October Club Breakfast
Because the next two weeks are rather busy, there will not be a club breakfast this month. I am posting this as I was unable to disable the reminder for the event on the calendar. There will be an unofficial …
Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club
October Meeting Location Change
Due to a one-time scheduling problem, the WAARC monthly meeting will NOT be the James City County Library. Instead, it will be held at Patriots Colony, 6000 Patriots Colony Drive. For those that may still go to the Library first …
2014 Yorktown Special Event
The Yorktown Special Event will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2014. We will set up outside the Visitors’ Center at the battlefield between 8:15 and 8:30. The intent is to be on the air by 10AM. Anyone in the …
W1AW/4 Operations from Virginia
Will, K4MI will be operating this week as W1AW/4 for the Virginia operation. There will be many others on the air from Virginia making contacts across all HF bands and modes. I promised that I would send out a list …
VE Session Reminder
From Mike Conte W4NYY Our October 2014 VE Sessions will be held on Saturday October 4th at Thomas Nelson Community College starting at 9 am. TNCC is located off of Centerville Road on Opportunity Way just across from the old …
Update to JCC Alerts System
From Chris KC4CMR The county will launch an improved JCC Alert system next week. JCC Alert is now part of the CodeRED network, which enables county officials to quickly deliver emergency alerts and notifications. JCC Alert also gives individuals and …
ARRL Changes for those with an Expired License
From Mike W4NYY: I just found out this morning while opening the VE materials for next Saturday that the ARRL has made some significant changes to it’s view of those who have expired license’s. Please read the attached files. You …
Busch Gardens ChristmasTown Dash 8K
From Chris, KC4CMR: Today, I heard from the coordinator of the Christmas Town Dash asking amateur radio to participate again this year for communications. This year the event is December 7. This is an early morning run that usually ends …
K4RC.net site issues
As most of you are aware there was a problem with the club web site for a good part of Monday, 9/8/14. This was due to a server failure at Our web host QTH.com. They had to completely rebuild that …
October VE Session
Our October 2014 VE Session will be held on Saturday October 4th at Thomas Nelson Community College starting at 9 am. TNCC is located off of Centerville Road on Opportunity Way just across from the old and now gone Outlet …