Category: News
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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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Replacing Arecibo? [with something Far Out!]
Alas, the Arecibo Radio Telescope [http://www.naic.edu/ao/ ] inPuerto Rico is no longer in operation due to its collapse in December 2020.The 305-meter telescope was in service for 57 years and withstoodhurricanes, earthquakes, and tropical storms. Engineers determined that all three of the telescope’s supporttowers broke off, sending the 900-ton instrument falling onto thedish below. Introducing…
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Flying COWs?
During Hurricane Ida, AT&T deployed COWs, but not the type of flying bovines you could imagine. These COWs are known as Cell-on-Wings. The tethered unlimited power drone provides cellular LTE coverage for an area of up to 40 square miles and a further data and voice connection via satellite uplink to AT&T’s network to connect…
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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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ARRL Announces Free RF Exposure Calculator
The American Radio Relay League [ ARRL.org ] has released a free to use Radio Frequency [ RF ] Calculator for all to use to calculate transmitting power exposure limits for antennas. Some radio amateurs may need to report depending on the operating power of their station. As Ham Radio operators we all may enjoy…