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The next Board of Directors meeting will be June 27th @ 7:00 PM at the VBARC Beach Shack, 3469 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach. 

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News

Facebook & Twitter:  Do you use Facebook or Twitter?  Did you know that we have two FB pages and a twitter account?  Next time you are on FB or Twitter just look up VBARC and join in the fun.  One FB page is open to the world while the second is for members only.

Public Service Notes from Tom WS9B: Our next event will be ASYMCA Mud Run on Aug 1, 2018. We will have a signup sheet at club meeting.  Please see any of us to sign up for events.  E-mails will be sent out asking for assistance.

We want to thank: K3QQN, Jim; K4NTO, Bob; K4YOU, Bob; KA4TMS, Doug; KA8TNF, Terry; KB0AAJ, Jonathon; KB8ABJ, Trap; KC9RGE, Patrick; KD4NFX, Mike; KD4SVK, Sharon; KE4AZL, Butch; KI4RJZ, Steve; KK4FXS, Scott; KK4NOL, Carolyn; KM4WAA, Richie; KN4BAD, Stan; KN4FTH, Larry; N4JJ, Josh; WA4GDB, George; WB4AXY, John; and WB4BAX, Mike for helping with Strawberry Parade.

We would like everyone to program in their radio’s 147.045, 146.97, 147.3 and 444.95 as simplex frequencies.  It provides a backup if repeater goes down.  No Tones….

NOTE: VBARES/Public Service has selected three (3) crossband frequencies: they are 445.775, 445.875 and 445.85. We have also selected three (3) 2M frequencies for simplex operation: they are 147.57, 147.405 and 147.51. These frequencies will have an ENCODE and DECODE tone of 233.6.

Please add to your programming file or manually enter the above for all your radios.  If all else bring radio to club meeting and I will try and program it for you with all the frequencies above.

QRP Saturday:  Ed W8NLZ will host the next QRP Saturday on June 9th at Princess Anne Park.  Rough start about 9:00 AM.  Bring out your radio of get on the air with one of the radio's that are there.

FIELD DAY 2018:  Field Day is June 23rd and 24th from 2:00PM till 2:00 PM the next day at Great Neck Park off of Great Neck Road on Shorehaven Road.  A 24 hour Emergency Testing Operational Event.  Details will be emailed to all members but plan on a antenna session at 6:00 PM on Friday June 22nd followed by station construction roughly starting at 9:00 am the next morning and then on the air at 2:00 PM.  This is a joing venture with the Va DX Century Club.  We will have three HF stations, 2 CW and 1 SSB, a Digital Station, a Sat station and possibly a GOTA Station.  A cookout dinner is planned for Saturday evening around 5:00 PM in shelter 2.  We need operators, builders, more operators, cooks, etc.  Full info at the June meeting.  This year we will use the DX Clubs call sign K4IX, Kilo 3 India Xray, for the event.

Radiosport or contesting is a popular way to make contacts and increase your operating skills, work on WAS and DXCC.  In February the following ARRL sponsored contests are being held.  Please go to the arrrl.org/contest page for details of each event. Even with a Tech license you can participate in a couple of these events.

