MEETINGS   The club meets for breakfast every Thursday at 8:00 a.m. at Ramona's (formerly Mary Lee's) restaurant.  A business meeting is called by the President approximately four times a year.  The meeting dates for 2009 are March 12, June 4, September 10, and December 10.  Meetings will be held right after breakfast at the restaurant.

CLUB NET   The club net meets on Tuesday evenings at 8:00 p.m. local time on the club's two meter repeater.  Net controls are rotated.  All check-ins are welcome.

VE TESTING    The club has a VE testing group which administers examinations four times a year for persons wishing to obtain a new amateur license or upgrade their existing license.  The normal dates are the second Saturday in February, May, August, and November at 9:00 a.m. at Cranford's Fresh World on Hwy 5 near the Village East Gate.  Club VE's include K9IW (Team Liason), N3EY, N5UQ, K5ID, WA9AQQ, AD5TI, and W0FAX.  The next session is scheduled for November 7, 2009.

TOUR OF HOMES COMMUNICTION    Every two years, the Symphony guild conducts a "Tour of Homes" in the Village as a fund raiser.  Four homes are chosen and transportation is provided to persons buying a ticket for the tour.  The club provides communication using two meters between homes and the parking site to get vehicles to where the people are.  The 2008 tour was held on October 6.  To volunteer, contact K9IW.

FIELD DAY    Field Day in 2006 was June 24 and 25.  We made 528 contacts - 281 on CW and 247 on SSB.  We had a great time.  The dates for 2009 are June 27 and 28.

REFLECTOR     Every member of HSVARC has access to the HSVARC mail list. This is a special e-mail address (sometimes referred to as a "reflector") that provide the membership an easy way to communicate with the entire club membership. To send a message to all current club members simply address your e-mail messages to or copy:

    HSVARC@mailman.qth.net

The message must not have attachments and it must be in "plain text" format.  These restrictions are imposed to assure that the space used on the QTH.COM server is reasonable and there no possibility that e-mail messages will transport a virus.

When you receive e-mail from the HSVARC mail list, you can, if you like, reply to the originator of the message by using your normal e-mail "reply" option. You can reply to the originator and all members by using your e-mail "reply all" option.

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