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VP Says – Sept 2024

Hello Ventura County Hams, Summer is great: the family is all out of school, we get to go hang at the beach, travel out of town, and enjoy not having to do – or grade – homework. And while I will mourn the passing of the educational summer now that those around me are firmly…
Pres Says – Sept 2024

September 2024 President’s message Welcome to September – we’re in the last 1/3rd of the year. Kids are back in school, which should make my commute to work easier, and soon we’ll be seeing pumpkin drinks sold everywhere. There are only 3 more club meetings before Decemberfest and our last picnic for the year is…
What’s New – August 11, 2024

August’s Club Presentation – Jacques KN6VQ’s presentation on HF Contesting has been uploaded to our website. To view it, go to our club presentations page and at the top you will find a link to the most recent presentation. https://k6mep.org/presentations/ Volunteers needed to represent our our club at The Bored Net MicroExpo on August 31.…
Club Meeting Friday August 9th at 7pm

Please join us for our monthly club meeting on Friday August 9th at 7pm. Jacques KN6VQ will be giving a presentation on contesting. We will also be talking about club activities through the rest of the year. Please join us in-person at: Grace Lutheran Church 6190 Telephone Rd, Ventura 93003 or via Zoom (details below).…
Pres Says – July 2024

Time passes by differently at different stages of one’s life. When I was still in school, there was school time, then Summer break time. After graduating from college, there was no more Summer break time – it was work, then the weekend. Gone were the days when I would have a large block of time…
Field Day 2024 Photos

Field Day 2024 is now in the history books. The Oxnard College location was once again was a nice place to spend 24+ hours with fellow club members and visiting hams. It was great to see everyone spreading out and setting up your stations, helping others, and watching and hearing you all operate. The food…
VCARC FIELD DAY 2024 INFO

The Ventura County Amateur Radio Club will be holding our annual ARRL Field Day event this weekend from 11am Saturday June 22nd through 11am Sunday June 23rd at Oxnard College. Club members will be setting up their equipment in the field adjacent to parking lot B (corner of Bard and Rose), and during the 24…
Ventura County Board of Supervisors Declares June “Amateur Radio Month” on June 18, 2024

Waiting for the Amateur Radio Proclamation to be Announced by Supervisor Kelly Long District 3 Chair of the Board of Supervisors Jeff Reinhardt AA6JR Public information Coordinator ARRL – Santa Barbara Section listens as Rob Hanson W6RH Ventura County ACS Radio Officer and Ventura County ARES District Emergency Coordinator speaks to the Board of Supervisors…
Slides From June 14th 2024 Club Meeting

Thank you all for coming out to our club meeting Friday June 14th. We had a good working meeting to go over our Field Day 2024 plans. As promised, here is a link to the slides presented out our meeting. Slide 15 has the details on loading N3JFP logging software onto your laptop. Slide Deck…
President’s Message – June 2024

President’s Message – June 2024 Field Day 2024 is here! What seemed so far off in the distance is now a mere 2 weeks away. Our June club meeting will be 100% focused on final Field Day planning. To help with the planning, and to get the latest information, please try to attend this meeting…