George Starke, WB4VWR, created these handouts for the “New Hams Workshop” in April 2022. They contain useful information for all hams. Click the links below to view and, if you wish, print them. Communicating with Hams1 Frequency for Radios Note that repeater frequencies change. Finding a dependable and up-to-date list of working repeaters is difficult. Read More …
The students entered the freight area of the old train station and found John DeMajo, K5HTZ, sitting at the first table with lengths of copper pipe prepared to show how to build and tune a 2-meter J-Pole. The students learned about SWR and antenna analyzers. The next pair of tables were for building and testing Read More …
As hospitals started to fill again with Covid-19 cases we decided All the exam prep and skills seminar classes with Zoom: Order your textbook at www.arrl.org/shop/What-s-New/ for delivery to your home. By phone, call 888-277-5289 (US) ARRL Ham Radio License Manual 4th Edition, ISBN: 978-1-62595-106-9 ARRL General Class License Manual 9th Edition, ISBN:978-1-62595-106-9 ARRL Extra Read More …
Key members of the RARC space station contact team met with the faculty at Woodson Middle School in Hopewell where the ARISS contact will be made. It’s a thoroughly modern school with good facilities. The school is scheduled to have a contact between January and June 2022. The RARC team: Teaches and leads labs in Read More …
From the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/rf-exposure “The FCC has made changes to the RF-exposure rules that change the ways that radio stations can determine whether they are exempt from the need to do a routine RF-exposure station evaluation. To answer the questions HQ staff are receiving about these changes, ARRL has prepared an RF-exposure FAQ to Read More …
RARC Remotely Controlled Station – setup and operation A two-evening seminar on the club’s remotely controlled station. It’s open to 12 club members, just enough to fill a Zoom screen. The cost is $10. Tuesday March 16, 7 to 9pm on Zoom, description, tour, and demonstration. Tuesday March 30, 7 to 9pm on Zoom, a Read More …
Registration for the fall will be announce in mid-summer.
Classes for the spring will be February 27 to May 1 with February 20 the registration deadline. The exam prep classes for Technician, General, and Extra classes will be taught via the Zoom tele-meeting system. See https://rarclub.net/license/class-schedules/ for more information and for the registration form.
10am Saturday January 9th Chesterfield Library Bon Air Branch9103 Rattlesnake RdNorth Chesterfield, VA 23235 It is free as it’s under the Laurel VEC Requirements: Click https://rarclub.net/license/ve-testing/
Presentation: Bruce MacAlister, W4BRU, presents “Delicious HamPi.” Many hams around here are using the $40 Raspberry Pi computer for logging, station control, and digital modes. Most hams are familiar with Windows. PiOS (aka Raspian) is very different. Loading software, connecting, etc. is new and different with a Pi. HamPi takes away much of the worry Read More …
