On Saturday, October 13, 2018, AARC members Dennis Terribile, WR4I; Ed Berkowitz, N3US; and Bob Romanko AK4BR set up a station and demonstrated Ham Radio to over 150 Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Adult leaders at the Apple Harvest Fall Camporee of the Stonewall Jackson Area Council. … Read the rest

Mike McPherson, KQ9P discussed amateur radio and emergency services for the 21st Century at the October AARC Meeting.

You can view the video of his talk at: https://youtu.be/MQpAlHsA6hU… Read the rest

https://news.virginia.edu/content/student-built-spacecraft-ready-launch has an article on the cubesat KQ9P has been helping prepare. The article doesn’t go much into the communictions side, but it does show the ground control station – covered in an earlier article (https://news.virginia.edu/content/just-houston-engineering-students-begin-work-satellite-ground-station) that features a photo of KQ9P.… Read the rest

Jeff Heavlin and I made a trip to Bucks Elbow this morning to address the linking of the 146.925 (Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital) and 146.895 (Bucks Elbow site). On August 29, we had done the first “phase” when we installed a newer link radio and moved the Fusion repeater from service as the 444.250 repeater to service as the new 146.925 repeater.… Read the rest

The video is available of the assessment of the Albemarle Amateur Radio Club Field Day 2018 at the July Meeting. It includes:

1. 1) the Field Day in 2 minutes video,
2. 2) Bob Romanko (AK4BR) looks at the pluses and minuses,
3. 3) Mike McPherson (KQ9P) discusses his fantastic near real-time display, and
4. 4) Dennis Terribile (WR4I) compares contacts with previous years.

If you’ve ever wondered about what it takes to get to a repeater site, this video is for you! Thanks to K4OLW and his dash-cam, we’ve got video of our trip to the 146.760 site on 6/27. There is no audio, and the entire video/trip is 20 minutes in length. … Read the rest

You can view the Field Day 2018 photos from Jim Wilson (https://photos.app.goo.gl/fWLGp3hJMqLsnhoq8) and of the storm-accelerated takedown at https://photos.app.goo.gl/sf9UrSef622JfCoB8, courtesy of Vicky E.

There is also the thrilling “AARC Field Day in 2 minutes” video on the club YouTube Channel at: https://youtu.be/1IBS0Jsee6w.… Read the rest

The following local businesses donated food items for our Field Day 2018:

Panera Bread

The Fresh Market

Wegmans

Starbucks

McDonalds

Wayside Chicken… Read the rest