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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

- Temporary Club Meeting Location
  April 9, 2019Due to some extensive renovations at the James City County Library we will not be able to use our usual meeting location. Instead, we have arrangements with the library to use one of the rooms in the Stryker Center in downtown Williamsburg. The map below shows the location of the Stryker Center, as well as available parking. Please use the entrance on the south side of the building, indicated with the red marker. Parking is available in the lot adjacent to the Stryker Center and Williamsburg Library. If that lot is full there is a parking garage across the street with plenty of parking. We will be meeting in room ___ of the Stryker Center on the following dates: May 14 July 9 August 13 September 10 October 8 November 12 **Note that the June club meeting is the annual picnic, to be held at Little Creek Reservoir Park in Toano. This is unaffected by the library renovations. This list is subject to change depending on the extent of the work being done. Please check back here and the news page for updates as they may arise.... Read more...
- Lunch visitors
  March 27, 2019Bill Canedy KM4DQM and daughter Allison KM4OCE from Fort Lauderdale Florida joined the Wednesday lunch group at Anna’s Brick Oven Restaurant on March 27th. Bill and Allison took the opportunity to meet and speak with folks on the KB4ZIN 146.76 repeater and are visiting the historic Williamsburg area. Bill and Allison, along with another son who is a ham, are members of the Davis County Amateur Radio Club (http://www.dcarc.club) and shared the many exciting things their club does, activities that mirror many of our own WAARC programs.... Read more...
- WAARC YLs and Friends Net Members have their first “Meet and Greet”
  March 2, 2019The club’s newly founded “YLs and Friends Net” members gathered at the Tuscany Restaurant recently for their first “Meet and Greet” so YLs and OMs could come together and meet each other in person. Joyce Carpenter KX4MK acts as net control during the Sunday evening net that begins at 8:00 p.m. on the local 146.76 repeater. Recent nets have lasted well beyond the formal portion with both YLs and visiting OMs having lively discussions of both technical and non-ham related topics. Jaylene Fields KN4KXK brought up the idea of a net dedicated to YLs at a Saturday breakfast get together and Joyce KX4MK, a graduate of our 2018 Technician licensing class and who currently holds an Extra Class license, did the prep work to contact local YL hams and invite them to participate. Cynthia Frank K4CEF acts as the group’s official “arm-twister” to bring folks together for both the net and the member’s first event. Dinner attendees totaled 21 and included YLs along with both ham and non-ham OMs. The club has made a concerted effort over the last year to increase the number of YL ham members with ladies now making up over 10% of the membership; two YLs have the Extra and one Advanced licenses currently with several studying for their Extras — watch out guys, better dust off those license manuals if you want to keep up! Dino.... Read more...
- ARRL Reference books donated to library by KL0S and KL0SS
  February 25, 2019Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club president Dino Papas KL0S presents Williamsburg Regional Library Collection Development Librarian Neil Hollands with the club’s donation of 13 ARRL reference books at the club’s February meeting. The comprehensive book set is useful across the spectrum of city and county residents, from those seeking to become amateur radio operators up to the most experienced hams. Amateur radio operators stand ready to support the emergency communications needs of the community and having these volumes available goes a long way toward ensuring the community has qualified, licensed operators in place. The following books were donated by Dino KL0S and Toby KL0SS in the name of the club and should now be available for checkout at the Library: The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications The ARRL Antenna Book for Radio Communications The ARRL Operating Manual The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (Technician Class Manual) The ARRL General Class License Manual The ARRL Extra Class License Manual Understanding Basic Electronics The ARRL RFI Book Your First Amateur Radio HF Station ARRL’s Small Antennas for Small Spaces FCC Rules and Regulations for the Amateur Radio Service Understanding Your Antenna Analyzer (donated by Dennis W4ODY)... Read more...
- Richmond Frostfest Grand Prize Winner!
  February 2, 2019Jaylene KN4KXK, a graduate of both our Technician and General Class courses in 2018, attended the Richmond Frostfest as her very first hamfest, and ended up winning the grand prize drawing. She received a huge “Frostfest Bucks” award and turned right around and used her credit to outfit her HF station along with a VHF/UHF mobile transceiver and antenna. Jaylene built her Off-Center-Fed Dipole at the club’s recent Antenna Buildathon and with her new radio should be working the world soon. Congratulations Jaylene, see you on the radio!... Read more...
- Boatanchor Radio Receiver Comes Back to Life!
  February 1, 2019Kerry NH2A recently decided to adopt and restore an orphan boatanchor Hallicrafters SX-99 all-band HF receiver. This kind of rig was a standard part of a receiver-transmitter pair that hams used to use back in the day. He replaced the fraying line cord and all the paper and electrolytic capacitors before ever even thinking of powering it up. The radio is vacuum tube based and Kerry used a Heathkit tube tester to verify that the tubes were at least operational. He then brought the rig up slowly on a AC variac with the tubes removed to confirm the tube filament and plate voltages were present (and no smoke was produced!). Once he verified the power supply was working correctly it was time to return the tubes to their sockets, hook up the speaker, connect a short antenna and keep his fingers crossed. Kerry was rewarded by the sweet sound of our own local AM radio station WMBG on 740kHz. Here’s Kerry inspecting the top side of his receiver. And here’s the result…his big smile indicates the radio has at least come to life receiving AM signals; more work is required to get the receiver working again in the CW mode but that’s what ham radio is all about…doing it yourself!... 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

Apr

20

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Apr 20 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

Apr

27

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

Apr 27 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

May

4

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

May 4 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

May

11

Sat

8:15 am Breakfast @ Various locations

Breakfast @ Various locations

May 11 @ 8:15 am – 9:15 am

May

14

Tue

7:00 pm Monthly Club Meeting @ James City County Library

Monthly Club Meeting @ James City County Library

May 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm

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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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