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- July meeting presentation by KM4UWO on Puerto Rico deployment
  July 15, 2018During our July club meeting Mike Logan KM4UWO, Head of the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Laboratory at NASA Langley, presented his experiences supporting the federal response to Puerto Rico last year following Hurricane Maria. Deploying as a volunteer under the federal government’s SHAred RESources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio Program he provided critical communications support to federal agencies. Mike arrived as follow on to the ARRL’s volunteer deployment and shared his lessons learned and recommendations for our own preparedness in the event of natural or man-made disasters here at home.... Read more...
- 2018 Colonial Williamsburg Special Event
  June 30, 2018Saturday July 7th is our second special event of the year. K4RC will be on the air from 10AM-4PM commemorating the 242nd anniversary of Independence Day in the United States. The group will meet for Breakfast at 7am at Capitol Pancake House (802 Capitol Landing Rd). From there we will proceed to the William Randolph house for set-up. Members are encouraged to come setup, operate and tear down the station. Come for any part or all day. If you are trying to work K4RC from home, we will be operating on 40M in the morning, around 7.265 MHz +/- QRM, and possibly switching to 20M around 14.265 +/- QRM if band conditions permit. Look for K4RC on your favorite spotting cluster to see where we are. Directions to William Randolph House: On Lafayette St turn on to Botetourt St and proceed 1 block to Franklin St and turn left. Parking is in the lot on the right. Walk along the path to E Nicholson St to the William Randolph House (should be easy to spot with the antenna in the trees)... Read more...
- Field Day 2018 Wrap-Up
  June 27, 2018WAARC participated in ARRL Field Day on June 23-24, 2018. As in the past, the club entered as a class 2A station, along with a GOTA (Get On The Air) station and a VHF station. Set up began on Friday morning, beginning with a gathering for breakfast. There was a decent sized group for a weekday breakfast, rivaling some of the large groups for the weekly Saturday breakfast. This was a good thing considering the possibility of raising antennas in the rain. While it was raining heavily during breakfast, when the group shifted to the Field Day site the skies dried up, and there were periods of sunshine. There was a long enough dry spell to get the antennas up before another rain shower commenced. Saturday started out warm and sunny, perfect for a weekend-long operating event. While we were ready to go long before the 2pm start time, we were delayed by about half an hour by a small thunderstorm close by. Throughout the weekend we had plenty of food, and plenty of people to operate both stations. At one point Saturday afternoon we even had a few new hams operating on the SSB station because there was a line to operate the GOTA station. By 2pm Sunday you could start to see some fatigue in the group. While the bands hadn’t been all that great, we ended up with 1932 contacts in the log. The total was down from last year’s total of 2100 contacts, but considering the band conditions it is a very respectable number. Many Thanks go out to all that helped with set up and take down for Field Day. But more importantly the food committee deserves a large commendation for their work providing food for the weekend.... Read more...
- Update about Jim AF4QG
  June 22, 2018Over the past few weeks one of our club members, Jim Hartselle, AF4QG, has been a little under the weather. On Thursday morning Toby KL0SS reports that he was admitted into Sentara Williamsburg hospital Wednesday evening, 6-20-18. At this time Jim is not quite sure how long he will be in the hospital, however he wold appreciate visitors. Jim is presently in Room 348. Ed K1NUH, along with a few other club members visited with Jim on Thursday evening. While not going into great detail about Jim’s entry into the hospital, suffice it to say it was evidently caused by a change in medication for a long lingering sinus infection. He is hoping he will be released by the weekend so he can visit at Field Day this weekend.... Read more...
- Tower antenna work
  June 16, 2018WAARC club member Cissy Meier N4ZRW realigns the long boom 6m yagi on the extensive VHF/UHF fold-over tower antenna array she shares with OM Dave N4MW at their QTH in New Kent County. (click photo to see larger)... Read more...
- The Annual WAARC Picnic was a huge success
  June 13, 2018The WAARC Food Committee planned and conducted the club’s Annual Picnic on June 12th. A wonderful buffet style BBQ meal provided by the world famous Pierce’s Pitt Bar-B-Que fed 50 members of the club and their guests. Committee members included Ed Kelly K1NUH, Toby Papas KL0SS, Anita and Kerry Hofferth KH2FX and NH2A, and Steve Flester KG4SMV. The group will swing into action again for the club’s annual Field Day event 23-24 June.... Read more...

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