DVRA Members and Non-Member Guests: Come out and join us on Saturday morning, July 8 in Washington Crossing Historic Park in Washington Crossing, PA as W2ZQ plans to conduct a two-station multi-mode (Phone and FT8) Parks On The Air (POTA) activation. Weather permitting, we’ll set up in an open area in the park within 100’ of the Delaware Canal.
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Special guest foxes Chris, WA2SEM and his daughter Megan set up a terrific IARU-Style (on foot) Fox Hunt Saturday, June 3rd, 2023.
Special guest foxes Chris, WA2SEM and his daughter Megan set up a terrific IARU-Style (on foot) Fox Hunt Saturday, June 3rd, 2023.
The teams were as follows:
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The 2023 ARRL International Digital Contest is just over a week away, the June 3-4 weekend, from 2 PM local time on Saturday through 8 PM Sunday.
We need operators for the Club’s Multi-Op entry! A Google Doc signup sheet for operating in the contest is posted here.
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The DVRA will once again participate in the annual ARRL Field day. The ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada.
On the fourth full weekend in June, thousands of radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote locations.
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On Saturday June 10th the club will hold a “VHF Activity Day” at 10AM at W2ZQ. This event will be held just prior to the June VHF contest, which starts at 2PM. This guarantees activity as contest participants will be on the air getting ready for the contest.
In addition to using the 5 element,
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The Delaware Valley Radio Association (DVRA) is happy to announce that it has been awarded a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), a private foundation that supports and promotes amateur radio. The grant will allow DVRA to install a large 15-ft. (4.57 meter) dish antenna at its W2ZQ station.
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Registration for this year’s CW class is now open to all DVRA club members. There is no fee for this class and is one of the many benefits of being or becoming a DVRA club member. Class will begin Tuesday May 23rd at 7:00 PM via the Zoom conference application.
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The DVRA antenna committee held an antenna workshop and construction event for members on Saturday, May 6th at 12 Noon at the DVRA
During this event Greg Mauro K3EA (k3ea.dx@gmail.com) discussed the design and then led the building, tuning and testing of a 10/15m coupled-resonator dipole to supplement our field day antennas.
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April 15th brought threats of thunderstorms but none of them dared interrupt the re-scheduled first DVRA Fox Hunt of the 2023 season. Spirits were high among the eleven participants. That’s not a typo. Eleven people forming six teams started searching for the elusive fox under overcast skies but with pleasant 70 degree temperatures.
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Fox season is upon us! The DVRA will host an Introduction and Training Session for those who desire to learn about the art and subtle science of radio direction finding, aka Fox Hunting. This session will be conducted in person at the Shack and include a presentation that demystifies what it’s all about.
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