Field Day!!!
Be sure and stop by the WAARC Field Day 2014, Saturday 2pm – Sunday 2pm. For those who may need talk in, someone will probably be monitoring the 76 machine. Throughout the day, small bags of ice and snacks are …
Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club
Virginia Gazette Field Day Coverage
The 6-25-14 issue of Virginia Gazette gave the club some very nice field day coverage with a photo on page C3 (attached) and an entry in their daily calendar of events that linked to the photo. Kudos to Robby Steele at …
Field Day Plans
Field day is rapidly approaching, so here are the current plans and a few tips to help ensure a successful event. The mobilization team will meet for breakfast at Jimmy’s in Norge Friday morning at 0830. After breakfast (around 1000) …
July 4th Colonial Williamsburg event date set
Tom AJ4LM has confirmed the date for the Colonial Williamsburg special event. It will be Saturday July 5th. We will be setting up at the Robert Nicolson house on Francis St. across from the driveway to the Bassett Hall parking …
Web Site Updates
I hope everyone enjoyed the Club Picnic tonight. Although it was rather muggy, it was nice to get to enjoy ham radio and food at our new Field Day site. A few weeks ago a suggestion was made to add …
New Club Picnic Site
We have a new Field Day site and location for the June Meeting/Picnic, as the Brickyard site we have used for years is being developed for residential sites. Included with this post are directions and an aerial map — our …
Rita’s New Vanity Call
Rita, formerly KM4AJG is now K1VXN. She is quite excited to use her new call sign and get on DX, as there was some confusion of my sign being K9 instead of KM4 when working HF. She asked me to …
Weather Alerts on 76 Repeater
Just to clarify… The weather receiver on 76 will play alerts that are pertinent to the “area”. The area includes counties or cities within the typical range of 76 and where users are likely to be. So, as was the …
Ham Radio story on Fox News
This is from a FOX correspondent in Georgia. Sort of short but ok for a “plug” on FOX I guess! http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/05/19/ham-radio-old-technology-gets-new-respect/?intcmp=features
Jamestowne Event Wrap-up
On behalf of Tom (AJ4LM) thank you to all who made our event yesterday such a success. We made 168 contacts which makes this event one of the all time highs scores. The record is around 220 I think. We …