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
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:
N6ENV1@GMAIL.COM in writing of the particulars such as date & time the event
occurred along with what happened to document the violation.
Frosty, NQ1S
Technical Committee Chairperson
ARRL update on license fees
FCC is charging a $35.00 fee:
The new $35.00 fee will apply to ALL filings EXCEPT:
1) UPGRADE of your license from one level to the next level.
AND
2) ADMINISTRATIVE filing (change of name, mailing or email address.)
THERE IS A 10-DAY WINDOW to pay, or the process will restart.
This new fee is in addition to the $15.00 License Fee to take your test.
Please read more HERE.
repeater change for Severe weather reports
Additional Information
Hello StormSpotters,
With the active storm pattern we've had over the region, I wanted to send a quick reminder of the options to submit storm reports along with the reporting criteria. See attached. I always recommend to everyone that they create a Contact in their phone with the reporting options listed.
For the amateur radio operators ("Hams") in Sector 2 (Maricopa and northwest Pinal Counties), we have a new primary repeater for Skywarn Nets. It is on South Mountain at 443.050 MHz with (+) PL 100.0. This will be the primary until we find a permanent repeater. Thank you to the MARCA club and Dennis Bietry, KE7EJF, for this arrangement!
Austin Jamison
NWS Phoenix
weather.gov/phoenix
Digital Amateur Radio
Yaesu System Fusion
We have a new WIRES-X room on Boswell. The number is 81854. Click here for the Guidelines. More about WIRES-X from YAESU.
Check out our Digital page here.
Yaesu Digital Net:
Tuesday & Thursday Evening at 7:00 PM on 449.800 MHz.
Zoom & How to Get Started
Zoom is Virtual Meetings
- A Zoom information page can be found by clicking on this ZOOM link.
- When you enter a meeting, type your name and call sign into the "CHAT" window.
If you are clicking a ZOOM link from your phone, press (*6) to MUTE/UNMUTE yourself during meetings.
Click on this ZOOM ETIQUETTE link for more information about attending one of our Zoom meetings.
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 Noon, 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
Sun City West, AZ 85375
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