During the month, we had debits totaling $51.05 and deposits totaling $259.82. Balances will be available at tonight’s meeting.… Read the rest

The Northern-Piedmont Emergency Net meets every Thursday evening at 8:00 PM (20:00) local time on the 146.73 repeater. The NPEN is a directed net with rotating net-control stations intended to assist local amateurs with building emergency operating capabilities. The NPEN provides an opportunity to learn the basics of many aspects of emergency communication.… Read the rest

For those who want to get their feet wet in DX, try the 7-8 March ARRL Phone DX contest. It will be on all bands & Logs do not have to be submitted. It is a great chance to work some new countries.… Read the rest

Please gather up your old (within the past 6 months) ham radio magazines, such as QST and CQ, for placement in your favorite car mechanic, tire shop, dentist, doctor, etc. waiting rooms. You should obtain the OK from the office staff, but they will likely be glad to let you do so.… Read the rest

Dave Damon called me last evening with news of some problems with the .760 repeater system. It seems that all 3 of our two meter transmitters were essentially transmitting full time. They were only timing out on the programmed transmit time out timer, but then immediately began transmitting a dead carrier.… Read the rest

I plan to put W4UVA on the air for the February 2015 ARRL School Club Roundup, the twice-annual operating event for K-12 and college amateur radio clubs. I have to work around my day job, so I will plan to be at the W4UVA shack in the Old Reactor Building on Observatory Hill at 675 Old Reservoir Road, Charlottesville, VA 22904 (https://goo.gl/maps/sfWAE… Read the rest

January is usually an active month for your club and this January was no exception.
We had deposits totaling $931.70 and debits totaling $267.17.

Your financial support of the club is appreciated and if you have not sent in your 2015 dues, please do so.… Read the rest

Albemarle Amateur Radio Club
Volunteer Speakers Needed for 2015 Suggested Topics Below
Contact Larry Eicher, K4JZQ tuzlu@comcast.net

Any presenter will need to be willing to keep his/her presentation no longer than 30 minutes with some time for limited questions/answers.
Presentations may have access to a projector and screen.… Read the rest