Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club
Meetings on 2nd Tuesday, 7PM at James City-Bruton Fire Station in Toano
With Field Day behind us, it’s time for the Colonial Williamsburg Special Event. It will appropriately be held on July 4th this year, from 10am-4pm. Listen for K4RC operating at or around 7.265 MHz +/- QRM. Also, please note that …
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While there was some concern about being able to hold a testing session on June 20, the VE team was able to conduct ham radio testing at the Waterman’s Museum in Yorktown. They have a wonderful facility that worked marvelously, …
Because James City County has not yet opened county buildings to the public, we will not be able to use Fire Station 1 in Toano for the June 20 VE Testing Session. However, thanks to Randy WB7URZ and his connections …
As you probably already know the get-together part of the ARRL Field Day has been canceled. That’s the bad news. But the good news is that the ARRL’s recent one-time rules exemption now allows for all club members to operate …
Unfortunately, due to the current situation with COVID-19 we will NOT be able to have the annual club picnic this year. We regret that we will not be able to have this annual get together, however it is best that …
With COVID-19 cancelling most testing sessions, there have been lots of questions about when there will be another chance to take a ham radio test. More importantly, with the Extra Class question pool expiring on June 30, anyone wishing to …
Despite not being able to set up a special event station on Jamestown Island, WAARC’s distributed operators for our Jamestown Special Event were very successful. While celebrating the 413th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in North America, we …
While most of the country is shut down due to the virus, our annual Jamestown Special Event will take place as scheduled on May 9. Though Historic Jamestowne is closed, we have a group of operators signed up to operate …
Because we are unable to have in-person meetings right now, the club has explored how to have meetings virtually. After some research and testing, we have settled on using the Zoom videoconference app to have club meetings and weekly brunch …
The Colonial Half Marathon, 13 miles, was held this year in cold, but more favorable weather conditions than last year. WAARC operators were scattered around the course providing communication and keeping the event organizer up to date on the locations …
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