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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

- 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...
- 2019 ARRL Field Day information
  June 19, 2019Field Day 2019 is June 22-23 and will be held at Little Creek Reservoir Park in Toano. Click here for directions to the Field Day site. We will be on the air from 2pm Saturday until 2pm Sunday. We will be headed out to the site around 10am Friday, June 21 to set up the antennas. There will be a breakfast gathering beforehand. If you wish to join us, please listen out on the 146.760 KB4ZIN repeater Friday morning for the restaurant location. Setup will resume Saturday morning in preparation for the 2pm Saturday start time. WAARC will be operating a two transmitter station, with a VHF 6-meter station and a GOTA (Get On The Air) station. All visitors are more than welcome to come out and see what we do with amateur radio and portable operations. If you are a recently licensed ham operator, or do not have a license, you are able to operate our GOTA station. Saturday evening there will be dinner, with hamburgers and hot dogs. There will be plenty of food so come out and join us. We will be operating overnight in a public park. While we have permission to be in the park after dark, the gate will be pulled shut but not locked. If you stop by overnight you will be able to open the gate and drive up to the site. We look forward to seeing you at Field Day!... Read more...
- Field Day Power work session
  June 17, 2019Brian NI0P, Chris KC4CMR, Chuck AI4WU, Will K4MI and Bill NR4C gathered recently at the KL0S workspace to construct the club’s Field Day radio power “buck converter” distribution system. The group also assembled a two-panel solar array and charge controller that will be used to recharge 12VDC station batteries during the club’s upcoming annual Field Day effort on June 22nd and 23rd. ... Read more...
- The “Forever VFO Project” Nears Completion!
  June 12, 2019Rick AK4MV has been a stalwart member of the club’s Builders Group just about since the beginning in 2014. He’s had a long standing project in the works, a solid state, synthesized, “boatanchor” VFO to use with his retro HF station. It’s been sort of an inside joke at Builders Group sessions that Rick’s VFO has taken “forever” to complete and thus it’s been dubbed the “Forever VFO Project”. Seriously, Rick has made significant progress lately and found several issues that required the circuit designer to address and Rick has now fixed them. He brought it over to Dino KL0S’s workbench recently to confirm that it was in fact working correctly and to calibrate it using a very accurate frequency counter. By the way, Builders Group will start up again in the fall so watch the WAARC email reflector for details later this year. Dino.... Read more...
- 2019 Club Picnic Information
  May 29, 2019The Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club (WAARC) will host its Annual Picnic on Tuesday June 11th at the Little Creek Reservoir Park picnic shelter, 180 Lakeview Drive Toano, VA. You can find a map to the picnic site below. The picnic site is also where our club hosts our annual ARRL Field Day, this year over the weekend of June 22-23. The Annual Picnic takes the place of our June club meeting. There’s a charge of $5.00 per person attending the picnic to help defray the cost of the meal. We’ll begin this year gathering a bit earlier at 5:45 pm allowing us time to collect your payment, pass out free door prize raffle tickets, and welcome everyone. Dinner will begin at 6:00 pm. The club’s Food Committee has arranged for this year’s picnic to be catered by Old City Barbeque (www.oldcitybbq.com). The menu includes: Pulled pork Pulled chicken Prime brisket Baby back ribs Buns Cornbread Poblano mac & cheese Smoked stout beans Coleslaw Potato salad Bread and butter pickles Assorted drinks Cake Please email your RSVP with your name, call and number of attendees to rsvp@k4rc.net as soon as possible so the Committee can ensure our final food order quantities are sufficient for everyone to enjoy a wonderful meal. Hope to see everyone there! Please note we enter the first entrance to the park. The second entrance is for the boat ramp and does NOT connect to the picnic shelter.... 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

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7:00 pm Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Jul 18 @ 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.

Jul

20

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8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Jul 20 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

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25

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7:00 pm Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Jul 25 @ 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.

Jul

27

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Jul 27 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

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7:00 pm Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Morse Code Class @ Don N4DJ QTH

Aug 1 @ 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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