Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club
Meetings on 2nd Tuesday, 7PM at James City-Bruton Fire Station in Toano
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 …
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 …
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, 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 …
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 …
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
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 …
Since we have the Jamestown Special Event coming this weekend, I have redone the front page of the web site to announce the event. I think this addresses one of the weaknesses the older design had, as well as makes …
Keith, N4KDJ of the Middle Peninsula ARC has this information to pass along about the 2014 Tour de Chesapeake. I wanted to let the WAARC folks know that the Annual Tour de Chesapeake bike event will take place in Mathews …
Chris KC4CMR would like to thank everyone who participated in the Pedal the Parkway today. It was nice to have the event back again this year after it didn’t happen last year due to the government shutdown. This was the …