Posts by NT1S
Field Day June 2026
RSVP here: https://forms.gle/UoGqyvjsXBYrVVnN6 See Off-Grid Radio Communications Demonstration ARRL Field Day 2026 at Burke Lake Park June 27-28 The Vienna Wireless Society will host an ARRL Field Day site on June 27–28, 2026. The public is invited to stop by, learn about amateur radio, see live operating demonstrations, and even get on the air with…
Read MoreVWS Email Lists
In addition to the full membership mailing list used for special announcements, we also host the following email lists via Google Groups: Please note that these mailing lists are intended for the Vienna Wireless Society membership. If you are a VWS member and would like to join any of the VWS lists, click on the…
Read MoreCW Activity
CW activities are hosted by Sean, N3RTW CW Net (Morse Practice Net) – Wednesday nights: see here CW Programs Following is a listing of various programs for learning the Morse code and improving proficiency. I use all of these programs at various times for various purposes. Each one builds on a variety of techniques of Morse…
Read MoreNets
The Vienna Wireless Society regularly conducts four weekly on-air nets and one face-to-face net. All hams are invited to participate. Monday Night Net Date/Time Every Monday Night at 8:00PM EST Frequency/Mode FM 2M: 146.685(-) CTCSS: 110.9 Hz, Call sign: K4HTA Net Control Don, KV4PH; Mike, WA4FJB; Lou, KN4IJC Info The VWS Monday Night Net is…
Read MoreLeading Edge Journals
Vienna Wireless Society published a series of technical journals from 1988 thru 2009, except for years 1996, 2002, 2004 and 2006-2008. These journals were published in book form and listed below. A special thanks to Mike Toia, K3MT for his talent and extensive time reformatting each of these volumes for readability. Edition Google Drive Link…
Read MorePublic Service Projects
VWS Emergency Communications Projects
Read MoreHSMM Networking
Welcome to VWS’s High Speed Multi-Media (HSMM) Mesh Networking pages. These pages guide interested members to VWS and external resources that concern amateur radio mesh networking.
Read MorePublic Service Mission
VWS Public Service Mission Statement Our mission is to expand our leadership and organizational infrastructure to assist and serve our community by providing communications assistance to emergency management agencies and public service agencies. VWS Public Service Group Vision Statement Our vision is to be a group highly skilled amateur radio operators, recognized as an effective…
Read MoreMakers – Test Equipment Builds
The ability to generate a signal at a known frequency an essential tool for your shack. Dean, KK4DAS demonstrates this simple-to-build Arduino-based signal generator that can be used as a reference signal or even a local oscillator for a receiver. Watch the presentation on YouTube: (1) Using Arduino components to build a signal generator – YouTube…
Read MoreMakers – Antenna Builds
Satellite (2M & 70cm) Yagi. This directional antenna was designed to hold a 2M-7ocm FM handheld tranceiver (HT) in order to communicate with amateurs via repeaters on low-orbit amateur satellites [to learn about amateur-radio satellites, visit the AMSAT website]. In this design, the driven element is the HT’s antenna. There are only directors for each band: 3…
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