NOTICE
Saturday, September 21 and Saturday, September 28
7:00am - 9:00am
The Knobby Knee Net will move to the club's Porcupine Mountain repeater.
TWO DAYS ONLY
147.100 MHz Out / 147.700 MHz In (standard + offset)
131.8 Hz PL Tone
On those two Saturdays the Mingus Mountain repeater will be used for the Prescott Rally and the Chino Grinder.
9/21/24 and 9/28/24
Sunspot Photos
Gary K9SG sent some more sunspot photos. Click the photo below to see Gary's astrophotography.
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VVARA Field Day 2024
The VVARA had another successful Field Day on Friday & Saturday, June 22 & 23. We were at our traditional location at the Mingus Summit Picnic Site between Prescott Valley and Jerome, Arizona. Click on the photo below for more pictures from the event.
VVARA June Club Meeting
Our June meeting was at El Toreo in Clarkdale, Arizona on June 15th. Thanks to Toby K7ABP for a description of his trip to InfoComm. Also thanks to Ron N6XT for leading the discussion on Field Day and Matt N7YIO for an update on the new Porcupine Mountain repeaters.
Porcupine Mountain Repeater
The VVARA tech crew had a work day at the repeater building on Porcupine Mountain. The old
folded dipole antenna was removed and replaced by a new 70cm vertical antenna. The APRS antenna was also replaced and the APRS now
has the correct location ID.
On another trip the 2m and 70cm repeaters were replaced and are now Yaesu Digital Fusion capable. See the Repeaters page for more info.
Here are a few photos from the days:
https://vvara.org/photos/Porcupine-Repeater-2024/gallery/
Monday Lunch Bunch
On most Mondays a group of hams and guests get together for lunch at a local restaurant. The group is surprisingly called the Monday Lunch Bunch. Here is the group at the BackBurner Family Restaurant in Prescott Valley on June 3, 2024. The best way to find out where the lunch will be is to listen to the Knobby Knee Net on Monday mornings.
The Knobby Knee Breakfast
Or some would say this is brunch. Here is a recent gathering at Randall's Restaurant in Cottonwood, Arizona. If you would like to join us show up about 8:30am Wednesday for the regular Randall's morning breakfast.
Ambient Weather on Mingus Repeater
We have a new weather station on Mingus Mountain. You can see the weather report
here: Mingus Weather.
