Category: News
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SVEN – Moving Back to 146.82 MHz on July 13, 2021
During the July, 6th, 2021, occurrence of the Shenandoah Valley Emergency Net (SVEN) that has been held on the 145.39 MHz K4USS repeater, a poll was conducted among the participants of the net that proposed moving back the Club’s 146.82 MHz W4RKC repeater starting on July 13th, 2021. Having failed to duplicate the conditions that…
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Back at the Clubhouse June 17, 2021
After a membership survey, the decision has been made to start meeting back at the clubhouse (2925 Grace St., Winchester, VA 22601) at 7:30pm. For those who prefer to continue with remote attendance, the club Secretary will send out Zoom links. You are welcome as a guest, either in person or by Zoom. In person,…
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Smith Chart Basics from Keynight Labs
This video explores Smith Chart basics, and uses that information to learn about the RF performance of a paperclip. Would this make a good antenna, at what frequencies does it resonate? A Smith chart makes this really easy to see.
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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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A Little Club History
John Kanode N4MM came across this certificate recently that commemorates his acceptance as a Senior Member of the Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club on May 17, 1974. Time flies when you’re having fun, right John?
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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…