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NEXT MEETING – Wednesday, February 9 – 7pm

December 11, 2021 By W9VCL

NEXT MEETING – Wednesday, February 9, 2022 – Sheboygan Senior Community, 3505 CTY Road Y – Willow Lane Entrance (to the left of the main entrance) – in the Township of Sheboygan. Meetings will begin at 7:00 PM. Please note the COVID protocols currently in place. They are listed below.

o Masks must be worn at all times.

o Visitors are required to check in to the kiosk, which will print a sticker that must be worn the duration of visit.

Our club meetings welcome interested hams, experienced operators or folks who are just getting started in the hobby. If we can’t answer your questions, we’ll find someone who can!

Topics to be discussed vary from month to month. Do you have an idea for a presentation or speaker?

If you have a topic you would like to see discussed, or have an idea for a presentation or a guest speaker, please contact one of the officers, or post to the Facebook group.

Please sign up for Groups.IO to receiving notices posted on the reflector. The group name is:

SCARC Sheboygan County Amateur Radio Club

2021-2022 Officers:

- President – Mike G. KD9TZ
- Vice President – Mike J. WI9MJ

Secretary – Anne KC9YL
Treasurer – Steve AA9SJ
Directors –Lyle WE9R, John AB9HH, and Doug AB9QP

If you have questions, answers or other tidbits to share, please use the CONTACT US tab (upper right).

Upcoming Hamfests, Conventions & Special Events

February 29, 2020 By W9VCL

PLEASE CHECK WITH THE ORGANIZATION BEFORE ATTENDING ANY SPECIAL EVENTS.

SOME EVENTS MAY BE PUBLISHED IN QST, BUT DUE TO THE MAGAZINE LEAD TIME, HAVE BEEN SINCE CANCELLED.

03/20/2022 – Jefferson Hamfest 2022

Location: Jefferson, WI
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Tri-County Amateur Radio Club – W9MQB
Website: http:\\w9mqb.org

04/30/2022 – ORC 42nd Annual Spring Swapfest

Location: Cedarburg, WI
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Ozaukee Radio Club, Inc.
Website: https://www.ozaukeeradioclub.org/

2021 Holiday party postponed to March-ish

December 8, 2019 By W9VCL

We will keep you posted once set a date.

W9B 2021 Johnsonville Brat Days Special Event – Aug 7, 1500Z-2259Z – 10:00a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CDT

July 10, 2019 By W9VCL

We had another successful W9B special event. There are brat lovers EVERYWHERE!

We had a total of 245 contacts between the 5 ops. Not bad for a day’s work! The PDF version (emailed upon request) was very popular.

Thanks for helping us celebrate!

QSL: Certificates featuring hand-drawn artwork from Joe Ash W9ODV are still available: W9VCL Sheboygan County Amateur Radio Club, 4235 N 29th Street, Sheboygan, WI 53083.

Please include $2.00 for an 8-1/2×11 certificate which will be mailed unfolded in a manila envelope or send $1 and SASE #10 (certificate will be folded). Please do NOT send large folded envelopes with postage affixed (the certificates get all bend-y) – we will use our own envelopes. Just want a FREE PDF certificate? Email kc9yl@arrl.net to receive one at no charge!

Thanks for helping us celebrate Sheboygan’s 67th annual Brat Days!

Field Day 2021

May 22, 2018 By W9VCL

Due to the unknown restrictions would have been in effect June, we opted out of operating in person and took advantage of the emergency rules. Members used their own callsigns and were able to submit their scores toward the Club’s total. We had a meager 3 club members submit scores, but hey, they got on the air!

Overall, 2021 saw more than 10,213 entries and 18,886 participants. Before the pandemic, in 2019, 3,113 entries were submitted, with 36,420 total participants. “It appears that larger groups were more the norm in pre-pandemic times, as expected,” ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, observed.

Field Day

In past years we have set up at the former Sheboygan Red Cross office, and most recently, at the Town of Sheboygan Firehouse Park for a one-day event on Saturday and are looking forward to that next year!