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Review – Winter Field Day 2023

Posted on February 28, 2023February 28, 2023by Cam - W4XXV

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 […]

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Club Satellite Communication Kit Available

Posted on November 18, 2022November 18, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

The club now has a kit for members to borrow to facilitate making contacts via satellite! The kit was created from a donation from Carlos, N4OTX of two HTs, Arrow Antenna, cables, and manual. The kit is now packaged up with a few other items making it useful for fox-hunts as well, and is available […]

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Fox Hunt Review – Oct 2022

Posted on October 20, 2022October 20, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

On October 8th, 2022, it was a clear morning with a feeling of fall in the air. Having filled our bellies with food from the Country Kitchen, we turned our attention to the task at hand… finding that old elusive foxes! Earlier that morning, K4HZ and W4XXV hid the two transmitters within the confines of […]

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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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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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Audie Murphy – Special Event Station

Posted on May 15, 2022May 16, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

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 […]

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