Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club
An ARRL Special Service Club since 1970
Everyone had a good time at CVARC’s Winter Field Day event at Dos Vientos Community Park in Newbury Park on January 25th. Read more to see pictures and video of the event.
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CVARC’s Winter Field Day will be held Saturday, January 25, 2020.
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Please setup no earlier than 9:00 AM. The Park District will charge us extra if we occupy the space outside of our permitted hours.
Location: Dos Vientos Community Center, 4801 Borchard Road, Newbury Park CA 91320
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CVARC’s next Mini Field Day is set for Sunday, October 6, 2019 at Borchard Community Park, Picnic Area C.
The park is located at 190 North Reino Road in Newbury Park. The event officially starts at 1000, but we are allowed to set up as early as 0900. The event will end at 1400 and we must leave the picnic area by 1430.
Directions: proceed west on Borchard Road, past N. Wendy Drive. Turn Right on N. Reino Road. Just past the tennis courts, you should turn right into parking lot. Picnic Area C is located at the northeast corner of the parking lot. There is ample space for antennas behind the picnic pavilion.
Members of the club were surveyed on a number of topics regarding Field Day held June 22-23, 2019. Twenty six club members responded to the survey and overall the club members were satisfied with their Field Day experience. Click here to read the entire report.
Under tents and antennas deployed at a Newbury Park school last weekend, ham radio operators took part in a 24-hour race to connect far and wide.
Source: Ventura County Star
Please join us for Field Day this weekend, Saturday June 22nd and Sunday June 23. We’ll be setting up 20 stations at Maple Elementary School, 3501 West Kimber Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Setup will start 1100 PDT on June 21. (Please don’t come any earlier as, according to the Field Day Rules, we can set up no sooner than 1100). Operations will start at 1100 PDT June 22 and end 1100 PDT June 23. Cleanup will commence at 1100 PDT June 23. There will be a BBQ on the evening of June 22. You can still get a ticket for the BBQ at the June 20th club meeting.
-by Bill Willcox- KF6JQO CVARC Operations Chair and 2019 Field Day Chair
It’s time to start getting ready for CVARC’s 2019 ARRL Field Day.
There is no better learning experience in ham radio than participating in a Field Day event. Once again we will be using the practice fields at Maple Elementary School, 3501 West Kimber Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Setup will start 1100 PDT on June 21. (Please don’t come any earlier as, according to the Field Day Rules, we can set up no sooner than 1100). Operations will start at 1100 PDT June 22 and end 1100 PDT June 23. Cleanup will commence at 1100 PDT June 23. There will be a BBQ on the afternoon and evening of June 22 (details to follow).
Continue reading “Save the Dates: June 21-23 is Field Day”CVARC hosts several portable operating events each year.
The first event this year is Winter Field Day, January 26, 2019, from 10 AM to 4 PM at Dos Vientos Park Picnic Pavilion, 4801 Borchard Road, Newbury Park.
CVARC has reserved the pavilion from 8 AM to 5 PM, so please plan on setting up no earlier than 8 AM. (We may want to use this venue again, so we don’t want to anger the Recreation and Parks Gods.) We’ll have pizza and drinks available around lunchtime.
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