Our regular monthly meeting will be held this Saturday at 0900, breakfast at 0800.
Final Field Day plans will be made. We will conduct Field Day at Chantilly Festival Farm this year.
We will also be discuissing Kid’s Day, which is the following Saturday.
There will be some exciting announcements regarding our repeater project and new tower.
Don’t miss it.
W4FCV’s special event station was deemed a success and a good dress rehearsal for Field Day
This was made possible by KK4WW, W4VZH, KC4VJA, KK4ESK, KJ4SNT, KF4EKH, KE4UGF, N4WRT, AK4AT, AND KG4MAV
The RVARC will be offering Technician, General, and Extra Licensing Classes on October 6, 13, & 20th. From 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., we will be using the ARRL study manual and PowerPoint. We will need instructors for ALL 3 classes. If interested in being an instructor or attending a class, please contact Leigh Anne, KJ4YMK at leighanneb99@gmail.com.
We need operators for the special event station, N4USA. Setup and orientation is at 1700, Friday at the farm. This willl be a dry run for Field Day and will get everyone comfortable with computer logging. If you are unable to attend the Friday meeting, please let me know, so I can get you on the Saturday schedule. We would like to start the first shift at 0900.
Just let the person at the gate and the parking attendant know that you are an operator and have vendor status.
We would like to invite you to the monthly meeting at 9am on the 12th of May in suite 9 of the Village Green. Come for breakfast at 0800 (Blue Ridge Restaurant) if you can.
We have some exciting things to discuss.
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May 7, 2012
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Weather band radios and NOAA Weather Radios
First aid kits
Carbon monoxide and smoke detectors
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Attendees at today’s FARS meeting. This what we really look like. The header needs work. We had a great meeting today (details in the minutes). We are showing off our new banner; part of our 2012 Field Day planning.
The meeting was followed by a guided tour of Chantilly Festival Farm, courtesy Dave KK4WW. We will be using the new ham shack at Chantilly for the special events station, May 26th and of course Field Day.
I would like to invite you to the monthly meeting of the Floyd amateur Radio Society at 9am on April 14th, 2012. The meeting will be in suite 9 of the Village Green, of course if you’re interested, we will be having breakfast at 8am in the Blue Ridge Restaurant beforehand. 
I look forward to seeing you there, and as always you don’t have to be a ham to come to a meeting.
73
Russ Abbey
KG4MAV
You are cordially invited to the Floyd Amateur
Radio Society’s meeting at 9am on Saturday the 8th of October, 2011. The
meeting will be held in suite 9 of the Village Green in Downtown Floyd, right
across from the Bank of Floyd. Of course some of us will meet at the Blue Ridge
Restaurant at 8am for breakfast and if you would like, meet us there.
Now for the rest of the story: We will be having a VE test session right
after the meeting, it will be held at station 1 Rescue Squad building, just
North of Floyd on 221. The address is:
452
Floyd Hwy North
Floyd, Virginia24091
The test session will start at 10am,
so try to be there a little early.
Don’t forget to
bring a copy of your license or CSCE for your last test if upgrading. If you
are just taking the Technician test, bring two forms of ID, one has to have your
picture on it!! The cost for this session is $15.00, please use a check or the
correct change.
If possible, please bring your original
CSCE or license and a copy of them for the VE’s.
I look forward to
seeing you there, if you have any questions, the points of contact are:
Russ
Abbey, KG4MAV; kg4mav@gmail.com or 540-651-4072
Wally Denison, W5WMD
w5wmd@arrl.net
Operation Wildfire went well this morning. We made many new friends and learned a lot.
Jamie Rupprecht W7JAR, Tom King W4VZH (ERO), Bobby Clark, Floyd County Emergemcy Services Coordinator and Don Johnson KF4HDW, also a reporter for the Floyd Press, attempting to get Jamie’s name spelled correctly.
Photo by KK4WW
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Please join us Saturday at 8:00 AM for breakfast at the Blue Ridge Restaurant, followed by our monthly meeting of FARS.
Following the meeting, at 10:00 AM, VE testing will begin at Rescue Station One, Floyd. Please call Russ KG4MAV 540 651 4072 if you have any questions.
