Category: News
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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…
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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!