Utah VHF Society Dues Increase for 2027

At our Annual Business meeting and at the Annual Utah VHF Society swap meet this year we proposed and the membership voted to increase the annual dues to $25.00 per year for individual membership, Family membership increases to $40 and Life time membership increases to $500. This became effective 01 September as dues paid in September are credited to the next year.

This was a difficult decision to make, but our costs to operate and maintain the extensive repeater system we support have increased significantly. Your dues basically cover all the expenses of the intermountain intertie system, a few other Society owned repeaters, site fees, and power costs at a few of our sites.
We also have to pay the fees associated with operating the Society, our Swap meet, door prizes, publishing our annual booklet, Insurance, Business license, PO Box and postage to mail booklets.

In addition, we have the opportunity to expand the Inter tie to other sites but at present funding is prohibiting us to expand the system. Last year we spent over $12,000 moving from the BLM Site to a new site at Holbrook Mtn (Malad Idaho).

All these items and more have driven the decision to increase the dues. We really appreciate all the member support that makes it possible for the Society to accomplish the many things we do.

We do have a number of the larger print 8.5 x 11 inch annual booklets still available for $10.00 plus postage for anyone interested. Contact Dan Fullerton, kc7ruf@gmail to order a copy.

Thank you so much for your support and understanding, We also want to thank all who have made donations of additional funds or equipment to support the society.

Your Society Officers
Mel Parkes, NM7P
Les Blades. W1UT
Dan Fullerton, KC7RUF
John Lloyd, K7JL
Jared Crapo, K0TGU
Doug Pelly, WB7TUJ
Mike McCarthy, AG7MM

Utah VHF Society Annual Meeting that took place on Feb. 28th, 2026 at the Utah DCC is available for playback at:
https://youtube.com/live/V2FIPWx1JOI?feature=share



If you haven't renewed for this year yet, renew your Utah VHF Society Membership now!

• To find out if your Utah VHF Society membership has expired, check the following link:  UVHFS Membership Expiry list.  This list is current as of 16 March, 2026.  If you have already renewed, thank you!
  
• You may also check your membership status - or even renew - by logging into the HamClubOnline system - see "How to Join or Renew UVHFS Membership Page" (Link)

Remember:  The "year" for Utah VHF Society membership goes from January 1 through December 31 of the year, so your membership may have just expired - see the "expiry" list at the link above to see where you stand.

	Individual Rate	Family Rate
2 Years	$50	$80
3 Years	$75	$120
4 Years	$100	$160

We ask that if you pay via PayPal that you renew for at least two years.

An individual "Lifetime" membership is also available for a one-time cost of $500

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Supporting the Idaho portion of the Intermountain Intertie

After much discussion, the Utah VHF Society Officers have agreed to begin an initial effort to ask the Idaho hams who would like to support the Idaho portion of the Intertie System to join the Utah VHF Society. 

Any funds obtained through this effort or any donations we obtain  from Idaho hams will be dedicated to Idaho Intertie System repeaters.  Enough funds were raised via recent efforts to address some crucial needs, such as the purchase of new batteries for the Sawtell (West Yellowstone) repeater site and upgrade and maintenance for other projects.  As more funds become available additional improvements will be made to the Idaho system.  

If you want to help with this effort you may do so through the Utah VHF Society (contact information is here).  Any funds obtained through this effort or any donations we obtain from Idaho hams will be dedicated to Idaho Intertie System repeaters.  Please mark your membership and or donations for Idaho.

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See our new Tips for New Hams page, with a bunch of info useful to new hams (and Mel says useful for longtime hams like himself too! 🙂 )