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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

- VE Session May 20 a big success
  May 21, 2019The WAARC VE team conducted a very successful VE session with eight candidates earning all the way from brand new Technician to General and Extra upgrades. We had two walk-ins, one who passed the Technician and General exams and another who began with no license and walked out with his Extra Class! Thanks to the VE team for all their hard work and congratulations to all who moved up the ham ladder today! Below (left to right top to bottom), First row: the new Extra class Amateurs Jay KN4KXK, Keith KN4CYB, Toby KL0SS, and Bill Thrift who has to wait for his call. Second row: the new General class Amateurs, Joann KN4UPK with proud husband Vinny KX4HH, and Richard Sembari who passed the Technician and General class exams at one sitting. Third row: the new Technician class Amateurs Bob Shea from the recent class and two proud instructors (Kerry and Dino) and Veronica Svinicki and proud Dad Jerome K8LF. And then there is Dino, KL0S the proud mentor with Toby, KL0SS/AE... Read more...
- Jamestown 2019 Special Event
  May 11, 2019The club held its annual Jamestown commemoration special event station today out on the island. While celebrating the 412th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in North America, the weather was perfect…well, at least up until 3:00 pm when the group shut down a bit early because of impending T-storms. The group made 133 contacts all up and down the east coast, and just about all of the 4 call district and some from the 8 and 9 call districts. Apologies to anyone we may have missed at the beginning. We had some technical difficulties on our end that we needed to solve. It is difficult to hear stations when you have band noise as strong as the signals you are trying to work!! Here are some photos from the day: Jay KN4KXK enjoys getting a contact with Dino KL0S coaching and Kerry NH2A logging; Joyce KX4MK operates while Kerry NH2A supports her with logging duties; Dino KL0S operates with Kerry NH2A logging and Vinny KX4HH observing along with Karl (new Tech); Greg KN4KYJ operates with Kerry still logging and Ed K1NUH as coach; and Toby KL0SS taking a spin on the mic with Kerry logging and Ed helping. Others operated, logged, and helped with the setup and takedown or observed. Thanks to everyone who participated.... Read more...
- VE Session May 9 produced four new licenses from Tech class
  May 10, 2019The WAARC VE team administered exams today for four of our Technician course students and they all passed with flying colors! Now the hard part, waiting for their shiny new call signs to show up in the FCC database. As has been our custom we’re giving our newest hams a free one year membership to the club and we’ve invited them to all of the upcoming club activities. Our new hams include from left to right Karl Muller, Joann Poto (Vinny KX4HH’s XYL), Peter Brown and Larry Muncy. Two very proud instructors Kerry NH2A and Dino KL0S joined them for their group photo. Congratulations! via Dino.... Read more...
- May 8, 2019Mason Shefa WX0AFN joined us for lunch today at Anna’s. Although Mason has been in the area for a while his studies at the William and Mary School of Law kept him quite busy. He graduates this coming Sunday with his Juris Doctor degree and already has a job lined up as a staff attorney with the FCC in Washington D.C. where he’ll be working on the expansion of rural broadband services. Michael K4MRO explained to Mason how he could keep in touch with our group via the IRLP link on the 147.105MHz repeater. Congratulations Mason and best wishes for the future!... Read more...
- Special Event Dates for 2019
  April 22, 2019For those that are interested in working the three Special Events this year, please put these dates in your calendar: Jamestown Special Event at Jamestown Island: May 11 Colonial Williamsburg Special Event (specific location TBD): July 6 Yorktown Special Event at Yorktown Battlefield: October 19 All of these dates will be posted in the Special Events section of QST Magazine as well as on the ARRL web site. As always, we plan to be on the air between 10am and 4pm EDT, or 1400-2000 UTC.... Read more...
- Upcoming WAARC VE Testing sessions
  April 22, 2019There are a few testing sessions coming up in the next few weeks. All the information about what you need for testing sessions can be found on our Testing Sessions page. The dates, times, and locations for the upcoming testing sessions are as follows: April 27, 8:30am, Thomas Nelson Community College Workforce Development center, 4135 Ironbound Rd in Williamsburg. Parking lot entrance is on Ironbound Rd at the traffic light for Strawberry Plains Rd. Map to Test Site May 13, 9:00am, James City-Bruton Fire Station 1, 3135 Forge Road, Toano, VA 23168 Map to testing site (Please park in the BACK LOT of the fire station) May 20, 9:00am, James City-Bruton Fire Station 1, 3135 Forge Road, Toano, VA 23168 (Follow same directions as above) Walk-ins will be accepted at the April 27 and May 20 testing session. However, for the May 13 testing session you need to contact Kerry B. Hofferth at (757) 563-3090 or by email to let him know you are interested in testing that day.... 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

May

25

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

May 25 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Jun

1

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Jun 1 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Jun

8

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Jun 8 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Jun

12

Wed

6:30 pm Annual Club Picnic @ Little Creek Reservoir Park

Annual Club Picnic @ Little Creek Reservoir Park

Jun 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Jun

15

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Jun 15 @ 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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