Club members are invited to bring your family and come celebrate the season with us on Saturday, December 17, 2022, starting at 5:30 at the Boy Scout Center (107 Youth Development Ct, Winchester, VA 22602). We’ll have a social time and eat between 6 and 6:15.
Shaffer’s will cater our buffet meal again with a fabulous menu of: ham with pineapple sauce, sliced roasted turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing balls, country green beans, cranberry salad, rolls, Red Velvet Cake with cream cheese frosting, cherry pie, and coconut cream pie. The total cost with tax, delivery, and gratuity is about $20 each, and the club is picking up all but $10 each. There is no charge for members or members’ children under fifteen.
If you haven’t already, let Elizabeth Cottrell W4EHC know if you can go and how many in your party. She needs a final count by December 7. CLICK HERE to email her.
Silent Auction Fundraiser
Words SILENT AUCTION composed of wooden dices. Auction gavel on the table in the background. Closeup
Duane Martin KK4BZ is organizing a silent auction as a club fundraiser. He’s looking for good quality donated items, large or small. This doesn’t have to be just amateur radio items — just something someone else might be willing to bid on. Please email Duane for more information or to let him know you have something to donate.
Support your club and get to know other members and their families. Hope to see you on December 17.
The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club received the following request on our website contact page. In the spirit of community service, we’re passing it along in case anyone reading this might be interested:
From: Jason Zeibel, National Scout Jamboree Subject: Ham Radio and the BSA
Greetings! My name is Jason Zeibel (N1JZ) and I am a ham radio operator from Clifton, VA and an Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 1345G in Burke, Virginia. I will be on the K2BSA staff for next summer’s 2023 National Scout Jamboree. The jamboree typically happens every four years. It was supposed to be in 2021, but was postponed two years due to COVID, so it has been six years since the last one. K2BSA is an amateur radio organization dedicated to the scouting movement: https://k2bsa.net/ Check out our website from previous jamborees: https://k2bsa.net/jamboree/ I’m sure many of you have had QSOs with us over the years! The National Scout Jamboree is coming up on 19-28 July 2023. It will be held in West Virginia at the Summit Bechtel Scout Reservation. https://jamboree.scouting.org/
It was perfect weather and a great crowd — over 1200 attendees and just under 200 tailgaters — plus all the indoor and pavilion vendors. Here are some preliminary photos from John WD4GEK: https://jacjr.smugmug.com/Berryville-Hamfest-2022/n-b5F6xL.
And these captured a nice moment in the visit to the Hamfest from Dr. Jim Boehner N2ZZ, ARRL’s Roanoke Division Director, when he presented an award to Ross KE4BCN with John N4MM and Carl NX3A:
SVARC Club member Duane Martin KK4BZ has been helping Mike Jessop WB3JVD and his wife Maggie prepare Mike’s amateur radio gear for sale. The Jessops are downsizing and dealing with health issues. Duane has meticulously cataloged the gear and taken pictures of each piece. We’ve uploaded the list and numbered pictures to a Google Docs folder which can be found if you CLICK HERE. If you want to buy anything, please contact Duane KK4BZ (martindh@iname.com). Anything not sold by this weekend will be taken to the Berryville Hamfest SVARC Club table.
We’re showing the list below and you can CLICK HERE to find the list of pictures of each item:
The 2022 Berryville Hamfest is almost here: Sunday, August 7! Everyone’s ready to get out and get together and see some STUFF! We’ll have it all — commercial vendors for your new amateur radio equipment, antennas, cable, and parts, hats, badges, shirts, and so much more (SEE LIST OF INSIDE VENDORS), and tailgaters all over the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville, Virginia, for those treasures and bargains you’ve been looking for.
Check out our new website for information on the event, vendors attending, and answers to the most frequently asked questions. And if you have a question that needs answering, use the CONTACT FORM. Check it out and tell your friends!
7/22/22 Update: Indoor Table Space Available!
We still have a few spaces available in the Horticulture and Arts & Crafts Building (and ONE table available in the Ruritan Building). Fill out the no-obligation request form HERE to let the Vendor Coordinator (Mick W8BE) know what you’d like. But act soon — we have to submit our table rental order to ensure we have enough tables.
Meetings at the clubhouse, and remote via Zoom.app. Members will receive the zoom link by email. If you aren’t a member and want the Zoom link, please use the CONTACT FORM on this website to request it.
WANT TO JOIN SVARC?CLICK HERE to get more membership information and CLICK HERE to download the club membership application and use this website’s CONTACT page if you have questions.
We meet on the first and third Thursday of each month at 7:30pm. Gathering begins about 6:30 pm for conversation.
VE Sessions. Pre-registration advised. Please see the VE Page for further details. Sign up below to get VE testing updates.
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Berryville Hamfest
The next Berryville Hamfest will be held on Sunday August 6, 2023 at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville, VA, and is scheduled there each year on the first Sunday in August. Find out more at https://berryvillehamfest.com
