I know it’s cold, but we have a plan! So, Steve Allen (WD4JIX) got us a venue for us to participate as a club in Winter Field Day! Thanks Steve! It is an insulated building with a fireplace, and plenty of tables and chairs! So, join us at 12pm on Saturday, January 29th, 2022 at […]
Activities
Starting With Arduino
Supplemental ideas that could work with the 2021 Winter Build Project! If you haven’t heard of the Arduino, where have you been?! For those that are wondering, the Arduino is an open-source microcontroller platform that is inexpensive, easy to learn, and very well documented. The Arduino microcontroller comes in many different packages, depending on the […]
Announcements
Upcoming Club Events: An altered monthly club meeting will be held Monday, January 24th @7pm on our local repeaters and via Zoom. Zoom login information will be sent out via our email reflector. This is due to COVID-19 precautions. Ongoing weekly Breakfasts are on hold. Normal monthly club meetings are held at the Lewis Gale […]
2021 Winter Build Project
Updated 12/18/2021 There has been some recent interest in kit building within the ranks, so I’ve created a course that I think would be both fun and educational. Sign-up has ended for this session Schedule: Unit 1: Setup, Soldering, and a Dummy Load Saturday November 6, 2021 @ 9:00AM ESTRecording Available Here (click) Unit 2: […]
2021 – August Breakfast Picnic Social and Park Fox Hunt
This Saturday, August 14th @ 8:30am, Randolph Park, Dublin, VA Let’s do this thing again! Come out at 8:30am for some rag chewin’, BYO coffee/consumables. About 9:30am we’ll start the Fox Hunt. Only using 2 meter band this time to reduce some of the antenna weight for you runners. We’ll have 3 foxes to find, […]
Fox (Transmitter) Hunting
Amateur Radio SPORT? (Updated Aug 9, 2021) Next Fox Hunt scheduled (August 14th 2021) at Randolph Park, Dublin, VA – 9:30am. No vehicle needed. Arrive early (8:30 ish) for some ham talk. Meet at the back shelter. Click for (OLDER) PDF of event details. That’s right… get on your running shoes, sweat bands, and start […]
Foxhunt Review – July 2021
A Slippery Situation It was suspected that the day was to become a steamy one, but as hams gathered at Bisset Park in Radford, it was more about the gear, helping new hams, and building trust in your equipment. Three foxes were hidden by yours truly, W4XXV, and consisted of two plastic ammo cans, and […]
Field Day 2021
2021 ARRL Field Day was fun, even with the protections taken to provide for a safer environment combating COVID-19.
ARRL Virginia Section Ham Radio News
Here is a collection of ARRL Section News from Virginia in PDF format for our club members to view. August 2021 – VASectionNews-28.pdf July 2021 – VASectionNews-27.pdf June 2021 – VASectionNews-26.pdf May 2021 – VASectionNews-25.pdf April 2021 – VASectionNews-24.pdf March 2021 – VASectionNews-23.pdf Februrary 2021 – VASectionNews-22.pdf (invalid reference link to Williamsburg Next Door Neighbors […]
Newsroom
Press Releases June 2021 – Field Day Activities at Randolph Park June 2019 – Public Demo of Emergency Communications