The UVa cubesat Libertas, part of the three-spacecraft Virginia Cubesat Constellation (http://vsgc.odu.edu/virginiacubesatconstellation/), is scheduled to launch at 4:46pm EDT on Wednesday, 17 April 2019. The ride to space will be on the Northrup Grumman Antares CRS-11 International Space Station (ISS) resupply mission.… Read the rest
Propagation – Jim Owen, K4CGY
The video of Jim Owen’s presentation on Propagation at the Albemarle Amateur Radio Club’s April 2019 meeting is now available on the club YouTube channel.
A PDF copy of the presentation is also available at: https://www.albemarleradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Propagation-Presentation-for-April.pdf. … Read the rest
Covenant School Ham Radio Class
New club member Ken Longnecker (KN4BAF) and sons Charlie (KN4CEH) and Will (KN4CAA) recently conducted a class on Ham Radio at the Covenant School. You can see TV coverage of their efforts at: https://www.nbc29.com/clip/14787516/covenant-school-class-gets-amateur-ham-radio-practice… Read the rest
Near Field Communication – NFC
Mike Ellington’s (KN4BFB) presentation on NFC is now available on the club YouTube channel. … Read the rest
Upcoming Public Service Events
Below is a list of tentative dates for public service events. Note that not all of these events will be coordinated by AARC nor may all of them require ham operators. This is just a “heads up” about what is out there.… Read the rest
UVa Cubesat One Step Closer to Space
Students from the three Virginia Cubesat Consortium schools delivered their spacecraft for integration on Tuesday. See the story at:
https://news.virginia.edu/content/ready-launch-nasa-uva-space-satellite-ok
The antenna array for the ground station will be hoisted onto the roof of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering building sometime during the next few weeks.… Read the rest
Introduction to FT8 presentation
The presentation on the FT8 digital mode by John Porter, KK4JP is available on the AARC YouTube Channel.… Read the rest
Upcoming Public Service Event
The first PS event of the 2019 season is coming up on Saturday, March 9. The Bel Monte Endurance Run with 13, 25 and 50 mile courses starts and finishes at the Royal Oak Campground located where Rt 814 intersects the Blue Ridge Parkway.… Read the rest
Community Emergency Response Team Level 1 Training
6-9pm at the Fontaine Fire Station February 12
or 6-9pm at the Crozet Library February 27
Learn to prepare for disasters that could impact your community. In an emergency, CERT members assist others when professional responders are not immediately available, and take a more active role in emergency preparedness projects. … Read the rest
Radio Astronomy Presentation
The presentation by Jim Condon (AD4YM) from the January 2019 meeting is now available on the club YouTube Channel or at: https://youtu.be/-ZXR-ih2chA