Support for amateur radio in the northern Shenandoah Valley — Home of the famous Berryville Hamfest
Hey everyone — we’ve got a long list of “To Do” items that involve maintenance of our valuable clubhouse, and some of them really need to get done before winter weather sets in.
We’d like to knock as many of them out as possible by inviting as many club members as possible to come Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, at 9am. Please let Gary Fortun K4GJF know if you can’t come then but would still like to help.
The clubhouse was at full capacity, and we were treated to an excellent and interesting presentation by Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH on the ARRL’s recently-launched Volunteer Monitors (VM) program. Hollingsworth is overseeing the development and implementation of this program, which will replace the Official Observers (OO) program. Continue reading “Special Presentation from Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH”
On Thursday evening, August 15th, 2019, at 7:30 PM, the Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club is pleased to host Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, to speak to us regarding the future of amateur radio enforcement since the discontinuation of the official observer program.
Riley is no stranger to the rules enforcement business. He held a position for many years at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) leading the Enforcement Bureau’s efforts to maintain order on the amateur radio bands. Following Riley’s retirement, the activity of the Enforcement Bureau seemed to drop off. The American Radio Relay League’s (ARRL’s) Official Observer program was discontinued last summer, to be replaced with the Volunteer Monitoring Program.
We look forward to hearing from Riley about the Volunteer Monitoring Program, and invite you to join us at the club house to come hear it for yourself.
Come to the Berryville Hamfest this Sunday at the Clarke County Fairgrounds and buy a chance (buy LOTS of chances!) for this Kenwood 950S with the DSP 10 option. Also included with the radio is a Rigblaster plug and play. This equipment is in excellent working order. Manuals and original boxes are included.
This drawing is used to support SVARC and is not part of the regular hamfest drawing. The winner must be present for the drawing to be held before noon.
This event is what our club relies on to cover the costs of our clubhouse, our club equipment, our community support, and our various activities. So if there’s ever a time your club needs your help, it’s this weekend! Continue reading “All Hands On Deck For The Berryville Hamfest This Weekend!”
The testing on Sunday, August 4, 2019, will be at Clarke County High School (NOT Cooley School as earlier posted). It’s right down the road (towards Berryville) from the Clarke County Fairgrounds (627 Mosby Blvd, Berryville, VA 22611).
Walk-ins welcome. All license classes. Testing begins at 12 noon. Photo ID required. For more information about the exams contact: John Creel WB3GXW@arrl.net or 301-572-5124.
In observance of Independence Day, there will be no meeting on Thursday, July 4, 2019. We hope you enjoy this national holiday with your family and friends and remember how fortunate we are to live in this great country.
Our next meeting will be Thursday, July 18 at 7:30 pm — important meeting to finalize plans for the Berryville Hamfest on August 4.
Field Day (https://svarc.us/field-day/) is June 22-23 at the Clarke County Fairgrounds, plan on joining us for some or all of the festivities. Continue reading “Field Day 2019 is almost here! Updated Information”
