Category: News & Events

The recording of the RARC December meeting can now be view on RARC’s YouTube channel. Note there is very little Video in the recording. Follow the link here.

The recording of the RARC November meeting and Presentation Install new Board Members can now be view on RARC’s YouTube channel. Follow the link here.

Some club members requested the slides. You can download it as a PDF at https://rarclubackup.website/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RARC-remote-station-class-spring2021.pdf For more technical detail, see the 2017 presentation by K8OI at https://rarclubackup.website/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-05-RARC-Remotehams-Presentation-v2.pdf

New entrance for RARC meetings and classes Club members and students of our classes will use a new entrance starting in October. It is the main church entrance on the south side of the building. The old entrance was on the north side of the building. The reasons for the change: No steps; nice for Read More …

The recording of the RARC August meeting and Presentation on Hardware Store Antennas can now be view on RARC’s YouTube channel. Follow the link here.

The recording of the RARC July meeting and Presentation on Winding Coils can now be view on RARC’s YouTube channel. Follow the link here.

The recording of the RARC June meeting and Presentation on RSS Feeds and Readers can now be view on RARC’s YouTube channel. Follow the link here.

Michael Friedman, W4MAF, has been leading a group defining and publishing common simplex VHF simplex frequencies used in the Richmond area. Examples are the favorite SOTA and POTA frequencies and those that are meeting places for geographic areas. 146.520 National Simplex Calling 146.490 Richmond Simplex General Use Working Frequency and Range Testing 146.580 Adventure Frequency Read More …

George Starke, WB4VWR, created these handouts for the “New Hams Workshop” in April 2022. They contain useful information for all hams. Click the links below to view and, if you wish, print them. Communicating with Hams1 Frequency for Radios Note that repeater frequencies change. Finding a dependable and up-to-date list of working repeaters is difficult. Read More …

The students entered the freight area of the old train station and found John DeMajo, K5HTZ, sitting at the first table with lengths of copper pipe prepared to show how to build and tune a 2-meter J-Pole. The students learned about SWR and antenna analyzers. The next pair of tables were for building and testing Read More …