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VOLUME XXXIX No.11 November 2014

West Valley Amateur Radio Club

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS Since 1961

PO Box 1573 Sun City, Arizona 85372-1573

SHORT SKIP is published monthly except July and September. Deadline for items is the second Saturday of previous month. Submission by electronic mail is preferred; email: . West Valley Amateur Radio Club Inc. is an Arizona 501(c) (3) is not for Profit Corporation.

An ARRL Affiliated Club

Pres. Says:

None was received when this went to printing. Ken Peloquin N7PHO 73s President

FCC LICENSE EXAMS

Next exam session at DeVry University Saturday November 1st 2014. Exams start at 9:00 AM and all tests must be concluded by 11:00 AM. Check-in at the Library on the second floor, southeast corner of the building. Bring photo ID and the original Amateur License and a photocopy of your Amateur License. ARRL VEC

Exam Fee is $15 for all elements taken once. An additional fee applies for a retest of any element. Retest is at the option of the VE’s. Pay fee by check to ARRL/VEC or exact amount in cash – Volunteer Examiners cannot make change.

Ironwood 2The October 4th session at DeVry – 13 candidates were examined

·  10 Earned Technician Class License

·  3 Earned General Class License

Administering VE’s

David Morrill N7TWT Liaison VE Team:

Robert Miner KA7NPQ Robert Gormley KS7U Daniel Ford K2LH James Skinnell K7EOG Bill Martin AI0D

Ed Braatelien KF7EWP

Club officers

President - Ken Peloquin N7PHO Vice President – Ted Walker KB5OF Secretary - OPEN

Treasurer – John Siepmann N9NA

Club Directors Rosemary Kydd N7PLN Joseph Cutitta W0SLL Robert Fairfield K7RQN Ken Jenkins WB6MMV

Submited by David Morrill N7TWT

New Membership Chairman

ROGER THACKER KD0MD

License Test Session at Our Club

Our club will be launching a West Valley Amateur Radio Club testing session starting Oct. 2014. The test session will be held on the same evening, the 1st Monday of each month following the monthly meeting from 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm.

St. Clements’ Church Social Hall

15800 N. Del Webb Blvd., Sun City, Az.

We have several VE’S within the club membership who have committed to work as a VE team.

We are looking forward to everyone’s cooperation getting the information about our new program. Many thanks in advance.

Please call Joe Cutitta W0SLL at 623-337- 0040 or 623-215-2226 for more information.

Attention: We are working on a new roster for the club, one that will have a photo of each member and their call sign, to make this work this will take an effort on everyone to take part in this.

The result will be a series of pages of about 24 photos each with call signs, and the pages will be sorted by the call sign, how often have you wondered what face goes with that call, you will be able to just flip to page and see the face that belongs to the call.Let’s get going on this, if you have not had your photo taken by KG7FIL or had sent one in please send an email with your photo that covers you from your waist to your head and I will crop it to fit the format, my email is Bob Paul at

GO KIT

October 4, 2014

In honor of National Fire Prevention Week, Emergency Preparedness West Valley Amateur Radio Club set up our operating go- kits at the three fire stations in Sun City West for public display to show how we communicate with the Del Web hospital, Boswell hospital, and Wickenburg hospital emergency preparedness exercise, the Wickenburg hospital has instructions on how to use the phone patch at the Del Web hospital repeater so as to reach outside communications.

We had a good attendance by the public and explained how our go-kits work and are so portable, and how we setup our intergroup frequency for communications and also relay messages between the fire stations and between the three hospitals.

We were using internal battery power in our kits and external battery’s and solar cell power as a supplemental power source, we averaged about 25-30 minutes setup time, and the event lasted for 3 hours, there was HF 2m and 440 bands used along with cross-banding between the stations. Many thanks to all who participated, helped, and stood by to offer assistance. The

following members are recognized for their help and assistance.

Asa Dean KG7MQR Bob Fike W7AIE Bob Kettler WA6MIO Bob Paul KG7FI

David Cain WAC7CS David Porta WA0ZVM ED Eiting WA6PNJ Jerry Basso W7JIF John Siepmann N9NA Joseph Cutitta W0SLL Ken Jenkins WB6MMV Loren Peterson W7LVP Mike Corder K7MJC Patrick Blaylock W6SPS

Randall Helfrich KD7ZAA Ron Rasmussen K6OP Thomas Fike KG7FXT Thank you all.

