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Check out our events below:

Breakfast this Saturday is at National Pancake House on Pocahontas Trail. Meeting time is between 8:15-8:30am Link to Map
The weekly Williamsburg-James City County ARES net is each Wednesday at 7:30pm on the '76 repeater.
FrostFest 2020 will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the Richmond Raceway Complex. More Information
See full details at: amateur-license-classes

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Event Calendar

WAARC Recent News

- 2020 Officers Election Results
  January 15, 2020At the club meeting on January 14 WAARC held its annual election of officers. Congratulations to the new officers for 2020. Officers for 2020, from left: Dino KL0S, Director At Large; Toby KL0SS, President; Dan WG4F, Secretary; Anita KH2FX, Vice President; Greg K3RM, Treasurer President: Toby Papas KL0SS Vice President: Anita Hofferth KH2FX Secretary: Dan Ewart WG4F Treasurer: Greg Pula K3RM Director At Large: Dino Papas KL0S A big thanks to the outgoing officers for their work over the past few years. Dino (President), Chuck AI4WU (Vice President) and Bill NR4C (Director At Large) have all helped to advance Amateur Radio in the Williamsburg community and the club appreciates their dedication. Also, big thanks go to Cynthia K4CEF for her efforts in assembling a slate of officers for this year’s election. This was the first time in many years that there was a contested election for multiple positions. It would not have been possible without her work as the nominatio... Read more...
- Members work on GMRS repeater for Suffolk
  January 14, 2020Club member Bruce AD4IT enlisted the aid of Chuck AI4WU and Chris KC4CMR in testing and aligning a GMRS repeater destined for use in Suffolk. The repeater, originally a commercial Kenwood radio was repurposed as a ham repeater before Bruce acquired it. Now destined for a return to GMRS service it needed a bit of fine tuning. The major effort was in realigning the IF amplifier which had to move upwards over 20MHz. Complicating the alignment was the fact that there were six coils that acted both independently and in conjunction with one another. Once Chris got the hang of it the IF bandpass filter moved nicely from the 440MHz to the 467MHz band and met the specs found in the service manual. Other test and adjustments included frequency, duplexer operation verification, FM deviation and power output. The work took about four hours but everyone had fun and learned a lot. Many of the adjustments were made from computer software with a simple interface through the repeater’s front panel microphone jack. ... Read more...
- New Table for Bill’s K4
  January 7, 2020On 5 January Bill NR4C completed building a desk table for his brand new Elecraft K4 radio. He designed the table, printed a CAD drawing of it, and created a lumber list. On Saturday, 4 January, after the record breaking WAARC breakfast get-together, Bill, Kerry NH2A, and Will K4MI went to a big box hardware store and bought all the supplies and lumber to build the table. It was all hauled over to Kerry’s QTH where the raw lumber was reduced to sawdust and finished wood pieces and assembled. Kerry, Will and Rob KK4R all dropped in over the two-day construction phase and helped out. By late Sunday afternoon Bill had himself a nice table that was then disassembled and loaded into his car for transport to his QTH. The only thing left to do after reassembly is a lacquer finish and a K4 radio. Elecraft has not started shipping them yet but when they do, Bill is ready.... Read more...
- First Breakfast of 2020 sets a record
  January 5, 2020Continuing the Saturday breakfast tradition, the first club breakfast of 2020 set a record in attendance (I count 27). Meeting at the Capital Pancake House on Capital Landing Rd, we took over most of one side of the restaurant with two long tables and one shorter overflow table. The restaurant staff did an excellent job getting everyone served and there was plenty of conversation. Kerry, NH2A, managed to capture a few photos of the fun. Members of the club food committee gathered payments for the annual dinner and got their records caught up. Be sure to RSVP for the dinner at rsvp@k4rc.net and you can pay via PayPal. The January meeting will be another opportunity to RSVP and pay by check. At that meeting, we will elect officers for the new year. This will be at the Striker Building in town.... Read more...
- Breakfast with visitors
  December 21, 2019The WAARC Saturday breakfast crowd continued its welcoming spirit by having Kalila King KM4RXM and her husband Joe join the group today. She and Joe are visiting from Georgia for the week. Kalila contacted us via the “info@k4rc.net” email tab on our club web page. Notes sent to that address are redirected to a few members of the club leadership to either welcome folks to the area or assist with technical issues. Most recently we’ve assisted hams looking for assistance with digital voice, antennas, book and magazine offerings and donations to the club; stay tuned for a list of very nice equipment that will be made available to club members with proceeds going to the club treasury. Hope you all enjoyed your visit to Williamsburg Kalila and Joe!... Read more...
- Toby, KL0SS, received instructor certificate
  December 16, 2019WAARC Training Coordinator, Wally WA3RWP, presents an ARRL instructor recognition certificate to Toby KL0SS recognizing her first instructor/mentor work during the club’s recent Technician licensing and General upgrade classes. Wally also presented Toby with an ARRL instructor patch to commemorate the event. If you’re interested in becoming an instructor to assist with planned courses during 2020 please contact Wally directly at a club function or via email (HamRadioClass@yahoo.com). The club provides instructor materials and a “train the trainer” course is currently being developed to assist new instructors in preparing to teach. The club has a great track record over the past three years in both getting new hams licensed and assisting many of them in upgrading to the next level.... 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

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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