Category: Amateur Radio hobby
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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…
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Moonbounce on 10 Meters
Thanks to Stephen Pederson KN4IOU for sharing this info and video from Tom DK3EE’s adventure of doing moon bounce on 10 meters. He has a 10-meter beam with 50-foot boom, so very high gain. The moon was near the horizon, so he didn’t need an elevation rotor. The video that plays on YouTube after this…
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KM4BUN Audrey: Young Ham presenting on APRS Balloons and PicoSats
Audrey Mcelroy, KM4BUN shared a great tutorial on APRS High Altitude Balloons combined with APRS PicoSats. Audrey is an Extra class ham who got involved in Amateur Radio when she was six years old with the help of her parents Tom McElroy W4SDR, and mother Jan McElroy K4PRM.