Upcoming Club Events: Our next monthly club meeting will be held Monday, October 28th, 2024 @7pm at the Blacksburg Fire Dept, Station # 3, near Airport Road and via Zoom. Zoom login information will be sent out via our email reflector. Check out our Blings ‘n’ Things theme here. The address is:407 Hubbard StreetBlacksburg, VA […]
Items for Sale
Postings here will be items from members of the New River Valley Amateur Radio Club, and sponsored items by members only. These listings are posted for informational purposes only, and the club does not assume any responsibility for transactions or item listings. If you would like items to be included on this page, please contact […]
2024 – July Social and Park Fox Hunt
Saturday, July 27th @ 10:00am, Bisset Park, Radford, VA Come out around 9:30am for some rag chewin’, BYO coffee/consumables at the first shelter. From there, we’ll start the Fox Hunt about 10:00am. We will have 3 foxes on frequencies of 2 meters and 70 centimeters. Never done it before? We’ll help you out with advice, […]
Review – Field Day 2024
Event Summary There was some sunny weather forecast for Saturday June 22nd, 2024, and the weatherman was accurate! What a great weekend for Field Day! This year brought 32 logged visitors, 28 of which were licensed, and were able to get 13 of those operators on the air, doing everything from CW to SSB to […]
Field Day 2024
We’re looking forward to participating in the 2024 ARRL Field Day! This year will be Saturday June 22th thru Sunday June 23th for 2024. More details at the ARRL website here. If you would like to join us, come on out! See additional links below for more details.
Other Area Repeaters
Download as text csv file for use in CHIRP… Click for Repeaters within 50 miles of Radford, VA from RepeaterBook.com Call Sign/Location Frequency Offset PL Tone KB4RU Radford 147.000 + 0.6 88.5 N4NRV Radford 147.180 + 0.6 103.5 N4NRV Blacksburg 444.650 + 5 88.5 W9KIC Blacksburg 146.715 – 0.6 88.5 KD4ADL Christiansburg 147.075 + 0.6 […]
Audie Murphy – Special Event Station
2024 June 1, 1400Z-2100Z, W2A, Christiansburg, VA.Conversion for your timezone here! Event station will be run by the New River Valley Amateur Radio Club. Audie Murphy (1925 – 1971)was the most decorated US soldier in World War II. He died in a plane crash on Brush Mountain, near New Castle, VA on May 28, 1971. This special […]
HamSCI and Space Weather Overview
For those that missed the March 2024 club meeting, Sarah, KQ4NQO gave a presentation on space weather and information on HamSCI in relation to the upcoming solar eclipse. Below is a summary of the information shared. Thanks Sarah! Overview of space weather: – The Sun sometimes “burps” and lets off electromagnetic energy and/or particles, called […]
2024 Auction – Another March Madness!
Click to Quick Jump to Scoreboard Rules Spirit of the Auction This auction is a chance for the New River Valley Amateur Radio Club to get funds while passing along excess club equipment to club members. We hope for a win-win situation between club and individual members and want to have fun doing so. Please […]