What do you do with a 7 element beam up 100 ft. on top of a hill, 1000 watts of power and a group of enthusiastic operators? You have a lot of fun and rack up a big score.
…and that we did, we had lots of fun and racked up a big score.
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Blog Archives
ARRL 160m CW Contest
The ARRL 160m CW Contest was a fun event. To add to the fun, we also scored well.
We had good participation in the contest ranging from members who are new to contesting and expert members who have been enjoying contesting since high school and everything in between.
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W2T and W2P special event stations will run from Dec 26th through Jan 7th
- W2T will be on the air from Dec 26th to Dec 31st, 2024
- W2P will be on the air from Jan 1st to Jan 7th, 2025
These stations commemorate the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. This is our 8th year conducting this event,
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Ham or Not Ham Presentation
On Wednesday, Decemer 11th, 2024 at 7:00PM, the Delaware Valley Radio Association’s monthly membership meeting will feature a presentation “Ham or Not Ham presentation”, by DVRA member Cliff Green, WA2TMF.
“Ham or Not Ham” is a popular annual holiday presentation by the DVRA, now in its fifth year.
Cliff,
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DVRA TV is on the air
DVRA’s YouTube channel is live at https://www.youtube.com/@DVRA_Video/.
It’s been in the works for some time. “Beth and I have a YouTube channel, Brewery Lovers, where where we chronicle our travels across the country, mostly in search of good craft beer,” says Sal KB2DMU, DVRA’s public information officer.
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November Membership Meeting – A new and different A.I. tool for Amateur Radio study: Google’s NotebookLM
On Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 at 7:00PM, the Delaware Valley Radio Association’s monthly membership meeting will feature a presentation “A new and different A.I. tool for Amateur Radio study: Google’s NotebookLM”, by DVRA member Dave Doler, K3DFD.
2024 W0W Report
A crisp, colorful and clear fall day greeted the DVRA crew as they activated special event station W0W October 27. It was the third annual activation to mark the anniversary of Orson Welles’ 1938 Halloween radio broadcast “War of the Worlds.”
Stations were set up at Van Nest Park in West Windsor,
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October Membership Meeting – Techniques of Contesting
On Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 at 7:00PM, the Delaware Valley Radio Association’s monthly membership meeting featured a presentation by Tim Duffy, K3LR on Contesting.
A couple of months ago we had an introduction to the joys of contesting. Since then we have formed a DVRA contesting group with broad participation of experienced contesters and members new to contesting who want to learn.
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ARRL EME Contest – November 16 -17th
We had a good start in the ARRL EME Contest the weekend of October 18-19. The final contest weekend will be November 16-17. At this half-way point, our totals are 94 QSOs and 85 multipliers (number of different four-character Maidenhead locators worked). In 2022 and 2023 we made 118 and 127 QSOs,
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DVRA IARU-Style Fox Hunt Report – 9/1/2024
Welcome Jerome, N2JOV, to our fox hunting group!
Congratulations Jean, AD2EK, on finding all the foxes!
Veterans Park in Hamilton has been our venue of choice for the IARU-Style on-foot fox hunts this year. I wondered if anyone would show up on this rainy Labor Day Sunday. Happily,
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