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A list of Net meetings is now listed under the Nets and Repeaters page.
Welcome to VARA, Inc. (W4XD)
In-Person Meetings have Resumed!!
The Club Meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at
Armstrong’s on Rt 11 in Verona
Eat at 6pm – Meeting at 7pm
The Valley Amateur Radio Association will moving to a hybrid meeting for our meeting until further notice. The meeting will be held both in-person and via Zoom. There will not be a Net Meeting.
For those who wish to meet in person, we have changed the location of the meeting and we will meet at Armstrong’s Restaurant on Rt 11 (Lee Highway) in Verona. We will have our own private, quiet room for the meeting, which will start at 7:00 PM. The room can accommodate 50 attendees comfortably. The Restaurant will be prepared for diners at 6:00 PM. Armstrong’s does not take Credit Cards.
For those who do not want to meet at the restaurant, we will start a Zoom meeting at 6:45 or sooner using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87495247789?pwd=Zm93Y3hFTC9EOVJwQXA3S3l3LzJoQT09. This link will work with computers, tablets and smartphones. If you have never used Zoom before, click on the link and you will be prompted to install the Zoom application on your device. You may want to give yourself time before the meeting to get up and running. You can also dial in:
One tap mobile
+19292056099,,87495247789#,,,,234641# US (New York)
+13017158592,,87495247789#,,,,234641# US (Washington DC)
Dial by your location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
Meeting ID: 874 9524 7789
Passcode: 234641
The Valley Amateur Radio Association is dedicated to service to our community by providing radio communication whenever possible in times of emergency, during emergency preparedness drills and as possible for public events where radio communications can facilitate the safety of the general public. It shall be the purpose of the Valley Amateur Radio Association “to further (the) exchange of information and cooperation between members, to promote radio knowledge, fraternalism and individual operating efficiency, and to so conduct club programs and activities as to advance the general interest and welfare of amateur radio in the community