Upcoming Club Events: Our next monthly club meeting will be held Monday, February 23rd, 2026 @7pm at the Blacksburg Fire Department #3 and via Zoom. Zoom login information will be sent out via our email reflector. Check out our Blings ‘n’ Things theme here. The address is:407 Hubbard StreetBlacksburg, VA 24060 Google Maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/9aqEGroFdXEU5QZi7 […]
Using AI To Learn RF Concepts
One of the things that has continued to evade my understanding in Amateur Radio is Single Sideband (SSB) transmissions, and how they can be created using anything more than just filtering out what you don’t need. New technologies use crazy math to show how to remove components from an AM signal to create the SSB […]
Winter Field Day 2026
Saturday, January 24th, 2026 10am to midnight. Schedule Saturday 24th:10:00AM – Setup teams meet and deploy antenna and radio systems11:00AM – Winter Field Day Start11:59PM – Tear down and go home This is the fifth year for the club participation in Winter Field Day, and hope you will be able to attend! We will have […]
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2026 – January Eat and Meet
Come join your fellow club members and family for the annual Eat and Meet! When?Saturday, January 10th at 2PM Where?Sal’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria709 W Main StRadford, VA 24141Click here for Google Map Link…
2026 Membership Application/Renewals
Please use one of the links below for membership renewals or new applications. Online – 2026 Membership Application or Renewal(takes you to our Google hosted form) Snail Mail – Download/print/mail form and payment (downloads PDF) Online Dues Payments Dues of $30 can be taken by using one of the payment options below. Transactions are through […]
Review – 2025 Veterans Day Special Event at D-Day Memorial
I joined the New River Valley Amateur Radio Club in 2014. My all-time favorite activity is the special event deployments, be it Field day, Audie Murphy, Winter Field day or the Special event set up at the D-day memorial at Bedford, VA. This is an event that is very special for me for many reasons; […]
2025 Veterans Day Special Event at D-Day Memorial
The NRVARC will be conducting a Special Event during Veterans Day 2025 from the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA.We will be operating under special call sign W2B. Event Details: OperationCall sign – W2BTransmission Times – Nov 11, 1500Z-2000Z (10:00am to 3:00pm EST)Frequencies – 14.275, 7.275 (Check spotting networks during event like http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/?dx_calls=W2B )Grid Location […]
Review – Field Day 2025
Event Summary There was some sunny weather forecast for Saturday June 22nd, 2024, and the weatherman was accurate! What a great weekend for Field Day! This year brought 35 logged visitors, 30 of which were licensed, and were able to get 14 of those operators on the air, doing everything from CW to SSB to […]
The Ins-n-Outs of Multiplexers
Often we find ourselves with the need to share multiple antennas with a single transceiver, or multiple transceivers with a single antenna. So, is this actually possible? The simple answer is yes, but we have to make sure that we understand the principles that are in use with the application to be able to do […]
Field Day 2025
We’re looking forward to participating in the 2025 ARRL Field Day! This year will be Saturday June 28th thru Sunday June 29th for 2025. More details at the ARRL website here. If you would like to join us, come on out! See additional links below for more details.