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The weekly Williamsburg-James City County ARES net is each Wednesday at 7:30pm on the '76 repeater.

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WAARC Recent News

- WAARC YLs and Friends Net Members have their first “Meet and Greet”
  March 2, 2019The club’s newly founded “YLs and Friends Net” members gathered at the Tuscany Restaurant recently for their first “Meet and Greet” so YLs and OMs could come together and meet each other in person. Joyce Carpenter KX4MK acts as net control during the Sunday evening net that begins at 8:00 p.m. on the local 146.76 repeater. Recent nets have lasted well beyond the formal portion with both YLs and visiting OMs having lively discussions of both technical and non-ham related topics. Jaylene Fields KN4KXK brought up the idea of a net dedicated to YLs at a Saturday breakfast get together and Joyce KX4MK, a graduate of our 2018 Technician licensing class and who currently holds an Extra Class license, did the prep work to contact local YL hams and invite them to participate. Cynthia Frank K4CEF acts as the group’s official “arm-twister” to bring folks together for both the net and the member’s first event. Dinner attendees totaled 21 and included YLs along with both ham and non-ham OMs. The club has made a concerted effort over the last year to increase the number of YL ham members with ladies now making up over 10% of the membership; two YLs have the Extra and one Advanced licenses currently with several studying for their Extras — watch out guys, better dust off those license manuals if you want to keep up! Dino.... Read more...
- ARRL Reference books donated to library by KL0S and KL0SS
  February 25, 2019Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club president Dino Papas KL0S presents Williamsburg Regional Library Collection Development Librarian Neil Hollands with the club’s donation of 13 ARRL reference books at the club’s February meeting. The comprehensive book set is useful across the spectrum of city and county residents, from those seeking to become amateur radio operators up to the most experienced hams. Amateur radio operators stand ready to support the emergency communications needs of the community and having these volumes available goes a long way toward ensuring the community has qualified, licensed operators in place. The following books were donated by Dino KL0S and Toby KL0SS in the name of the club and should now be available for checkout at the Library: The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications The ARRL Antenna Book for Radio Communications The ARRL Operating Manual The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (Technician Class Manual) The ARRL General Class License Manual The ARRL Extra Class License Manual Understanding Basic Electronics The ARRL RFI Book Your First Amateur Radio HF Station ARRL’s Small Antennas for Small Spaces FCC Rules and Regulations for the Amateur Radio Service Understanding Your Antenna Analyzer (donated by Dennis W4ODY)... Read more...
- Richmond Frostfest Grand Prize Winner!
  February 2, 2019Jaylene KN4KXK, a graduate of both our Technician and General Class courses in 2018, attended the Richmond Frostfest as her very first hamfest, and ended up winning the grand prize drawing. She received a huge “Frostfest Bucks” award and turned right around and used her credit to outfit her HF station along with a VHF/UHF mobile transceiver and antenna. Jaylene built her Off-Center-Fed Dipole at the club’s recent Antenna Buildathon and with her new radio should be working the world soon. Congratulations Jaylene, see you on the radio!... Read more...
- Boatanchor Radio Receiver Comes Back to Life!
  February 1, 2019Kerry NH2A recently decided to adopt and restore an orphan boatanchor Hallicrafters SX-99 all-band HF receiver. This kind of rig was a standard part of a receiver-transmitter pair that hams used to use back in the day. He replaced the fraying line cord and all the paper and electrolytic capacitors before ever even thinking of powering it up. The radio is vacuum tube based and Kerry used a Heathkit tube tester to verify that the tubes were at least operational. He then brought the rig up slowly on a AC variac with the tubes removed to confirm the tube filament and plate voltages were present (and no smoke was produced!). Once he verified the power supply was working correctly it was time to return the tubes to their sockets, hook up the speaker, connect a short antenna and keep his fingers crossed. Kerry was rewarded by the sweet sound of our own local AM radio station WMBG on 740kHz. Here’s Kerry inspecting the top side of his receiver. And here’s the result…his big smile indicates the radio has at least come to life receiving AM signals; more work is required to get the receiver working again in the CW mode but that’s what ham radio is all about…doing it yourself!... Read more...
- WAARC 2019 Annual Dinner
  January 28, 2019Forty five members and spouses of the Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club (WAARC) gathered for their Annual Dinner on Saturday January 26th at Anna’s Brick Oven Restaurant where a delicious buffet dinner was enjoyed by all. One highlight of the evening was that many club members had the opportunity to meet other members and their spouses for the first time, hopefully the beginning of new and lasting friendships. Additionally, several ladies told club leadership that they were interested in obtaining their licenses and that they would like us to conduct a Technician class in the near future. WAARC members Vinny KX4HH, Kerry NH2A and Wally WA3RWP enjoy the time before the meal began to catch up on recent club events. The major highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Jim Bailey KB4ZIN annual award for excellence. Here club president Dino KL0S (right) and 2018 award winner Chris KC4CMR (left) join in to present the 2019 award to Bill Conkling NR4C in recognition for his long time support to the Williamsburg and Middle Peninsula clubs in both elected and support positions along with his activities as an “Elmer” for new hams and club members. A selection of free door prizes helped end the evening. The main prize was a Icom IC-V8000 2m mobile radio won by Rob KK4R. Bill NR4C will maintain the KB4ZIN award plaque until January 2020 when another awardee is selected. Bill will keep the award statue to proudly display in his shack.... Read more...
- The Original Sal Visits the WAARC Wednesday Lunch Group
  January 22, 2019Sal Liguria, who owned several local restaurants and whose daughter AnnaLisa and son Sal now own Anna’s Brick Oven Restaurant, recently greeted the Wednesday NR4C lunch crowd to pass along his holiday greetings. Sal is shown here with WAARC Vice President Chuck White AI4WU. Every Wednesday the staff dedicates a separate room in the restaurant for our get togethers (we can get a bit loud!) and many members are regular diners at other times. Anna’s will again be the site for our WAARC Annual Dinner on January 26th. from Dino, KL0S... Read more...

Previous news posts can be found here.

About WAARC

Welcome to the WAARC web page. We are a general interest radio club in Williamsburg, Virginia, located in the historic triangle of Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. Club members participate in a variety of activities, including chasing DX, contesting, and public service.

About the Club

Club Calendar

Mar

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Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Mar 23 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Mar

30

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Mar 30 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Apr

6

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Apr 6 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Apr

9

Tue

7:00 pm Monthly Club Meeting @ James City County Library

Monthly Club Meeting @ James City County Library

Apr 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm

Apr

13

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Apr 13 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

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Special Events

WAARC has three special events each year:

Jamestown in May
Colonial Williamsburg in July
Yorktown in October

For more about our annual special events, visit our special events page.

Repeaters and Nets

146.760 MHz (- 0.600) Skywarn Repeater
147.105 MHz (+ 0.600) IRLP Repeater
444.100 MHz (+ 5.00) Local UHF Machine
Click here for more local repeater info
Local ARES Net held every Wednesday at 7:30pm, on the 146.76 repeater.

groups.io

Recently the club has switched over its communications platform from Yahoo to groups.io. If you are a local ham please sign up for our groups.io page.

To sign up, visit groups.io, sign up for an account, then search for the WAARC-K4RC group to join!

Field Day

Delegate Brenda Pogge, Virginia 96th District House of Delegates, visits the Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club’s 2017 Field Day event and operates the “Get on the Air” station under the tutelage of Wally Frank WA3RWP. Picture courtesy of club member Dan Ewart WG4F.

Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club • P.O. Box 1470, Williamsburg VA 23187 • info@k4rc.net

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