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October 2026 Membership Meeting - Room A207

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ARCA, ARRL and other news for

Arizona Amateur Radio Operators

 

Come join us at our October meeting where we will have a live presentation by Rick Paquette – W7RAP. Most of you know Rick as the ARRL Arizona Section Manager but his duties have just expanded within ARCA. Rick will talk about ARCA and future plans for the organization. In addition, Rick will update us on recent ARRL news and events.

 

This will be a great chance to catch up on all that is going on with these organizations.

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Presenter

Rick Paquette - W7RAP

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Rick has been a ham since 1975 and holds an extra class license. He retired from Raytheon in 2007. He has served as The Arizona Section Manager since 2017, as Assistant Section Manager from 2011 through 2017, and as an ARRL VE team lead since 1998.  He is a certified VE Team Lead with the ARRL, W5YI, and Laurel VECs. For over Twenty Years he has led VEC teams conducting test sessions at ARRL Conventions and Hamfests.  

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He is past President of the General Dynamics Ham Club and The Hughes Catalina Radio Club and is currently a member of several clubs including: CADXA, SARBA, CARBA, Kachina, Yavapai, Oro Valley, and the Cactus Intertie System. 

 

He maintains a linked UHF Remote Base repeater, plus a Repeater and APRS Digipeater on Greens Peak. He participates daily in HF Nets, ARRL Nets, UHF and VHF Nets and D-Star. You can find Rick on 3.933 MHz any evening at 5:30 PM. 

 

In June of this year, Rick was awarded “Ham of the Year” by ARCA, the Amateur Radio Council of Arizona. At the same ARCA meeting in June, Rick was elected 1st Vice-Chair of ARCA.

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