Sunshine Corner

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SUNSHINE CORNER – JANUARY 2026 Sending Happy Birthday wishes to the following club members:  William KN4YPG, Elizabeth KG4NXV, Erik K4SOK, Joe KM4UYA, John WA1STU, Ken KE2N, James KQ4CAX, Mark KO4MBN, Ken KN4DD, Fred WD4ASP, Cat KM4PBD, John KG4HZC, Sam KQ4SL. ****Please remember the January & February monthly club meetings with be held on the 3rd Wednesday (January 21st and February 18th) at the Buckhall Fire Department.  This is due to Monday of those weeks being Federal Holidays and it pushes the training room schedule by one day. ****** Always thrilled to post here about the arrival of babies!   Congrats to Wayne N7QLK and his YL Vicky on the birth of their Granddaughter on January 5th, Congratulations to the whole family. Also, congrats to George K4GVT and his YL Ev on … Read more >>

Sunshine Corner

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SUNSHINE CORNER – DECEMBER 2025 Happy Birthday wishes to the following club members:  Tony KM4KLB, Ed KK4PHP, Jay NQ4T, Dianne KI4FVV, Bill N4SV, Alan KY4DN, Byron AK4XR, David KK4ZUU.   Enjoy your day!   Happy to report that Ken KN4DD is home recovering from his knee surgeries.   Ken is also the recipient of the club’s Lifetime Achievement Award which was announced at the club party.   We will be getting the award to him soon. Also happy to report that Al KB4BHB is out of the hospital and is recuperating at his son & daughter-in-law’s home in Remington.  John KG4NXT, Gene N4HFW and I went to visit Al this past week and he is looking a lot better! James KQ4CAX is a patient at Inova Fairfax due to having a stroke.   John … Read more >>

Vice-President’s Letter for December 2025

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  Seasons greetings from KM4OZH. It’s time for parties with friends and family. Speaking of parties, Theresa and John hosted the OVH wingding at their home. An enjoyable evening, with plenty of great food and some surprise attendees. Many thanks Theresa ,well done.   Best wishes for speedy recoveries to James KQ4CAX, Al KB4BHB and Ken KN4DD.   Radiowise, this is a quiet month for me. In preparation for the January VHF contest I practiced and became more familiar with meteor scatter operation, Using the MSK144 mode I successfully made numerous contacts to the West and Midwest. Learning from seasoned VHF contesters, meteor scatter contacts can provide much needed distant Grid Square multipliers from late night operations.    VHF contacts are scarce so another means of making contacts is welcome.   … Read more >>

OVH Holiday Party 2025

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Lots of toys for tots

The 2025 OVH Holiday Party was held at the Heartney house.  We had out of  town OVH members attend: Wayne N7QLK and wife Vicki came from Ocala, Florida on the Amtrak Auto Train.  This was a surprise appearance. Ray KM4EKR and Sandy KM4JUS came from  Leesville, South Carolina. Other OVH members include Gil, KM4OZH, Byon AK4XR and wife Jane,  Jay NQ4T,  Jeff WB6UIE, Pinky KN4ZLY, Gus N4MLE, Alex KQ4MIG and wife, Ken KE2N,  Luther WA3FMO, Ken KE2N , Greg KM4CCG,  John KG4NXT, Theresa KG4TVM. Pinky was our photographer. It was a potluck with Theresa providing ham and turkey.  There were so many desserts that we had to put them on two tables. There was a brief business meeting where we voted in Scott KN4BNF and Ken KN4DD was awarded the … Read more >>

Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 2025

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Duane KK4BZ runs with HT along side 3 turkey girls

On Thanksgiving Day 2025,  OVH provided communications support for the Turkey trot race at the George Mason campus in Manassas.  Operators were Theresa KG4TVM,  David KG4GIY, Duane KK4BZ and John KG4NXT.  Duane ran in the race and provided support from his positions.  The rest of us were along University to ensure safety. The trot had its greatest turnout ever.  They had 2000 people register for the two races.   OVH provide support for the longer race which include off campus streets.   The police blocked the roads for the duration of the trot. Click the image for more pictures.

Vice-President’s Letter for November 2025

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VICE PRESIDENT’S LETTER: QST, from club VP KM4OZH yes Vice President. The President position is still vacant, contrary to what some have indicated. In my first letter a quantity of my words were edited and words added, so I take no responsibility for what appeared in the newsletter. Future letters will contain information that I know about or of interest to me. If I sound annoyed, so be it. Due to my limited computer skills it seems I have neglected moderating certain emails. Thanks to John KG4NXT for helping out. November 7th Theresa, John and myself visited Ken KN4DD in the hospital. I think Ken was surprised when we showed up but he seemed in good spirits. John helped him set up his phone to connect to the .97 repeater. … Read more >>

Sunshine Corner

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SUNSHINE CORNER – NOVEMBER 2025 Happy Birthday wishes to the following club members:  Wayne N7QLK, Kevin KX4KU, Baofang KK4JFK, Theresa KG4TVM, Jerry KR4EZZ, Butch W4HJL, Greg KM4CCG, Zachary KQ4RIS, Jeff WB4TT, Charlie WA4YGI, James KA4BOC, Paul KO4GZR, Ken K3KFB.     Sending healing thoughts to Ken KN4DD, who is currently in Fair Oak Rehab to work on healing his knee after a very extensive surgery.   The plan is for him to go home on Friday, November 14th. Get well wishes to Al KB4BHB who is in the hospital and he is hoping to go home on Monday, November 10th. Special thank you to Gil KM4OZH, John KG4NXT, Sam KQ4SL and George K4GVT on their help with getting our club trailer in order.  Hope to have a 3-ring binder at the … Read more >>

President’s Letter for October 2025

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I guess everyone knows by now that our Club President Ken KN4DD has had issues from his recent knee replacement. Complications have caused Ken’s resignation as President. He will be missed, having done an excellent job the past few years. Thanks Ken. To that end it is my responsibility, as vice president, to step up and temporarily assume his duties. For me these are big shoes to fill, so here goes starting with this letter. .John and Theresa have been in Ecuador for some weeks visiting Don, known as WA2SWX, at his new home. John and Don did some POTA work at different locations, and among many other contacts worked KE2N, N7QLK and W4RKU on 10m FT8. Be sure to check out Theresa’s Sunshine Corner for details on their Ecuador … Read more >>