k6MEP / VCARC
Ventura County Amateur Radio Club
About Us
Our call sign is K6MEP. We invite anyone who is interested in amateur radio to explore our website or attend one of our meetings.
We meet on the second Friday of every month, except in December. Our meetings are held at The Dudley House. Social half-hour begins at 19:00. After a short break, the general meeting begins at 19:30. During the general meeting we discuss club business and have a presentation. After the meeting is adjourned, some members go to Toppers Pizza to socialize. Come by, join us, and share your ham radio interests.
Learn about our history as an amateur radio club.
Current Conditions
Radio communication is impacted by space weather. Changes in ionospheric density and structure will modify the path of HF radio transmission or even block the signal transmission completely. Users of the HF radio band (1 to 30 megahertz range) include ham radio operators, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Defense, and commercial airlines.
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November 2021 Meeting
The November 12th 2021 meeting was held at The Dudley House at 19:00 and we had 21 persons physically present with 18 members and 3 guests (Yoshio KE6ACH, Michael KF6UV, and Curtis AJ6QC). Jeremy KN6JMD reported that we had 2 members present via Zoom (Pedro K6MIL and Tim KN6JGB). We held our nominations and voted for all of the offices. All of the current officers were reelected including the at-large board members; however, Richard WB6AEW did not stand for reelection and Steve WA6EJO was elected. Denney N6HV spoke about the sun and ham radio propagation. Everyone enjoyed Denney's presentation and several questions were asked. Both donated and "freebie" items were available and several items were purchased.
Thanks again to Linda Shank, our refreshment coordinator, who brought the refreshments.
The December 10th K6MEP club dinner is scheduled to be held at La Dolce Vita in Oxnard's Heritage Square and our agenda will be to install the officers and thank Richard Abbey WB6AEW for his service to the club.