The August Issue of our club newsletter, The Beacon, has been posted and is available for dowload from the menu on the left. Check it out, take the quiz and have some fun!… Read the rest
AARC Public Service
Saturday, July 7 was so hot so early in the morning, I bow before the AARC members that showed up to help out with the Jefferson Sprint Triathlon. Fortunately, since this event ends early, we weren’t forced to endure the afternoon temperature, morning was quite enough, thank you very much!… Read the rest
August Picnic & Silent Auction Set for August 14 at 6 pm
The club’s annual picnic and silent auction will be held at the Darden Towe Park Pavillion on Tuesday, August 14, at 6 pm. Place a box in your ham shack and fill it with items you would like to sell to raise some money for items you want to buy.… Read the rest
July 10 Set For Club Meeting At NRAO
The regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Albemarle Amateur Radio Club will be held on Tuesday, July 10, at 7:30 pm. Dr. Michael Rein will present a program on “Ticks of the insect kind.” We will also hear a report and discussion on Field Day 2012.… Read the rest
AARC 2012 Field Day trumps last year
Our club really came through with an outstanding performance during Field Day 2012. Much of the credit for that has to go to Bill Pond N0WP and Jim Owen K4CGY for their dedicated leadership. To me, the most rewarding aspect of leadership is to discover people standing with you to push the successful effort along because no one of us can do it alone.… Read the rest
Amateur Radio Field Day set for June 23 – 24
Field Day ‘2012 is creeping up on us! The weekend of June 23 and 24 are the dates of this very popular operating event this year. The Albemarle Amateur Radio Club is again going to be operating from our home for the past few years at the Earlysville Fire station.… Read the rest
License Examination Session Great Success
At Saturday’s Amateur Radio License Examination Session, we had twelve candidates take a total of 20 exams. All candidates earned a new license class. There was one Extra, two General and nine Technician licenses earned. We had a great showing of nine AARC Volunteer Examiners to proctor the test session.… Read the rest
License Examination Session set for June 2 at NRAO
Our quarterly FCC Amateur Radio License Examinations will be offered on Saturday, June 2, starting at 9 am. The exam will be offered in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgement Road, Charlottesville. Examinations will be available for all class licenses.… Read the rest
Club Meeting set for June 12 at 7:30 pm
The meeting will take place at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Headquarters, 520 Edgement Road, Charlottesville. You won’t want to miss this program because it will be a unique opportunity to hear from a very unique author with a great insight into Amateur Radio.… Read the rest
Cruise-In Drew Modest Crowd Despite Weather
Through a cloudy and overcast beginning, the Third Annual Cruise-In enjoyed warm sunshine, cold blustery rain and back to a thick cloud cover all during the six-hour period of the event. Despite the weather anomalies 38 persons signed in of which 14 were non-club members.… Read the rest