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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We have made some more changes in the Third Annual VA Ham Radio Cruise-In. We will offer souvenir QSL Cards and Program folders to all attending and we have added discussion groups such as Emergency Solar Power with a demonstration and discussion, as well as Remote Operations by Jay James W4BSB from Virginia Beach.… Read the rest

The Club Photo Gallery (left edge line-up) has been updated with eight new member ID photos in addition to the pictures from the Jefferson Cup Bike Races. Check it out. They are viewed best by reducing your page size to 75% otherwise you will miss an entire column on the ight unless you scroll back and forward.… Read the rest