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ARES Resources

Posted on October 1, 2022November 17, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

If you are interested in Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES), here are some resources to check out.

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Concentration Area – Satellite

Posted on September 28, 2022September 28, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

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

Posted on September 26, 2022September 26, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

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 […]

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Posted on August 31, 2022April 19, 2023by Cam - W4XXV

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 […]

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2022 – October Breakfast Social and Wide Area Fox Hunt

Posted on August 25, 2022October 2, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

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! […]

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Review – Field Day 2022

Posted on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

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. […]

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Review – Audie Murphy – 2022

Posted on June 8, 2022June 9, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

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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Posted on June 1, 2022May 25, 2023by Cam - W4XXV

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Field Day 2022

Posted on May 8, 2022June 22, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

We’re looking forward to participating in the 2022 ARRL Field Day! If you don’t know, it will be Saturday June 25th thru Sunday June 26th for 2022.If you would like to join us, come on out! If you can’t come out, you can still participate from home. See additional links below for more details.

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2022 – Try Something New in 2022!

Posted on March 16, 2022March 16, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

Our February meeting for 2022 consisted of a club direction presentation. If you missed it, it’s linked below. My personal hope is that we will branch out, and try new things as a club, and as individuals. Let’s have a fun year!

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