August 2025 Membership Meeting - Room A207

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Go-Kits ...

                  What are they?

                            Why should I have one?

                                     What should be in your Go-Kit?

 

In amateur radio, Go-Kits (also known as Go-Bags or EmComm Kits) are portable, ready-to-deploy collections of gear that allow hams to quickly get on the air in emergency or field situations. These kits are especially useful for:

• Emergency communications (EmComm)

• Public service events

• Field Day or portable operations (POTA/SOTA)

• Disaster response (in coordination with ARES, RACES, CERT, etc.)

Vince builds his go-kits for a purpose and will talk about Go-Kit Building Design Considerations. He will give us a “tour” of his own Go-Kits and outline some key points to help you assemble your own kit before you break out the credit card. He will show us several approaches you can use to design your own kit(s). You can read up in advance of the presentation on his website and bring along your questions at www.ve6lk.com/learning/go-kit-building-design-considerations.

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​Presenter Bio: Vince VE6LK

Licensed since 2002 in Canada as VE6LK, and in the USA as AI7LK, Vince is an Accredited Examiner on both sides of the border. During the 2013 Southern Alberta Floods, Vince led the force of 55 Amateur Radio Operators which provided essential emergency communications for all affected areas. He participates in many public service events each year around Western Canada and is active in POTA and SOTA. Although he works on his CW skills daily, he readily admits there’s room for improvement. He encourages everyone to do the same. Catch up with Vince on Twitter and Mastodon, listen to the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast, watch him via YouTube livestreams such as the New CW Operator's Roundtable and the Ham Radio Kids Table, or explore his projects and articles on https://www.ve6lk.com

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Looking ahead at upcoming monthly meetings...

September 19, 2025 - KJ6ER POTA Antennas

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Do you have an idea or suggestion for a meeting topic?

Let Steve W1SR know about it !

Send an e-mail with your suggestion to W1SR@arrl.net.

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MONTHLY MEETINGs at 7:00pm local time

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LOCATION:

​​NOTE: Renovations completed.  We are back in Room A207 !!

Pima Community College, NW Campus

7600 N Shannon Rd.

Click HERE for Map and Directions.

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Don't miss the Monthly Raffle at the meeting !

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An electronic process has been created to allow you to purchase your raffle tickets on-line, and a separate "randomization program" will select a winner.

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For more information and to purchase tickets, click HERE.

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(OVARC Groups.io Link, click HERE)

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