posted September 27, 2024 - Fort Collins, CO

The WWV 105th Anniversary Special Event Station WW0WWV is on the air starting tonight, 0000 UTC September 28, 2024 through the end of October 1 (2359 UTC)

Check out our Operator's Schedule under the Events tab or by clicking HERE

Thank you for your interest in the WWV Amateur Radio Club

The WWV ARC was created in January 2019 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of NIST Radio Station WWV, located near Fort Collins, Colorado since 1966.  After the very successful October 2019 100th anniversary SES, several of the organizers kept the club loosely together and in the fall of 2020 discussions of re-writing the by-laws got rolling.  We registered with the State of Colorado as a non-profit in December 2020, and in April 2021 we established new by-laws and elected a re-organized Board.  WWV ARC is a recognized ARRL affiliated club as of May 28, 2021. 

Our mission statement:

The WWV Amateur Radio Club (WWVARC) exclusively promotes and celebrates the historic, scientific, and cultural importance of radio station WWV and amateur radio by conducting club educational programs and activities related to WWV, time and frequency measurement, and amateur radio.

We look forward to exploring and supporting a variety of amateur radio topics, citizen science amateur radio initiatives, metrology themes and issues, historical ties between amateur radio and NIST, as well as continued support for radio stations WWV, WWVB, and WWVH and the NIST Time and Frequency services of the US Government.


105th Anniversary of WWV on October 1 - join us and operate as SES WW0WWV between September 28 and October 1

The WWV ARC will be on-the-air between September 28 through October 1, 2024 for the 105th WWV Anniversary. This is a tradition that started our club, and we'd like you to join in!  If you are a new club member and are willing to operate a 2-hour window sometime during the 96 hour event, then you earn free membership through 2025, and even have a chance to operate next year as well.


WWVB South Antenna Repairs

On April 6, 2024, and incredible wind storm hit the entire Front Range of Colorado, all the way south from New Mexico to Wyoming.  I-25 near WWV was shutdown in both directions due to blowing dust, and wind speeds were clocked in the 90 mph range nearby.  The WWVB South top-hat and antenna collapsed when one of the crimps on the center-span cable, the triatic cable, failed at the top of tower #4.  Read the details in our story "WWVB South Antenna damaged by severe winds" under the NIST News tab on our main menu.


WSPRsonde-8 now transmitting as WW0WWV from the WWVB site on 6 amateur bands

The newest addition to the WWV/H Modulation Working Group partnership between NIST and HamSCI is a WSPRsonde-8, an 8 channel WSPR transmitter manufactured by Turn Island Systems.  The transmitter went on the air in mid July 2024.  Read the details in our story "WSPRsonde-8 now transmitting from WWV/WWVB" soon to be posted under the NIST News menu tab.

 

As you can see, our club has several projects underway, as well as plans to host FMPs, Frequency Measurement Practices, again this fall before the November ARRL FMT. 

We'd love to have you involved in our club!

We hope to see you here in Fort Collins or have a QSO on the air soon!

73

Dave Swartz, WØDAS

WWV ARC President

 

 

posted August 26, 2024:

WWV ARC members who would like to be proactive and register their membership for 2025, please click on this link: RENEW

Please consider joining/rejoining our club and supporting our efforts to promote WWV, it's historic and current value to radio science, and indirectly support continuation of the NIST Time and Frequency services.  Please use this link: JOIN

CURRENT SPECIAL DEAL FOR NEW MEMBERS !!!  We will continue to welcome NEW members to a 15-month FREE WWV ARC membership if they are willing to commit to operating 2 hours during the upcoming 105th WWV Anniversary Special Event Stations.  Previous members who renew at the standard rates are welcome to operate as WW0WWV as well, and will have their membership extend through 2025 if they operate 2 hours during the 105th event. 

That means that both new members and returning members have membership through 2025 and the opportunity to operate next year as a member as well.

Questions?  Please write to: president@wwvarc.org

 

 

The next meeting for the WWV Amateur Radio Club will be held on Thursday, September 26 , 2024, at 6pm MDT via Zoom.  General club meetings throughout 2024 will continue to be the 4th Thursday of each month; November and December 2024 will be the 3rd Thursday due to holiday conflicts.

The Zoom meetings will be open at 5:30pm MDT for shooting the breeze for about 30 minutes until our meeting STARTS OFFICIALLY AT 6PM MDT.

The 105th WWV Anniversary Special Event Stations will once again hit the airwaves with WW0WWV from September 28 0000Z through October 1 2359Z.  Details in the Home Page news items up top.  We'll discuss any operating questions and make sure folks know where to look up the operating schedule, etc.

Please log in to see the meeting information details. Use the menu item "Our Club" and then "Meeting Information" for club agendas and the Zoom info.

Zoom information is forwarded in emails to the membership a few days before each meeting.

Please contact president@wwvarc.org if you have any issues logging in.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 6pm MDT.