Upcoming Club Events: Our next monthly club meeting will be held Monday, Aug 24th, 2026 @7pm at the Blacksburg Fire Department #3 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 24060 Google Maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/9aqEGroFdXEU5QZi7 […]
Events
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.
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:
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…
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; […]
2025 Veterans Day Special Event at D-Day Memorial
The NRVARC will be conducting a Special Event during Veterans Day 2025 from the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA.We will be operating under special call sign W2B. Event Details: OperationCall sign – W2BTransmission Times – Nov 11, 1500Z-2000Z (10:00am to 3:00pm EST)Frequencies – 14.275, 7.275 (Check spotting networks during event like http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/?dx_calls=W2B )Grid Location […]
Review – Field Day 2025
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 35 logged visitors, 30 of which were licensed, and were able to get 14 of those operators on the air, doing everything from CW to SSB to […]
Field Day 2025
We’re looking forward to participating in the 2025 ARRL Field Day! This year will be Saturday June 28th thru Sunday June 29th for 2025. More details at the ARRL website here. If you would like to join us, come on out! See additional links below for more details.
Special Event at National D-Day Memorial
The NRVARC will be conducting a Special Event during the anniversary of the WWII Allied Normandy invasions. We will be operating from the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA, Friday June 6th, 2026 under special call sign W6J. Event Details: OperationCall sign – W6JTransmission Times – Jun 6, 1500Z-2000Z (10:00am to 3:00pm EST), with a […]