2010 VWS Event Calendar

(revised 4/06/2010)

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 9, 2010
North American QSO Party, CW.
1800Z January 9 to 0600Z January 10, 2010. 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 16-17, 2010
North American QSO Party, SSB.
1800Z January 16 to 0600Z January 17, 2010. Location: Camp Highroad, Middleburg, VA. For more information, please see this NAQP January SSB web page. This event is being organized by Pete Norloff, KG4OJT. The winter edition of NAQP-SSB is held the third full weekend in January. www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php.

Sunday, February 28, 2010
Winterfest, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA See Winterfest Web Page for more information. Our 2010 Winterfest Chairman is Ray Anderson, KJ4CNN.

Saturday/Sunday, March 20-21, 2010
Virginia QSO Party.
1800 UTC on Saturday, 20 March 2010 through 0100 UTC on Monday, 22 March 2010. 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, N4JDF. The Virginia QSO Party is held the third full weekend in March.

Friday, April 16, 2010
VWS-8 Balloon Flight Planning Meeting
Friday, April 16, 2010
We will be having a planning meeting for the upcoming VWS-8 Balloon Flight which is currently scheduled for May 1 (see below). The meeting will be in the library at Oakton High School at 7:00 PM.
Contact Mel Clarke for more information.

Saturday, April 17, 2010
Echoes of Apollo
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Echoes of Apollo EME event will celebrate the safe return of Apollo 13. Details are at Echoes Of Apollo.
Contact Tom N4ZPT if your intrested in helping with this event.

Saturday, April 24, 2010
QRP To The Field / Crazy Antenna Day
April 24, 2010
We'll be operating from Glyndon Park in Vienna. Each operating team will make a crazy antenna of their choosing and then make contacts in the contest. This event is being organized by Pete Hadley, K6BFA.
QRP To The Field is always held the last Saturday in April.

Saturday, May 1, 2010
VWS 8 Balloon Flight
May 1, 2010
VWS will be trying for a high altitude flight. Keep looking here for updates and the balloon reflector for news. This event is being organized by Mel Clarke, Ki4WKZ

Saturday/Sunday, June 26-27, 2010
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 2100 UTC Sunday. See www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/. For more information, please see our VWS Field Day page.

Saturday/Sunday, July 17-18, 2010
CQ World Wide VHF Contest
Starting 1800 UTC Saturday, July 17, 2010 and Ending 2100 UTC Sunday, July 18, 2010, VWS will set up a multi-station VHF operation on both 6 meters and 2 meters at a high point to me determined, probably in Shenandoah National Park. Organizers are needed for this event.

For more information, please see our CQ World Wide VHF Contest

Saturday, August 7, 2010
North American QSO Party, CW.
1800Z August 7 to 0600Z August 8, 2010. 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 21-22, 2010
North American QSO Party, SSB.
1800Z August 21 to 0600Z August 22, 2009. Location: Blue Ridge Mountain Estates near Markham, VA. 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.

TBD
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 27, 2010
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 Pete Norloff, KG4OJT. The Vienna Halloween Parade is always on the Wednesday before Halloween.

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