Saturday, October 7th @ 9:00am, Randolph Park, Dublin, VA Come out around 8:30am for some rag chewin’, BYO coffee/consumables at the back shelter. From there, we’ll start the Fox Hunt about 9:00am. We will have 3 foxes on frequencies of 2 meters and 70 centimeters. Never done it before? We’ll help you out with advice, […]
Events
Review – Field Day 2023
Event Summary The threat of rain didn’t dull our spirits when waking up to greet the day on Saturday June 24th, 2023 because we knew that it doesn’t rain on the club, it reigns IN the club! And, what wonderful weather we ended up having! This year brought 31 logged visitors, 28 of which were […]
Field Day 2023
We’re looking forward to participating in the 2023 ARRL Field Day! If you don’t know, it will be Saturday June 24th thru Sunday June 25th for 2023. More details at the ARRL website here. If you would like to join us, come on out! See additional links below for more details.
2023 – May Breakfast Picnic Social and Park Fox Hunt
Saturday, May 6th @ 10:00am, Randolph Park, Dublin, VA Come out around 9:00am for some rag chewin’, BYO coffee/consumables at the back 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 – Winter Field Day 2023
Winter Field Day for 2023 was very mild as far as weather goes (40 degrees). With the mild weather in view, we decided to set up the equipment the day of the activity. Again we were able to set up at the Appalachian Conference grounds in Dublin, VA (thanks to WD4JIX). Setup started around 11:30am […]
Blings ‘n’ Things Themes for 2023
This year our monthly meetings will contain a show ‘n’ tell where members are encouraged to bring in things to show off, explain, and discuss. This “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 […]
Winter Field Day 2023
Saturday, January 28th, 2023 noon to midnight. Schedule Saturday 28th: 12:00PM – Setup 12:30PM – Intro to HF Class by W4XXV 2:00PM – Winter Field Day Start 11:59PM – Tear down and go home This is the second year for the club participation in Winter Field Day, and hope you will be able to attend! […]
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! […]
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 […]