The Albemarle Amateur Radio Club will kick-off a Technician Class (the entry level license) on Saturday, April 19, at 9 a.m. in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville. This will be a self-study class requiring the American Radio Relay League Ham Radio License Manual textbook at a cost of $29.95 ordered from www.arrl.org… Read the rest
Sun Mar 30, 2014
Arrive at 7:30AM, safety meeting at 8:15AM; drivers must attend.
Homepage: none
Route: http://www.mapmyride.com/us/charlottesville-va/jeff-cup-loop-route-1547968
Registration: https://www.bikereg.com/22430
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JeffersonCupRoadRace
Start location:
Leslie H Walton Middle School
4217 Red Hill Road Charlottesville, VA 22903-7922
+37° 55′ 15.58″, -78° 33′ 8.78
geo:37.920994,-78.552439 (calculated from above coordinates)
geo:37.921495,-78.551065 (from google map link on bikereg)
UTM: 715135.8128E 4199874.193N Zone 17
Prepare for rain.… Read the rest
UPDATE: Postponed, possibly to somewhere between March 30th and April 2nd.
“KickSat is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 16, 2014 at 4:41 AM. To check the latest date, look for ‘SpaceX CRS 3’ on SpaceFlight Now.… Read the rest
The 2014 VA QSO party is this weekend, Saturday March 15, 10 AM – 10 PM and Sunday 8 AM – 8 PM Virginia local time. This is a contest/operating event “to promote amateur radio activity in the 95 Virginia Counties and 38 Virginia Independent Cities”.… Read the rest
AARC will be holding its quarterly VE (Volunteer Examiner) session where people can take exams to obtain or upgrade an Amateur Radio (ham radio) license, adminstered for the FCC by our ARRL accredited Volunteer Examineers (VEs). Your exam will be graded on the spot.… Read the rest
Jim Wilson, K4BAV, will give a talk about telegraphy.
Meeting is at 7:30PM. Board meeting a half hour earlier.
Meeting Location: NRAO Auditorium, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA.
Lat/Long: geo:38.036817,-78.518115
google map… Read the rest
The Beacon was posted late waiting for the minutes of the February meeting. The minutes came in just after posting the newsletter without them. The president asked that the minutes be posted in a special edition of the newsletter. That has been done and can be found in a file “201403 Special” next to the regular edition.… Read the rest
The 2014 Vienna Wireless Society Winterfest is on Sunday, February 23 in Vienna, VA (Northern VA) at the gymasium of the NVCC Annandale Campus, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003.‎
geo:38.833216,-77.236872 (Google Maps)
Talkin: 146.91Mhz NV4FM Northern VA FM Association Tysons Corner Repeater.… Read the rest
Mike McPherson, KQ9P, will be doing a presentation on ARES/RACES.
Meeting will be at NRAO but I believe it will be in a different room than usual as another group will be using the auditorium.
Meeting Location: NRAO Auditorium, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA.… Read the rest
Frostfest will be on Saturday, February 1, 2014, from 8:30AM-3:30PM at the Richmond Raceway complex.
Details, directions, website links, floorplan, and video below the fold.
http://frostfest.com/
Address:
Richmond Raceway Complex
600 East Laburnum Avenue
Richmond, VA 23222-2253
GPS Coordinates:
geo:37.586389,-77.423333
37 deg 35 min 31 sec N 77 deg 25 min 23 sec W
Google Map
APRS: If your vehicle is APRS-capable, you can home-in on our APRS object, FROSTFEST.… Read the rest