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Meeting Presentation are On-Line
The meeting presentations can be accessed on the website. Click on the "About Us" tab and then "VVRC Meeting Presentations."
They are sorted by date (yearmonth).
Unforunately, our activation of Alcatraz Island didn't come off as planned. This was due to some members dropping out. Although, it was a valient effort by those involved, it just didnt work out.
ARRL 2025 Field Day was the weekend of June 27-29 2025. This year we used the Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo. Pictures of all the Field Day events, including 2025, can be found HERE
All the club newsletters, "The Repeater," are accessible on our web site.
You will access them by clicking on "About US" then "VVRC Newsletters."
(Note, there was a gap in publication of the newsletter from May 2017 until January of 2024)
Along with the Newsletters, you can also access Club Meeting Presentations,
Pictures and More Downloadable Documents under the "Interesting Items" tab.
This includes photos from the 2023 Holiday Dinner and 2024 Field Day.
Weekly Cow Town Call In
The VVRC has initiated a new weekly rag chew session on our club repeater, 145.470.
This is a chance for members and non-members to just chat about whatever topic is of interest.
No restrictions, but keep it civil.
We meet every Thursday moring at 10:30 AM LT. Bryan, KBØA, will moderate, but it is pretty freeform.
Join us on Thursday!
In-Person Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at the Nut Tree Airport at 7:00 PM, unless posted otherwise. See the Meetings & Events Page.
Nut Tree Airport 301 Airport Rd., Vacaville. The December meeting is our Holiday dinner and is typically held at a different time and location.
We hold a net every Tuesday at 2000 local time on the
club's repeater (W6VVR)
If you would like to join the VVRC or renew you membership this is the link to an Application Form
Browse our web site for more information about the club and what it has to offer.
If you have any questions, please email us at
The Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF), based here in the Bay
Area, has posted a complete copy of the book “Where Do We Go Next”
by Martti Laine, OH2BH, on their website. You can download it from this
page:
Where Do We Go Next
The book provides lots of tips on how to improve your DX success rate and what it takes to
make a successful DXpedition.
We've gotten a number of new members into the club, some of which are new Hams as well. The PAPA System, Southern California's Premier
Repeater System operator, has put together a guide to being a "Smooth Operator." You can read the information with this link:
PAPA Smooth Operator
