Welcome to
the Web Site
of the
Cedar Valley Amateur
Radio Club
The Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club (or CVARC)
is a regional
group promoting amateur radio activities in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa
area.
CVARC is a non-profit corporation registered in the
state of Iowa.
CVARC meets on the second Thursday of each month in
the Kenwood
Park Methodist Church at 7:30 PM, CDT/CST. The meeting consists of club
business
and a program. The programs tend to be Amateur orientated but we
occasionally
throw in a general interest one. Watch here or the Bandspread for the
topic. All are welcome at these meetings, neither membership nor
amateur radio license is required. For all the details, check our Articles of
Incorporation, and By-Laws. The current list of CVARC officers and
appointments is here.
CVARC's next meeting:
Our speaker for next club meeting will be Ken Neubeck, WB2AMU.
Ken has an extra class license and has been a ham since 1971. He writes
regularly on VHF propagation for CQ VHF. He has written the book, Six Meters, A Guide To The Magic Band
put out by Worldradio books and it is now in its fourth edition. He is
co-author with Gordon West of the book, VHF Propagation, A Practical Guide for
Radio Amateurs, put out by CQ Magazine. Come to our club meeting
and get ready to use the 6 meter loops that we built this year. Come
and learn about sporadic-E propagation.
During the business portion of the meeting there will be an election of
club officers.
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
175 34th St. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA (click
to see map)
Save the date, the February meeting is on February 11th, 2010.
"Assistance
is needed..."
There are a number of special events during the year where CVARC
members and other hams provide communications help. To see the list of
events and who to contact to volunteer to help, click here.
Next VE Test Session:
There are no VE test sessions scheduled in Cedar Rapids at this time.
See
the ARRL exam
search page for other upcoming sessions in this part of the state.
Nearby hamfests:
If you can't wait for the CVARC hamfest, Summerfest, in August, there
are others. Check here
for details.
CVARC publishes a monthly news letter, the
Bandspread,
to its membership. CVARC is affliated
with the ARRL,Linn County ARES,
and the Linn County Emergency Management Agency.
CVARC
Activities
:
Sponsor and
present The Premier Hamfest
of eastern
Iowa.