Vashon-Maury Island Radio Club (VMIRC)

QSL Info

Field Day 2007 Photos and Article

Upcoming Classes

Meetings

All Are Welcome

The club meets 4th Thursday of EVEN numbered Months 
at the McMurray Middle School library at 7PM
(June, August, December meetings vary)

February 28, 2008 - 7PM @ McMurray
April 24, 2008 - 7PM @ VIFR sta. 55 meeting room
June - Field Day in place of June mtg 
August - picnic date & time TBD 

Winlink Setup

Vashon Digital Plan

Contact Info

ARRL Affiliated Club

FISTS Club #11550

Amateur Radio Licensing Classes

Microhams

Microhams has posted a new class schedule for 2007.  We may be sponsoring additional classes with cooperation from other groups.  The locations for each class will be posted on the Microhams web site.  This year we have added two General courses to the schedule.    The FCC issued its Notice of Proposed Rule Making regarding the complete elimination of the morse code requirement more than a year ago.  Now we're just waiting for a final ruling.  If the FCC NPRM passes, this will offer a quick upgrade path to General before the Question Pool Committee changes the test in June 2007.  Please help us spread the word.

Interested in Amateur Radio? Want to become a ham?  Know someone who is interested?  The Technician class license is the first of the FCC Amateur Radio licenses. 

In 2007 Microhams will be sponsoring entry-level Technician courses February 9-1, April 13-15, September 21-23 and November 9-11.  General upgrade courses will be March 6-18 and May 25-27. Classes run 7:00pm-10:00pm Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday and 9:00am-noon Sunday. The class is available to anyone but registration in advance is requested because there is limited seating and materials. Testing will start at 1:00pm Sunday and is also open to the public by reservation. The classes cover the entire Element 2 (Technician) or Element 3 (General) question pools .  

The courses run $35 and includes a textbook, handouts and the testing fee. The W5YI Technician Class book by Gordon West will be provided including a number of other handouts. If you already have the book (available locally from Fry's Electronics, ABC Communications, Barnes&Noble or Borders ), the class fee is $20. Testing is also open to anyone for any license class but those not enrolled in the class will need to pay the standard $14 testing fee.

To register or for additional information contact Scott Honaker at n7ss@arrl.net or visit http://www.microhams.com/softcontent.aspx?scId=31.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Club Information

Monthly Happenings

ARES Organizing Meetings - 1st Thursdays, 8 AM (Locations announced prior to each meeting)

Club Work Party - 2nd Saturdays, 0900 at Sportsman's Inn

Latest News and Upcoming Events

March 5, 2008 - Sound Shake '08 Regional Exercise

June 28-29, 2008 - ARRL Field Day

W7VMI Takes 1st Place!!!

2006        US ISLAND QSO PARTY

W7VMI

(OPS WA7KYI, K7AJT, KE7HCA, W7PDZ)

WON THE 2006 US ISLANDS 1ST PLACE FOR MAURY ISLAND WITH OVER 16,000 POINTS.

Hamfests

Club Frequencies and Nets

Handy Dandy Vashon Frequency List (Excel format)

W7VMI Repeater: 443.50 MHz (+5 MHz, 103.5 Hz tone)

W7VMI-10 and W7VMI-11 Telpac Winlink packet mailbox stations run the new Winlink RMS (Remote Message Server) software and are available 24/7

W7VMI-10 on 145.070 MHz at 1200 baud
W7VMI-11 on 445.075 MHz at 9600 baud

FM Net 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays at 7:30 PM on W7VMI/R, 443.50 MHz (+5 MHz, 103.5 Hz tone)

SSB Net: 28.385 MHz 1st Sundays at 7:30 PM 

CW Net 28.385 MHz Sundays at 7:00 PM 

KC ARES Net: 146.82 MHz (-600 kHz, 103.5 Hz tone) Sundays 8:00 PM

Search and Rescue Net: K7PP Repeater 147.80 (-600 kHz, 123.0 Hz tone) Thursdays at 7:00 PM

West Coast Slow Speed CW net 

Vashon 2-meter simplex frequency: 147.52 MHz (primary) 146.50 (secondary)

Vashon backup HF: 3.975 MHz 

WB6RRU 6-meter repeater: 53.79 MHz (-1.7 MHz, 123.0 Hz tone)

Club email reflector: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/w7vmi/

Links of Interest to Hams

Local Resources