate the hiker using only the general area and a grainy photograph.
Source: losangeles.cbslocal.com
CVARC’s Spring Fling Rover Roundup was held Sunday April 11, along with a Zoom meeting hosted by Brad Ormsby-W6VO. It was a three-hour 2M simplex contest that allowed multiple QSOs with the same operators provided at least one of them had changed their location to another 6-digit maidenhead square. Each square you bagged, either as a rover or from home, counted as a multiplier. Several dozen people participated, and 18 submitted their scores during the Zoom meeting. Like all our VHF contests this past year, it was designed so that everyone could be competitive with any license or level of equipment.
Continue reading “Spring Fling Rover Roundup Nets 737 QSOs”CVARC is planning a special amateur radio event for the afternoon of Sunday, April 11th.
While the pandemic still makes it impossible for us to get together in person, we hope to keep the spirit of camaraderie and togetherness alive among hams in the Conejo Valley with the CVARC Spring Fling.
The idea of the CVARC Spring Fling is to hold a series of events connecting hams over the air and on Zoom.
Continue reading “CVARC Spring Fling Set for Sunday!”
By Pete Heins-N6ZE@aol.com
The first of the Spring VHF/UHF sprint events was held on Monday evening, April 5th. As per usual, I decided to operate from a favorite high spot in the Santa Monica mountains for the first half hour (7 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.) of the 4-hour contest period and to watch the setting sun.
Continue reading “N6ZE’s Report on the Spring 2-Meter Sprint”