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 […]
Operations
Club Satellite Communication Kit Available
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 […]
Fox Hunt Review – Oct 2022
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 […]
ARES Resources
If you are interested in Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES), here are some resources to check out.
Concentration Area – Satellite
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 […]
Review – 2022 Sept ARRL VHF Contest
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 […]
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 […]
Field Day 2022
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.