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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.

Field Day

Field Day 2022 is being held at the Rockingham County Fair Grounds on June 25-26.

Tentative Agenda – will be updated later in May

  • Friday 9:00 DST, 1300 UTC – Orientation and begin set-up
  • Friday 18:00 DST, 2200 UTC – Pot Luck dinner – no set-up until Saturday morning to meet Field Day Rules
  • Saturday 12:00 DST, 1600 UTC – Meet to confirm operations and finish set-up as necessary
  • Saturday 14:00, 1800 UTC – Begin Field day activities
  • Sunday 13:59 – 1759 UTC Cease operations and begin tear-down. Note: We are limited to 24 hours of operation since we will be setting up before 18:00 UTC Saturday
  • Call-in: 145.130 Repeater
  • ON-Site – 146.490 Simplex

Updates will be posted here and sent out via the valleyhams mailing list.

Fairgrounds-Map-1Download
2022-Field-Day-AssignmentsDownload
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Field-Day-RulesDownload
Proposed Antenna PlacementDownload

Member Tips

Operating Field Day On Battery Power – Ray AlbersDownload