If you were there for the last club meeting, we decided on taking some adventures together in learning. Here is the first “Concentration Area” (CA) that we will explore. Using satellites for amateur radio communication is nothing new, but doing it is new to a LOT of people! Rather than learning on your own, we […]
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Review – 2022 Sept ARRL VHF Contest
The Plan Expectations were high despite the gloomy outlook with the weather reports. LOTs of rain was in the forecast, but we kept planning and gathering the tools for our first VHF contest outing (at least my first with the club). The ARRL September VHF contest information can be found here (click). This contest requires […]
VE Testing Sessions
Requirements for Testing All testing sessions require an FCC Registration Number (FRN) prior to testing and a photo ID. This is an FCC regulation. Go to the FCC Registration site to register for free here.If you need help, video instructions are available here. If you are already licensed, you will also need to bring a […]
2022 – October Breakfast Social and Wide Area Fox Hunt
This event will be Saturday, October 8th @ 8:30am starting just after the weekly “pay your way” breakfast at the Country Kitchen in Christiansburg (google maps link). We should be rolling out about 9:30am to find the foxes. We’ll have 2 large foxes (ammo can) to find, and I’m not going to make it easy! […]
Announcements
Upcoming Club Events: Next Fox Hunt will be Saturday, Oct 1st after the “Pay your way” weekly breakfast (See below for more on weekly breakfast). The location for the fox deployments will be confined to the Christiansburg corporate limits. Our monthly club meeting will be held Monday, Sept 26th @7pm at the Pulaski County School […]
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Radio History References
Here we will try to collect links to sources for the history of radio. If you have any information you would like to share, please contact us through our page here. The History of the Car Radio – https://www.titlemax.com/articles/the-history-of-the-car-radio/ ( thank you Dylan for the excellent link!)
Review – Field Day 2022
Event Summary We had an almost “return to normal” field day this year, with people gathered, food served, and radio operations held. Our roster reflects 22 in attendance, only three of which were not already hams. We started around 8:30am at the Randolph Park back shelter, unpacking items for field day and our Radio Rummage. […]
Review – Audie Murphy – 2022
The weather was perfect and the bands were crowded for the third annual Audie Murphy Special Event which was held on Brush Mountain approximately one-half mile from the 1971 plane crash that took Audie Murphy’s life. This year we moved the event date from Memorial Day weekend to Saturday, June 4, 2022, which coincided with […]
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Press Releases June 2022 – Field Day at Randolph Park June 2021 – Field Day Activities at Randolph Park June 2019 – Public Demo of Emergency Communications
Audie Murphy – Special Event Station
June 4, 1300Z-2200Z, W2A, Christiansburg, VA. Event station will be ran 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 event marks the 51st year […]