WestVARS

The West Volusia Amateur Radio Society (WestVARS) was founded in 1982 and has been continuously active since then. We are an ARRL affiliated Amateur Radio club and we offer a wide range of Amateur Radio activities.

Organizational Information

President: Glenn French N2WEA

Vice President: Micheal "Kelly" Riley KO4YLW

Treasurer: Lew Junk - KM4RLO

Secretary: Chuck Cashulette AC4AL

Trustee: Robert "Bob" Clarke W4RWC

WestVARS Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws

View the minutes from Officer's Meetings

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Welcome to WestVARS!

Next club meeting: 7pm on Monday, March 9, 2026
St. Johns Lodge No. 37, 2557 N. Spring Garden Ave., DeLand, FL 32720

Talk-in on the WestVARS repeater 147.315 +600 PL 103.5

ATTENTION MEMBERS

Groups.io is our official internal communications platform. You can find our forum home page here and a presentation on how to use Groups.io here. If you are having trouble accessing Groups.io, please email secretary@westvars.org

WEEKLY NETS

All amateur radio operators are invited to join any or all of the three WestVARS weekly radio nets. Then nets are held on every Wednesday evening. Our net structure encourages discussion from both members and guests.

Net Schedule

6:30 PM Eastern: 10 Meter USB Simplex Rag-Chew - 28.315 USB
7:30 PM Eastern: 2 Meter FM Net – 147.315 (+600 kHz PL 103.5) WV4ARS Repeater (EchoLink Node 187321 and Allstar node 598401)
8:30 PM Eastern: 70 Centimeter DMR Net - 442.225MHz (+5MHz Time Slot 1, Color Code 1) KN4EHC Repeater on Talkgroup Deland 311679.

Additional Net Information
2 Meter Net Script
2M Net roster -- web page