Robert Paul KG7FIL

David Porta WA0ZVM, Asa Dean KG7MQR, Ron Rasmussen K6OP, and Patrick Blaylock W6SPS just behind Dave.

David Porta WA0ZVM Go-Kit

Bob Fike W7AIE back left, Thomas Fike KG7FXT, John Siepmann N9NA and Go-Kit.

Ron Rasmussen K6OP, Jerry Basso W7JIF, Ken Jenkins WB6MMV, Bob Kettler WA6MIO,

Bob Kettler WA6MIO Go-Kit.

Robert Paul Go-Kit

Station 101

Mike Corder K7MJC, Ron Rasmussen K6OP, Jerry Basso W7JIF, Ken Jenkins WB6MMV, Bob Kettler WA6MIO, Loren Peterson W7LVP and David Cain WAC7CS behind the banner.

Station 102

John Siepmann N9NA, Bob Fike W7AIE, and son Thomas Fike KG7FXT

Station 103

Asa Dean KG7MQR, David Porta WA0ZVM, Randall Helfrich KD7ZAA, in back, and Patrick Blaylock W6SPS on the right.

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It's HOLIDAY PARTY TIME

Join the WVARC Club for a CASUAL get-together on Thursday, December 4th at 6 pm

At Lou's Tivoli

12555 West Bell Road Surprise, AZ

Only $15.00 for your complete dinner

(salad, entrée, veggie, potato, dessert, beverage, tax and tip!)

Wine and cocktails-on your own

Hope to see ALL of you alone, with a spouse or friend. It will be a fun, casual, relaxing get-together.

Please send the form below with your check. See you on the 4th!

RSVP, by Saturday, Nov.15th with a check and meal choice to-

WVARC

PO Box 1573

Sun City, AZ 85372-1573

11/08/2014 | Tucson Hamfest

Location: Marana, AZ

Type: ARRL Hamfest

Sponsor: Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club

Website: http://tucsonhamfest.com

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11/15/2014 | Hassayampa ARK's Hamfest

Location: Congress, AZ

Type: ARRL Hamfest

Sponsor: Hassayampa Amateur Radio Klub

Website: http://www.harkaz.org

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12/06/2014 | Superstition SuperFest

Location: Mesa, AZ

Type: ARRL Hamfest

Sponsor: Superstition ARC

Website: http://superstitionsuperfest.com

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02/02/2015 | WVARC Annual AUCTION

Location: Sun City, AZ

Type: non-ARRL Hamfest

Sponsor: West Valley Amateur Radio Club

Website: http://westvalleyarc.org/

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02/20/2015 | Arizona Section Convention (Yuma Hamfest)

Location: Yuma, AZ

Type: ARRL Convention

Sponsor: Yuma Amateur Radio Hamfest Organization (YARHO)

Website: http://www.yumahamfest.org

Learn More

03/21/2015 | SCOTTSDALE SPRING HAMFEST

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Type: ARRL Hamfest

Sponsor: ARCA & Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club

Website: http://www.scottsdalearc.org

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2014 Memberships Dues

Dues for next year will now be accepted. Please fill out a membership form above or one from the website, complete it and send with check to the address on the form OR bring it to the next meeting. I will also have forms at the meeting. It is extremely important that your correct email address is on the form. Dues are $15 per year for a household at the same address.

Thanks, Roger, KD0MD

WEST VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION AND RENEWAL FORM

(circle one)

NAME CALL (if any) ARRL MEMBER? Y N

ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP:

PHONE ( ) - E-Mail:

(Circle one) If you want your phone number and E-Mail address published in the Roster. Yes No

I agree to abide by the Constitution and By-Laws of the West Valley Amateur Radio Club and pay such dues as assessed upon members. Dues are currently $15 per year per family of licensed members residing at the same address, payable by the January meeting. Dues of $7.50 are available for Late Joiners after July 1. Write name and call of additional (licensed) family members on the back of this application.

Send to W.V.A.R.C., PO Box 1573, Sun City, AZ 85372-1573, or pay at any regular meeting, first Monday of the month at 7pm.

DATE SIGNED