Regularly Scheduled Events

Monthly Meetings

2nd Wednesday of each month - Year Around
7:00 PM - Sheriff's Auxiliary Volunteers classroom
601 N La Cañada Green Valley, AZ 85614

Our Next Meeting

is

8 September 2010!

Weekly Breakfast Gatherings

Every Wednesday Morning
7:00 AM - La Placita Restaurant
99 W. Esperanza Blvd
Green Valley Village
(formerly the Green Valley Mall)

Notice of Breakfast Change

Wednesday, September 8^th’s breakfast gathering will be moved to the Arizona Family Restaurant on the north side of Esperanza as La Placita will be closed for remodeling.

2 Meter Nets

Dee Gross (58K) Join the Oatmeal Net every Tuesday at 9:00 AM (MST) on 145.29 [-600 PL 107.2].

We are happy to have all check in and talk about their radio contacts and equipment, their garden's progress and their travels.

The Ice Cream Net meets at 1830 every Thursday on the 145.29 repeater [-600 PL 107.2]. It lasts about 30 min. After the net, those who so desire can make their way to Sertino's Coffee and Ice Cream { 15980 South Rancho Sahuarita Boulevard,Sahuarita, AZ 85629 } where the event continues with eyeball QSOs.

Ice Cream Social follows

Sertino's for Ice cream(37K) The Regulars (77K)

Regulars include Doc NØXIR, Lloyd N7GV, Carolyn AB7KC, Bob AD7FQ, Linda AD7FP, and Ron AA7RP, along with many others that eyeball QSO until closing time.

Checking into the Ice Cream Net is not mandatory for the Ice Cream Social.

20 Meter - Snowbird Net

GVARC HF Station (69K) Yaesu FT-1000 (69K) The 20 meter "Snowbird Net" meets Wednesdays at 1:00 PM local time (2000 UTC) on 14.242 +/- from May thru September
Net Control Station - WE7GV

Snowbird net will start on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 1:00 P.M. local time, 2000 Zulu on 20 meters 14.242 mhz.

The GVARC Club Station has a Yaesu FT-1000 with a Drake linear Amplifier. The Antenna's are inverted V dipoles for 80M & 40M with the SteppIR Beam For 20 thru 10 meters.

40 Meter Net

not active at this time

GVARC Decal

The Club is promoting its "Team Spirit" with a GVARC decal for your bumper or window.

Size 3 in. by 9 3/8 in. Color White. price $5.00 each. See attached sample for specifics.

Order thru President GVARC.

We realize that the PL tone in the pdf file is incorrect. You may also need to rotate the image in the pdf file clockwise or counter-clockwise, depending on your computer. Thank you.

Looking for something EXTRA??

Labor Day Special Event

The Star of India Amateur Radio Club (NS6OI) at Maritime Museum San Diego will conduct Special Events during the Festival of Sails/Rendezvous of Tall Ships 2-6 September (Labor Day Weekend).

Operating hours will be 1600Z to 0300Z daily SSB on 14320 mHz and various SOCAL FM UHF/VHF repeaters. Station operations will be rotated on different days between the 3 masted barque Star of India, USS Dolphin Submarine Museum, and Soviet Foxtrot Class Attack Submarine Museum B-39 Cobra. Website www.sdmaritime.org

73/JG
AB6RM
NS6OI Station Trustee

Arizona QSO Party

Announcing the 2010 Arizona QSO Party, sponsored by the ARRL Arizona Section and Catalina Radio Club, from Oct 9 1600Z to Oct 10 0600Z and Oct 10 1400Z to Oct 10 2359Z.

Phone, CW and Digital modes on 80/40/20/15/10/6/2 meters.
Single-Op, Multi-Op, Arizona County Expedition and Mobile categories.
Work stations once per band and mode.
Mobiles may be worked once per band and mode in each county.
County Line operations (two counties max) count as 2 QSOs.
Exchange RST and location (AZ County, State, Province, or DXCC Prefix).
Suggested Frequencies (kHz):

CW: 3548, 7048, 14048, 21048, 28048, 50048.
SSB: 3848, 7248, 14248, 21348, 28448, 50148.
FM Simplex: 146.48MHz.

One point per Phone QSO, two points for CW and Digital QSOs.
Multipliers for non-AZ entries are the 15 AZ counties.
Multipliers for AZ entries are States, Provinces, and DXCC Countries.
Final score is total QSO points times total multipliers + 100pts for Bonus Station W7SA.
Mail logs no later than Oct 31 to:

Catalina Radio Club,
C/O Gary Keck,
PO Box 18135,
Tucson, AZ 85731
or - via email to logs@azqsoparty.org.

For full rules, along with log and summary sheets, Cabrillo electronic file format, and Award information, see http://www.azqsoparty.org.

Arizona Stations:
Help us with our goal of having every Arizona county on the air!
Announce your operation details (at a minimum, callsign and county) by sending details to info@azqsoparty.org.

+Gary Keck, KE7DX
Chairman, Catalina Radio Club
Arizona QSO Party Coordinator