Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club
Meetings on 2nd Tuesday, 7PM at James City-Bruton Fire Station in Toano
This Saturday, October 16 is the annual Yorktown Special Event. We will be back at the Yorktown Battlefield this year, set up next to the visitor center. Set up will begin around 8:30am, near the bus parking area. The plan …
Jerome K8LF hosted an antenna-build-a-thon at the James City-Bruton Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday morning. He had put together 49:1 impedance transformer kits for end-fed halfway antennas. Five hams came with their kits and learned to wind primary and secondary …
Congratulations to Moritz K4MRZ and Donna KD2FYX! Moritz upgraded to Amateur Extra and Donna upgraded to General. What better way to start the Field Day weekend than doing it with upgraded licenses. It wasn’t easy for them either. The exams …
ARRL Field Day is always held on the fourth full weekend in June. It is an emergency preparedness exercise as well as a public relations event for amateur radio. With COVID-19 restrictions mostly lifted, many amateurs are eager to get …
Normally the second Tuesday in June is our annual club picnic. However, because of how COVID-19 has impacted things, we are planning on having it later in the year. More details will be posted here when they are finalized. In …
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 …
This past Saturday, April 24, the Vienna Wireless Society hosted the ARRL Virginia Section Convention for 2021. Club president Toby KL0SS was a speaker in two of the sessions. Click here to get to links for recordings of the sessions. …
Following the success of the Friday, April 23 test session in Toano, a second session was held at the James City-Bruton Volunteer Fire Department on Monday, April 26. The five examinees all passed their tests. There were 2 new licensees …
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 »
You must be logged in to post a comment.