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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


sk-william (Lee) vaughan III, k7zhz

One of our longtime members has passed.

Lee will be remembered and missed by quite a few club members.  Around the breakfast table, during nets and meetings, his comments and questions were precise and to the point.  His obituary has been posted online, with no public services scheduled at this time.  His family are in our prayers.

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Events and meetings

08/02/2021

WVARC In-Person General Meeting-Church

7PM

Shepherd of the Desert

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08/02/2021

WVARC In-Person General Meeting-Church

The guest speaker for August will be Gene Swiech WB9COY.  The topic will be GPS 101.  Gene will talk about the basics of the GPS system, des...

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7PM

Shepherd of the Desert

08/14/2021

Show-Your-Shack Tour on ZOOM

10 AM

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08/14/2021

Show-Your-Shack Tour on ZOOM

This event is on a Saturday.  All members are encouraged to participate.  Look for more details as the date draws near.

10 AM

08/17/2021

WVARC Board Meeting

10AM

Event Details

08/17/2021

WVARC Board Meeting

Look for more details on this meeting as the date draws near.

10AM

10/16/2021

WVARC 60th Anniversary Jubilee Celebration

Noon

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4pm

Shepherd of the Desert Church in Youngtown

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10/16/2021

WVARC 60th Anniversary Jubilee Celebration

This event will be held at the church.  In addition to the pot luck there will be a catered main dish which will be paid for by the club.  W...

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Noon

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4pm

Shepherd of the Desert Church in Youngtown

11/13/2021

Fox Hunt-Location Exercise

TBD

Outdoor Activity

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11/13/2021

Fox Hunt-Location Exercise

Fox Hunting is a fun family activity, to get outside and use your ham radio as a locator.  Here is an older video that many of you have seen...

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TBD

Outdoor Activity

More Events

60th anniversary shirts & mugs

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HamFest Calendar

Thank you to ARCA-Amateur Radio Council of AZ, for this Hamfest Calendar.  They are keeping it updated with the Coronavirus closures.  Click the link to see the updates for these events.


Calling All Musicians

Last Chance to Be a Star!

This is a great time to show off your musical talent!  Get in touch with Bill at the number above, and play for a captive audience.  Nothing too loud or obnoxious please!  We promise not to throw tomatoes at you!  hihi

Elmers Assisting New Members

GARY, K8BKB

Raymond,WB7VZI

GARY, K8BKB

LARRY, W07C

Raymond,WB7VZI

GARY, K8BKB

Raymond,WB7VZI

Raymond,WB7VZI

Raymond,WB7VZI

BILL, KA2KHV

These Guys Are Great!

Raymond,WB7VZI

These Guys Are Great!

These Guys Are Great!

These Guys Are Great!

Full of Knowledge from Years of Experience with Amateur Radio!

These Guys Are Great!

These Guys Are Great!

Members can fill out the form on the "About Us" page, or look one of these great guys up on the club roster for information.

Attention New Hams

WVARC Radios to Loan Program (pdf)

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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

Digital Amateur Radio

Yaesu System Fusion

We have a new WIRES-X room on Boswell.  The number is 81854. Click here for the Guidelines.


Check out our Digital page here.

Yaesu Digital Net:  

Tuesday 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.

Breakfast & Lunch in-person again

Come On Down!!

Club members are getting together for breakfast and lunch again!  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 


Past In-Person Event Highlights

2021 Annual Auction (this year on Zoom)-February 20

Well, we pulled it off!  I had no doubts, with Krissy, KI7GJJ, as our chairperson.  Click on the red button below, to see some of the pictures of our exchange between bidders and sellers.  The actual auction was conducted on Zoom. 

2021 annual auction

2020 Spring Picnic & EmComm-March 7th

The weather was great, the burgers were grilled to perfection by Fred, K7WFP, so what else can I say?  Again, Gloria, W7GAP, did a wonderful job of organizing the picnic and we had a bit of EmComm on the side.  This is how you mix Social and Ham Radio!

2020 March 7 Picnic & EmComm

2020 Annual Auction- February 3rd

I don't know about you, but I had a GREAT time!  You missed a lot of neat ham gear, if you missed our auction.  We had vintage radios, all the way up to brand-new-never-been-out-of-the-box radios.  We had plenty of estate sale items, Field Day hats, mugs and you name it!


This year, we had such a great group of volunteers, and our February Ham of the Month, Krissy Larson, KI7GJJ, did an excellent job as chairperson.  Thanks again to everyone who volunteered!

2020 Auction Pictures

2019 Holiday Banquet-December 1st

This was a great way to end the year!  We had a very nice dinner, Bill, KA2KHV, "tickled the ivories" fantastic as usual!  We were sweetly serenaded by Dave, WA0ZVM, as he convinced others to join him in song, and the ladies did a wonderful job with the handing out of great door prizes!  Some members went to HRO for Christmas!

2019 Banquet Pictures

2019 Palo Verde Siren Test-November 13

A big thank you goes out to all involved with this event!  The sirens were tested twice, the food was great and this year the Emergency Alert System on our phone was tested.  Always a good time, 

visiting with hams I haven't seen for awhile.  No hams will be conducting the siren test in 2020.

2019 Palo Verde Sirens

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