It is with the deepest regret to announce the passing of Chaim (Hy) Gold, AB2VG on Tuesday, September 14th. Hy was a longtime member of the DVRA, as well as a member of the Board of Directors for many years. Hy was an active participant in all of the DVRA activities and represented the best traits of an amateur radio operator.
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On Wednesday, September 8th 2021, the Delaware Valley Radio Association monthly meeting HELD VIA VIRTUAL WEB CONFERENCE will feature a presentation titled “ARRL Volunteer Monitor Service” presented by Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH.
Riley started his ham radio career in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1960, proceeded through law school to a career at the Federal Communications Commission,
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Come join us for a day of food and fun. On Sunday, August 13th the DVRA will be hosting its annual Open House Picnic on the club grounds in West Trenton from 12:00 – 5:00 pm. Click HERE for directions.
Bring your entire family and friends and take a tour of our state of the art amateur radio facility and enjoy a day of activities and fun with fellow amateur radio enthusiasts.
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Robert Caivano, K2KEM makes several QSO’s during a recent CW class at the shack.
CW is a great skill to master and you’ll have plenty of fun making QSO’s with Hams all around the world. So if you have any interest in learning a new and fun way to make contacts,
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On Wednesday, July 14th 2021, the Delaware Valley Radio Association monthly meeting HELD VIA VIRTUAL WEB CONFERENCE will feature a presentation titled “Building and using HF Mag Loop Antennas” presented by Bernard Robbins, ZL2BD.
Mag loops are becoming increasingly popular transmitting antennas in lower frequency HF Bands.
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The following members have been inducted into the W2ZQ Operators Club:
We would all like to congratulate Greg and Rich for this honorable achievement.
To gain acceptance to the W2ZQ Operators Club, a DVRA club member needs to log 25 QSOs using the club callsign,
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The DVRA will be conducting a kit building exercise. This is geared for beginners and intermediate skill level kit building. Participants will engage in construction and soldering techniques, as well as, utilizing component identification, reading schematics, and testing.
Two projects from Pacific Antennas have been selected:
15W dummy load
40m Easy Receiver
A limited number of kits are available.
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Matthew – David, K2MXX – Bill, W2WZ – Rich, KD2CQ – Ray, KD2JBM – Michael, KD2QWL – Rich, N2EHL6/5/2021 – DVRA conducted its first 2021 Fox Hunt* on Saturday morning, June 5th amid blue skies, warm temperatures, and gentle breezes. Three teams consisting of seven people ventured out and braved the beautiful weather to test their radio direction finding skills.
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The 40M beam is now operational. A big thanks to our premier tower climbing crew Rory NJ3U and John KD2AAR (aka The Flying Walendas). Rory and John in the man basket and on the tower reinstalled the the 8 ft. piece of reflector that blew off in a wind storm and checked connections on the driven element.
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On Wednesday, June 9th 2021, Al Klase, N3FRQ, New Jersey Antique Radio Club (http://www.njarc.org/) Coordinator and Radio Technology Museum (http://www.rtm.ar88.net/) Historian will be presenting to the DVRA members (HELD VIA VIRTUAL WEB CONFERENCE) “Spy and Clandestine Radios”.
World War II can be thought of as the first electronic war.
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