Clink on this Link: http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Local-Club-Hosts-Radio-Field-Day-310349591.html… Read the rest
June 2015 Public Service Committee Report
June is always a hectic month for the Albemarle ARC. In addition to Field Day it is also the month for the annual MS150 Tour de Vine bike event. 2015 was the 27th consecutive year that the AARC has attended and provided communications support for this important fundraiser.… Read the rest
Monday Night Info Net moving to the 146.895 repeater
If you have been using or monitoring the AARC 146.760MHz repeater lately you know that it isn’t working well right now. N0WP recently sent an email to this mailing list about the problem. Unfortunately, weather and Trump Winery activities have prevented a trip to Marshall Manor to work on the problem.… Read the rest
Field Day Update
In the next 2 weeks before Field Day I’ll be using the AARC group email list to send out updated notices as
needed about our Field Day preparations. The reason for this is two-fold: Some members think they have to
have a password to get into our website or to read the Beacon newsletters (not true) so they haven’t as yet
tried to keep up to date on Field Day activities; and we now have passed the time for Beacon
announcements 1st of the month).… Read the rest
May Treasurer’s Report
In May we had debits totaling $363.36 and credits totaling $222.06. Activity was light as it usually is this time of the year.… Read the rest
Field Day Public Relations Report By James Wilson, Club PR Director
Field Day is the single most important annual event that requires promoting and supporting by the AARC Public Relations Committee.
Phase I has successfully been completed. Phase I includes advance Field Day promotions to television and commercial radio stations, to print media, and to local officials.… Read the rest
Miller School Bike Race Sunday May 31
This past Sunday, members of the AARC and CVRA (Central Virginia Repeater Association) assisted with the Miller School Bike Races. The race course of approximately 16 miles is sufficient length to accommodate 4 race groups simultaneously. The morning race groups started at 10 minute intervals, resulting in sufficient spacing to avoid one field overtaking the one ahead of it.… Read the rest
Upcoming Public Service Events
Check your calendars, we have two important upcoming public service events that will need lots of volunteers.
Sunday, May 31 is the Miller School Bike Race. This race takes place on the Miller School loop, with 4 race groups on the course in the morning and another 4 groups on the course in the afternoon.… Read the rest
AARC Field Day 2015, 27-28 June 2015
Another Field Day is in the record books!
Lot’s of detailed reports will come along later, but for now…
In addition to 2400+ operating points (Power Multiplier of 2), we earned 1400+ bonus points for Emergency Power, Media Publicity, Public Location, Public Information Table, Message Origination to Section Manager, Message Handling, Satellite QSO, Alternate Power, W1AW Bulletin, Educational Activity, Site Visitation by an elected governmental official, Site Visitation by a representative of an agency, GOTA Station, Web submission, and Youth Participation.… Read the rest
Club Document Section Created
I posted the Club Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, and Tax Exempt Letter to this new section of our website… Read the rest