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    Ed is Extra

    By Dan Ewart Posted on July 5, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized

    Our newest Extra Class ham is Ed K1NUH who took his exam at a special VE session today.  Congratulations Ed, go work that DX!  

    2019 ARRL Field Day information

    By Will, K4MI Posted on June 19, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized

    Field Day 2019 is June 22-23 and will be held at Little Creek Reservoir Park in Toano. Click here for directions to the Field Day site. We will be on the air from 2pm Saturday until 2pm Sunday. We will be headed …

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    Field Day Power work session

    By Dan Ewart Posted on June 17, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized

    Brian NI0P, Chris KC4CMR, Chuck AI4WU, Will K4MI and Bill NR4C gathered recently at the KL0S workspace to construct the club’s Field Day radio power “buck converter” distribution system. The group also assembled a two-panel solar array and charge controller …

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    The “Forever VFO Project” Nears Completion!

    By Dan Ewart Posted on June 12, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized

    Rick AK4MV has been a stalwart member of the club’s Builders Group just about since the beginning in 2014. He’s had a long standing project in the works, a solid state, synthesized, “boatanchor” VFO to use with his retro HF …

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    2019 Club Picnic Information

    By Will, K4MI Posted on May 29, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized

    The Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club (WAARC) will host its Annual Picnic on Tuesday June 11th at the Little Creek Reservoir Park picnic shelter, 180 Lakeview Drive Toano, VA.  You can find a map to the picnic site below.  The picnic …

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    Morse Code Class returns

    By Dan Ewart Posted on May 28, 2019 Posted in Club News, Uncategorized

    The WAARC Morse Code Class has returned. After a long break while code instructor Don, N4DJ, built his new QTH, the code class is now back in operation. See the updated information directly via: K4RC.NET Morse Code Class  

    Another YL now has her Extra class license

    By Dan Ewart Posted on May 26, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized

    Francine KN4KXI was unable to take her Extra exam at our last WAARC VE exam but took her test this Saturday at the MPARC VE session and is now an Extra Class ham! She is a graduate of both our …

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    VE Session May 20 a big success

    By Dan Ewart Posted on May 21, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized

    The WAARC VE team conducted a very successful VE session with eight candidates earning all the way from brand new Technician to General and Extra upgrades. We had two walk-ins, one who passed the Technician and General exams and another …

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    Jamestown 2019 Special Event

    By Dan Ewart Posted on May 11, 2019 Posted in Special Event Stations, Uncategorized

    The club held its annual Jamestown commemoration special event station today out on the island.  While celebrating the 412th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in North America, the weather was perfect…well, at least up until 3:00 pm when …

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    VE Session May 9 produced four new licenses from Tech class

    By Dan Ewart Posted on May 10, 2019 Posted in Uncategorized, VE Testing

    The WAARC VE team administered exams today for four of our Technician course students and they all passed with flying colors!  Now the hard part, waiting for their shiny new call signs to show up in the FCC database.  As …

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