It’s Membership Renewal Season!
A friendly reminder to all DVRA members – membership renewals are due by January 1st, 2026. We truly hope that you enjoyed your Delaware Valley Radio Association membership benefits during 2025 and thank you for being a valued member of our organization.
Radio Merit Badge Day at TCNJ on 1/3
We will be returning to Armstrong Hall at TCNJ again this year. The event runs from 8AM to 4PM on Saturday January 3rd for instructors. We are looking for a few volunteers that can help with on air (VHF or…
“RF Toolkit” workshop on Sat. 12/20/25, 10 am
Are you an experimenter who wants a better sense of how your radio, feedline, and antenna all work together? Ever swap out your feedline for a different length and suddenly find yourself out of tune?
HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Party Dec 12-13th, 2025
Work the rocks! Decode the pings! Discover the thrill of meteor scatter QSOs by bouncing signals off ionized meteor trails in real time! Join hams worldwide for the HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Party during the December Geminids meteor shower. Both…
Testing schedule for 2026 announced
DVRA’s 2026 license testing schedule is set. New and upgrading hams have opportunities throughout the year to take their test(s). Our Exams page has the details.
Member Potluck Holiday Party – December 10th
The December 10th 2025 DVRA membership meeting will be a Holiday Potluck dinner and will be held at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. For those not familiar with potluck dinners, everyone attending is asked to bring some food that…
W2T and W2P special event stations will run from Dec 26th through Jan 8th
These stations commemorate the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. This will be our 9th year conducting this event, and is a favorite of many of the DVRA’s operators. It’s also a great way to get a taste of being on…
10m contest 12/12 to 12/14!
The 10m band is special. When it’s open, it’s really open! A simple dipole and a few watts can be enough to get you around the world. Or… you can come to W2ZQ and see what happens when you have…
160m CW contest 12/5 to 12/7
DVRA will participate in the ARRL 160m CW contest next week, starting Friday December 5th at 5:00 pm, and wrapping up on Sunday December 7th at 5 am. This is the perfect event for night owls, as 160m really comes…
Go digital! Seminar at the shack 12/6
An HF Digital Mode seminar will be held at the W2ZQ station on Saturday December 6th at 10AM. The program will present an overview of popular Digital Modes. This will be followed by a demonstration on setting up a radio and…
