Well we won't be having so many IN PERSON meetings for a month or two.. Club Business meetings will be held over a conference call, and Club meetings will not be held in person (Facilities are closed) but we are trying to arrange a streaming meeting.. More info on that as it develops.  We now have the NOON weekday Stir-Crazy net on the 146.94 repeater..

Last Saturday the breakfast folks ate breakfast at home and used the HF radio at 3907KHz (or 146.95 depending on conditions) to pretend they were all together like normal.

This does give us a great opportunity to work for the community in this time of emergency as well as a perfectly good excuse to USE YOUR RADIOS!.. 

I have heard word that we will be expanding LOCAL NETs to every day or every evening..  There is a lot of Worldwide HF activity as well..

Turn on your Ham Radios and stay informed.

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There is an excellent weekly SSB practice contest lasting half hour every Tuesday evening. This is an informal session that is excellent for people who want to learn or improve their skills in SSB communications and contesting. The practice session lasts only half an hour. The exchange is very simple – Name and State.

You do not have to keep a log if you just want to practice. Otherwise, you can setup N1MM to log your QSOs and report your score on 3830scores.com .

Time - Wednesday, 0230-0300 UTC (Tuesday evening, in NA)

Bands - 15, 20, 40, 80, 160.

You may work a station once per band.

Bands - 21.325, 14.250, 7.175, 3.800 (avoid 3.790-3.800, lower is better), 1.875

Power & Mode - 100 watts

SSB Exchange - Operator name and station location (S/P/C) for NA stations.

Here are the rules for this fun half hour http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf

Help us recognize (memorialize) the BVARC hams that have passed away. Many of these SKs have ELMERED us and taught us so much in the past. BVARC has a special place for them on the WHO IS BVARC page. We don't get notices of everyone that dies, so if you know of anyone, please let us know web@bvarc.org