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Auction 2021 Updated
With Winterfest cancelled in 2020 and 2021, the club had accumulated over 400 items of ham gear through donations and consignment. In order to liquidate this inventory, we conducted an online auction in June of 2021. On July 10 a fulfillment team met at the club's storage facility to retrieve and deliver approximately 300 items purchased at auction.
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Antenna Team 10 Jan 2020 Updated
The VWS antenna team tackled its first project of 2020 which involved raising a new 80m fan dipole, refurbishing the existing antenna, installing a grounding system, a window cable pass-thru and wiring in the shack. Work was done for Tim, W4CLK. The antenna team for this project was led by Mike (WA8AHZ) and included: John (K1NME), Leon (NT8B), Mike (KN4VKN), Dave ( KN4MHP) and Joe (KN4JVV) and Don (KM4UDX). A highly successful installation!
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Thank you Officers Updated
At our 10 January 2020 meeting said thank you to three outstanding club officers who are stepping down this year: Terry Lowe as Treasurer, Howard Benton as Vice President, and Bill Mims as President. You can see their Certificates of Appreciation here. Please give them a Like, add a comment, or add your own photo of their adventures.
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Thank you Pete! Updated
At the 10 January 2020 meeting we celebrated Pete Hadley's service to the club for over a decade as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Vice President, and the man who does so many things beyond those job descriptions. His award included a digital picture frame with the photos initially uploaded to this album.
Please help celebrate Pete's service by adding your own pictures from work with Pete. When we get a bunch, we'll download them to his frame. You can also add a note for Pete by commenting.
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Balloon Tracking 2004 Updated
Since we have money in the budget for a balloon tracing event in 2020, I've posted some pictures from the 2004 event. I saw also that there are more photos on Linda Thomas' Flickr site at https://www.flickr.com/photos/ac4lt/albums/239375/with/9679886/
See also this video from 2006: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D2W48AFeHY7T5KTlV5VQa_mFmL4BM23L/view?usp=sharing
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Trophy Case Updated
Did you receive an award, certificate, or special QSL card? Show it to us!
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Volunteers' Picnic September, 2019 Updated
At this annual gathering we celebrate the efforts of the many volunteers that make our club great, enjoy a picnic lunch, and take a look at the portable rigs operated by members
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VWS 55th Anniversary Party Updated
VWS celebrated the 55th anniversary of the founding of our club in 2018 with a banquet at P. J. Skidoos restaurant. We were especially pleased that Ray Johnson, K5RJ, the first president of VWS was able to be with us.
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Special Event 2018 - 55th Anniversary of VWS Updated
For our 55th anniversary celebration we operated from a variety of locations using the special event call sign W4V.
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NAQP CW 2019 Updated
Pete, K6BFA, hosted NAQP CW with K4HTA operating from his shack and K4XY remoting in to the rig at the residence of Doug, AK4AO. Under NAQP rules we had to use different call signs for transmitters not part of the same station.
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NAQP RTTY 2019 Updated
NAQP RTTY was hosted by Pete, K6BFA. We had planned two stations, with K4HTA local and K4XY remote into Doug's station. We never got Pete's rig working on RTTY, so we operated only the remote.,
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