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Ham radio club reaches out to the community with monthly events
from 8-23 EO
By Dan Aubrey
The Delaware Valley Radio Association hopes to be heard loud and clear during events scheduled during the month of August.
Established in 1930, the all-volunteer amateur station based in Ewing is one of the oldest in the nation and has approximately 150 members. First up is a “Fox hunt” event, set to beheld on Saturday, Aug. 5. In a fox hunt—also known as transmitter hunting, bunny hunting and bunny chasing— the participants use radio direction finding techniques to locate one or more radio transmitters hidden within a designated search area.
The DVRA holds several fox hunts during the course of the year. The August session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m., and hunts are usually done by noon.
The starting point for this hunt is the Chapin School south parking lot located at 4101
Princeton Pike in Princeton. Also this month is a picnic/ open house on Sunday, Aug. 15. More information on the event is set to be posted on the club’s website atw2zq.com.
The August events offer an opportunity for area residents to see the club in action and consider signing up.
On a recent afternoon at the group’s headquarters — a World War II-era U.S. Navy radio shack right off U.S. 295 —
