Club News

The Keyer has been a monthly Ventura County Amateur Radio Club newsletter containing articles, information on past and upcoming club events, and news about the club and ham community. Written by members, officers, and local hams, this newsletter has been tirelessly assembled by many editors over its 88-year history. Today, with the internet, we no longer have to wait until the next newsletter to provide you with up-to-date information. Within minutes an article or news item can be posted on our… Continue reading →

On Saturday April 20th, Jacques KN6VQ held a successful CQ’ers club POTA activation/meeting at Ventura State Beach Park. In attendance was Jacques, Larry K6LWG, Burt KA6BJA, Peter W6PJG and Dave AI6VX. Though the sun never came out, other hams around the world did. Working 10M and 20M a total of 52 QSO’s were logged. Many out of state QSO’s were made, including GA, WA and OR. A few DX QSO’s were also made with Jacques winning the distance record by capturing… Continue reading →

Are you planning on participating in our 2024 Field Day event? If so, please attend our first planning meeting over Zoom this Thursday April 18th at 7pm. Zoom details can be found on our calendar, or for those on Groups.io, in the reminder email that will be sent out the day of the meeting. Field day this year is June 21 – 23, and there are many ways you can participate. Come and help us make this year’s Field Day fun… Continue reading →

As you can see, our club’s new website is now live! I have checked many of the pages and links to make sure nothing broke after the switch, but I’m sure I missed something. If you find an error, send me an email to president@vcarc.club and I’ll get it fixed. We also now have an active FOR SALE section! Do you have ham radio or related gear you would like to sell? Let me know what you have, the condition, photos… Continue reading →

Hello Ventura County Hams, Wow, this year seems to be flying by! With 2024 moving at such an accelerated pace, it is timeto start thinking about one of our biggest days of the year: Field Day! Field Day is less than three months away, which means we need to start brainstorming abouthow we want to run our event. I would like to preface what comes next with this: I understandthat some of you have been operating field day with VCARC for… Continue reading →

Happy April everyone!  I hope nobody got fooled on the first, and if you were the one doing the fooling, I hope your joke went over well.  I promise I won’t make any April Fool’s jokes in my Keyer articles this year. March was a busy month for our club!  We started with a presentation on coax by Mark Thompson AE6GD, followed by a successful VE session, picnic and portable operations the next day at the Dudley House.  I can still… Continue reading →

Today members of our club showed up to help Grace Lutheran Church with their cleanup day. Though the morning started out raining, it soon let up and we were able to help spiff up the Church and take a look at our new room. Later we were treated to chili dogs, fixings and cookies from their friendly volunteers. Thanks to everyone that turned out for this event, and thanks Robert for taking the photos.Dave – AI6VX

Please be sure to note our new meeting place! Our April 12th 2024 club meeting will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 6190 Telephone Road, Ventura 93003. Our new room is much larger, giving our club room to grow! A map to the new location is shown below. Located across from the Ventura Government Center and next to the Ventura Credit Union, Grace Lutheran Church has ample parking, a covered picnic area and a BBQ pit for future picnic gatherings. See… Continue reading →