Upcoming Events

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The weekly Williamsburg-James City County ARES net is each Wednesday at 7:30pm on the '76 repeater.
Breakfast is at Larry’s in Lightfoot this week. Gathering time is around 8:30am.

WAARC Recent News

Toby, KL0SS, received the 2023 KB4ZIN award.

January 29, 2023 Toby Papas, Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army, Retired, with FCC issued amateur radio call sign KL0SS, was recognized recently by the Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club with the club’s premiere Jim Bailey KB4ZIN award for excellence. The award is presented annually to a ham radio operator who has shown extraordinary support to the club, its members, the community and the ham radio service in general. Toby served most recently as club president during the onset of the COVID pandemic and provided leadership that both kept the club together and increasing its membership. [...] Read more...

2023 Election Results

January 18, 2023The club held its annual election of officers at the Annual Business Meeting on January 10, 2023. Though some of the incumbent officers ran unopposed, there were a couple positions that were contested. First, the club would like to thank Cynthia K4CEF for coordinating the election and helping things run smoothly. She has done this for a few years and is always able to find people that are interested in running for office. The club also thanks Donna Ross KO4GLO for her service as the club’s Vice-President in 2022. She helped create a certificate for club members that participate as operators at our three special event stations, similar to the certificate for hams that make contact with the three stations. The elected officers for 2023 are as follows: President: Jack Espinal KY4EA Vice-President: Donna Facer KD2FYX Secretary: Dan Ewart WG4F Treasurer: Greg Pula K3RM Director At-Large: Chuck White AI4WU When announcing the results at the meeting Cynthia said that we are all winners. The club would also like to thank Mark Plumb KQ4MP for running for Vice-President, and Gil Frey K4JST for running for Director At-Large. Congratulations to the 2023 club officers. [...] Read more...

WAARC donates License Manuals to WRL

October 27, 2022Wally, WA3RWP, met with Benjamin Goldberg from the Williamsburg Regional Library on October 18, 2022 to present him with the Fifth Edition of the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual. The Fifth Edition will be effective until June 30, 2026. Mr. Goldberg accepted the books on behalf of Betsy Fowler, Library Director, Williamsburg Regional Library. This donation by the Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club (WAARC) continues the Club’s tradition of providing the library with books that can be used to promote and enhance Amateur Radio. In the past, the club also donated the Ninth Edition of the General Class License Manual. Those manuals will expire on June 30, 2023, at which time the newest edition of those manuals will be donated by the club. Two copies of the manual were donated so that both WRL branches would have a copy. [...] Read more...

Yorktown Special Event this Saturday!

October 12, 2022This Saturday is our third and final special event for 2022. Our Yorktown Special event will be held on Saturday, October 15 from about 10am-4pm. Unlike in years past we will NOT be set up at the Yorktown Battlefield. We are now going to be operating from the Charles E. Brown Park on Old Williamsburg Road near the Naval Weapons Station. A map will be posted below. Setup will commence at around 8am and we plan to be on the air by 10am. The planned operating frequencies are at or around 7.265 MHz +/- QRM on 40m, and 14.265 MHz +/- QRM. Please check the spotting clusters for specific frequencies while we are on the air as there will be lots of activities on the air this weekend. This is the third of our annual Historic Triangle Special Event Stations. We have a nice QSL card available and a certificate if you contact all three stations. More information can be found on the Special Event Stations page. [...] Read more...

WAARC members published articles

October 8, 2022The current CQ magazine has a short article from Jerome, K8LF, describing his 6 meter loop antenna. Jerome said he took a suggestion from Steve, K4HX and the design from a 10 meter version by Brian, K6STA. See the article for details. Dino, KL0S, has a build description article in the current (Sept-Oct 2022) ARRL On the Air magazine showing detail construction of the lamp cord 2 meter J-Pole design by John, K6JHU, described in the July 2022 QST magazine. When you see our authors, thank them for their contributions. [...] Read more...

Virtual Builders Group special guest, Bill Meara N2CQR

September 26, 2022The WAARC Virtual Builders Group met this past Saturday (9/24) with a special guest, Bill Meara N2CQR who hosts the SolderSmoke internet blog (http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com). Bill shared with club members his view of why homebrewing is an important aspect of our ham radio hobby. Understanding how our radios work is one of our core competencies and working with circuits at the component level adds to that understanding. Two lucky members won Bill’s book SolderSmoke: Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics as door prizes. Bill N2CQR recorded the session and posted it to his SolderSmoke blog 73 – Dino [...] 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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