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Welcome To WestValleyARC in Sun City Az.

Welcome To WestValleyARC in Sun City Az.Welcome To WestValleyARC in Sun City Az.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


bring your radio gear-it's almost here!!

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Events and meetings calendar

02/06/2023

WVARC General Meeting

7pm

SOTD Church

Event Details

02/06/2023

WVARC General Meeting

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR SWAPFEST-TAILGATE REGISTRATION FORM (and ten bucks) SEE THE FEB 18th EVENT BELOW.

We welcome all members and guests to ...

Event Details

7pm

SOTD Church

02/15/2023

WVARC Board Meeting on Zoom

7pm

on Zoom

Event Details

02/15/2023

WVARC Board Meeting on Zoom

Club  members will receive a link to this meeting in their email so that they can hear what is being planned for the upcoming future.

7pm

on Zoom

02/18/2023

WVARC-Swapfest-Tailgate

8 AM

-

2 PM

SOTD Church Parking Lot

Event Details

02/18/2023

WVARC-Swapfest-Tailgate

Be sure to fill out your Registration Form and turn it in with $10.00 prior to this event.


BRING Ten Dollars, CASH or CHECK + REGISTATION FOR...

Event Details

8 AM

-

2 PM

SOTD Church Parking Lot

calendar of events

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2023 winter field day a success!!

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HamFest Calendar

Thank you to ARCA-Amateur Radio Council of AZ, for this Hamfest Calendar.  They do a great job of keeping it updated.  Click the link to see the updates for these events.


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.


Our WIRES-X room number is 81854. 

Here are a few Guidelines.  

More about WIRES-X from YAESU.


Check out our Digital page HERE.


EmComm Report-January 2023

Check out "new House bills & ARRL News" along with other great articles!

Thank you Krissy, KI7GJJ,  for this EmComm information.  Click the LINK to see the update from the latest ShortSkip newsletter.  Events for MCECG can be found HERE.


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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



What is Benevolence?

Compassion

Essential Elements

Essential Elements

"Use your VOICE for kindness, your EARS for compassion, your HANDS for charity, your MIND for truth, and your HEART for love."~unknown

Essential Elements

Essential Elements

Essential Elements

In today's society, we need to look out for one another.  Is someone you know, not feeling well, or going in for surgery?

Contact Rolf

Essential Elements

Contact Rolf

Rolf, KG0KM, is committee chair, and can be contacted at:

 bignorsk@hotmail.com

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:

Bobbies Cafe'

15472 N. 99th Ave. #5, Sun City, AZ  85351


Rise and Shine for breakfast on Thursday mornings at 7AM:

Lou's Tivoli Gardens

12555 W. Bell Road

Sun City West, AZ  85375 


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