VCARA News April 4th, 2025
March 25th, 2026
Below are new proposed documents that the board is submitting for approval to replace our old and ambiguous constitution and by-laws. Please look them over. We will vote to ratify them at the April club meeting.
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ECHOLINK
Echolink is online again at its new home, the QTH of K8JWS.
Now in service on the
Meadow Lake repeater 145.430MHz
KC5OUR-R
BIG THANK YOU TO AB1Q
(See the EchoLink Primer posted
on the <Odds and Ends> page.)
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Dues remain fixed at last year’s rates. $40.00 Family, $30 Individual, $20 Associate.
After January 1st, dues are half price for the rest of the year for new members.
Mail to :
VCARA Treasurer
PO Box 268,
Peralta, NM 87042
or
PayPal to
nm5cl@att.net
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Wednesday Night Net Control Op. Schedule April 4th, 2025
VCARA net starts at 8:00 pm (local time) on 145.430MHz (-) 100Hz tone.
All licensed hams are invited to check in, visitors are welcome.
Beginning the first net in March, we will be rotating through all our repeaters. Check each week to see which repeater the net will be on. All repeaters require a 100Hz tone.
Apr 1 – 146.700 – John
Apr 8 – 442.700 – Earl
Apr 15 – 443.425 – Nick
Apr 22 – 145.430 – Greg
Apr 29 – 146.700 – Al
May 6 – 442.700 – John
May 13 – 443.425 – Earl
May 20 – 145.430 – Nick
May 27 – 146.700 – Greg
View Net Protocol
Net Control Operators: if you cannot call the net on your scheduled date, please find a substitute from this roster.
Saturday Breakfast Club/Builders Club April 4th, 2025
Grab a breakfast in-a-bag
at your favorite fast-food drive-up,
then come on over to the clubhouse.
Club members and visitors are invited to join your fellow hams for informal breakfast and fellowship each Saturday morning. BYOB.
Unless otherwise posted, we meet from 0900-1200 at the clubhouse.
Non-member guests are always welcome!
The Builders Club, hosted by KB5UEW,
meets from 0900-1200 on the 1st and 3rd Saturday each month.
Informal electronics theory instruction and
construction/testing various projects is covered.
VCARA ARES Group March 14th, 2025
♦ ARES Group:
VC DEC/Committee Chairman: Chris Gillespie, W5CSG
VC AEC – Special Projects: Ralph Clark, NM5RC
VC AEC – Net Manager: Al Watters, W5ACW
VC AEC – Logistics: George Cusack, K6GTC
VC AEC – Training and Education: Nick Carter, KI5MFF
♦ Tri-County ARES Net: This net runs every Thursday for coordination of ARES members from Socorro, Torrance and Valencia Counties. The net is held on the URFMS linked repeaters, and begins at 1930 hrs. All licensed operators are invited to check in to the net.
♦ ARES Membership Form: posted 09/01/2023: ARES Registration Form
♦ Valencia County ARES Manual: posted 09/01/2023: Valencia County ARES Operations Manual3 Revision 1 20230716-1
♦ Training and Field Exercises: 4th Saturday of each month at 10:00 am at clubhouse: All ARES members and non-members are invited to attend these meetings to participate in classroom training and field exercises.
♦ Find FEMA courses required for ARES membership here:
http://www.training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp