Meetings

The Vienna Wireless Society meets on the second and fourth Fridays of the month at the Oakton High School which is located at 2900 Sutton Road. Meetings start at 7:30PM. Refreshments will be served. Visitors are always welcome!

Directions to Oakton High School:

The school is located on Sutton Road, which intersects with Route 123. Take the Nutley Street exit off of Interstate 66 toward Vienna. Make a left onto 123 (heading South) and contine to the second traffic light. Make a left turn at Sutton Road and continue to a 4 way stop, just past ball fields on your right. Turn Right at the 4 way stop and park in front of the school (in large parking lot along the East side of the building). Look for door 2. Enter Door 2, and proceed to the Lecture Hall on the left.

 

---

Oakton High School

 

---

Programs

The second half of every VWS meeting features a program on a technical topic. Programs are always different and interesting. Below are notes on VWS programs from the past 30 days. A complete index of VWS programs is available here.

January 22nd, 2010 - General Membership Meeting Minutes

Notes Posted By Ray Anderson on January 24th, 2010

The Vienna Wireless Society General Membership Meeting – January 22, 2010   Meeting Place: Oakton High School Auditorium   President Jim, W4JTP formally opened the meeting at 7:38                            TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 42   GUEST: Doug Birdsong, no call   ANNOUNCEMENTS:   Pete, KG4OJT: updated Membership about recent NAQP SSB contest 40 participants; 20 operators record number of QSO’s   Pete, K6BFA: asked Members for QSL cards that will be displayed at Winterfest 2010 updated Membership about recent NAQP cw contest advanced as well as beginning cw operators participated 292 QSO’s recorded   Ray, KJ4CNN: updated the Membership about the February 28th Winterfest 2010   Tom, N4ZPT: updated the Membership about the planning of the Marine Corps Marathon registration for volunteers starts on June 1 on Marine Corps website updated the Membership about Fairfax ARES welcomes volunteer help meet every 4th Tuesday of every month   Jim, W4JTP: updated the Membership about the transfer of Club’s Repeater’s responsibilities from John, AF4PD to Skip, KF4ZXX thanked John, AF4PD for his exemplary service to the Club   Kevin, N4KL: Club’s Homebrew Challenge continues not limited to cw transmitter; may be anything built by Ham will be judged during first meeting of July   BREAK:   FREEBIES: Tom, N4ZPT offered free ARRL Digital literature to Members Free QST magazines from the Vern Hill (sk) estate) were available   50/50 Winner (2) David, K3MV Byron, W4SSY   Snacks provided by Bob, WB4KLJ   SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:   Kevin, N4KL: gave a special tribute to Dick Rucker (sk), KM4ML announced that ham equipment from Dave, K2VX (sk) will be auctioned during the Club’s next meeting meeting will be held in school’s library   MEETING PRESENTATION:   Ralph, AB4RS made a Powerpoint® presentation about ADS-B, The Next Generation of Aviation Surveilance   engaged Membership in Q&A session   President Jim, W4JTP formally adjourned the meeting after the presentation.   Respectfully submitted by: Ray Anderson, KJ4CNN Secretary, VWS   -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

A complete index of VWS programs is available here.

Printer-Friendly Version | Available in RSS

---

Web hosting provided by Pete Norloff, KG4OJT of Norloff Computer Corp. Copyright © 2001-2009 Vienna Wireless Society. All rights reserved. Winterfest ® is a registered trademark of the Vienna Wireless Society.