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