Category: Amateur Radio hobby
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The 1921 Transatlantic Tests
Frank Donovan, W3LPL, talks about the Centennial of the 1921 Transatlantic Tests. This was a historic achievement for Amateur Radio. You might enjoy reading “The Story of the Transatlantics” by the Editor of QST Magazine in February 1922, just two months after the original event.
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More on POTA 11/4/21
Program announcement from Rich, K3VAT Due to several positive comments on the last Parks on the Air (POTA) presentation, for the upcoming SVARC Presentation on November 4, we plan on showing two POTA YouTube videos covering. 1) What to Pack for POTA and 2) POTA Logging Both are fairly recent and total length of both…
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DX Envy?
Imagine the best DXpedition you could imagine on Earth. You get tobe with an elite group of radio amateurs, go on a long journey toget to a rare location on the earth, just to make as many contactsas you can. Now imagine a remote location and speed. Imagine DXing at over12,000 miles per hour! Just…
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Shenandoah County Hams Recognized
This recognition from the Shenandoah County Fire & Rescue’s Emergency Management Division went out to Shenandoah County hams, many of whom are SVARC members: “It’s National Radio Day and I wanted to take a minute to recognize you all for what you offer to Shenandoah County and our disaster support services with your ham radio…
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Learn About Space Weather
At our club meeting on April 15, 2021, Rich K3VAT showed two short YouTube videos: Tim Duffy, K3LR Interview with Dr. Tamitha Skov, the Space Weather Woman 05/2017. Tim introduces Dr. Skov, who tells us how she got started in the physics of the sun and what she does for her day job. CLICK HERE…
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Amateur Radio in the International Space Station
SVARC VP Rich Kennedy K3VAT reminded us at the last meeting that the International Space Station has an amateur radio station onboard. Here’s a link for getting more information about how to contact them: https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html Here is the public link about the Greenbank Radio Telescope Facilities: it’s a beautiful, 12-page color PDF with many of…