This will serve as a resting place for any documentation needed for club owned equipment. This includes borrowable equipment and field use equipment. If you see something that should be added, please send a note to Cam, W4XXV. Shack Pack Icom IC-7300 – Operation Manual Sky TopPower – STP1330 Power Supply Manual Antenna – Shark […]
2024 – July Social and Park Fox Hunt
Saturday, July 27th @ 10:00am, Bisset Park, Radford, VA Come out around 9:30am for some rag chewin’, BYO coffee/consumables at the first 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 – Field Day 2024
Event Summary There was some sunny weather forecast for Saturday June 22nd, 2024, and the weatherman was accurate! What a great weekend for Field Day! This year brought 32 logged visitors, 28 of which were licensed, and were able to get 13 of those operators on the air, doing everything from CW to SSB to […]
Field Day 2024
We’re looking forward to participating in the 2024 ARRL Field Day! This year will be Saturday June 22th thru Sunday June 23th for 2024. More details at the ARRL website here. If you would like to join us, come on out! See additional links below for more details.
Other Area Repeaters
Download as text csv file for use in CHIRP… Click for Repeaters within 50 miles of Radford, VA from RepeaterBook.com Call Sign/Location Frequency Offset PL Tone KB4RU Radford 147.000 + 0.6 88.5 N4NRV Radford 147.180 + 0.6 103.5 N4NRV Blacksburg 444.650 + 5 88.5 W9KIC Blacksburg 146.715 – 0.6 88.5 KD4ADL Christiansburg 147.075 + 0.6 […]
HamSCI and Space Weather Overview
For those that missed the March 2024 club meeting, Sarah, KQ4NQO gave a presentation on space weather and information on HamSCI in relation to the upcoming solar eclipse. Below is a summary of the information shared. Thanks Sarah! Overview of space weather: – The Sun sometimes “burps” and lets off electromagnetic energy and/or particles, called […]
2024 Auction – Another March Madness!
Click to Quick Jump to Scoreboard Rules Spirit of the Auction This auction is a chance for the New River Valley Amateur Radio Club to get funds while passing along excess club equipment to club members. We hope for a win-win situation between club and individual members and want to have fun doing so. Please […]
Blings ‘n’ Things Themes for 2024
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 […]
VE Testing Sessions
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 […]