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VARS Officers:

President – Walt Dix – KM4SMU

Vice President – Dale Blanchard – KM4QFB

Secretary – Rusty Wetherington – KB4VLD

Treasurer – Sheila Haner – N0NUB

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Members are always encouraged to serve in the area that they are best qualified,  but also to grow and develop their leadership skills.

The following is organizational make-up of VARS’s leadership posts and the special interest committees in which members can involve themselves:

  • President
  • Vice-President and Emergency Communications Coordinator 
  • Secretary 
  • Treasurer
  • Second Vice- President – Amateur Radio Satellite Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Antenna Design Committee
  • Second Vice- President – Analog Repeater Technology Committee
  • Second Vice- President – ARES / EMCOMM Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – APRS Technology Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Atmospheric /Propagation Committee
  • Second Vice- President – Contesting and DX Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Digital Modes / Computers Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – D-STAR Technology Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Education and Hamcram Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Electronics and Kit Building Committee
  • Second Vice- President – EME Operators Committee
  • Second Vice- President – Field Day Committee
  • Second Vice- President – HF Operators Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – High Alt Balloon Research Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Historical Radio Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Military Radio Users Committee
  • Second Vice- President – Net Control Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Parks & Rec Support Committee
  • Second Vice- President – Public Relations Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – QRP Operators Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – R/C Users Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Renewable Energy Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Robots and Automation Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – SkyWarn Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Weak Signal VHF/UHF/MW Committee 
  • Second Vice- President – Website Technical Committee
  • Second Vice- President – “Your interest here”

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