The Quaboag Valley Amateur Radio Club (QVARC)
The club sponsors amateur radio license training programs and is available for requested presentations to various local groups and schools on amateur radio topics.
One of our club goals is enabling interested people to get their FCC Amateur Radio license and grow their knowledge and enjoyment of the hobby.
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The club meets monthly at the West Brookfield Senior Center on Central Street at 7:00 pm on the last Tuesday of every month except for July and August. Guests and visiting hams are welcome.
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A Brief History of the Club
The history of the Quaboag Valley Amateur Radio Club before the 1970’s is primarily an oral history with very little supporting documentation. It is believed that the club began as a merger between the Podunk Amateur Radio Club of East Brookfield, MA and the Ware Radio Club of Ware, MA.
The earliest documentation related to the club is a mimeographed newsletter with a note dating it to 1960. It is written in the archives that the Ware club’s 2 meter repeater on Coy Hill in Warren, MA was the attraction for the merger which then became The Quaboag Valley Repeater Association. In about 1987 the club became affiliated with the ARRL. At that time the club name was changed to The Quaboag Valley Amateur Radio Club to reflect the new broader charter the club was embarking on.
In February of 1994 the club meeting place was moved from a meeting room at Country Bank for Savings in Ware to the West Brookfield Senior Center on Central St. where it currently meets monthly.
The Quaboag Valley Amateur Radio Club (QVARC) 