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- | ====== Club Calendar, events and meetings ====== | + | ====== Club Calendar, events, classes, and meetings ====== |
[[http://w7vmi.org/cal.htm | W7VMI club calendar ]] | [[http://w7vmi.org/cal.htm | W7VMI club calendar ]] | ||
- | ===== HAM party potluck and White Elephant Exchange ===== | ||
- | The party will be at the [[https://goo.gl/maps/HMSppYVys8x|Presbyterian Church]] on Friday, December 14th. | ||
- | It starts at 5:30 and we will eat at 6:00. Please bring something yummy to share, and your White Elephant, which doesn’t have to be radio related but must be wrapped. Please, NO packing peanuts and such. We will need some folks to take the garbage and some to stay and clean up. Water and sparkling cider will be provided. | ||
===== Come out to Field Day! ===== | ===== Come out to Field Day! ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Field Day 2020 ===== | ||
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==== What is field day ? ==== | ==== What is field day ? ==== | ||
- | [[http://www.arrl.org/field-day | field]] is an annual amateur radio exercise, widely sponsored by IARU regions and member organizations, encouraging emergency communications preparedness among amateur radio operators. In the United States, it is typically the largest single emergency preparedness exercise in the country, with over 30,000 operators participating each year. Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. The W7VMI radio club always turns out for field Day. Check the W7VMI calendar for details of this years field day events. | + | [[http://www.arrl.org/field-day | Field Day]] is an annual amateur radio exercise, widely sponsored by IARU regions and member organizations, encouraging emergency communications preparedness among amateur radio operators. In the United States, it is typically the largest single emergency preparedness exercise in the country, with over 30,000 operators participating each year. Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. The W7VMI radio club always turns out for field Day. Check the W7VMI calendar for details of this years field day events. |
Learn more about Field Day on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Day_%28amateur_radio%29 | wikipedia]] | Learn more about Field Day on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Day_%28amateur_radio%29 | wikipedia]] | ||
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[[:pastFieldDays | past field days ]] | [[:pastFieldDays | past field days ]] | ||
- | ===== Winter Field day 2019 ===== | ||
- | **Day,Time and location TBD** | ||
- | Perhaps [[https://www.kingcounty.gov/services/parks-recreation/parks/trails/backcountry-trails/island-center-forest.aspx | Island Center Forrest ]] covered picnic area off of 188th st. trailhead | ||
- | You may recall last year we tried our hand at Winter Field Day. And, we were happy to meet the outdoor unheated criteria with no casualties. It was kind of fun. The most notable QSO was with our Sheriff who was wondering what the heck we're doing in the park in the middle of the night. Anyway, some great skills to be honed in the pursuit. | ||
- | You can find out more about Winter field day at [[https://www.winterfieldday.com/ ]] | ||
- | The rules are [[http://bit.ly/2zAWLYv | here ]] | ||
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- | ===== Field day 2019 ===== | ||
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- | Watch this space for details | ||
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- | Other noteable dates: | + | Other notable dates: |
**August** Picnic: We hold an annual picnic every summer. Lots of fun, rain or shine. | **August** Picnic: We hold an annual picnic every summer. Lots of fun, rain or shine. | ||
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**December** "White Elephant" Holiday Party [[http://w7vmi.org/cal.htm | calendar ]] | **December** "White Elephant" Holiday Party [[http://w7vmi.org/cal.htm | calendar ]] | ||
- | **June** - Join us for [[http://www.arrl.org/field-day | Field Day ]] June 25-26 2016 | + | **June** - Join us for [[http://www.arrl.org/field-day | Field Day ]] June 27-28 2020 |
- | ===== 2016 Club meetings: ===== | + | ===== Club meetings: ===== |
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+ | ==== 2018 ==== | ||
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+ | White Elephant, Friday December 12th. See the calendar for details | ||
+ | ==== 2017 ==== | ||
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+ | lost to history | ||
+ | ==== 2016 ==== | ||
We get together in person for an "eye-ball" on alternating 2nd Saturdays and Thursdays of odd numbered months. For 2016 the schedule is: | We get together in person for an "eye-ball" on alternating 2nd Saturdays and Thursdays of odd numbered months. For 2016 the schedule is: | ||
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- | ===== Affiliations ===== | ||
- | W7VMI maintains relations with a variety of local and national groups. [[affiliations | Find out more here ]] | ||
===== Public Service ===== | ===== Public Service ===== | ||
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[[resources:Repairs | Repairs ]] | [[resources:Repairs | Repairs ]] | ||
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- | ===== Contact info ===== | ||
- | ==== QSL Information: ==== | + | ===== Club Finances ====== |
- | SASE to: | + | W7VMI is a registered 501c3 Non profit organization in the State of Washington. |
- | **W7VMI | + | |
- | PO Box 198 | + | |
- | Vashon, WA 98070** | + | |
- | + | Here's a summary of our club finances over the years {{ ::finance:w7vmi_income_and_expense_2018.pdf | click here for the report in PDF format.}} | |
- | ==== Email List ==== | + | |
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- | Join us on the Email List [[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/w7vmi/info | the reflector]] | + | |
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