Category: News
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Mobile operator in Virginia?
Please Read & Print. Put in your vehicle[s]. PRINT or Save as .PDF: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/pdf/vacode/46.2-818.2/ Effective January 1, 2021, all residents and travelers in the State of Virginia are prohibited from holding or operating a communications device while on Virginia’s highways. Thankfully due to the intercession of Virginia Section of, and the ARRL Amateur Radio operators…
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Honoring KF4EKA
How sad we are that our beloved club member Sandy KF4EKA (Sandra Lee Ritter Bowen) is now a Silent Key. A native of Frederick County, Sandy earned her undergraduate degree from Bridgewater College and her Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Virginia. For 31 years, she was a highly respected and popular elementary…
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Rich K3VAT’s Quiz Questions
Rich Kennedy K3VAT gave an excellent presentation at the November 19, 2020 club meeting—the first of a four-part series on “Radio, Transmission Line, and Antenna: Some Basics.” He covered the basic components of a radio, the various types of coaxial cable, and described the characteristics of a simple dipole antenna. He encouraged us to try…
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Success With The 2020 Leonids Meteor Shower on 6 Meters
A rather small, dedicated number of amateur radio operators tackle a unique method of point-to-point communication at VHF. This morning (November 17, 2020), I tried my hand refracting my 6 meter digital signal off the ionizing tails of incoming meteors hoping someone would hear me and respond to my CQ. This month features the Leonids…
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Election of Officers and Guest Speaker 10/01/20
Election of officers At our next club meeting this Thursday 10/01/20, we’ll have our annual election of officers, so please look for your Zoom link sent out by email later this week. We’ll need a good turnout to get a quorum for voting. If you are not a member but would like to attend the…
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Meet Scholarship Winner Michael Geesaman KJ4SST
The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club supports the ARRL’s mission of promoting our hobby to younger hams with a $1,000 college scholarship every year that is administered by the ARRL. Every fall, we send out notices to guidance counselors in the high schools of our club’s service area in hopes they will encourage eligible students…