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For the newsletter click https://rarclub.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RARC-Notice-2022-07.pdf The July meeting is hybrid, those who wish to meet in-person can meet at the church or the meeting will available by Zoom interactive live-stream. Here is the Zoom meeting information RARC Monthly Meeting – In Person and Virtual; Time: Second Friday of the month, 07:00 PM Eastern Time Virtual Read More …
A new version of the VAMaster.kmz file, as of 06/26/2022, has been posted. The file is used with Google Earth to show you where the hams and repeaters are in Virginia. You can read here (https://rarclub.net/where-are-the-hams-and-all-of-the-repeaters/ ) to learn how to use the file.
The recording of the RARC June meeting and Presentation on RSS Feeds and Readers can now be view on RARC’s YouTube channel. Follow the link here.
Practice HF handling with pile-ups, contesting, and logging. Arrive early enough and you can get some antenna hanging experience. Field Day, “Junk in the Trunk” Swapfest, & VE Testing Please join Richmond Amateur Radio Club (RARC) and Richmond Amateur Telecommunications Society (RATS) for our combined club 2022 Field Day! Where Laurel Park 10301 Read More …
For the newsletter click https://rarclub.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RARC-Notice-2022-06.pdf The June meeting is hybrid, those who wish to meet in-person can meet at the church or the meeting will available by Zoom interactive live-stream. Here is the Zoom meeting information RARC Monthly Meeting – In Person and Virtual; Time: Second Friday of the month, 07:00 PM Eastern Time Virtual Read More …
We have added several new pictures to the Home Page. Hopewell ISS contact and New Hams workshop. Enjoy.
The repeater page has been updated with repeaters that are within a 51 mile radius of the center of the club members that live in the state of Virginia. (37.56065604 -77.55405459) https://rarclub.net/repeaters/
Michael Friedman, W4MAF, has been leading a group defining and publishing common simplex VHF simplex frequencies used in the Richmond area. Examples are the favorite SOTA and POTA frequencies and those that are meeting places for geographic areas. 146.520 National Simplex Calling 146.490 Richmond Simplex General Use Working Frequency and Range Testing 146.580 Adventure Frequency Read More …
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 …
