Sun City Arizona
Welcome To WestValleyARC in Sun City Az.
Licensed hams from all over the Grand Canyon State,
check in to our call-in nets on 147.300MHz (+) PL 162.2Hz
Silent Key
Gary Ferguson (NF7F)
15 August, 1944 – 21 November, 2024
Obit: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/phoenix-az/gary-ferguson-12104222
Thunderbird Hamfest - 1/11/2024 8A-12P
Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club Hamfest and Electronics Swap Meet
- Location: Haven Church 5902 W. Cactus Rd Glendale, AZ 85304
- Date: Saturday January 11, 2025
- Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
- This event will occur Rain or Shine, Snow or No Snow. Come prepared.
- Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
- This event is ARRL Sanctioned and ARCA Co-Sponsored.
- Buy Raffle Tickets! Prize descriptions below.
- Two seminars will be presented.
- 1 – Introduction to Kit Building.
- 2 – State of the ARRL.
For More Information: http://www.tbirdfest.org/
Dues are due for 2025
The Dues for 2025 are $20 or ($21 if paying by PayPal)
Please bring your cash or check (made out to WVARC) to our next General meeting on January 6th, along with a Membership Application Form. We ask that each year you fill one of these out for our record-keeping purposes. Family members in the same household are included in the Primary Member's dues.
If you just passed your Technician Test (first license) with us, your FIRST year of dues is on us!
Yaesu Digital Amateur Radio net
Yaesu System Fusion
Yaesu Digital Net-TWO Nights a Week:
Tuesday & Thursday Evening at 7:00 PM on 449.800 MHz.
We also have the EARLY BIRD net at 7 AM every Wednesday morning.
Our WIRES-X room number is 81854.
Here are a few Guidelines.
More about WIRES-X from YAESU.
Check out our Digital page HERE.
All About AllStar
net controllers needed for winter
Also See Nets & Social Page
Volunteering to Host a Net is the easiest way:
- to find out if you like being a Net Control.
- to better your skills as a Net Control before tackling a more stressful situation.
- to provide a variety of styles and subjects to our nets.
- to participate and build confidence in ham radio communication!
No need to be a club member, but you do need to be a licensed Amateur Radio Operator. Who knows, after a time or two, you may find that you really like being a Net Control and become one of our regulars. Please take a moment to look at the sample PREAMBLE and let Ray, W0IVB, know that you would like to give it a try at: ray42day@aol.com
join us for Breakfast & Lunch
Come On Down!!
Club members get together for breakfast and lunch! These guys are having lunch at Bobbie's Cafe', which is held Tuesdays at 11:30 AM, in the Greenway Shopping Center:
15472 N. 99th Ave. #5, Sun City, AZ 85351
Rise and Shine for breakfast on Thursday mornings at 7AM:
12555 W. Bell Road
Surprise, AZ 85378
Repeater courtesy
Hobby Enjoyment
Participating in a conversation on our repeaters should be treated similar to a conversation in open mixed company in a social setting.
Conversations should be kept courteous and all participants should be treated with dignity and respect. Monopolizing the repeater or engaging in controversial subjects such as religion, sex, or politics should generally be avoided.
Test ‘kerchunking’ the repeater (pushing & releasing the push-to-talk button) is considered a poor operating practice and should be avoided.
We also ask that you let the repeater drop completely, to allow emergency traffic to break in.
Conversations on our repeaters are a direct reflection of our club. Please make our repeaters enjoyable for all to use.
Interference and Jamming of our Club’s Repeaters
It is the West Valley ARC position that when a QSO or net experiences unwelcome
interference over our repeater, you should either tolerate it or sign off.
The intruder will soon violate the FCC 10-minute rule by not ID-ing and possible
intentional jamming of a licensed station(s) along with other illegal acts.
- If net control and/or users choose to continue, keep all transmissions short and leave several seconds of space after the repeater drops.
- Do not discuss the intruder or make assumptions on what you think the issue might be over the air.
- Keep in mind that interference is often accidental such as a keyed mic, monitor volume low or another innocent mistake.
The Tech Committee will be working behind the scenes to document the interference and hand it over to the FCC for disciplinary action.
If it is of a racial, sexual, profane, vulgar or other illegal act; legally ID and turn off
your radio. Never engage a jammer.
Inform the Tech Committee at:
n7yo.jim@gmail.com in writing of the particulars such as date & time the event
occurred along with what happened to document the violation.
Jim, N7YO
Technical Committee Chairperson
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