Officially organized on Friday 05 February 2016, the mission of UVARC is to promote the enjoyment of the amateur radio fellowship and hobby in the Utah Valley area. We also provide Utah Valley ham radio information for those within or visiting from outside our area.
The activities of our group are many and varied, but they generally surround an amateur radio theme. This means while our activities and events are not limited to amateur radio, we focus much of them around radio in some way. That being said, our motto is Family Comes First. Our club call sign is K7UVA. Want to know more? Drop us a line at uvarcinfo at gmail dot com
We’re a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN 81-3606416), a Utah Corporation, a 509(a)(2) Public Charity, an ARRL-affiliated club, and there is no cost to join UVARC at this time because club expenses are fairly low. But we do ask that you consider a small donation to help out with what costs we do incur.
The current club presidency was elected on 09-03-2020 as follows:
Noji Ratzlaff, KNØJI – President
Chad Buttars, WE7CB – Vice President
Caryn Alarcon, KG7UUR – Secretary / Treasurer
Wendy Shoop, KW3NDY – Activities / Publicity Coordinator
Trevor Holyoak, AG7GX – Technology Specialist
Meetings held monthly on the first Thursday at 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Meetings are currently being held online via Zoom and simultaneously streamed on our YouTube channel. Zoom links are announced in our Facebook group, through our e-mail list, and on our Slack channel. (Please formally join the club to be added to our e-mail list and receive a Slack invitation.)
Our YouTube channel (with previous club meetings).
Upcoming meetings:
December 3 : The Band Conditions Banner
January 7 : CW vs. texting — Jay Leno style
February 4 : The guts of ham radio / 5-year celebration
March 4 : TBD
Newsletters (click here for a shortcut to the latest)
March 2016 April 2016 September 2016
October 2016 December 2016 January 2017
May 2017 June 2017 July 2017
October 2017 November 2017 December 2017
January 2018 March 2018 April 2018
June 2018 July 2018 September 2018
November 2018 December 2018 January 2019
February 2019 April 2019 June 2019
July 2019 September 2019 November 2019
December 2019 January 2020 February 2020
April 2020 June 2020 July 2020
October 2020 December 2020 February 2021
Ladies’ Net : Tuesday 7:00 pm ( Script and Log )
HF Net : Wednesday 9:00 pm ( 14.240 MHz USB )
New Ham Net : Thursday 7:00 pm ( Script and Log )
CERT Ham Net : 2nd and 4th Thursday 8:00 pm ( Script and Log )
Family History Net : Saturday 8:00 pm ( Script and Log )
Family Net : Sunday 3:30 pm ( Script and Log )
( email k7uva @ ARRL.net for info or to sign up for each Orem Ham Radio Course )
Technician : 4 Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Jan 19 Jan 26 Feb 2 Feb 9
General : 4 Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Mar 23 Mar 30 Apr 6 Apr 13
Technician : 4 Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8
Extra : 5 Tuesdays, 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Jul 13 Jul 20 Jul 27 Aug 3 Aug 10
Technician : 4 Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Sept 21 Sept 28 Oct 5 Oct 12
Funding
Amazon Smile
Smith’s Inspiring Donations (NPO number BH296)
eBay Charity
Red Tape
Constitution and ByLaws
Utah Business License and Incorporation Certificate
IRS 501(c)(3) Acceptance and 509(a)(2) Public Charity status declaration
Statement of Functional Expenses
Annual Ledger (breakdown of income and expenditures)
Federal Tax Filing
Charitable Solicitations Permit for Utah and Colorado
Charitable Solicitations Exemption for Idaho and Arizona and Wyoming
Orem Business License
Utah Business License
Cash donation receipt and In-kind donation receipt
ARRL Affiliation
ARRL Affiliation Letter
ARRL Insurance Certificate (Policy number RSC12396 via Hanover Insurance Group)
ARRL Insurance Policy (general policy — not tailored)
ARRL membership application (ARRL will donate a portion of your fee to the club if you apply using this paper form) — print out the hard copy, fill out the first page, then submit both pages and a check ( payable to UVARC ) to one of the club leadership