Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club
Meetings on 2nd Tuesday, 7PM at James City-Bruton Fire Station in Toano
The 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 …
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A small group of Icom IC-9700 owners got together this past Saturday, August 6 at Kerry NH2A and Anita’s KH2FX house to make a small modification to their radios. Andrea N8VBN dropped by to observe, and Robert KO4YFE and Kadi KO4YEN also came …
New Amateur Radio licenses were earned at the June test session. Some are shown here receiving their CSCE certificates. There were 14 people taking license tests at the June 4 VE session. Everyone passed at least one test. Congratulations to …
The WAARC Instructor team is finishing up our Technician licensing and General upgrade courses this week with the mega-exam session scheduled for Saturday June 4th. One General student, Barbara KN4ZMD took her exam early last Friday and passed with flying …
Congratulations to Barbara KN4ZMD for easily passing her General exam Friday morning! This was a pop-up session before the big session because she was not able to attend the open session Saturday, June 4 at the James City-Bruton VFD at …
This Saturday, May 14th is the Annual Jamestown Special Event. Unlike in years past, we will not be at the Jamestown Island. Instead, we will be operating from the Jamestown Beach Event Park across from the Jamestown Settlement. The map …
At least 12 WAARC members attended the Middle Peninsula ARC’s 2nd Annual Tailgate/Hamfest on Saturday, May 7. It was a gray morning but the rain cooperated. They offered hot dogs and BBQ while Pedro KM4INA provided tunes from the back …
Several members of the “Live Meeting Sharing Project” team gathered Sunday afternoon to work on equipment setup and testing. After discovering a software issue in the prior test session, Chuck, AI4WU, worked with the ATEM switching vendor and successfully resolved …
While we have not resumed in-person meetings quite yet due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant, there were two virtual presentations made at the February club meeting. First, the club’s KB4ZIN award recipient for 2022 was announced. This award was conceived …
Congratulations to Steve KO4PQL for passing his General upgrade test with flying colors in our first VE session of 2022. I think he completed his test in near record-breaking time. He said that Don N4DJ has already been to his …
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