Sunshine

SUNSHINE CORNER – NOVEMBER 2024   Happy Birthday wishes to these club members  –  Wayne, N7QLK; Kevin, KX4KU; Baofang, KK4JFK; Theresa, KG4TVM; Butch, W4HJL; Greg, KM4CCG; Zackary, KQ4RIS; Jeff, WB4TT; Charlie, WA4YGI; James, N5TE; James, KA4BOL; Paul, KO4GZR; Allan, no call and Ken, K3KBF – Enjoy your day! Condolences to Wayne, N7QLK, his mother passed away in October. Condolences to Gene, N4HFW, his brother-in-law passed away this month. Sending healing thoughts for quick and complete recoveries to the following: Butch, W4HJL Paula, YL of Ken, KN4DD Ken, KE2N Happy Veterans Day to all our military, thank you for your service. The Manassas Christmas Parade is Saturday, December 7th.   The OVH will be providing radio support for this event. If you can help, please reach out to George, K4GVT – email … Read more >>

SUNSHINE CORNER – OCTOBER 2024   Happy Birthday wishes to these club members:  Ray, KM4EKR; Rob, KC4VDN; Phil, AC4PL; Chris, KN4IJF; Richard, no call; Bruce, WD4PAC; Eric, KO4MBI and David, KY4MM – Enjoy your day! Happy to hear Wayne, N7QLK, made it thru both hurricanes in Florida. Hope that any club members or family members living in the areas that were hit made it thru OK. Unfortunately, Page County cancelled their Tailgate on September 28th due to impending weather from Hurricane Helene. We haven’t heard of any additional dates but will let you know if we hear anything on this event being rescheduled. Way to go Gil, KM4OZH, for your successful September VFH contest, 2nd in the Limited Rover class. Congrats to everyone else that participated. Please let us know … Read more >>

SUNSHINE CORNER – SEPTEMBER, 2024 Happy Birthday wishes to these club members:  Gus, N4MLE; Scott, WB6EFW; Al, KB4BHB; Jim, WE4JJ; Maury, W4HYB; Ron, N4RDZ; Bill, AF4LL; Mark, WA4KFZ; Kyle, no call; Lori, KC0EWN and Richard, N4HOS – Enjoy your day! Condolences to Kevin, W4RKU, on the passing of his mother. My apologies for the short Sunshine Corner this month, many of you have met my mom over the course of the last year or so.   She passed away on September 6th and I have been tied up with funeral arrangements.  She was thrilled to meet you all and very entertained by all our ham radio stuff. Page County is holding a Tailgate this month,  September 28th, please consider visiting, they put on a great show! Please send me your news, … Read more >>

SUNSHINE CORNER – AUGUST 2024   Happy Birthday wishes to these club members:  Ken, KD4VA; John, KK4TCE; Karl, W4KRL; Stu, W4PR; Ronnell, KK4ZUR; Vern, KO4LVS; Chick, KC1PIA; Duane, KK4BZ; Raymond, KF4AQR and Andy, Kj4MTP – Enjoy your day! Great to see several OVH members at the Berryville Hamfest at the beginning of August.  There was a tremendous turnout for their tailgate, looked like a lot of shopping was going on! Photos included. Saturday, September 7th is the 7th Annual Willing Warriors Bike Ride (Bicycles).  This starts in Haymarket and goes all the way up into Loudoun County. This event has several courses with different distances. Because it covers so much of an area, the ham community is very much needed to help along the course to make sure everything is … Read more >>

SUNSHINE CORNER – July  2024 Happy Birthday wishes to these club members: Jack, KN4HHQ; Ken, WB4ZOH; Philip, KI4WGC; Jeff, KM4FTK; Bruce, KN4TS; George, K4GVT; Sandy, KM4JUS; Rosalie, KN4ZLY; Dwight, N4GSD; Mary, KK4GOW; Jeff, K9VEG; Richard, KJ4ZIH; Luther, WA4FMO; Tony, KK4YZK; Stephen, KO4GQR; William, WB4KLC and Barbara, (no call) – Enjoy your day! Belated birthday wishes to Daniela, KQ4IKQ, she celebrated a milestone birthday in June! Condolences to Bill, AF4LL, on the passing of his Grandmother, who lived in Kentucky. Bill was one of our top operators at Field Day in previous years and had to miss it this year to be in Kentucky. POTA – Parks on the Air – Congratulations to Jeff, K9VEG, for obtaining his KILO award. This was for working a single POTA location with 1,000 QSOs. … Read more >>

SUNSHINE CORNER – JUNE 2024   Happy Birthday wishes to these club members:  Jan, KE4TMW; Edward, KQ4DPP; Jim, KM4SXM; Robert, W4PHX; Wayne, AG4ZZ; Gene, N4HFW; Bob, K4HJF; Robert, N0DGN; David, KQ4BDS; Dana, KM4TTP; Ron, K3FR; William, KO4QDL; Sean, KO4ZTO and Seth, WA0FZY – Enjoy your day! Happy Father’s Day to all our dads! Congratulations to all the kids for making it thru another school year, let the summer begin! Tailgate – Congratulations to Don, WA2SWX, our Tailgate Chairman and all the other club members who helped to make this event a success. Great job by everyone, even Mother Nature, the weather was the best we could have had. On to Field Day, June 22nd & 23rd, Cat, KM4PBD, is our Chairperson for this and just chaired the last planning meeting … Read more >>

SUNSHINE CORNER – May 2024   Happy Birthday wishes to these club members:  John, KM4VCJ; David, KG4GIY; Bill, WA4FIC; Steve, N0DWB; Jack, N4YIC; Carl, KK4ZYX; Craig, WA3UFY; Roberto, KM4RIE; Dick, KM4UXE; Susan, K3SSP; Bruce, KN4GDX; Don, WA2SWX; Robert, KJ4EOR; John, KG4NXT; Kenneth, KI4EOH and Lynn, KX4HR.  Enjoy your day! Hard to believe our Tailgate event is only a few weeks away on June 1st.   Don’t forget the award ceremony for the Virginia QSO Party will be held during Tailgate. If you get an award, please make sure we get your photo for the next newsletter!   Also, this will be the last ham event that Don, WA2SWX, will chair, as he is moving with his YL Edith to Ecuador.  Edith has been running the bake sale table for the last several … Read more >>

SUNSHINE CORNER Happy Birthday wishes to these club members:  Harry, KC9TXL; Harry, KN4IJY; Brian, KK4CBS; Gene, KN4JMB; Gil, KM4OZH; Paul, N4PD; Joe, KI4OHR; Lillian, KK4MXY; David, KI4AZX; Paul, W4ZB; David, KD4DEE; Mark, KN4OGC and Paul, KO4UOO.  Enjoy your day! Condolences to Greg, KM4CCG, his mom passed away in March. Thank you very much to Gil, KM4OZH, for letting us park our club trailer at his home. The City Yard let us know that we needed to move the trailer and Gil stepped up!  Thanks to James, KQ4CAX, for transporting the trailer to Gil’s place and to John, KG4NXT, and Al, KB4BHB, for providing support the day of the move. Eclipse – I know Bill, AF4LL, was out of state taking in the eclipse. Anybody else have an interesting experience that … Read more >>