| Upcoming Events | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| 2010-02-23 | 19:30 | VARS Monthly Meeting | Waseca County EOC |
| 2010-03-29 | 13:30 | Skywarn Training Day - Afternoon Session | East Courthouse Annex |
| 2010-03-29 | 18:30 | Skywarn Training Day - Evening Session | East Courthouse Annex |
| 2010-03-30 | 19:30 | VARS Monthly Meeting | Waseca County EOC |
Christmas Party
The V.A.R.S. Christmas Party was held January 23rd at the Waseca County EOC. Sixteen V.A.R.S. members attended and they brought along their favorite dishes to pass. It was also Bev's (KC0KOU's XYL) birthday so we had birthday cake in addition to the rich desserts none of us really needed, but we sure enjoyed them. Plenty of enjoyable conversation followed the dinner and a good time was had by all who atteded.
Jessie (N0SND's XYL) took a few photos and they can be found here.
Technician/General/CW Classes Offered for Spring 2010
The Viking Amateur Radio Society has scheduled a Technician and/or General license class starting April 8, 2010 at 7:00 at the EOC. A CW class will also be offered if there is one or more interested students.
The required book for the Technician License is The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (ISBN:0-87259-963-9) and the General License Book is The ARRL General Class License Manual (ISBN-13: 978-0-87259-996-3) or (ISBN-10: 0-87259-996-5). The cost of each book is $24.95. They can be purchased from V.A.R.S. if paid in advance or through the various online book sellers and the ARRL web site. Contact Merlin at 835-2344 for more information.
Election Results
The annual meeting was held November 24, 2009 at 7:30PM at the Waseca County EOC. The following people were elected to office.
President - Richard Selle, KD0ELY
Vice President - Ray Theissen, N0WLN
Activities Director - Keith Sykora, WA0JGT
Secretary Treasurer - Merlin Williams, KD0V
Map showing the location of the Waseca County EOC is here
If you have not already done so, please update your APRS path settings to either:
These generic APRS callsigns have been deprecated: RELAY, WIDE, TRACE, TRACEn-N and will not be forwarded by digipeaters. That means there is a very good posibility that no body will hear or see you unless they copy your packet directly.
More information can be found at Bob Bruniga's, WB4APR APRS Site