13 Colonies Certificates Arrive

13 colonies contest certificate

Over the 4th of July week,  many club members participated in the 13 colonies special event.  The object was to work some or all of the 13 colonies special event stations.  Our own David Morris, KK4ZUU, was one of the Virginia operators with  call  K2B.    There were bonus stations for the Liberty Bell (WM3PEN)  and England ( GB13COL)   click the image for a bigger picture.

VP’s Corner

OSCAR 1

June was quite a busy month for the club. In a span of two weeks we managed to cover the Warrior Bike charity event, Hamfest, Field Day, and a MiniTri – flawlessly. Well done Team OVH! In addition to celebrating our nation’s independence, this July marks another important anniversary – the 50th anniversary of man’s first landing on the moon. As a youngster I can remember being awestruck by those first TV pictures from the moon. It wasn’t until a few years later while pursuing a technical degree that I began to appreciate just how daunting a task the communications link design for the Apollo missions was. Among the challenges: – A path loss of over 200db ruled out the VHF communications used on earlier missions. A special S-Band (2GHz)radio … Read more >>

OVH NEW HAMFEST LOCATION A SUCCESS

Bird's eye view of the inside

After decades at the fairgrounds, we moved the hamfest to the Manassas Park Community Center and to a new date – June 15.    After a lot of hard work and some weather luck,  it was a big success.   Special thanks to the parking crew headed by Jim O’Rourke,  KM4SXM,  and the food crew headed by Phii,  AC4PL.

Continue reading for  pictures by Pinkie and Cat, KM4PBD: 

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