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Our club has existed for over 40 years, promoting the hobby of amateur radio. We have monthly membership meetings that include presentations about various aspects of the hobby. An American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Technical Specialist and others are available to answer questions about any area of amateur radio. We offer training classes and testing sessions to help beginners in the hobby get started. Our 146.880 MHz repeater is one of the best repeaters in Eastern Washington with coverage of Spokane County and surrounding areas. Our weekly net is on Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm on that repeater. See the "Club systems" link for information regarding our other systems that include support for packet and digital voice. We participate in yearly activities such as Bloomsday, the Lilac Parade, and Field Day.


Club Net, Wednesday at 7:30 PM, on the 146.880 repeater, tone of 123.0

Important announcements:


Our next meeting is Thursday, August 13 at 6:30 p.m. online using Zoom. . If you want to attend and haven't received the Zoom access information by the day before the meeting, email a request for it including your name and call sign to president@vhfclub.org.


Monthly Club Meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:30. Due to the pandemic, meetings will be held online using Zoom until further notice."  


Our club has an online/email messaging group at https://groups.io/g/vhfclub. To apply for membership in that group send an email to vhfclub+owner@groups.io with subject "VHF group subscribe" and text providing your full name and call sign (or that you don't have a call sign yet). Membership in the group is moderated and that information is needed to verify your interest in amateur radio and that you are not a spammer. The VHF club will not provide your name, call or email address to anyone. All messages you post to the group are only visible to other group members.


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Nets and Events:

We have a net on the 146.88 repeater every Wednesday night at 1930 (local) (7:30pm).
There are two documents for viewing about this:

  • Net Control Operators.

  • Net Preamble

  • Spokane Hamfest and ARRL Washington State Convention September 26, 2020 has been cancelled, un-mark your calendar.

  • Hamfests

     

    Amateur Radio Classes and Testing:

    Technician classes will be offered peridocally sponsered by the VHF club and Spokane Department of Emergency Managment. The classes will be held at TBD.

    A test session will be held after each class.

    For the latest class schedule, send an email to ad7fo@arrl.net for information.

    Testing:

    Please contact Mary AA7RT (509) 991-2192 or email AA7RT@arrl.net for information on testing.

    Other Club documents:

  • Club Brochure      In PDF format

  • Club Bylaws     In PDF format

  • Membership Application     In PDF format

  • Public Service Agreement Between the 3 clubs, locally.



    New license or upgrade? Helpful hints for a new or improved station. As seen at the Spokane Hamfest!

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    Would you like to make a donation to the Inland Empire VHF Radio Amateurs Radio Club? You can donate via PayPal by clicking the "donate" button below, or by mailing a check to "IE VHF Club, 2910 E. 57th Ave., PMB 255, Spokane, WA 99223". Your PayPal receipt is your record for your donation. Thank you for your support!
    Please include your call sign in the note section with your donation. Thank you.



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    If you cannot view any of these documents, please contact one of the board members (under "contacts"). Either way, one of us can get you the information in "text" format as a last resort.

     

     

    Credits & Site info:

    Hosting of the club's web site it being donated by Capalon Communications:
    [our v-hoster]

     

    The site for our 146.88 repeater is being provided by:
    [our v-hoster]

    This domain vhfclub.org is registered with internic to The Inland Empire VHF Radio Amateur's Club, and is maintained by the Webmaster listed on the "Contacts" page. This main site url is http://www.vhfclub.org If you find the colors or other items not desirable please submit a suggestion to that person.

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