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    Review – Field Day 2022

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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, 2022September 6, 2022by 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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Radio History References

Posted on August 1, 2022August 1, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

Here we will try to collect links to sources for the history of radio. If you have any information you would like to share, please contact us through our page here. The History of the Car Radio – https://www.titlemax.com/articles/the-history-of-the-car-radio/ ( thank you Dylan for the excellent link!)

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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, 2022June 1, 2022by Cam - W4XXV

Press Releases June 2022 – Field Day at Randolph Park June 2021 – Field Day Activities at Randolph Park June 2019 – Public Demo of Emergency Communications

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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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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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