Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club

NEXT ELMER'S NIGHT WILL BE DECEMBER 4th

CHRISTMAS DINNER DECEMBER 6th @PIKE COUNTY EMA

NEXT SVARC MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 20th

(LOCATION AND TIMES TO BE POSTED ON SVARC FACEBOOK PAGE)

The Scioto Valley A.R.C. was founded in 1959 to promote amateur radio activity in southern Ohio. 66 years later, the club is still active in promoting the hobby and providing communications to the Scioto River Valley. Monthly club meetings are held every 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm with Elmers Night being held every 1st Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm. Meetings and Elmers Night are open to the public and are normally held at the clubhouse located in Scioto Trails State Forest, Chillicothe, Ohio during the spring, summer and fall unless posted otherwise on its Facebook Page.  Normally through the winter period, Elmer's nights and meetings are held at the Pike County Airport, EMA building.

Two weekly nets are presently being held, on Monday nights at 8:30 pm on the W8BAP/146.850- (PL 74.4) Scioto Trails repeater and Sunday nights at 8:30 pm on the W8BAP/146.925- (PL 74.4) Bainbridge repeater!  All ham operators are welcome to check in.

The D-Star repeater and 6 meter repeater are presently off-line.

The presentation on the Olivia Digital Mode, Elmer's Night March 7th is provided for your viewing.  Go to the video page above and enjoy.

Our radio club has been instrumental in helping Pike County EMA Director Tim Dickerson set up his EMA Communication Trailer with HF, VHF/UHF, GMRS, CB and MARC'S system radios.  Trailer was used for Field Day 2025 operation and was setup at the Pike County Fair this year for locals to see what the EMA can do communication wise.

Well guys and gals, the W8BAP 146.850 repeater is now connected to the Allstar Network.  The node is #669400!  Thanks to Michael Sturgill for all the effort and good results we've seen so far!  Plans are to integrate DMR next I believe. You must go to the AllStarLink.org website and signup much like you do for Echolink!  Once you're authenicated (takes less than 24hrs) you're good to go.

Here's a few nodes you might want to try out:

              #27339   - W2ECR, East Coast Reflector

              #44204   - W8JTW, Joe Wigal, Marietta, Oh

              #49390   - N8WBV-L, Scioto County ARES 7:00pm M

              #496081  - KG4DVE, River City Amateur Radio Association, Ironton, Oh 8:00pm M-W-F

              #50227   - N8QA, Portsmouth Radio Club, Portsmouth Oh 8:00pm T-Th

              #62886   - KY4ARC, The Friendship Net, Paintsville, Ky 10:00pm M-F