The 2025 ARRL International Digital Contest is coming up on the weekend of June 7-8, from 2 PM local time on Saturday through 8 PM Sunday. We will be operating once again from W2ZQ. We placed 2nd place in the US and 7th place worldwide in 2024 and are looking to move up in the rankings this year!
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DVRA Members and Non-Member Guests: Please join us on Sunday afternoon, June 1 in New Jersey’s Washington Crossing State Park in Washington Crossing, NJ as W2ZQ plans to conduct a Parks On The Air (POTA) activation. Weather permitting, we’ll set up in the Knox Grove picnic area between the children’s play area and the roofed picnic pavilion,
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It’s time to release the Foxes!
DVRA will host an IARU-Style Fox Hunting Session. IARU-Style is an on-foot fox hunt where multiple foxes are released into the woods for hunters to find – Think: orienteering with radios. Participate individually or form a team.
Join Huntmaster Glen,
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The first session for training on the W2ZQ HF station will be held on Saturday, May 31st at 10am.
Sitting down in front of the W2ZQ station for the first time can be daunting – with the array of equipment, controls and antennas. Participants will learn how to operate and control the station with the focus being on the equipment: radios,
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In an effort to better serve our membership, we have put together a DVRA membership survey to help the club’s leadership better serve our members. Would you please take a moment to take the survey? Here’s a link to the survey: 2025 DVRA Membership Survey
One question on the survey (#2) might cause a bit of confusion when answering it.
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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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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 20th at 7:00 PM via the Zoom conference application. Please register early as slots may become unavailable.
The class is geared towards beginners however all levels are invited!
It’s time to release the Foxes!
DVRA will host an IARU-Style Fox Hunting Session. IARU-Style is an on-foot fox hunt where multiple foxes are released into the woods for hunters to find – Think: orienteering with radios. Participate individually or form a team.
Join Huntmaster Glen,
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Members of the DVRA, the Delaware Valley Radio Association, operated a Special Event Station to mark the 87th anniversary of the crash of the German airship Hindenburg, May 6, 1937 at Lakehurst, N.J.
Operating under the call sign W2H for a second year, the station will be on the air May 3 – 11,
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An antenna workshop will be held on Saturday, May 10th at 10am at the W2ZQ station. We will discuss the operation and design of a 40 meter “half square” and then we will construct and test the antenna.
