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The SWIARC June meeting will be 2 at 7 PM at Bob’s Restaurant on Shilo Drive in Nampa. Meeting will be on Solar power and batteries for portable operation. Before the meeting you can enjoy dinner at the restaurant. People show up for dinner starting at about 5:45. Main lobby has full menu, meeting room…

Dave NQ6S and Rob KW2E is trying to put together a concerted effort for the September VHF contest which is Sept 11 and 12, 2021 and this will be our event for September. To do this they will need home stations around the area listing in on the VHF+ simplex frequencies and some Rovers willing…

Scott W7IMC is hosting our Summer pool party/BBQ again. July 15, starting at 11:00am we will have a BBQ/Pool party social event. A great time is normally had by all. Bring a side to share and have fun. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4976473,-116.6497861,17z?entry=ttu

The Summer SWIARC Simplex contest will be on May 14, from 10 am to 10pm. All vhf and up frequency bands are valid. The exchange is your 4 digit maidenhead grid square (if you are in the Treasure Valley, it could be DN13). Full rules can be found here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/SouthWestIdahoARC/permalink/1475144689569893/

December general meeting will be a DIY/Get help meeting. We will be at Bob’s in the banquet room and will have people there to assist/train on many issues of radio, including soldering, antenna analyzers, spectrum analyzers, Mast Guying, Coax terminating, Power Pole installs, Mobile installs, Radio Programing, December 1 2022, starting at about 6pm

We are hosting an Antenna build on March 18, 2023 from 11am to 3 pm. We will have kits to sell to be build, 49:1 end fed half wave, 6m sleeve dipole, 2m tape measure yagi, 2m/70cm roll up jpole. For more info or reserve a kit send an email to swidahoarc@gmail.com Antenna build. Numbers…