Signup for operating shifts is now available! Click on the big green button to go to the VolunteerSpot Web site:
More details will be available soon…… Read the rest
Tuesday 2014-05-13 – AARC Monthly Meeting
Meeting is at 7:30PM EST. 
Presentation: Dave Damon K4DND will be talking about IRLP
Meeting Location: NRAO Auditorium, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA.
Lat/Long: geo:38.036817,-78.518115
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Board Meeting is at 7:00PM, same room. There may be an ARES meeting at 6:30PM in the Parking Lot.… Read the rest
Sat 2014-05-10 Fontaine Fire Station Grand opening.
Photo: Mark Whitis AK4OL, CC-BY-US-3.0
The grand opening for the New Fontaine Ave Fire Station is Saturday from 11AM to 3PM, Rain or Shine. Be prepared for rain as the hourly weather forecast on weatherbug has 50% chance of rain during the event hours.… Read the rest
ViewRF RTL-SDR Dongle Spectrum Analyzer
I’ve successfully built Stephen Ong’s ViewRF RTL-SDR Spectrum Analyzer. If you are interested in cool things that you can do with these little devices check out Stephen’s YouTube demo and my project page.
73, Mike KQ9P… Read the rest
Dayton Hamvention
The Dayton Hamvention, the largest hamfest in North America is coming Friday 2014-05-16 through Sunday 2014-05-18. Although it is 7 hours away, a number of AARC members will be attending.
Website: http://www.hamvention.org/
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Note that there are one or more hamfests listed on the club calendar in Virginia or neighbouring states almost every weekend for the next 3 months, except for field day and independence day.… Read the rest
Kicksat launch this Friday 2014-04-18 or Sat 2014-04-19
UPDATE: Kicksat has successfully launched.
Sprites will be deployed around 2014-05-04 15:45 EDT.
Kicksat orbit is predicted to decay around 2014-05-14.
Frequencies: https://github.com/zacinaction/kicksat/wiki/Radio-Info
Technical difficulties aside, there is a 40% chance weather will permit kicksat to launch Friday and a 36% chance it will launch saturday for a total probablity of 76%.… Read the rest
Earlysville Volunteer Fire Department Fundraising Barbecue, Saturday 2014-05-03
Bob Pattison, K4DU, writes:
For quite some time now the Earlysville Volunteer Fire Department (EVFD) has supported the Albemarle Amateur Radio Club (AARC) by hosting our annual Field Day station. At the most recent AARC meeting it was suggested that we, the members of the AARC, should support the EVFD by attending their Spring Barbecue.… Read the rest
Kicksat launch scheduled for tomorrow. SCRUBBED
“Our launch is officially on for tomorrow (April 14th) at 4:59 PM EDT. ”
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zacinaction/kicksat-your-personal-spacecraft-in-space/posts/
Kiscksat (the cubesat) should be transmitting tomorrow evening.
Sprites will be deployed 16 days later.
There is also a lunar eclipse late monday night, early morning (roughly 1AM-5PM) Weather conditions: partly cloudy (wunderground hourly forecast).… Read the rest
9-10 August 2014 AARC Camp Albemarle Activation, Civilian Conservation Corps On-The-Air Weekend
Dirk KG8JK in Petosky, Michigan, is organizing the first of what he hopes will be an annual Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) On-The-Air Weekend on 9-10 August 2014. More information about his effort is available at Dirk’s event Web site and in the ARRL news item on the topic.… Read the rest
Tue 2014-04-24 Skywarn class
There will be a skywarn class in Charlottesville on Tue 2014-04-24 from 6-9PM in the City Council Chambers. This class will teach you how to spot and report severe weather events to the National Weather Service, which relies on a nationwide network of Skywarn weather spotters.… Read the rest