ARRL’s 2017 Field Day WHERE: CM Crockett Park at 10066 Rogues Rd, Midland, VA 22728 . WHAT: ARRL’s Field Day 2017 WHEN: June 24 (2pm) – June 25 (2pm). WHAT ARE WE OPERATING?: All-band Phones All-band CW All-band digital “Bonus” VHF/UHF Get On The Air (GOTA) FOOD: Saturday night will be the club Potluck Dinner. …
Horse Endurance Ride public serve opportunity. Public Service
Virginia QSO Party
October 22, 2016 FARA members again responded to an invitation from the organizers (the Fauquier Trail Coalition) to assist with communications for their popular Great Pumpkin Ride. Using the FARA 2m repeater, the volunteers manned the rest stop stations east and south of Warrenton adding one more layer of communications to their cell phones. The …
With field day coming up I thought I would share a couple of pictures. The first is a QSL card from Dave Garrish Sr. in 1990 when I ran the novice station for my very first field day. We had Field Day at Vint Hill. Dave sent this to me as a memento. Notice the …
At the January meeting Frank W4NHJ presented information and demonstrated his BitX20 kit. This is a VFO controlled, 20m transceiver that operates USB/SSB. The radio is capable of ~20 watts output. Frank discussed several variations of the radio kit and where they are available online. If you would like to review his presentation, please click …
At the December meeting, Andy K1RA discussed the upcoming meteor shower and presented information on VHF meteor scatter and the WSJT program. The information covered the various meteor showers during the year and how they affect radio propagation. He also talked about the history of various radio modes one could use for scatter to …
