Our next WVARA meeting will be held in-person on Wednesday, April 9th, in Meeting Room 3 at the Silicon Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross, 2731 N. First Street at Plumeria Drive (southwest corner) in San Jose. Social time begins around 6:45pm, with the meeting commencing at 7pm. 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.
This month’s presenter is John Miller, K6MM.
Do you live in an apartment with no opportunity for a big antenna farm? Then this month’s presentation is ideal for you. John will tell us about “DXpeditions Redefined: Working the R.I.B. Remotely” and will describe his experience working from home as a remote operator for the E51D (N.Cook), VP6A (Ducie), CB0ZA (Juan Fernandez), and N5J (Jarvis Island) DXpeditions.
John was first licensed in 1958. He is on the DXCC Honor Roll with 333 confirmed, and is working on completing 160M for 9-Band DXCC. He especially enjoys participating in DXpeditions and was a operator at PJ7E (Sint Maarten), K9W (Wake Atoll), K1N (Navassa Island), K5P (Palmyra Atoll), and KH1/KH7Z (Baker Island). He was also a stateside pilot and/or webmaster for the NH8S (Swains Island), C82DX (Mozambique), FT4TA (Tromelin), 3G0ZC (Juan Fernandez), and VK0EK (Heard Island) DXpeditions.
We will also be talking about the upcoming Electronic Flea Market that WVARA will be hosting on Sunday, April 13th 2025.
BTW, several of us meet nearby for dinner prior to the meeting at 5:30pm at Disn-N-Dash (2551 N. 1st St. San Jose): https://dishdash.com. Feel free to join us.
Three things to remember:
• Since the west side entrance to the Red Cross Building is always locked, we recommend entering the Red Cross Building through the main entrance situated on the north side of the building.
• The Red Cross locks the main entrance at 7pm sharp, so please come early in order to get access to the building.
• Since Meeting Room 3 is about 100 feet from any entrance, any late comers who knock on an outside door won’t be heard from our meeting room. So please try to arrive early!
Upcoming Meetings and Events
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |