Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club
Meetings on 2nd Tuesday, 7PM at James City-Bruton Fire Station in Toano
While COVID-19 is still an issue for much of the country, WAARC was able to hold it’s annual Jamestown Landing Day special event out on Jamestown Island this year on Saturday, May 8. With many club members now vaccinated and …
The annual Jamestown Special Event will take place this Saturday, May 8. The club will set up its special event station on Jamestown Island and operate from 10am-4pm. We plan to operate on 40m, as well as 20m as conditions …
On Friday April 23, 2021 six hams took seats in the James City-Bruton Volunteer Fire Department’s social classroom to sit for upgrade exams. By the end of the session all six passed their test. Congratulations to Kenzie KO4GLN, Robert KN4UUT …
VE test session success – new Extras and Generals Read more »
Recently there has been an interest in checking into nets when people are away from the area. While there is IRLP capabilities available on the 147.105 machine, this requires having a repeater or simplex node in order to connect via …
This past year has been unlike any other. We have not been able to have meetings at the library, and other gatherings have been heavily modified due to the COVID-19 situation. Nonetheless, amateur radio continued on and with that comes …
On Saturday, January 16 the I-Move van was brought out to the Toano Farmer’s Market, in conjunction with a community event where kits with masks and hand sanitizer were handed out. The I-Move van is a project created by the …
This weekend is WAARC’s annual Yorktown Special Event that coincides with the commemoration of the General Cornwallis and the British’s surrender to George Washington and the Colonial Army in 1781, which helped end the American Revolution. This year will be …
Over the past couple weeks Randy WB7URZ has hidden a “fox” in and around the Yorktown area. If you are new to fox hunting, a fox hunt is a search for a radio transmitter that has been hidden somewhere. It …
Recently, Rich W4BUE contacted the club with a copy of an article about a replica trip of the Godspeed that took place back in 1985. This article appeared in the newsletter of the Jamestown Settlement, and can be viewed here. …
If you have a Hamshack Hotline, or “bat phone” as some members call it, there is now an up-to-date directory of club members that are on the network. Instead of programming everyone’s number directly into your phone, you can configure …
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