March 3, 2026 Club Meeting
NOTE: Club meetings have moved to the first TUESDAY of the month
The RVARC club meeting will be held TUESDAY, March 3rd at 7:00 PM at the Jacksonville Library, 340 W C St., Jacksonville, Oregon.
The program will be on Satelite Communications about working amateur satellites (and tracking them). The speaker will be Lyle Hood, WB7VUF.
This meeting or event is not sponsored nor endorsed by the Library.
Note: that the exam times & locations have changed. Please consult the Exams page for details.
Announced in the March 2026 issue of The Repeater.
Meeting Notes
From the April 2026 issue of The Repeater.
2026-03-03 RVARC Meeting Minutes
7:00pm Meeting called to order by President Haptonstall, AG7GP. 19 attendees. 4 visitors were welcomed!
2026 Field Day is tentatively planned for the Veterans Admin Ballfield in White City, Jun 27-28
A CARE swap meet is planned for Saturday, March 14, at Star Auto Body, 930 Summit Ave.
David, KJ7GFS, asked for volunteers for radio support of the Rogue Run, May 2, at Valley of the Rogue State Park. Contact Dave at [email protected] for more info.
Announcement of the ARRL International DX Contest - SSB. Time: 00:00 UTC Saturday, March 7 through 23:59 UTC Sunday, March 8, 2026
Also: CQ WPX Contest Dates SSB: March 28 - 29, 2026 CW: May 30 - 31, 2026 Starts: 0000 UTC Saturday, Ends: 2359 UTC Sunday
Mike Bach, W6FFC, said a new repeater is up at Baldy: 147.02 100 Hz PL
Treasurer’s report: $6089.27 bank balance
Luke Bryan, KJ7BKH, has released a new app, HF Pilot, a propagation modeling program.
7:15pm Tonight’s presentation on Satellite Communications is by Lyle Hood, WB7VUF. Anyone with a tech license, or better, can work satellites.
Also see KE0PBR’s wordpress site for helpful sat frequency tables.
Lyle mentioned the SATPC32 program, the Theodolight app for iOS, the CSN SatTracker antenna controller, and for more info, see amsat.org. Lyle’s slide deck may be available, check with him.
7:47pm Q&A
8:02pm Break for coffee, snacks, & visiting.
8:45pm meeting adjourned.
