Calendar of Events

Regular Meetings

Time:   7:00 PM.   On the 3rd Thursday of each month. Dates are as follows:
NOTE: Club meetings are being held virtually via Zoom application until further notice. See below.

Jan 21 2021
Feb 18 2021
Mar 18 2021
Apr 15 2021
May 20 2021
Jun 17 2021
Jul 15 2021
Aug 19 2021
Sep 16 2021
Oct 14 2021
Nov 18 2021

Guests are welcome anytime.

Virtual Club Meeting at 7:00 PM local
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If you wish to attend by telephone you can dial +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
Meeting ID: 836 9095 6633. Password: w7pig
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Amateur Radio Examinations

Exams/VE testing: TESTING ON HOLD until further notice due to COVID restrictions. For location and to reserve your place, please contact our lead Volunteer Examiner - K7LVJ email.
Cost: $15. Remember to bring copies of your current License and CSCE's.
For additional information, please see our Exams page.

Amateur Radio Education

Training temporarily on hold.

Amateur Radio Field Day

Field Day is now a twice a year event. Amateur Radio in the field! Field Day is an emergency operations exercise. However, it also raises awareness of Amateur Radio by the public and its value to the community in the event of disaster. The Summer event is one of the largest ham radio events of the year. The Winter exercise is a relatively new event. Come out, join in the fun, support the club and learn new skills.

January 30-31, 2021: EVENT CANCELLED due to COVID restrictions. Location for the 2021 Winter Field Day will be at the same location as last year just off of N. Can Ku Road on Camano Island. The Winter Field Day Association (WFDA) sponsors this chilly emergency communications exercise each year.
Purpose: To foster Ham camaraderie, field operation, emergency operating preparedness, and just plain on the air, outdoor fun in the midst of winter for American, Canadian, and DX Hams. Don’t let those winter doldrums keep you locked up in the house... get out and play some radio!!
When: Winter Field Day runs for 24 hours during the last full weekend in January each year from 1900 UTC (11am PST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (11am PST) Sunday. Station set-up may commence no earlier than 1900 UTC (11am PST) on the Friday before. Station setup may consume no more than 12 hours total. How & when you schedule/spend those 12 hours is up to you.
Bands: All Amateur bands, HF, VHF, & UHF except 12, 17, 30 and 60 meters. Modes: Any mode that can faithfully transmit the exchange intact without a conversion table... CW, SSB, AM, FM, DStar, C4FM, DMR, Packet, PSK, SSTV, RTTY, Olivia, Satellite, etc... (note FT8 & FT4 cannot)
Entry Categories: Outdoors, Indoors, or Home. More detail and the rules may be found at https://www.winterfieldday.com/ The SCARC is planning to have a club station on the air from Camano Island. If you’d like to join in the fun, www.winterfieldday.com.
If you would like to participate, please send an email to [email protected]


June 26-27, 2021: Location: TBD. Set-up will begin at NOON on Friday June 25th. The contest begins at 11:00 AM Saturday and ends at 11:00 AM Sunday.
For more information about participation from home, or other questions about our Field Day event, contact the at [email protected]

Come join the fun!!

SCARC Electronics Swap Meet and Hamfest

May 8, 2021. Stanwood Middle School, 9405 271st St NW, Stanwood (if available). Map

Open from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM. More details on our Swap Meet page.

SCARC Board Meeting

Board Meetings are regularly held 7:00 PM on the first Thursday of each month. Virtual via Zoom.

US Islands Contest

Great opportunity for the club to work together and compete. The contest objective is for non-island stations to work as many North American Islands as possible in a relatively short period (only 15 hours) on the 4th Saturday in August beginning at 1200Z. For Island stations, the goal is to work other islands and as many other stations as possible. Precise rules to be determined. In 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2020, the club operated from Camano Island (K7IOC's QTH). HF Mobile stations to act as rovers are especially encouraged to participate in support of the club. Does anyone have a boat? If you are interested in operating from any of the many islands in the greater Puget Sound region, please let us know early so we may include you in our operating plans. Contact Lee - K7IOC for more details. Also, see our US Islands page.

SCARC Officer Elections in September

Every September at the Club meeting, an election is held to select officers for the coming year. The effective date begins immediately following this meeting. Nominees may be submitted at the meeting. However, nominations by the previous meeting are encouraged.

SCARC Annual Christmas Party

Dec 16, 2021 Thursday

In place of our Club's Regular Meeting each December, we host our annual Christmas party. This year's party will be held at Stanwood United Methodist Church, located at the corner of 102nd Dr and 271st NW, Stanwood, WA. 98292 if available.
Festivities should begin around 5:30PM with the dinner starting between 6 and 6:30. This party is open to all SCARC members, families and guests. Bring them all! Visiting Amateur Radio Operators are also invited, as well as any ARRL Officials, and BEARON's Members.

This is a POTLUCK EVENT with no restrictions on what you should contribute. Whatever dish or dessert is your favorite will be welcome!

SCARC will supply ham as the main dish as well as the Christmas Punch, coffee and tea.

Activities during the evening will likely include the following:

- Special W7PIG slide/video presentation
- Door prize Drawings
- Live Music

This is always a fun event and we hope everyone will attend.

Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable donation for the food bank.

SCARC requests attendees to RSVP. Please include the number of guests which you plan to bring. Contact us at [email protected] with your RSVP or for more information. We hope to see you there!

 

For information on other events in the area, please see this events calendar. Thanks to N7CFO.