Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club
Meetings on 2nd Tuesday, 7PM at James City-Bruton Fire Station in Toano
Members of WAARC participated in the 2023 Virginia QSO Party event March 18-19 from the Waterman’s Museum club location. This was a good test of the new club facility provided by the Waterman’s Museum in support of the ARRL club …
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Toby Papas, Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army, Retired, with FCC issued amateur radio call sign KL0SS, was recognized recently by the Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club with the club’s premiere Jim Bailey KB4ZIN award for excellence. The award is presented …
Wally, WA3RWP, met with Benjamin Goldberg from the Williamsburg Regional Library on October 18, 2022 to present him with the Fifth Edition of the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual. The Fifth Edition will be effective until June 30, 2026. Mr. …
The current CQ magazine has a short article from Jerome, K8LF, describing his 6 meter loop antenna. Jerome said he took a suggestion from Steve, K4HX and the design from a 10 meter version by Brian, K6STA. See the article …
The WAARC Virtual Builders Group met this past Saturday (9/24) with a special guest, Bill Meara N2CQR who hosts the SolderSmoke internet blog (http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com). Bill shared with club members his view of why homebrewing is an important aspect of our …
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The Big News we learned at last night’s WAARC club meeting is that Dino, KL0S, won the June 2022 QST Cover Plaque Award for his article “A Go-Box for the Icom IC-705”. This award is bestowed monthly and is based …
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We have had a busy couple of weeks with lots of radio activity. We had a very well attended Field Day 2022 on June 25-26 followed by our Colonial Williamsburg Special Event the next weekend, July 2, also well attended. …
New Amateur Radio licenses were earned at the June test session. Some are shown here receiving their CSCE certificates. There were 14 people taking license tests at the June 4 VE session. Everyone passed at least one test. Congratulations to …
The WAARC Instructor team is finishing up our Technician licensing and General upgrade courses this week with the mega-exam session scheduled for Saturday June 4th. One General student, Barbara KN4ZMD took her exam early last Friday and passed with flying …
Congratulations to Barbara KN4ZMD for easily passing her General exam Friday morning! This was a pop-up session before the big session because she was not able to attend the open session Saturday, June 4 at the James City-Bruton VFD at …
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