Upcoming Club Events: Audie Murphy Special Event – May 30th DDay Special Event at the National D-Day Memorial – June 6th Our next monthly club meeting will be held Monday, May 25th, 2026 @7pm at the Blacksburg Fire Department #3 and via Zoom. Zoom login information will be sent out via our email reflector. Check […]
Field Day 2026
We’re looking forward to participating in the 2026 ARRL Field Day! This year will be Saturday June 27th thru Sunday June 28th for 2026. More details at the ARRL website here. If you would like to join us, come on out! See additional links below for more details.
Breaking: New Digital Mode “Med8” Brings Real Conversations to 80 Meters – With Built-In Health Monitoring
Amateur radio operators have long praised FT8 for its ability to punch through weak-signal conditions with minimal bandwidth, but critics have always noted one major limitation: it’s not conversational. Short exchanges of callsigns, grid squares, and signal reports don’t exactly replace a good ragchew. That changes today with the surprise release of Med8, a revolutionary […]
Blings ‘n’ Things Themes for 2026
In keeping with our monthly meetings, “Blings ‘n’ Things” will be themed for each month for a specific topic, but members are encouraged to bring in anything they would like to show or share. Below is the list of themes for 2025:
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Previous Club Donations
We would like to thank the following for donations towards our club, and towards our goal of sharing this wonderful hobby. Thank you all!If you wish to donate, please follow this link (Click). 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Using AI To Learn RF Concepts
One of the things that has continued to evade my understanding in Amateur Radio is Single Sideband (SSB) transmissions, and how they can be created using anything more than just filtering out what you don’t need. New technologies use crazy math to show how to remove components from an AM signal to create the SSB […]
Winter Field Day 2026
Saturday, January 24th, 2026 10am to midnight. Schedule Saturday 24th:10:00AM – Setup teams meet and deploy antenna and radio systems11:00AM – Winter Field Day Start11:59PM – Tear down and go home This is the fifth year for the club participation in Winter Field Day, and hope you will be able to attend! We will have […]
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2026 – January Eat and Meet
Come join your fellow club members and family for the annual Eat and Meet! When?Saturday, January 10th at 2PM Where?Sal’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria709 W Main StRadford, VA 24141Click here for Google Map Link…
2026 Membership Application/Renewals
Please use one of the links below for membership renewals or new applications. Online – 2026 Membership Application or Renewal(takes you to our Google hosted form) Snail Mail – Download/print/mail form and payment (downloads PDF) Online Dues Payments Dues of $30 can be taken by using one of the payment options below. Transactions are through […]
Review – 2025 Veterans Day Special Event at D-Day Memorial
I joined the New River Valley Amateur Radio Club in 2014. My all-time favorite activity is the special event deployments, be it Field day, Audie Murphy, Winter Field day or the Special event set up at the D-day memorial at Bedford, VA. This is an event that is very special for me for many reasons; […]