The Wisconsin Valley Radio Association is pleased to announce that the 2017 WVRA calendar to benefit amateur radio will soon be available. The calendar is an annual fundraiser to help defray the increasing costs of providing amateur radio services to the hams that live and travel through North central Wisconsin. The 2017 calendar we opened up […]
The Wisconsin Valley Radio Association will once again provide communications support for the Wausau Marathon. The marathon is a 26.2 mile race that winds itself through the greater Wausau area. This event is a Boston Marathon qualifying event, so it attracts upwards of 500 racers. The event is Saturday August 20th. The race starts at […]
The Wisconsin Valley Radio Association(WVRA) is sponsoring and hosting an Amateur Radio license examination session, to be held on Saturday, August 13th, starting at 10:00 AM, at Rasmussen College, Room #102, 1101 Westwood Drive, Wausau, WI 54401. Testing will be conducted for ALL Classes of Amateur Radio licenses. Walk-ins for the test session will be […]
I’m excited to report that we will have a special guest presentation at our August, 2016 meeting. We will be joined by Bart Jahnke W9JJ, contest branch manager for the ARRL. Some of you may know that Bart originated in Central Wisconsin and was licensed at an WVRA Field Day 36 years ago. Bart is a […]
The annual WVRA Club Picnic is scheduled for Tuesday July 19th. We will meet in Marathon Park in Wausau at Shelter #3, same as last year, which is the octagon shaped one. The shelter isn’t reserved, so if that one is occupied we will move to another open shelter in the park. Just look for […]
We’re pleased to announce that the WVRA repeater systems (with a few exceptions) are up and running. This includes: 147.135/146.865 repeater 444.100 repeater 224.640 repeater Winlink/Packet/APRS digipeaters A couple of things to note: 1. Our battery backup system is not installed yet. We are awaiting a couple of things at the site before we install these. […]
Summer is FINALLY here! I hope you had a great holiday weekend and are excited for summer! The WVRA will be in full swing beginning in June – we have a lot of events planned so please mark your calendars: June 7th – general meeting June 25/26 – Field Day July 7-10 – Wausau Balloon […]
From the KD9CJX ham shack…well, not really. I’m happy to report I spent most of the day at WZAW-LD, aka Fox 55. We have begun re-installing the W9SM systems and we’re making progress. Since we were last out there, an overhead door was installed which is requiring us to re-route our hard line. Once this […]
Well the weather has finally changed! Goodbye Winter! I think the kids have a term for seeing an old hag leave, but I’ll leave that to the imagination. With spring’s arrival, the WVRA will be bustling with activity. Get your WVRA Calendars ready, because it’s going to be exciting! On Saturday, May 7th, we’ll be […]
Greetings from the KD9CJX Hamshack where it’s 57 degrees and that’s better than what’s outside. I want to say thank you to our nominating committee and the club membership for choosing me to be your president. It’s an honor to be part of an amateur radio group with such a long history and I look […]