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EVENTS and TESTING

Our next club meeting will be on Thursday, February 21,  7:00 pm at the Old West Diner in Rural Retreat, Va.

  The restaurant is located 1/2 mile east of the route 11 crossroads (on the Wytheville side).  There are important items to discuss. 

Please come and join us if you can.


 
 

                                 

VAWA 2-Meter Net: Wednesday 8:00 p.m. on the 146.895 -600 offset, tone 103.5 OR on 146.775 -600 offset, tone 107.2


VAWA Teaching Schedule:

Future classes will be formed depending upon the interest of the public schools in our region.  If you are a teacher, a public school administrator, or citizen who would be interested in having amateur radio license classes offered in your community, please contact Ron Sokol, VAWA Public Information Officer, (k4khz@arrl.net) for more information.

  
Testing Schedules approved by ARRL/VEC:
Virginia Appalachian Wireless Association
 
Contact person:  Mike Lagerholm  (AB4X) 276-646-8691
ab4x@earthlink.net


Wytheville Community College 
(FCC and Emergency Communications Course exams)


Next t
esting session to be announced soon..
 

FCC license exams are $14 cash fee per test,  please bring
exact change and proper identification
No credit cards or checks.

Emergency Communications Course exams are $10 cash fee
per test,  please bring exact change
   No credit cards or checks.



Roanoke Valley Amateur Radio Club

No Tests in December or June
All other months testing on 3rd Sunday at 2 p.m.
Red Cross Building, Downtown Roanoke

New River Amateur Radio Club
Contact person: Roger Coulter, 540-639-4846 


Tests sessions are at the Radford Public Library.
 

East River Amateur Radio Club 
Contact person:  John Riddle III bla00180@mail.wvnet.edu
Tests sessions are conducted at the Mercer County
911 Center in Green Valley  (Shelter Road off RT. 460).


Other test sessions can be found at this ARRL website:

 Upcoming ARRL Exams

 WE ARE THE ARRL!
 

  Join the American Radio Relay League!
  Call toll-free 1-888-277-5289
 

 HAMFESTS:

 
 


THIS WEEKS CONTESTS:

  http://www.arrl.org/contests/                                           (ARRL Contest Calender)

  http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/weeklycont.php       (WA7BNM Contest Calender)



 
SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS:

http://www.arrl.org/contests/spev.html                               (ARRL SPECIAL EVENT'S LIST)

http://www.rsgbiota.org/index.php4?countthis=1                 (ISLANDS ON THE AIR)
   
http://www.islandchaser.com/                                          
(ISLANDS ON THE AIR)

http://radiodx.com/spdxr/marshall_islands.htm                  
(MARSHALL ISLANDS ON THE AIR)



 

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