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Business meeting The first 10 to 20 minutes are the business of the club. Reports on the finances, new members, the school, the club stations, etc. are covered. Program 5G Overview by Brewer Pedin, W4MGA 5G, 5G, 5G – we keep hearing about it. What is it and when is it? Brewer Pedin, W4MGA, is Read More …
As you may remember the “distracted driver” law currently in effect was for just work zones and amateur radio was not an exception to the law. This last legislature session passed a new version of the state law (H 874 on March 10 2020) that applies to the whole state. The good news is that Read More …
October’s RARC meeting has been placed on our YOUTUBE channel, you can follow the link here. Our program was Solar Numbers and Amateur Radio by Robert Orndorff – Good information We also elected the new officers President: John DeMajo, K5HTZ Vice Present: Allan Johnson, WA3J Secretary: David Robinson, KJ4LHP Treasurer: Ken Leidner,WV0L Director: Robin Jones, Read More …
Business meeting The first 10 to 20 minutes are the business of the club. Reports on the finances, new members, the school, the club stations, etc. are covered. Program The rest of the meeting is the usual technical program. For October program is by Robert Orndorff, W4BNO. The subject: “Solar Numbers and Amateur Radio”; this Read More …
Program Rig control, logging, and digital modes with a Raspberry Pi Bruce MacAlister, W4BRU, will attempt a live demonstration of rig control with a $35 hand-sized Raspberry Pi computer from his station. He’ll have a few slides on hand in case the live demo goes … well you know how live demos can go. Read More …
Our August meeting is now on our YouTube Channel follow the link below
Watch George Starke, WB4VWR, demonstrate the use of the under-$60 nanoVNA (Vector Network Analyzer and Antenna Analyzer). Here is a link to the Zoom Virtual meeting of the RARC’s July meeting on our YouTube channel,
Reaching out from 730 feet (AGL) near the merger of I-195, I-95, and I-64 sits the antenna for the MRA (Metropolitan Repeater Association), 145.43. It is a nice complement to the RATS 146.88 repeater in the southwestern part of the metro area. 145.43 has a long reach north towards Fredericksburg, west to Mineral, east to Read More …
The Richmond Amateur Radio Club is inviting you to our Monthly meeting. Topic: Electromagnetic Radiation effect on the human body by Rick Waller, KA4OHM. Time: Friday Jun 12, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time The audio for the business part of the meeting and the checkins will be on the Chesterfield repeater, 137.60 with no tone Read More …
There is now a new how to area on the website, on the right under RARC. Currently there are 3 sets of instructions How to change your address with the FCC How to renew license with the FCC How to find where Hams are in Virginia (FM17 grid, and several club’s members), and all of Read More …
