Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club
Meetings on 2nd Tuesday, 7PM at James City-Bruton Fire Station in Toano
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 …
The 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 …
Wally, 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. …
This 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 …
The 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 …
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 …
The Big News we learned at last night’s WAARC club meeting is that Dino, KL0S, won the June 2022 QST Cover Plaque Award for his article “A Go-Box for the Icom IC-705”. This award is bestowed monthly and is based …
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We have had a busy couple of weeks with lots of radio activity. We had a very well attended Field Day 2022 on June 25-26 followed by our Colonial Williamsburg Special Event the next weekend, July 2, also well attended. …
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 …
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