Category: News
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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…
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Network Analyzers 9/17/20
At the regular SVARC club Zoom meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2020, at 7:30 pm, club member Roger Steyaert K7RXV made a presentation on the topic of network analyzers. These can be used to measure antenna or coax parameters such as SWR, impedance, and loss. They can also be used to characterize and tune filters.…
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Congratulations, Audrey KN4CHI
Congratulations to our own Audrey KN4CHI, winner of the K4AMG Memorial Amateur Radio Club’s Youth Plaque for the 202 Virginia QSO Party. We’re proud of you, Audrey!
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Want to learn about Contesting?
Thanks to Gary Fortun K4GJF for passing on this information about Contest University. Contest University 2020 will be held online free via Zoom. CLICK HERE to register. Thursday, May 14th 8:45 am EDT/12:45 UTC CTU 2020 Outline is available on the Course Outline Page and pasted below:
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In Memoriam: Godfrey Miller N8GM
Amateur radio and the Shenandoah Valley Radio Club lost a valued and respected individual when Godfrey Miller, N8GM, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. For about a year, he had been taken care of with love and respect at Lake Manassas Health and Rehab long term facility in Gainesville Virginia. Godfrey’s long-time friend and fellow…