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May Monthly Meeting, Friday May 8th at Oakton HS Cafeteria.  Enter through door 16 near the tennis courts. During the Virginia QSO Party in March our Club rolled out a Remote Operating Station at the Vienna American Legion Post. Now you will have a chance to learn more about the technology powering the FlexRadio installed at…

World Amateur Radio Day is Apr 18th and you’ll hear a lot of stations calling CQ WARD, not only on the 18th, but all month long.  Join the fun and celebrate by wishing a fellow Ham Happy WARD on the air.  The theme this year is:   “Advancing the Spirit of Amateur Radio Through Innovation”, reflecting its centenary…

The annual business meeting for the Vienna Wireless Society will be held on Friday, November 14th, 2025 at 7:30 PM. The meeting will be held at Oakton HS in the cafeteria, and will be streaming via Zoom. The Zoom link (URL) will be posted here on the club website and calendar. We encourage all members to…

When: October 10, 2025 starting at 7:30 pm. Where: Oakton High School, Vienna Barry Duggan (KV4FV) will present “How to build a SSB receiver using GNU Radio” The only hardware used is an RTL-SDR dongle which costs about $20. In preparation for the presentation, look at: Installing GNU Radio  https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=InstallingGRRTL-SDR FM Receiver  https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=RTL-SDR_FM_Receiver If you cannot attend in person, the…

Monthly Meeting – September 12 On Friday September 12 at 7:30 PM, join our VWS EMCOMMS lead Mark Cornick N3MSC as we focus on local Emergency Communications Services-courtesy of the ARES Roundtable. The meeting location is the Vienna Community Center, 2nd floor. What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)? What is its role in a changing landscape…

August is turning out to be a busy time for VWS. We have the following events planned for the next few weeks. Hope you did not miss these events in early August. August 2 2025 – POTA Activation and more Join VWS members on August 2 2025 for POTA activation, a 145 ALIVE event and…