edited November 18, 2024 - Fort Collins, CO
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 Special Event Station was held September 28 and October 1
The WWV ARC was on-the-air between September 28 through October 1, 2024 for the 105th WWV Anniversary. The 100th Anniversary in 2019 was the start of our club. We had close to 4000 QSOs over the 4 days this year, and sent out nearly 160 QSL cards. Please see our QRZ page (WW0WWV) on how to request a QSL card.
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 7 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 and recently added a 12m broadcast. 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 and 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
