Category: News
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Silent Key: Roger Steyaert K7RXV
We are sad to report the death of active SVARC member Roger Steyaert K7RXV, Extra Class License. Roger died in a head-on accident with a semitrailer truck near Cortez, Colorado. We don’t have any details or obituary, but a note has been sent to his family on behalf of the club. Not many people knew…
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Hamfest 2023 Photos from WD4GEK
It’s a wrap! And it was a great hamfest. Weather was perfect and attendees were clearly in the mood to get out and find some great gear. Besides some new vendors, the Berryville Hamfest featured a new program called TechTalk all morning — short learning sessions for novices and experience hams alike. Topics included: getting…
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Open Headset Interconnect Standard [OHIS] N6MTS
N6MTS, Mark may be familiar to you as he is co-host of podcast HamRadioWorkBench.com. Mark has founded a company that is designing products for the audiophile and amateur radio. At the May 2023 Dayton Hamvention, Mark presented his open headset interconnect standard. Mark realized an opportunity with the ability to use any headset, with any…
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Santa’s Visit at the 2022 SVARC Christmas Party
We had about 50 members and guests at the Christmas party in December — if you weren’t there, we missed you, and you missed a very fun visit from Santa. He seemed to know exactly who had been naught or nice during the year! Thanks to John and Frances Royo for being our official photographers.
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New ARRL Radio Lab Will Inspire Your Ham Shack!
Posted courtesy of ARRL [http://www.arrl.org/news/new-arrl-radio-lab-inspires-innovation-in-the-ham-shack ] Introducing the brand new ARRL Radio Laboratory, W1HQ! Join Jherica Goodgame, KI5HTA, as she walks you through everything there is to know about this newest edition to ARRL Headquarters. The ARRL Radio Lab is an innovative test space designed to reshape the way we imagine and build a ham radio…