Below is a list of some current and past club activities.
Annual ARRL Field Day
Operate a local 2m repeater
Help coordinate and run the York Hamfest
Support the Red Lion community street fair
Technical experimentation
Building and testing antennas
Guest speakers
Local tours
Contesting and DXing
Outreach to local hams
Peach Bottom and local EMA Drills
Support local scouts
Transmitter hunt
APRS / digital mode experimentation
Red Lion Band Day
ARRL Centennial QSO Party
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(click on any picture below to see a larger image)
Visits and presentations from regional
Contesters and DXers
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AA3B - Bud
4 Oct 2016
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ND3F/N3IQ
Brian
6 Oct 2009
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PJ2/W3HNK
PJ2/K3NK
July 2016 Trip
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PJ2 presentation
given on
2 Aug 2016
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VP5/W3HNK
VP5/K3NK
April 2017 Trip
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VP5 presentation
given on
2 May 2017
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Club members watching Superbowl 51
and chasing DX at the clubhouse
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WA1HEW chasing DX, with KO3T and W3HNK watching the game
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WS3C, KO3T, W3HNK (+K3NK and WA1HEW not in picture)
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Several members participated in the 2014 ARRL Centennial
QSO Party from home and as a guest operator of W1AW/3
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The following members were QRV as W1AW/3
during the last week of December 2014
- W3RMS QRV on 80m/40m/17m/15m/12m SSB (2518 Qs)
- K3NK QRV on 80m/40m/30m/20m/17m/15m/12m/10m CW (1452 Qs)
- KX2S QRV on 20m/15m CW (220 Qs)
- K3MSB QRV on AM (55 Qs)
December 2014 W1AW/3 Operating Schedule
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Their large transmitting tower which we would all like to have in our
backyards
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Club members toured the WGCB TV and WINB commercial
International Short-wave radio station.in Red Lion on June 1, 2010
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Inside the studio
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Outside the studio
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Brad, N3NRN
making adjustments |
VHF Antenna work April 2004 |
Changes or modifications to several antennas on site
September 2004
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N3NRN using the lift to
work on the back tower
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N3NRN looking things over
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N3VQH on front tower
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N3NRN working on one
of the club's telephone pole
antenna supports
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Antenna work on one of the
back telephone pole supports
May 2005
All four photos below are of N3NRN
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New 40m Beam and Telex HG-70HD Tower project
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N3NRN inside the
new tower base
Sep 2014
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N3NRN and friend delivering
and setting up the tower
Nov 2014
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Initial beam installation
Aug 2015
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KD3HN raising the tower
and beam to vertical
Aug 2015
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Final beam installation work
Nov 2015
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Installation complete
Nov 2015
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19 September 2010
Troubleshooting the Windom
anchored to the front tower |
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30 May 2016
WB3FQI and K4JLD
working on the A4S |
Photos thanks to N3VQH, KD3HN, and K3NK
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AD3E |
AD3E and KB3IDG |
Photos thanks to N3VQH
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Six scouts from Red
Lion Boy Scout Troop 155 participated in the joint Hilltop Transmitting
Association and Keystone VHF Club June 2010 Field Day operation.
The scouts operated the GOTA station and participated in a number of activities
to earn the BSA Radio Merit badge.
 
On 30 September 2010, N3XUD and K3NK presented the scouts who attended
field day with the BSA Radio Merit Badge they earned and an ARRL GOTA Pin.
Pictured in the photo on the left is Paul Weisser, Matthew Spangler, and
Raymond Dinger.
Scouts not present for the photo include Jake Lauer, Zachary Geary,
and Tyler Rudisill.
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Photos thanks to N3VQH
The club
occasionally conducts fundraisers to help defray the costs for the yearly general clubhouse
operating and maintenance costs, insurance, and additional equipment or parts.
Some past fundraising activities include:
basket bingo
hamfest sales and support
raffle
internet equipment sales
sandwich sales
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The photos below are from a 2004 sandwich
fundraiser "work party"
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K3UQB(sk) and KB3JSJ
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K3DCU, N3NRN, KB3OFF, KA3FNH(sk), AD3E
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Photos thanks to N3VQH
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