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Mississippi Valley Amateur Radio Association

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The Mississippi Valley Amateur Radio Association (MVARA)  is a small, but active, group of ham operators in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. We meet at the LaCrosse County Administration Building at 6th and State St in LaCrosse, WI. Parking is in the lot east of the building, and entry is through the doors on the east side of the building facing 7th St. The doors are on a timer, and only open from 6:45 pm - 7:15 pm. We also try to get together for breakfast once per month.  Please see our Event Calendar for upcoming meeting dates as well as other MVARA activities. Also if you are interested in VE testing, we give tests at every MVARA monthly meeting. If your interested in a testing session make sure to Contact Us and make sure to indicate that you want a test.

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MVARA ROCKED THE 2019 ARRL FIELD DAY EVENT FROM THE GUNDERSEN ONALASKA CLINIC PARKING RAMP AGAIN THIS YEAR!!!

Here are the results for FD 2019 in the 2A Class. We placed 9th out of 360 entries in 2A, and 65th out of 3,113 total entries in all the classes overall.

2019 ARRL Field Day

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Field Day 2019 the

MVARA Way

The MVARA participates in the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsored Field Day.

The Field Day equipment includes UHF, VHF and HF beam antennas along with dipoles for the HF bands. We also have tracking satellite programs as well as antennas to work the "birds”. There are two portable antenna towers each sporting tri-band beam antennas complete with their own rotors and controls as well as many dipole antennas.

JOTA with the Boy Scouts of America

Fun was had by all during Jamboree on The Air. The MVARA in conjunction with the Boy Scouts made it a great fun filled Ham Radio weekend.

MVARA Lights up POTA K-5578 for parks on the air.

It was a Beautiful moring for setting up the park with Amateur Radio in the form of parks on the air.

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The MVARA Always offers Monthly V.E. Testing!

Volunteer Examiner Testing for that new ham ticket or for that long awaited upgrade will take place at all monthly MVARA meetings. Check our Event Calendar for dates and times.  

To schedule an appointment for VE testing or for more information about the MVARA, drop us a short note on the Contact Us page.

73! From your friends at the MVARA  

A Great time was had by all at the 2019 NWS Sky-warn Appreciation day.

The MVARA participated in the NWS Sky-warn  day again this year and we had record crowds that came to visit. it was a great day with  many contacts being made by all hams that visited. The MVARA along with the Riverland Amateur Radio Club had many rigs to choose from as well as antennas set up for almost any band. A Special thanks goes out the the LaCrosse NWS, Todd Shea / KB9YXS Warning Coordination Meteorologist that invited us all up to the site for great radio fun and some Good eats to boot.