VVARC's Community Service History
VVARC has a long history of community service. Most important is the accomplishments of our members. More than once we have provided communications in times of disaster and for search and rescue.
Other services we have provided over the years:
- FCC amateur radio license testing
- Adopt-a-Highway
- Amateur radio demonstrations
- Communications for parades, races, and other events
VVARC Ongoing Community Services
Club Sponsored Field Day/s
Field Day is a worldwide HF radio event.
Supported by the ARRL, VVARC sponsors a local event.The Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club hosts two annual Field Days. The standard Summer Field Day in June and a new Winter Field Day in January.
2025 ARRL Field Day is June 28-29
K6QWR – VICTOR VALLEY AMATURE RADIO CLUB
(WWW.VVARC.ORG) IS SPONSORING THE LOCAL 2025 ARRL FIELD DAY
Field Day is a worldwide HF, Ham Radio, event sponsored by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). It is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, thousands of radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote locations.
The 2025 Summer Field Day will be held at the Spring Valley Lake Community Building at 12975 Rolling Ridge Drive, Spring Valley Lake, CA 92395.
June 28th and 29th 2025; 1800 UTC, 11:00 PDT, Saturday and running through 2059 UTC, 13:59 PDT, Sunday
Field Day is our chance to show the science, service, and skill we can offer to our community free of charge.
We would love the opportunity to show you our capabilities in person. Please come and join us!
FOR MORE INFORMATION email pio@vvarc.org
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Annual Winter Field Day
(Normally the 4th Saturday in January) January 25/26 2025; PLEASE NOTE that the VVARC will delay operations for TWO hours. SO we will begin set up at 1700 UTC; 09:00 PST On Saturday.The 2025 Winter Field Day will be held at the Spring Valley Lake Community Building at 12975 Rolling Ridge Drive, Spring Valley Lake, CA 92395.
If you have any questions or wish to volunteer to help, contact any one of the VVARC Officers listed on the Contact Page
Route 66 On-The-Air Special Event
0001Z 7 Sep 2025 - 2359Z 15 Sep 20251701L 06 Sep 2025 - 1659L 15 Sep 2022(Local CA time)
Participation is easy. All Hams are invited to help. You operate out of your home using the special event call (Please ID yourself with your own call occasionally). People are trying to contact as many of the participating groups as they can, so you are the hunted. There are recommended frequencies in QST and we'll add some here as we approach the event.
You do have to keep a log of your contacts, in Zulu time. You do NOT have to do any QSL cards; the club handles any requests that come to the club mailbox.
VVARC
P.O. BOX 91
APPLE VALLEY, CA 92307-0869
We need to have operators on the air every day of the event. On weekends it's harder to get out through all the traffic; there are usually other special events going on the weekends, too. The participating clubs in the central part of the country get more contacts than we do out here in the far west, but we need to be on the air to represent our stretch of Route 66.
Or visit the Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club - www.w6jbt.org
JOTA
When Scouts want to meet young people from another country, they usually think of attending a World Jamboree. But few people realize that each year more than 400,000 Scouts and Guides "get together" over the airwaves for the annual Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA). Modern technology offers Scouts the exciting opportunity to make friends in other countries without leaving home.
The Jamboree-on-the-Air, or JOTA, is an annual Scouting event that uses amateur radio to link Scouts in your community, across the nation, and around the world.
Modern technology offers Scouts exciting opportunities to make friends in other countries without leaving home. JOTA is an annual event in which Scouts and Guides of all ages and all over the world talk with each other using Amateur (Ham) Radio. They share scouting experiences and ideas via radio waves.
Each year more than half a million youth participate in JOTA. The World Scout Bureau reported that in 2011, JOTA had over 750,000 Scout participants from nearly 6,000 amateur radio stations. Since 1958 when the first Jamboree-on-the-Air was held, millions of Scouts have met each other through this event. Contacts made during JOTA have resulted in pen pals and links between Scout troops that have lasted many years.
The radio stations are operated by licensed amateur radio operators. Many Scouts and leaders hold licenses and have their own stations, but the majority participate in JOTA through stations operated by local radio clubs and individual radio amateurs.
JOTA 2025 check-in will begin at 1600 (4 PM) Friday October 17th. Boy and girl scouts of all ages are invited to attend, either as a group or individually with their parents or guardians.
Sponsors
The local JOTA event is being sponsored by the Inland Empire Council - High Desert District BSA, with technical radio support from the Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club (K6QWR). VVARC members will only be onsite Saturday October 18th from 0800L thru 1700L.
Activities & Events
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Primary Activities
- Get on the Air (talk to other scouts and radio amateurs on the radio)
- Electronics Merit Badge ($5 materials fee required)
- Radio Merit badge
Additional Activities offered, pending instructor availability
- Amateur Satellite Communication
- Amateur Satellite Communication
- Radio T-Hunting
- GPS and Geocaching activities
- CW (Morse Code) Challenge
- RC Aircraft Demonstrations
JOTA 2025 Directions
The 2025 JOTA will be held at the Spring Valley Lake Community Building at 12975 Rolling Ridge Drive, Spring Valley Lake, CA 92395.
