We're launching a brand-new operating event for the WWV Amateur Radio Club called

1stOnAir

Starting on February 1st and continuing every 1st of the month, WWV ARC members are encouraged to get on the air for our 1stOnAir operating event.  We'll schedule a 24-hour period aligned with a standard UTC day.  The format is exactly like our October Anniversary operating event.  Operators who would like to take part should contact Dave Swartz at swartzdaveco@gmail.com or R.J. Bragg at airrj1@gmail.com to request access to the Google event folder for the schedule (below) and also Operating Guidelines.

Our first event is coming up this weekend and will start here in the United States on Saturday evening, January 31, at 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST, all times are of course the same as 0000 UTC on February 1, 2026.  Be careful reading the schedule to not get confused if you are looking at UTC or MST!

Please place your call sign in the appropriate cell for the hour, band, and mode of operation.  Visitors to this website will be able to scroll the operating schedule and see who is where and when.  If you decide to change when you're operating, please be sure to make changes at the Google site.  Consider signing for a 1 hour window at first to allow others on a busy band, but if an hour is vacant on the schedule, feel free to take a slot if it appears open. Sign in!

If you're operating digital or CW your exchanges are usually limited to signal reports, maybe a short CW conversation.  On sideband you have the chance to share more and learn of each other's WWV stories.  Be sure to share yours!  Read the Operators Guide and also follow some of the links to the history of the station if you care to have more knowledge of WWV in general.

We look forward to this weekend and hope you can participate!

73,  Dave Swartz, WWV ARC Communications Director

The Schedule for February 1, 2026:

The next meeting for the WWV Amateur Radio Club is on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at 6pm MST via Zoom.

The 2026 Board of Directors was approved at the last meeting on January 22.  The following have volunteered for the 5 positions:  Bob Schmid, WA9FBO, Treasurer; Fred Schwierske, W9KEY, Secretary; Dave Swartz, W0DAS, Communication Director; R.J. Bragg, WY7AA, Vice President; Kevin Utter, N7GES, President.

At the February meeting we'll discuss our new operating event, 1stOnAir, which allows club members to operate as WW0WWV on the 1st of every month.  The goal is to have more operating events (therefore more fun) as well as to spread the word about WWV and our club.The more operators the better, and we know this will start off small and hopefully grow.

The Zoom meeting will open at 5:30pm MDST for shooting the breeze for about 30 minutes until our meeting STARTS OFFICIALLY AT 6PM MST.

Please log in to see the meeting information details. Use the menu item "Our Club" and then "Meeting Information" for club agendas and the Zoom info.

Zoom information is forwarded in emails to the membership a few days before each meeting.

Please contact swartzdaveco@gmail.com if you have any issues logging in.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at the usual time of 6pm MST (5:30 early arrivals).

edited August 14, 2025- Fort Collins, CO

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The WWV ARC was created in January 2019 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of NIST Radio Station WWV, located near Fort Collins, Colorado since 1966.  After the very successful October 2019 100th anniversary SES, several of the organizers kept the club loosely together and in the fall of 2020 discussions of re-writing the by-laws got rolling.  We registered with the State of Colorado as a non-profit in December 2020, and in April 2021 we established new by-laws and elected a re-organized Board.  WWV ARC is a recognized ARRL affiliated club as of May 28, 2021.

Our mission statement:

The WWV Amateur Radio Club (WWVARC) exclusively promotes and celebrates the historic, scientific, and cultural importance of radio station WWV and amateur radio by conducting club educational programs and activities related to WWV, time and frequency measurement, and amateur radio.

We look forward to exploring and supporting a variety of amateur radio topics, citizen science amateur radio initiatives, metrology themes and issues, historical ties between amateur radio and NIST, as well as continued support for radio stations WWV, WWVB, and WWVH and the NIST Time and Frequency services of the US Government.

WWVB South Antenna Repairs

On April 6, 2024, and incredible wind storm hit the entire Front Range of Colorado, all the way south from New Mexico to Wyoming.  I-25 near WWV was shutdown in both directions due to blowing dust, and wind speeds were clocked in the 90 mph range nearby.  The WWVB South top-hat and antenna collapsed when one of the crimps on the center-span cable, the triatic cable, failed at the top of tower #4.  Read the details in our story "WWVB South Antenna damaged by severe winds" under the NIST News tab on our main menu.

WSPRsonde-8 now transmitting as WW0WWV from the WWVB site on 7 amateur bands

The newest addition to the WWV/H Modulation Working Group partnership between NIST and HamSCI is a WSPRsonde-8, an 8 channel WSPR transmitter manufactured by Turn Island Systems.  The transmitter went on the air in mid July 2024 and recently added a 12m broadcast.  Read the details in our story "WSPRsonde-8 now transmitting from WWV/WWVB" soon to be posted under the NIST News menu tab.

As you can see, our club has several projects underway and we'd love to have you involved in our club!

We hope to see you here in Fort Collins or have a QSO on the air soon!

73

Dave Swartz, WØDAS

WWV ARC President

updated January 9, 2026:

WWV ARC members who would like to renew their membership, please click on this link to go to the Stripe payment page: RENEW. 

If you'd like to renew by mail, send your check to WWV ARC, PO Box 273226, Fort Collins, CO 80527. You DO NOT need to fill out a membership form again!

If you'd like a membership form, it is available here: Membership Form

IF YOUR MEMBERSHIP HAS EXPIRED :  Please email Dave Swartz and he can activate your membership and then you can click on the RENEW button link above after you have logged in.  If you forgot your login or password, please email Dave Swartz: swarztdaveco@gmail.com

Additional Questions?  Please email Dave or email info@wwvarc.org.

Thank you!