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Valley Amateur Radio Association

Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

News

Check out the Valley Hams site, which has lots of interesting information.

A list of Net meetings is now listed under the Nets and Repeaters page.

Calendar of Events – 2023

Monthly Meeting

First Tuesday of each month. See the Home page for details.

Zoom Link for all meetings

2023 Meeting Programs

DateProgramPresenter(s)
January 3Cross Band RepeatersMatt Huffman (KD4UPL)
February 7Morse Code keys and bugsGordon Batey (WA4FJC)
March 7KnotsWayne Bowyer
April 4Moonbeam RadioDavid Tanks
May 2ContestingTim Duffy of DX Engineering
June 6Preparations for Field DayField Day Committee Representatives
June 23-25Field DayAll
July 4Fourth of July – No Meeting
August ?Club Picnic at Natural Chimneys Pavillon #2Noon for all
September 5Nominations for Board Members & EchoLinkMark Purington KO4OLJ
October 3Annual Meeting, Elections &TBD
November 7TBD
December ?Christmas PartyCome one, come all!
Other Meeting ideas under consideration: EC Roundtable discussion, Sunspot Data and Propagation, 5G, ARRL Regional Director, antennas and lightning protection, POTA

Public Service Events

EventCoordinatorNet ControlDates
Mountain Mama BikeButch N5SMQ – ConfirmedButch N5SMQ / Jerry WD4ITNAugust 6, 2022
Shenandoah 100 Mountain Bike (Not Club Sponsored)Chris Barnes KN4IJF
cwbarnes62@gmail.com
September 4, 2022
Valley Veterans Ride John Chevalaz (KB2LOZ)John Chevalaz (KB2LOZ)September 10, 2022
Grindstone 100Geep Howel (W4ARTS)
geep@wa4rts.net
September 16-18, 2022
Shenandoah 500 Motorcycle RideBryan K4RMYTBA
Shenandoah Fall Foliage Bike FestivalLenny – To be confirmedLenny?October 15-16 – To be confirmed

ARRL Field Day

June 25-26. 2022

Hamfests

Berryville, VA   August 7, 2022
Roanoke, VA 

Daily Events

Minus 2 Net : Each night 10 pm on 146.850 & WD4VA-L EchoLink
Virginia Phone Net each day on 3.947 at 4pm and 7:30pm

Weekly Events

10 Meter Net each Friday at 8:30pm on 28.490
6 Meter Net each Saturday at 9pm on 53.010 FM

Full List of Net MeetingsDownload