VVARA

Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association
North-Central Arizona USA

CALENDAR
Next Club Meeting

Saturday, February 15, 2025
11:30am - 1:00pm: Optional Lunch
1:00pm: Club Meeting

Location
El Toreo Mexican Restaurant
1481 AZ-89A
Clarkdale, AZ 86324
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Presentation
"True Stories about True Lies - Early Days of the Harrier Program"
by Bill O'Hara, Harrier Pilot
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ARRL Field Day

Saturday & Sunday, June 28 & 29, 2025

Location
Mingus Summit Picnic Area
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Nets

Knobby Knee Net
Every Morning at 7:00AM

60s Trivia Net
Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings at 6:30PM

T.G.I.F. Net
Friday Evenings at 6:30PM

Nets
NEWS
VVARA January Meeting
VVARA January 2025 Meeting
Special thanks for an interesting and informative presentation by John Morgan about "Career and Technical Education at Yavapai College". For more information see the CTEC website.

A one hour video of John's presentation is available on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/micXz4GcJ1M
VVARA January 2025 Meeting


Sale for the Estate of Bob Zimmerli KD7SXH (SK)
Download the PDF file. (Contact Ron N6XT)

2024 Weather Review for Northern Arizona
Download the PDF file. (Thanks to Bob KC8BOB for finding this.)

How to Renew Your Ham License
Instructions at the Ham Radio Prep website:
https://hamradioprep.com/renew-ham-radio-license/
or download this PDF file. (Thanks Paul WA7US.)


Andaman Islands DX-Pedition
Andaman Islands DX-Pedition
DX-Adventure is thrilled to announce our upcoming DX-pedition to the beautiful South Andaman Islands (IOTA AS-001).From March 10th to March 20th, 2025, an experienced team of 12 operators will be active from South Andaman, operating 6 stations around the clock on bands from 10m to 160m (incl. WARC + 60m), using CW, SSB, and DIGI.Months of careful planning and preparation have brought together an international team of experienced DX-peditioners. For more information see the website:
https://www.dx-adventure.com/en/vu4ax-press-release-1/


Yuma Hamfest is Back On
Yuma Hamfest Poster


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Ambient Weather on Mingus Repeater
Weather Cam Photo

We have a new weather station on Mingus Mountain. You can see the weather report here: Mingus Weather.

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