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-- Our Next Meeting --
June 20, 2019 @ Eisenhower Rec Center MacArthur/Arnold Room 6:00 PM Social/Swap Tables/informal "Elmer'ing" 6:45 PM Business Meeting 7:45 PM Field Day preparations + HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) Software by Kevin Young/KC7FPF Our "Cookie Monster" - Bob Hagan/WW8USA TVARC club meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month at the Eisenhower Recreation Center (except for the month of December),
at 3560 Buena Vista Blvd., in The Villages, Florida. Anyone interested in Amateur Radio is invited to attend. You need not be licensed to attend or join. You do NOT need a Villages ID. 
Events & Activities (Upcoming/Ongoing) ...
For Sale or Trade area is available, click HERE. We now allow pictures with the item for sale/trade. Keep photos small to minimize load times.
TVARC WAS Standings are calling for your submissions.
For information, click HERE. To view standings, click HERE. TVARC DXCC Standings are calling for your submissions. For information, click HERE. To view standings, click HERE. Technician Class classes tentatively set for September. Details TBA. General Class classes are set for October. Details here. Licensing Exams: Exams will be held as necessary usually following the ending of the Amateur license classes. All license level exams are offered. No pre-registration required (walk-ins welcome). For more information, contact Rich Erlichman/ND4G - ARRL/VE Team Liaison. For more details, click here. We are still looking for an Educational Coordinator for the General Class classes. The syllabus was put together. All we need is a leader to coordinate when and where the classes are, and to insure we have instructors in place. 
TVARC Reflector - Communicate with TVARC
Membership in TVARC is required to join this club reflector. For general information or to join this reflector, click HERE. Contact George Briggs (K2DM), the Reflector's moderator, for more details. Our Nets…
• TVARC Ragchew – Net meets 7 PM Monday – 443.225 MHz (+5) PL 103.5 & Echolink at K4VRC-R • QCWA Ragchew – Net meets 10 AM Friday – 443.150 MHz (+5) PL 103.5 (NO Echolink at K4LFK-R) • SKYWARN – Net meets 8:30 PM Sunday – 147.030 (+600) PL 123.0 • Sumter EMCOMM NET – Net meets 8:30 PM Monday – 146.925 (-600) PL 123.0 
NEW FEATURE: Dr. Tamitha Skov/WX6SWW, the "Space Weather Woman" is featured on YouTube with bi-weekly videos explaining Space Weather and propagation conditions: I will try to post these links at least weekly, or when available.
Space Weather News: for May 15, 2019: Click Here. Solar Storm Forecast May 9, 2019: Click Here For everything you want to learn about HF Propagation, Click Here. |
New Feature: See bottom left corner for Solar Space Weather Forecast.
Volunteers Needed for ...
PLEASE HELP!!! COME ON PEOPLE!!
WE NEED A TVARC Field Day CHAMPION. If we don't get a volunteer to Chair Field Day, we may not be having Field Day this year. Contact George/K2DM here. Emergency Communications (ECT) or EmComm. The club is looking for volunteers for our Emergency Communications Team. Sign up here.
TVARC Contest Group: To sign up for the Contest Group, please click here.
Events & Activities (Past) ...
Hurricane Expo 2019 was held on Friday, May 3rd, 2019 at the Savannah Center. The Expo was well attended. For pictures and who manned the booth, click here.
Radio Rodeo 2019 - The TVARC Radio Rodeo was held in Brownwood on April 6, 2019. Click here tor view pictures. Congrats to our graduates of our Technician Class classes this past April. All passed their Exams who took the exam on April 29, 2019.
Holiday/Christmas Party 2018 - The TVARC annual Holiday/Christmas party was held on December 20, 2018.
Click here tor view pictures. Radio on the Square - Radio on the Square was held on Saturday November 24, 2018 at Lake Sumter Landing.
Click here for the write-up and some pictures. Camp Villages - Congrats to our volunteers for Camp Villages. July 5, at Colony Cottage, was a wonderful time had by all, especially the kids. I only received one picture for the "Ham Radio Experience". Sorry.
Field Day 2018 was held the weekend of June 23rd-24th, 2018 at the Sherriff's Annex on CR466. Field Day was well attended. For the wrap-up presentation by George/K2DM, please see the page with our minutes and stored presentations, or click here. This is a big file; please allow a minute or two for loading.
For pictures of the event click here. 
Emergency Communications Team
The ECT has been established to maintain information on members who are willing to be called upon during an emergency for communications assistance within The Villages. No training, no paperwork. Just give us your contact information and pertinent equipment. We have 43 volunteers and growing. . . To sign up Click HERE To Read about this Program, Click HERE. Emergency Communications Team Lead George Rutkoskie (W4GOR) is the volunteer activity lead for TVARC's Emergency Communications Teams (ECT). TVARC QSL Cards are now available
For ordering information select WHO WE ARE above, then select Logo Items & TVARC QSLs. Or, just click HERE. 
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