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Clement Alberts KM6OKZ has been elected as our President and Burt Auerbach KA6BJA has been elected as our At-large Board Member

At the February 8th board meeting, the attendees were Secretary Alan AK6MF, Treasurer John W6JPG, At-large Board members Clement KM6OKZ, Jeremy KN6JMD and Robert KM6RSS. Also attending were Dave AI6VX and Burt KA6BJA. At our January club meeting, Clement indicated that he would like to volunteer to become our club President, so at last night’s…
ZACHARY (Zak) Cohen, N6PK — A Heartfelt Farewell

On January 27, 2026, surrounded by family, we lost Zak Cohen, N6PK — a quiet giant in our Amateur Radio family. Born in January 1942 and licensed in 1961 during his Navy service, Zak didn’t just operate a radio; he built trust, confidence, and community with every kind word and steady hand. He mentored countless…
VP Says – December 2025

Hello Ventura County Hams, I can’t believe it’s December and another year of fun radio activities is coming to an end. “Where did the time go?” I say to myself every year at this time. The club had a great 2025: lots of fantastic weekends at our portable operation sessions, entertaining speakers at our monthly…
Pres Says December 2025

Welcome to December! Today is December 5th. Thanksgiving was just last week, and next week Friday December 12th is our Club’s Decemberfest celebration. The weekend after that is the last weekend before Christmas, and 1 week later is Jan 1st, 2026 ! Crazy how time flies, but this is how it goes for me every…
Pres Says – November 2025

Welcome to November! Hopefully by now everyone has changed their clocks back 1 hour. I sure enjoyed the extra hour of sleep Sunday. Weather is trending cooler, thankfully. The heat wave we had last week was amazing. It was 80 degrees outside at my house at 11pm! Ham radio wise, we had a few contests…
JOTA – Jamboree On The Air this weekend!

From Seth NY6Z Dates: Some of our Scouts will be camping out all weekend beginning Friday, October 17, but the main JOTA activities will take place on Saturday, October 18. Scouts will be most active between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Attendance:We are expecting about 25 Scouts and 10 adults from across Ventura County to…
Pres Says Oct 2025

Making Things Last We bought our refrigerator around 28 years ago, a no frills, top freezer, mechanical thermostat Admiral. A simple fridge, with no ice maker or water dispenser, it did its job well, day after day without complaint. Spacious inside, no matter how much we stuffed it, it was rare that the door wouldn’t…
VP Says – Sept 2025

Hello Ventura County Hams, I really don’t want to risk angering the propagation gods, but… are HF conditions starting toslowly get better? This weekend the MUF over North America was above 30 MHz for asubstantial amount of time, and I actually made a handful of CW contacts on 10m! It really feltlike foreign territory after…
Pres Says – Sept 2025

Is it hot enough for you? I’m ready for cooler temps, but based on the forecast, the first week of September is going to be warm. The current weather at my QTH can always be found here: http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCAVENTU59 Situated in E. Ventura, my weather is more like Camarillo vs the coast of Ventura. My weather…
August 8th Club Meeting

Tonight is our club meeting. Dr. Pepper WA6TWA will be giving us a presentation on the history of ham radio call signs. We will also have a raffle, and after the break we’ll talk about upcoming club events! For in-person attendance, we meet at Grace Lutheran Church 6190 Telephone Rd, Ventura 93003. If you cannot…