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March 2020 Update

Updated 3/16/2020 regarding our April meeting, which has been cancelled.

It’s a great day to be alive and living in the San Luis Valley. As of yesterday (3/9/20), our repeater is operational. There is still much to do, but it is up and running in less than 6 months from our forming as a club. That’s incredible!

For now, if you use the repeater, please identify not only yourself but the repeater as well. This should be done when you check into the repeater, when you check out of the repeater and at increments of no more than 10 minutes. For example: “This is WA2JAL, through the KØSLV repeater.” This insures that the transmissions via our repeater are legal according to FCC regulations. Once the automatic repeater ID system is functional, doing this will no longer be necessary. Watch our Facebook group for more information.

Access to the repeater is open, but does require a tone. The frequency is: 449.625 with a minus offset and a 94.8 tone. If you are having trouble programming your rig, please don’t hesitate to reach out to one of us for help.

For now, the weekly net on Thursday evenings at 8PM will remain on the following repeaters. Watch our Facebook group for any changes.

  • NØKM – 146.640. 77.0 tone. Center, CO
  • NØKM – 447.100. 77.0 tone. Center, CO
  • WEØFUN – 449.975. 100.0 tone. Methodist Mtn, Salida, CO
  • NØPKT – 449.525. 100.0 tone. Bristol Head, Creede, CO

The April 4th meeting and testing has been cancelled. Board members “may” opt to meet via on-line means. Stay up to date on what’s going on with the club on our Facebook Group.

73’s until next time.

Adam Lock
WA2JAL
Secretary, SARA

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Greetings Fellow Amateur Radio Operators:

Welcome to our website. We are the San Luis Valley Amateur Radio Association or SARA for short. Our club call is KØSLV, and we are an amateur radio club in the San Luis Valley (SLV). We formed as a club late in 2019 to help serve this area in times of emergency and of course to have fun as a ham radio group. Our officers and directors are:

  • President – Bob Galey – KEØJDN
  • Vice President – Robert Austin – KEØOHH
  • Secretary – Adam Lock – WA2JAL
  • Treasurer – Josh Hill – KEØYOO
  • Trustee – Dave Newmyer – NØKM
  • EMCOMM/ARES – Phil Schechter – WØOJ
  • Training/Testing – James McCloskey – ADØLV
  • Contests/Net – Frank Flohr – KA4OAA

We are in the process of setting up our own repeater here in the SLV. The frequencies are anticipated to be 444.625 / 449.625 and we hope to have the repeater up in the next month or so. The coverage area is expected to be approximately valley wide, basically covering this 8,000 square mile region in south-central Colorado.

We do have a weekly net that currently meets on Thursday evening at 8PM on the following repeaters:

  • NØKM – 146.640. 77.0 tone. Center, CO
  • NØKM – 447.100. 77.0 tone. Center, CO
  • WEØFUN – 449.975. 100.0 tone. Methodist Mtn, Salida, CO
  • NØPKT – 449.525. 100.0 tone. Bristol Head, Creede, CO

We anticipate our club repeater, KØSLV to become the primary repeater for this net, once it is fully operational. Special thanks to Dave Newmyer, NØKM and Jeff Carrier, KØJSC for allowing us to conduct our weekly net through their respective repeater systems.

The net control station for the weekly net varies. If you are interested in being the net control for any particular Thursday, please email Frank Flohr, KA4OAA to get on the list. All Technical Class licensees and above can be the net control and we have a guideline available on our Facebook Group.

Our Facebook Group can be found here. It is a closed group, so please answer the group questions to join. We are quite active in this group and welcome other local licensed hams to become a part of our group.

We periodically offer license/upgrade testing opportunities. The next testing session will be at Noon on April 4, 2020 at our normal meeting location. Calvary Baptist Church, 2160 Sherman Avenue in Monte Vista. All are welcome to come and take the test. We are also planning on starting training classes for the three different license levels soon.

Whether you are a seasoned amateur radio operator or just curious about this hobby, please feel free to stop in on our monthly meetings, the first Saturday of each month at 10:00AM.

73’s until next time.

Adam Lock
WA2JAL
Secretary, SARA

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