What was Ham Radio like 100+ years ago? How did Ham Radio impact three generations of one family over that time? One of our members, Ron Todd, K3FR, dug into his family memories and photos to put together a (short) slide presentation covering his father’s experiences with Ham Radio and how it has impacted his, and now, his son’s life. Join in through Ron’s presentation and his dad’s own notes.
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Tailgate Party in lieu of Hamfest 2021
Tailgate Party in lieu of Hamfest 2021
June 12, 2021 from 8 AM – 2 PM on the lot located on Signal View Drive across the street from Signal Hill Park.
Click here to download our Tailgate flyer
Talk-in will be on 146.970 ( – offset – tone 100)
The flyer now includes a map and parking information.
Contest University
Contest University
Normally, Contest University cost $85 and is presented at Hamvention in Dayton. Since Hamvention was cancelled, the organizers had a virtual Contest University on Zoom and have made the presentations available on the web. The material is not limited to contesting and includes a great survey of recent rig transmit and receive capabilities entitled “Contest & DX Performance A Complex Subject Today: Great RX Performance – TX Limitations”. There is a module on digital contesting that includes a “how to” on a number of Elecraft, Icom and Yaesu rigs called “Everything You Need to Know About USB and Serial Interfaces”. In all, there are 9 presentations that are available here: Contest University links
The above links are to the slide decks of the presentations. They have also published a 10 hour YouTube presentation of all the proceedings Contest University on YouTube
With a bit of patience, you can click to the individual presentations.
Virginia Defense Force
For our cancelled March meeting, Jim Stanley was scheduled to give us a briefing on the Virginia Defense Force. Jim is a Major in the VDF and is also KM4BID. We hope to be able to reschedule his presentation at some time in the future. In the meantime, Jim has sent us his briefing slides. Click here to view the VDF slides
Mt. Pone repeater equipment
Many of us never have seen our Mt. Pone repeater site which hosts our 2M FM, 440 Fusion, our internet link to comcast and our 5 gig internet connection to the other OVH site, NOVEC. Ken, KE2N, has some picture for us of the Mt. Pont equipment including antennas and the shack complete with labels. Click here for repeater pictures
New 224 OVH Repeater
Our technical committee has installed a new repeater at NOVEC. This is a replacement of the oldest OVH repeater and will give us lots more connectivity for the 224.66 machine. It is now linking to the 146.97 repeater during the Thursday night net instead of the 442.200 repeater. Ken, KE2N, gave us a presentation at the February OVH meeting.
Click here for a more details on the new 224 repeater.
Drone sets Field Day antenna line
George, K4GVT, used his drone to drop antenna lines for field day.Video by DAVID KK4ZUU