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  • IN C OLO R: The May Newsletter is now available.
     

  • BVARC May General Membership Meeting 7:30 PM, Thursday,May 9, 2013

    234 Matlage Way, Imperial Park Recreation Center, Sugar Land, Texas

     Program: 

On May 9th, the agenda is:

  • Normal business opening remarks, KK2Z President
     

  •         Report on the success and thank you for the huge volunteer effort for the Greater Houston Hamfest,  John K5IZO Hamfest Chairperson
     

  •         Matt Tatro, K5NGU will outline the next volunteer effort and logistics for the June 22nd Field Day Event. Event.
     

  •         Museum Ships Weekend, outline of the upcoming Museum Ships Weekend event May 31 - June 2. K5HM  Ron Litt and others.
     

  • The club meets every month, usually on the second Thursday(7:30 PM) of the month, at the Imperial Park Recreation Center, 234 Matlage Way, Sugar Land.  Also, BVARC members frequent the 146.94 (167.9) and the 145.47 (PL 123.0) repeaters and hold a Public Service Net every Monday at 8 PM on 146.94 (167.9. In addition, BVARC sponsors a HF net on Wednesday nights. It meets on 3910 +/- 3 khz. This net is allows each member to comment on current events and includes club announcements. The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club is a public service club serving Fort Bend County and Southwest Houston. The club was founded in 1978 and has been active in social events, license classes, administering amateur radio license tests. It provides support for city and county emergency management communication operations. Members provide support for many charitable events such as walks and bike rides.

 
This Week in Ham Radio Today is : Friday May 24, 2013
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24 Fri
25 Sat
EVENT CQ WW WPX CW Contest - 0000Z May 25th to 2359Z May 26th  
26 Sun
EVENT CQ WW WPX CW Contest - 0000Z May 25th to 2359Z May 26th  
27 Mon
NETS BVARC Monday night Public Service Net - Meets at 8 PM Mondays on 146.94 FM  
28 Tue
29 Wed
NETS BVARC HF Rag Chew Net - meets at 7 PM on 3910 +/-  
30 Thu
31 Fri
EVENT Museum Ships 2013 - Our 6th Year of participation; Bigger and Better  
 
Real People to Contact:
Learning Things Ross Lawler, W5HFF, Club "Elmer" w5hff@yahoo.com 281-342-3340
Club Things Kirk Kendrick, KK2Z, Club President  kmkendrick@gmail.com 281-633-8819
Newsletter Things John Chauvin, K5IZO, Editor k5izo@yahoo.com  
VE Testing Things John Moore, KK5NU, VE Liaison jwm@hal-pc.org 713-481-4107
Web Things Eddie Runner, NU5K web@bvarc.org 713-569-8799
Everything Else Things Cameron Mitchell, K5CAM k5cam@arrl.net 281-565-4665
 
  Latest Members, Renewals or Changes  
NAME CALLSIGN EMAIL EXPIRE
Raul Aldape  KE5FAH ke5fah AT hotmail.com  2014/05/01 
Ron Litt  K5HM k5hm.ron AT gmail.com  2014/05/01 
Thomas W. Graves  K5TWG twg AT am-law.com  2014/05/01 
Jon Noxon  KF5TFJ jon AT noxon.cc  2014/05/01 
Glenn Anderson  WB5TUF wb5tuf AT earthlink.net  2014/05/01 
John Gilstrap Jr.  KD5TVJ kd5tvj AT jsgil.mylinuxisp.com  2014/07/01 
Kevin Vinther  KV5X kvinther AT gmail.com  2014/05/01 
Bud King  K5CEK ceking AT hal-pc.org  2014/01/01 
David Barber  K5NDB d_barber AT att.net  2014/04/01 
John Chauvin  K5IZO k5izo AT yahoo.com  2014/03/01 
Zach Sharer  jesharer AT yahoo.com  2014/04/01 
Charlie Keng  K5ENG k5eng AT comcast.net  2014/05/01 
Richard E. Goldy  K5GOL rgoldy AT windstream.net  2014/05/01 
James Roeder  KF5BMW roederjh AT comcast.net  2014/04/01 
Joe Sharer  AA1ZJ jesharer AT yahoo.com  2014/04/01 
Michael Mustachia  KF5PHA MMUSTACHIA AT ATT.NET  2014/05/01 
Allan Hill  NQ5B nq5b AT msn.com  2014/04/01 
Mary Fuglaar  KA5LGJ hfuglaar AT hotmail.com  2014/04/01 
D. Howard Bingham  KE5APJ KE5APJ AT earthlink.net  2014/04/01 
Bill McNally  K5YDO billmc AT ruf.rice.edu  2014/05/01 
 
  Memberships Expiring Soon!  
NAME CALLSIGN EMAIL EXPIRE
Kenneth Stevens  WX5YZ  cat9tails AT gmail.com  2013/03/01
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Charles Taylor  WB5VYR  wb5vyr AT sbcglobal.net  2013/03/01
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Jerry Tripp  KA5LPH  blazer0444 AT yahoo.com  2013/03/01
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Polly Tripp      2013/03/01
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Michael Lay  N5PTN  n5ptn AT n5ptn.net  2013/03/01
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Barry Taylor  KE5ESX    2013/03/01
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Russell Richter  WP2AHG  WP2AHG AT comcast.net  2013/03/01
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Jamie Tarricone  KA1JF  jamie AT tarricone.net  2013/03/01
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Ron Grimes  WA5SCE  rgrimes AT pdq.net  2013/04/01
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Sharon Grimes  N5RQO    2013/04/01
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Peter Swinburne  KF5OXH  pswinburne.1 AT gmail.com  2013/04/01
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Dave Beers  AF5T  af5t88 AT sbcglobal.net  2013/05/01
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Bill Hendricks  W5BIL  w5bil AT hotmail.com  2013/05/01
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Michael McMahon  KF5OXE  mcmahon AT alum.mit.edu  2013/05/01
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Larry Brand  KB5PNU    2013/06/01
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Nizar Mullani  K0NM  mullani AT tlite.com  2013/06/01
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Gayle Dotts  KF5LVZ  gdotts AT gmail.com  2013/06/01
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Nathan Vessey  N5NYV  N5NYV AT ATT.NET  2013/06/01
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Jefferson Riff  AA0ST  jefferson.riff AT gmail.com  2013/06/01
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Abed Tony BenBrahim  K5DEV  tony.benbrahim AT gmail.com  2013/06/01
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Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 2997, Sugar Land, TX 77487-2997
BVARC is an ARRL Special Services ClubBVARC special services club
 
Museum Ships Weekend
June 1 and 2
 
Ice Cream Social
Photos 2012
 
Chili Supper Photos 2011
 
Awards Banquet Photos 2013
 
 
Greater Houston
HamFest Photos
Mar 23, 2013
 
 
BVARC Field Day
2012 Photos
 
ITS OVER!
Greater Houston Hamfest 2013
 
Greet New Members
 
Website Contact  Eddie NU5K
713-569-8799
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