SARA Membership Forms
1. Fill out the SARA Membership Form online and submit it.
2. Access the SARA Membership Form online, print it out, and fill out.
Downloadable Forms
Net Control Sign Up
Click here to sign up to be Net Control for our Thursday evening net on the Monte Vista and Alamosa linked repeaters. You can use the “SARA Net-NCS Guidelines” link above to help you navigate through being Net Control. Our K0SLV repeaters are usually hooked into the SkyHub Linked Repeater System. If you are new at being an NCS and would like, we can easily disconnect from the linked repeater system, prior to our net. Just let any club officer or director know, and we’ll take care of it .
License & Testing Information
The San Luis Valley Amateur Radio Association offers testing for everyone interested in either obtaining their license or upgrading to a higher license class. Testing is typically offered every 3 months, in January, April, July and October. The exams are typically held after the monthly meeting, starting no later than 12:00PM. It is recommended that you arrive 15-20 minutes early to get registered. There is a $15 fee to take your exam, that is passed through to the ARRL. For a complete list of what is needed on exam day, please see the information here: http://www.arrl.org/what-to-bring-to-an-exam-session. If you have any additional questions, please don’t hesitate to email us.
As of April 19, 2022, the FCC has instituted a new $35 application fee. “The $35 application fee applies to new, renewal, rule waiver, and modification applications that request a new vanity call sign. The fee will be per application.” Details are available here: https://www.arrl.org/fcc-application-fee
SARA In The News
SLV HAM radio operators have first meeting. Monte Vista Journal. 22 Oct 2019.
Local HAMs have Amateur Radio Field Day. Monte Vista Journal. 1 Jul 2020.
SLV Amateur Radio Association hosts Field Day. Monte Vista Journal. 30 June 2022.
SARA Presentation to Monte Vista City Council. 23 June 2022. Video is Here. Presentation starts at 12:00. Proclamation declaring June 20-26, 2022 Amateur Radio Week in Monte Vista, CO can be seen here.
Valley Views radio program that first aired on KSLV/KYDN/KBGB Radio June 9th. The interview is hosted by Adam Lock, WA2JAL and features SARA President Rick Syring, WY0R, Vice President Justin Spencer, KF0JNX, and ARES/EMCOMM Director Donald McDonald, N0HQD. Listen as they discuss the upcoming 2024 Field Day operation and more. Audio file is courtesy of KSLV Radio (thank you Bob Richards).
SARA Meeting Minutes – 2020
SARA Meeting Minutes – 2021
SARA Meeting Minutes – 2022