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Recovered from ARRL Field Day yet? If yes, come out for µField Day this Sunday. Not recovered yet? Then µField Day is Perfect-just come and relax with other hams, with or without your radio, and let the last of all that planning and work slide off your shoulders! We’ll be at the Ventura County Fire…

Mark the date…July 21, µField Day, Camarillo Airport. Details to follow.

µField Day is on for June 8th, from 11:00 am to 3:00pm, again at the Camarillo Airport at the VCFD Training Grounds. Yes, that is TOMORROW! The actual spot is a few dozen feet to the south of where we have been meeting, at 34.2081, -119.0722. Take the 101 to the Las Posas exit and…

On Saturday morning’s net on May 18th, Stu AG6AG became the 35,000th person to check in to the BORED Net! As you all remember, Stu was one of the original 4 net controllers in the days of the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. No one had any idea at that time that we’d be posting something…

Once again, the BORED Net will host a Field Day Decompression Party on Zoom on Sunday evening June 23, after everyone has had a time to pack up and go home. Everyone is invited, from all three VC FD sites as well as anyone who was operating from other locations. Just a chance to unwind…

The repeater usually used for the BORED Net will be in use supporting the Ride to End ALS in the morning, so the 0900 BORED Net will be on the Grissom Repeater in Thousand oaks. 146.850, minus offset, and a PL tone of 94.8. The usual PVARC links won’t be available. This is the usual…

You read that right…The BORED Net now has merch! Be the first on your block! Look like one of the Cool Kids! Visit TheBoredNet.printify.me and take a look. We’ll have a lot of new items (especially buttons) regularly, so check often. These items are printed and shipped to order. Unfortunately that means we won’t have…

The BORED Net µField Day is ON for November! We weren’t able to get one in last month between my sudden trips out of town and availability of a suitable site, but the long wait is finally over thanks to Dan Dicke KE6NYT. Dan has arranged for the use of the Ventura County Fire Department’s…

Keith, Ed and Zak have been working on this for the last 6 months, and it’s time to make it public. On August 31, 2024, we’ll be holding our first BORED Net Ham Radio µExpo! We’ll announce the location once contracts are signed…why tempt fate ;). This is going to be an event by and…

The Ventura County Amateur Radio Club is co-hosting another µField day with us on September 30th. It’s a quadruple-header event…starting at 0830 with a VE Test Session hosted by the club in their meeting room in the Dudley House in Ventura. After the VE session, the club is having their annual picnic combined with the…