Category: Amateur Radio hobby
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Help Needed With JOTA 10-17-26
From: Dave Adsit, KG4BIRKg4bir98@gmail.com540-303-7055 Help needed Saturday only, October 17, 2026 The Scouting America’s (formerly Boy Scouts of America) annual Jamboree On The Air is scheduled for October 16-18, 2026. This year I have been asked by a Winchester Scout Troop if I could host a JOTA station as part of their campout in October. …
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Training Opportunity Sept. 20, 2006
SVARC member Don Goff N4MDX and his Kaleb’s Wish Foundation are sponsoring a live streaming Training Event—”Ham and GMRS Simplex Net Radio Communications Test”—on Sunday, Sept 20, 2006, starting at 1:00pm. Open to the public, and Don hopes to run this event every three months. Here are the details from their Facebook event page: Live…
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ARRL Section Manager’s Listening Tour
The Club was honored to have Mike Aimone, WA8AHZ, as our presentation speaker on May 21, 2026. He is the new ARRL VA Section Manager, and he is visiting club’s to share what he’s learning about the current state of the hobby and hear what we think. He began by asking “What is the current…
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Thawfest IV on 4-11-2026
SVARC member Clint Estes KA4RBW shared this info about a hamfest on Saturday April 11th just an hour down the road in Madison County. This is his former club’s hamfest and is an outdoor event with bathrooms on totally level ground with parking within a few steps of the venders. …
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Winter Field Day 2026
In January? Why…and how? Big thank you to John Foote W3GX and Gary Fortun K4GJF who organized this year’s Winter Field Day and made sure those who came had a great experience. Here is John W3GX’s report: Winter Field Day answers the question, why not get this kind of “hurry-up” radio experience more than once…
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SVARC: Among Top 80 Amateur Radio Blogs for 2025
Our club website has just been ranked as #46 among Feedspot’s “80 Best Ham Radio Blogs and News Websites in 2025.” Kudos to everyone in the club who has contributed content or submitted information to those who are website administrators