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WAARC Recent News

- WAARC YL Welcome!
  August 13, 2019YL club members Anita KH2FX, Cissy N4ZRW and Toby KL0SS welcomed newcomer Jolene Boyer N1GZY (second from right) to Saturday breakfast recently. Jolene and husband Richard N1AAF recently relocated to the area from Tennessee and are looking forward to becoming part of the local ham community.... Read more...
- Antenna Launcher by Gil K4JST
  August 4, 2019Gil K4JST showed the weekly lunch group his latest project recently. Gil decided to use plans provided by Bill NR4C to build a antenna launcher. Several club members have their own versions and are happy to help any with antenna projects. Gil had an “interesting” conversation about his launcher with the Homeland Security personnel at the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry as he traveled to lunch. If you’re interested in building your own launcher you can see the baseline NR4C plans at Bill’s web page under the projects tab (https://nr4c.net/projects/).... Read more...
- What happens at WAARC breakfast
  July 26, 2019WAARC continues it’s reputation for being one of the “eatingest” ham groups with 17 folks gathering for a Saturday breakfast at the newly opened “Not Another Pancake House” on Richmond Road. NAPH is owned and operated by the folks who had the Five Brothers restaurant (now Sandy’s #2) across from New York Deli. It was great seeing owner Athena Kokolis and several of the original Five Brothers staff at their new home. Note the “Hershey’s Ice Cream” sign, a fixture from the facility’s former incarnation that once was a Friendly’s Restaurant. And at another breakfast Club member Cissy N4ZRW, an accomplished embroiderer (she actually created the first mockup of the club’s new logo embroidered patch) showed off her homage to the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Well done Cissy! ... Read more...
- Old City BBQ letter of appreciation
  July 21, 2019The WAARC Food Committee members, along with President Dino Papas KL0S, gathered at Old City BBQ recently to present a letter of appreciation and club patch to owner and pit-master Vernon Geddy for the wonderful food his restaurant provided for the club’s Annual Picnic in June. The Committee complemented Vernon for both the quality of the food and for his top-notch customer service. Many folks at the Picnic have followed up by visiting Old City for more great BBQ. Plans were made for a repeat performance in 2020 along with reserving the restaurant’s large gathering room as a weather alternative gathering place for the Picnic.... Read more...
- Field Day 2019 was great
  July 15, 2019The club had a wonderful Field Day event at the end of June where we had great weather, camaraderie, and of course food (thanks again Food Committee!). Chuck AI4WU who headed up the Field Day effort conducted a short after action review at our July meeting and lots of great discussion and ideas for the future were generated. Saturday breakfasts and Wednesday lunches are a great opportunity for you to offer your expertise and experience to our preparations for Field Day 2020 which will be an even better event next year! A few pictures are below and more on the club groups.io site.... Read more...
- Ed is Extra
  July 5, 2019Our newest Extra Class ham is Ed K1NUH who took his exam at a special VE session today. Congratulations Ed, go work that DX! ... 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.

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Club Calendar

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Thu

7:00 pm Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Aug 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Code class meets weekly at the QTH of Don N4DJ. All that are interested in code are invited to attend. Please contact Bill NR4C for more information.

Aug

24

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Aug 24 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Aug

29

Thu

7:00 pm Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Aug 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Code class meets weekly at the QTH of Don N4DJ. All that are interested in code are invited to attend. Please contact Bill NR4C for more information.

Aug

31

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Aug 31 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Sep

5

Thu

7:00 pm Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Sep 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Code class meets weekly at the QTH of Don N4DJ. All that are interested in code are invited to attend. Please contact Bill NR4C for more information.

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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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