2025 Meeting Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 8 | Jim DeLoach, WU0I | How to Build a Satellite ‘Roving’ Station for Your Next Road Trip or POTA activation. See post for more details. |
| February 12 | Jeff Kabel, AA6XA | FT8 and FEC error Correction. See post for more details. |
| March 12 | Jim Peterson, K6EI | POTA and FIeld Day Antennas. See post for more details. |
| April 9 | John Miller, K6MM. | DXpeditions Redefined: Working the R.I.B. Remotely |
| May 14 | Jim Peterson, K6EI | All things Field Day |
| June 11 | Clay Couger, N5YJZ | Common Mode Supprerssion |
| June 27-29 | FIELD DAY AT MORA HILL | |
| July/August | No evening Meetings in July or August | |
| August 9 | Annual BBQ at Baylands Park | |
| September 10 | Dave Brown, WR6Z | All Things 900 Mhz |
| October 8 | Vince Bafetti, KB6NTW | Loop on Ground Receiving Antennas |
2024 Meeting Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 10 | Clay Couger (N5YJZ) Scott Nacey (KK6IK) | Parks-On-The-Air (POTA) See post for more details. |
| February 7 ATTENTION: One week earlier just for this month! | Dr Richard G Ranson, G3ZTB | The care and feeding of your nanoVNA. See post for more details. |
| March 13 | We will discuss what worked in 2023 and a few changes that are in-store for 2024 | |
| April 10 | Ralph Simpson | Secret radio communications during WW2 and the cracking of Enigma |
| May 8 | Mark Aaker, K6UFO | How to be more effective at FT8 contesting |
| June 12 | Ed Fong, WB6IQN | uSDX+ ultra compact transceiver & Finalize Field Day plans |
| June 21-23 | FIELD DAY AT MORA HILL | |
| July/August | No evening Meetings in July or August | |
| August 10 | Annual BBQ at Badlands Park, Owl Burrow Picnic Area, 11:00am – 2:00pm | |
| September 11 | Jeff Kabel, AA6XE | Digital Signal Processing (DSP) |
| October 9 | Scott Nacey, KK6IK Tim Stehle, KN6FGH | Reducing RF noise in your shack Group discussion on plans for WVARA’s upcoming POTA / beach party, scheduled for November 9 |
| November 9 | WVARA’s POTA / Beach party All the Details Here. | |
| November 13 | Bert Henderson, W6MSD | DIY Wire Antennas |
| December 8 | Tim, KN6FGH | Holiday Party noon to 3:00 pm at Red Cross |
2023 Meeting schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| February 8 | Steve Sergeant, KC6ZKT | Winter Field Day Highlights & The Model-T of Computers |
| March 8 | Paul Wesling, KM6LH | Silicon Valley’s Ham Radio Roots. View the edited video of the talk (48:50, plus Q&A with Steve Wozniak WA6BND): View Video |
| March 18 | FIELD DAY BRAINSTORM LUNCH | |
| April 12 | Kristen McIntyre, K6WX | A Wire in the Air: What Matters Most |
| April 23 | Field Day Antenna Clean-up & Prep at Svend’s QTH | |
| May 10 | Jim Peterson, K6EI | All Things Field Day! |
| May 27 | Field Day Antenna Party in Sunnyvale | |
| June 14 | Jim Moss, N9JIM | ARDEN Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network |
| June 23-25 | FIELD DAY AT MORA HILL | |
| September 13 | Dean Wood, N6DE | Update on plans for the California QSO Party |
| October 11 | Jim Peterson, K6EI | Reducing your RF exposure risk |
| November 8 | Ed Fong, WB6IQN | Ed will explain how PLL’s work in a non mathematical presentation. |
2022 Meeting schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 12 | Tim Duffy, K3LR | Grounding/Bonding for RFI Mitigation |
| February 9 | Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO | “12 grams Around the World: Picoballoons and Radiosondes” |
| March 9 | Michelle Paquette AA6MP | The theory behind compact loop antennas |
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April 13 |
Jim Peterson, K6EI | Top Band — the 160 meters band |
| May 11 | Jim Peterson, K6EI | All Things Field Day |
| June 8 | Stan Dye, KC7ZXE | Fun with Nano VNAs |
| July 13 | No Meeting | |
| August 10 | No Meeting | |
| August 13 | Annual BBQ – 11am at Sunnyvale’s Baylands Park | |
| September 14 | Dean Wood, N6DE | Updates on plans for the California QSO Party |
| October 12 | Jim Peterson, K6EI, | Update on how to detect, identify, locate, and reduce Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) around your station. |
| November 10 | Steve Sergeamt, KC6ZKT | Winter Field Day Plans |
| December 17 | HOLIDAY PARTY / BBQ, 11am – 1pm, Saturday, Silicon Valley Red Cross Building Patio on the east-facing side of the facility. We can shift indoors to Room 3 if it rains. The Red Cross building is at 2731 N. First Street at Plumeria Drive (southwest corner) in San Jose. If you haven’t been to the Red Cross in a while, “talk-in” is usually available on the Association’s repeaters. Best choice would be 2m/220. |
Previous meetings can be viewed on our Meetings History Page.
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You can write to the WVARA at:
West Valley Amateur Radio Association
P.O. Box 6544
San Jose, CA 95150-6544