The AARC Technician Class wrapped up on November 4, 2020 following 10 weeks of virtual sessions. The class included over 25 participants, including students from New York and Colorado. It was organized by AARC Education Chair Bob Pattison (K4DU) and featured presentations by Bob, Hank Perritt (K9KDF), Brian O’Rourke (K4UL), Skip Thacker (WD4LT), Jim Owen (K4CGY), Joe Greenberg (KJ4PE), and John Porter (KK4JP).… Read the rest

Allen Graves, AG4VA tells about his experiences with SOTA – and how you can participate. … Read the rest

The October AARC meeting featured a presentation by Greg Butler (KW6GB) on the uses of Winlink for emergency communications. You can find additional information at: https://winlinkwednesday.net.

Additionally, AARC hams K4DND, KO8V, N4PGS, KN4LYF and KK4JP have volunteered to help anyone interested in getting Winlink working on their station using either VHF/UHF or HF.… Read the rest

The “East Coast Ham Operators” (ECHO) have held some interesting Zoom sessions with MFJ’s Martin Jue, Elecraft’s Eric Swartz, Dr. Bob Heil and WG0AT (who uses goats to support summits on the air). The recorded calls are available on their zoom channel at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP-gkJVxKm1iS43RwYsaKuA?reload=9… Read the rest

The Albemarle Amateur Radio Club is offering a class to train students for the Technician Class amateur radio (ham) license.  This class will cover topics such as electronics, radio wave propagation, antenna design, frequency use in the US, and proper radio etiquette. … Read the rest

At the club meeting there was a discussion of logging software for the upcoming Field Day. It is possible to manual log a limited number of contacts (ARRL has a paper logging form, but it needs to be converted into a “dupe sheet” for submission).… Read the rest

by Michael Rein, KA4JJD

https://www.albemarleradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bug-advice-for-hams.2020.2.pdf… Read the rest