Short Skip: WVARC stories, projects, people, and adventures.
Short Skip has carried club news for decades. The new Short Skip continues that tradition as a searchable WVARC blog: club activities, member projects, operating adventures, event stories, videos, and the things worth remembering between meetings.
Start with the featured stories, search the growing collection by keyword or tag, or take a trip back through surviving Short Skip newsletters from the 1970s.
Featured Short Skips
Featured Short Skip
WVARC Gets on the Air at Church Camp
About 14 people joined West Valley Amateur Radio Club at Church Camp Road Recreation Area on Saturday, October 24, for a Parks on the Air outing. With radios set up at park US-13337, the group enjoyed burning hotdogs…
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WVARC Celebrates 65 Years of Amateur Radio and Friendship
WVARC marked its 65th anniversary at Beardsley Park on October 3, 2026, with friendship, live music from Sudden Strangers and amateur radio.
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JOTA 2026: Scouts Take the Microphone at Heard Scout Pueblo
Scouts explored amateur radio with WVARC at Heard Scout Pueblo on October 17, 2026, with hands-on microphone and Morse-code activities supported by club volunteers.
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Search by a person, callsign, event, radio, project, or phrase. Use the tags to browse related stories, and combine tags when you want to narrow things down.
WVARC Gets on the Air at Church Camp
About 14 people joined West Valley Amateur Radio Club at Church Camp Road Recreation Area on Saturday, October 24, for a Parks on the Air outing. With radios…
Read Short SkipWVARC Celebrates 65 Years of Amateur Radio and Friendship
WVARC marked its 65th anniversary at Beardsley Park on October 3, 2026, with friendship, live music from Sudden Strangers and amateur radio.
Read Short SkipJOTA 2026: Scouts Take the Microphone at Heard Scout Pueblo
Scouts explored amateur radio with WVARC at Heard Scout Pueblo on October 17, 2026, with hands-on microphone and Morse-code activities supported by club volunteers.
Read Short SkipInside NY7S: A Visit to the Del Webb Repeater Site
A July 25 visit with Josh Cavender, KE7WIL, revealed the radios, computers, duplexers, links, and antennas working together behind WVARC’s familiar NY7S Del Webb repeater.
Read Short SkipBalloons on the Air: KE7WIL Takes NY7S to 2,600 Feet
On April 28, Josh, KE7WIL, took the NY7S club call airborne for a 45-minute Balloons on the Air flight, making 28 contacts on 146.58 MHz simplex from about…
Read Short SkipFrom the Short Skip Archive
The Short Skip name has history behind it. Surviving WVARC newsletters from the 1970s are preserved in the club document library, including an October 1974 issue that can be read directly on the site.
Short Skip — October 1974
One of the earliest surviving issues in the WVARC archive. Open the four-page newsletter in the document viewer or download the original PDF.
Historical Short Skip Collection
Browse the surviving newsletter issues from 1974 through 1979 alongside the rest of WVARC’s preserved club history.
The New Short Skip
New stories live here as WordPress posts so they are searchable, taggable, shareable, and easy to keep building over time.