W4CAR organizes an annual and semi-annual Ham excursion to the Shenandoah Mountains, fondly known as “The Shenandoah Shenanigans”. This three-day events aims to develop knowledge and skills in challenging physical and operational mountainous environments. Activities include mountain hiking, land navigation, and remote communications using propagation techniques such as Near Vertical Incidence Skywave from the valleys. This is a group of amateurs that enjoy the outdoors and like to conduct portable operations. Shenanigans participants camp and hike in various campgrounds and parks. They use portable power and experiment with different antenna types and configurations and delve into exploring the various modes of communication available to us as amateur radio operators.  Shenanigans includes members back at home base and across the Hampton Roads area, local parks (Northwest River Park, Chesapeake VA). This home-grown event has steadily grown in size and frequency, offering members and our local community a chance to participate, enjoy friendships, and explore new capabilities in Ham radio.

The best way to get involved with Shenanigans is to attend one of our general club meetings where we hold a shenanigans brief with the most up to date information on planning events and POC’s every meeting. See the club calendar here.