2011 VWS Event Calendar

(revised 7/19/2011)

The Vienna Wireless Society is an active club with events on the club calendar for many of our varied interests. Please note that this calendar is prepared well in advance of many of the events listed. Up-to-date information can be found on the club web site.

The following events are currently scheduled:

Saturday, January 8, 2011
North American QSO Party, CW.
1800Z January 8 to 0600Z January 9, 2011. Location: Pete Hadley's house in Vienna. For details, please contact Pete Hadley, K6BFA. The winter edition of NAQP-CW is held the second full weekend in January. www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php.

Saturday/Sunday, January 15-16, 2011
North American QSO Party, SSB.
1800Z January 15 to 0600Z January 16, 2011. Location: Camp Highroad, Middleburg, VA. For more information, please see this NAQP January SSB web page. This event is being organized by Ray Anderson, KJ4CNN. The winter edition of NAQP-SSB is held the third full weekend in January. www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php.

Sunday, February 27, 2011
Winterfest, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA See Winterfest Web Page for more information. Our 2011 Winterfest Chairman is Bob Bowis; WB4KLJ.

Saturday/Sunday, March 19th, 2011
Virginia QSO Party.
1800 UTC on Saturday, 19 March 2011 through 0100 UTC on Monday, 22 March 2011. Annandale Swim and Tennis Club, Annandale, VA and individual efforts occuring everywhere. For more information, please see our VA QSO Party Page as well as the rules VAQP rules. This event is being organized by Bernie Wimmers, K4JDF. The Virginia QSO Party is held the third full weekend in March.

Saturday, April 30, 2011
QRP To The Field
We'll be operating from Glyndon Park in Vienna. This event is being organized by Pete Hadley, K6BFA.
QRP To The Field is always held the last Saturday in April.

Saturday/Sunday, June 25-26, 2011
ARRL Field Day, Burke Lake Park, Fairfax County
This is the big operating event for the club each year. Field Day remains one of the most fun exercises we do as a group. Setup begins in the park around 5:00 PM on Friday with antenna setup. It restarts around 8:00 AM Saturday and proceeds through the start of On-Air Field Day operations at mid day, through the night, and ends when everything is packed up and put away late Sunday Afternoon. Our Field Day Chairman this year is TBD.

Field Day is always held the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and ending at 1800 UTC Sunday. See ARRL Field Day 2011 For more information, please see our VWS Field Day page.

Saturday, August 6, 2011
North American QSO Party, CW.
1800Z August 6 to 0600Z August 7, 2011. Location: Vienna, at K6BFA's. The summer edition of NAQP-CW is held the first full weekend in August. www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php. This event is organized by Pete Hadley, K6BFA.

Saturday/Sunday, August 20-21, 2011
North American QSO Party, SSB.
1800Z August 20 to 0600Z August 21, 2011. Location: TBD. The summer edition of NAQP-SSB is held the third full weekend in August. www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php. This event is organized by Pete Norloff, KG4OJT.

October 8th, 2011
The VWS Volunteers Picnic, Glyndon Park, Vienna
The VWS Volunteers Picnic event is our chance to express our thanks to all of the club members who volunteer their time which makes the Vienna Wireless Society an active and fun club.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Halloween Parade, Vienna
This will be our sixth year in recent memory providing communications support to the Vienna Halloween Parade. This event is a lot of fun and not a whole lot of work. Be sure to charge up your HT and come out for this fun evening in downtown Vienna. This event is organized by TBD. The Vienna Halloween Parade is always on the Wednesday before Halloween.

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