NOTICE: The February 11 General Club Meeting will be at a different location!   Eldridge Park Conference Center, 2511 Eldridge Road (use satellite view and zoom) between Florence and West Airport. NOT at the normal Matlage Way location.
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  • IN CO L OR: The February Newsletter is now available.
  • Change of meeting location:   The General Meeting of the Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club will be held on Thursday, February 11th . A change in venue has occurred for this meeting only. It will be held at the Eldridge Park Conference Center at 2511 Eldridge Road, north of West Airport (traffic light)and south of Florence (traffic light). Turn west on Eldridge Park Rd (traffic light) off Eldridge Rd. for a short drive into the parking lot. The Conference building is adjacent to the parking lot. Meeting start time remains as 7:30 PM. Topics for the meeting will be "BVARC -- 2009 Year in Review" slide show and "An Analysis of the Currently Popular 43 Foot Vertical" by our President, Rick, W5RH
    Note: Eldridge Rd intersects 90A less than 1 mile east of the sugar mill. The Eldridge Park Conference Center is 2.2 miles north of 90A.
  • The February Board of Directors meeting will be on February 4 at 7 PM at Fuddrucker's in the Fountains Shopping Center.
  • The Monday Night PSNet has moved permanently from 145.47 to 146.94 (167.9).
  • New -- February 6: Click here for copy of Public Service events from Mike Hardwick.
The club meets monthly, usually on the second Thursday(7:30 PM) of the month, at the Sugar Land Community Center. Also, BVARC members frequent the 145.47 (PL 123.0) and the 146.94 (167.9)repeaters and hold a Public Service Net every Monday at 8 PM on 146.94 (167.9. In addition, BVARC sponsers a HF net on Wednesday nights. It meets on 3910 +/- 3 khz. This net is allows each member to comment on current events and includes club announcements.

The Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club is a public service club serving Fort Bend County and Southwest Houston. The club was founded in 1978 and has been active in social events, license classes, administering amateur radio license tests. It provides support for city and county emergency management communication operations. Members provide support for many charitable events such as walks and bike rides. The club also promotes two nets and an annual swapfest.

 
CLUB SPONSORED NETS DAY TIME FREQUENCY TONE NOTES
Public Service Net Monday 8PM Local 146.94 167.9  
BVARC Ragchew Net Wednesday 7PM Local 3.910    
 
Real People to Contact:
Learning Things Ross Lawler, W5HFF, club "Elmer" w5hff@yahoo.com 281-342-3340
Club Things Rick Hiller, W5RH, club president  rhiller@sdicgm.com 832-474-3713
Newsletter Things John Chauvin, K5IZO, Editor k5izo@yahoo.com  
VE Testing Things John Moore, KK5NU, VE director jwm@hal-pc.org 713-481-4107
Web Things Eddie Runner, NU5K web@bvarc.org 713-569-8799
Everything Else Things Cameron Mitchell, K5CAM k5cam@arrl.net 281-565-4665
       
 

Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 2997, Sugar Land, TX 77487-2997
BVARC is an ARRL Special Services Club