June 2018
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint	0145Z-0215Z, Jun 1
+ NCCC Sprint	0230Z-0300Z, Jun 1
+ HA3NS Sprint Memorial Contest	1900Z-1929Z, Jun 1 (40m) and   1930Z-1959Z, Jun 1 (80m)
+ 10-10 Int. Open Season PSK Contest	0000Z, Jun 2 to 2400Z, Jun 3
+ PVRC Reunion	0000Z-0159Z, Jun 2 and   2000Z-2200Z, Jun 2 and   1200Z-1359Z, Jun 3
+ DigiFest	0400Z-1200Z, Jun 2 and   2000Z, Jun 2 to 0400Z, Jun 3 and   1200Z-2000Z, Jun 3
+ Wake-Up! QRP Sprint	0600Z-0629Z, Jun 2 and   0630Z-0659Z, Jun 2 and   0700Z-0729Z, Jun 2 and   0730Z-0800Z, Jun 2
+ SEANET Contest	1200Z, Jun 2 to 1200Z, Jun 3
+ UKSMG Summer Contest	1300Z, Jun 2 to 1300Z, Jun 3
+ Kentucky QSO Party	1400Z, June 2 to 0200Z, Jun 3
+ RSGB National Field Day	1500Z, Jun 2 to 1500Z, Jun 3
+ IARU Region 1 Field Day, CW	1500Z, Jun 2 to 1459Z, Jun 3
+ Dutch Kingdom Contest	1500Z, Jun 2 to 1500Z, Jun 3
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data	1900Z-2030Z, Jun 4
+ ARS Spartan Sprint	0100Z-0300Z, Jun 5
+ Phone Fray	0230Z-0300Z, Jun 6
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test	1300Z-1400Z, Jun 6 and   1900Z-2000Z, Jun 6 and   0300Z-0400Z, Jun 7
+ NRAU 10m Activity Contest	1700Z-1800Z, Jun 7 (CW) and   1800Z-1900Z, Jun 7 (SSB) and   1900Z-2000Z, Jun 7 (FM) and   2000Z-2100Z, Jun 7 (Dig)
+ SKCC Sprint Europe	1900Z-2100Z, Jun 7
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint	0145Z-0215Z, Jun 8
+ NCCC Sprint	0230Z-0300Z, Jun 8
+ DRCG WW RTTY Contest	0000Z-0759Z, Jun 9 and   1600Z-2359Z, Jun 9 and   0800Z-1559Z, Jun 10
+ VK Shires Contest	0600Z, Jun 9 to 0600Z, Jun 10
+ Asia-Pacific Sprint, SSB	1100Z-1300Z, Jun 9
+ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon	1200Z, Jun 9 to 2400Z, Jun 10
+ Portugal Day Contest	1200Z, Jun 9 to 1200Z, Jun 10
+ GACW WWSA CW DX Contest	1500Z, Jun 9 to 1500Z, Jun 10
+ REF DDFM 6m Contest	1600Z, Jun 9 to 1600Z, Jun 10
+ ARRL June VHF Contest	1800Z, Jun 9 to 0259Z, Jun 11
+ Cookie Crumble QRP Contest	1700Z-2200Z, Jun 10
+ 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint	0000Z-0200Z, Jun 11
+ NAQCC CW Sprint	0030Z-0230Z, Jun 13
+ Phone Fray	0230Z-0300Z, Jun 13
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test	1300Z-1400Z, Jun 13 and   1900Z-2000Z, Jun 13 and   0300Z-0400Z, Jun 14
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW	1900Z-2030Z, Jun 13
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint	0145Z-0215Z, Jun 15
+ NCCC Sprint	0230Z-0300Z, Jun 15
+ All Asian DX Contest, CW	0000Z, Jun 16 to 2400Z, Jun 17
+ SMIRK Contest	0000Z, Jun 16 to 2400Z, Jun 17
+ ARR BPSK63 Contest	1200Z, Jun 16 to 1200Z, Jun 17
+ Ukrainian DX Classic RTTY Contest	1200Z, Jun 16 to 1159Z, Jun 17
+ IARU Region 1 50 MHz Contest	1400Z, Jun 16 to 1400Z, Jun 17
+ AGCW VHF/UHF Contest	1400Z-1700Z, Jun 16 (144) and   1700Z-1800Z, Jun 16 (432)
+ Stew Perry Topband Challenge	1500Z, Jun 16 to 1500Z, Jun 17
+ West Virginia QSO Party	1600Z, Jun 16 to 0200Z, Jun 17
+ Feld Hell Sprint	1800Z-1959Z, Jun 16
+ ARRL Kids Day	1800Z-2359Z, Jun 16
+ WAB 50 MHz Phone	0900Z-1500Z, Jun 17
+ Run for the Bacon QRP Contest	0100Z-0300Z, Jun 18
+ Phone Fray	0230Z-0300Z, Jun 20
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test	1300Z-1400Z, Jun 20 and   1900Z-2000Z, Jun 20 and   0300Z-0400Z, Jun 21
+ NAQCC CW Sprint	0030Z-0230Z, Jun 21
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint	0145Z-0215Z, Jun 22
+ NCCC Sprint	0230Z-0300Z, Jun 22
+ Battle of Carabobo International Contest	0000Z, Jun 23 to 2400Z, Jun 24
+ UFT QRP Contest	0600Z-0900Z, Jun 23 and   1400Z-1700Z, Jun 23
+ His Maj. King of Spain Contest, SSB	1200Z, Jun 23 to 1200Z, Jun 24
+ Ukrainian DX DIGI Contest	1200Z, Jun 23 to 1200Z, Jun 24
+ ARRL Field Day	1800Z, Jun 23 to 2100Z, Jun 24
+ SKCC Sprint	0000Z-0200Z, Jun 27
+ Phone Fray	0230Z-0300Z, Jun 27
+ CWops Mini-CWT Test	1300Z-1400Z, Jun 27 and   1900Z-2000Z, Jun 27 and   0300Z-0400Z, Jun 28
+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB	1900Z-2030Z, Jun 28
+ NCCC RTTY Sprint	0145Z-0215Z, Jun 29
+ NCCC Sprint	0230Z-0300Z, Jun 29
+ Feld Hell Sprint	0000Z-2359Z, Jun 30

 L/i>ocal repeaters are controlled by the Virginia Beach Emergency Amateur Repeater Society or VBEARS.  Repeaters are available on 146.970, 146.895 and 444.950.  Please check the VBEARS page for full details of all repeaters in the region.  If you are using the repeaters and have problems please address your issues to the Manager of the repeater via email here.  We also have a new repeater on 147.300+ managed by the Hospital Network.  It is open to all hams when not used for emergency events.

KKey nets on the 146.895 repeater are:
     ARES Net every Tuesday Night at 8:00 PM
     Hampton Roads Service Net at 9:00 PM every night.