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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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HF Propagation

On Wednesday, September 11th at 7:00PM, the Delaware Valley Radio Association’s monthly membership meeting featured a presentation on the “HF Propagation”, given by Saied Seghatoleslami, AD2CC.

There will be a Pizza/Social Hour prior to the meeting at 6PM. Folks are asked to bring their own (soft) beverage.There is no charge for the pizza,

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DVRA Provides Radio Communication for the Cycling Segment of the NJ Triathlon

Robert, K2KEM – Vera, KE2BQG – Martin, W3PR – Steve, KC2VDL – Dom, N3DD – Ben, KC3VVA

The New Jersey State Triathlon returned this year on July 20th and 21st. DVRA members have assisted at this event for the past 15 years, stationed at communications checkpoints along the bicycle route providing assist in running a communications net for the Bicycle portion of the event.

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The Joy of Contesting

On Wednesday, July 10th at 7:00PM, the Delaware Valley Radio Association’s monthly membership meeting featured a presentation on the “The Joy of Contesting”, given by Doug Grant, K1DG.

There will be a Pizza/Social Hour prior to the meeting at 6PM. Folks are asked to bring their own (soft) beverage.There is no charge for the pizza,

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DVRA IARU-Style Fox Hunt Report – 6/1/2024

Glen, NK1N  –  James, KB2FCV  –  Chris, WA2SEM  –  Ben, KC3VVA  –  Ryan, K2RPH  –  Masen  –  Bill, W2WZ

Rich, KD2CQ Photo

Well, the weather we ordered for June 1st was delivered on time and DVRA conducted a terrific fox hunt at Veterans Park in Hamilton.

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EME (“Moonbounce”) Training Sessions held on July 6th at the shack

On Saturday mornings, on July 6, hands-on training was available for club members interested in learning the capabilities of our Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) station.

Attendees examined and asked questions about all the important equipment, both hardware and software. Some simple radio astronomy was done by pointing the 3 m dish at the Sun to measure solar radio noise and check antenna pointing. 

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DVRA Nets are now on the 440 MHz repeater

The 440 repeater is situated at 840 feet on the tower adjacent to the Quaker Bridge Mall and provides an increased coverage area for our nets.  To access the repeater, set your receiver to 442.650 MHz with a +5 MHz transmit offset and a PL tone of 131.8 Hz

With the greater coverage it is now much easier to join our nets:

The Tech Net is held every Sunday night at 9pm. 

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Antenna Construction Event – 6 Meter Moxon  

The Antenna committee will hold an construction event on Saturday May 11th, 2024 at 10am at the W2ZQ station.  We will discuss, design, and construction techniques for Moxon beam antennas.  This will be followed by the construction and testing of an antenna that will be used for Field Day. 

Contact k3ea.dx@gmail.com with any questions.

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Magic Band Revealed — 6 Meter DXing

On Wednesday, May 8th at 7:00PM, the Delaware Valley Radio Association’s monthly membership meeting featured a presentation on the “Magic Band Revealed — 6 Meter DXing”, given by Jim Wilson, K5ND.

In person monthly meetings are held at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 137 W Upper Ferry Rd,

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