The AARC will hold its next amateur radio exam session on Saturday, 16 September, 2023, at 10:00AM, tentatively, at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Registrants will be notified of any place change.

Please help spread the word
Exams will be available for all three levels of license: Technician, General, and Amateur Extra.… Read the rest

A PDF of the presentation by Bill Moraine, N2COP to the AARC is now available.

AARC sponsored a successful VE session on Saturday, 15 July at PVCC. Congratulations to Joe Duquette (Amateur Extra), Ben Schrum (Technician), Chris Kiewra (Technician), Chris Nichols (Amateur Extra), Deanna Sackett (Technician), Evie Sackett (Technician), Jeff Dixon (Technician), Jay Thompson (Technician and General), and Finn Thompson (Technician).… Read the rest

The AARC will hold its next amateur radio exam session on Saturday, May 27, 2022, at 10:00AM, in Room M833 at the Piedmont Virginia Community College, 501 College Dr,  Charlottesville, VA 22902.

Please help spread the word.

Exams will be available for all three levels of license: Technician, General, and Amateur Extra.… Read the rest

Congratulations to

Ryan Slater,

Daniel Stornetta, and

Jasmine Floyd,

all of whom passed their technician exams on Saturday, 29 April.

Thanks to VEs Ed Berkowitz, Dave Krovetz, Dave Damon, William Pemberton, and Bill Phillips, who administered the session.

Hank Perritt, K9KDF
VE Liaison… Read the rest

The Albemarle Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that a course preparing students to sit for the General Class amateur radio license will be offered via Zoom starting Wednesday evening April 5th at 7 pm Eastern time.  The class is open to anyone interested in upgrading to the General Class License and will run for 8 weeks on Wednesdays. … Read the rest

A presentation on 3D printing from Mike McPherson, KQ9P

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On Saturday, 22 October 2022, AARC will be holding a hidden transmitter hunt
– sometimes known as a foxhunt or t-hunt.  All interested AARC members are
invited to join in on the fun.

The hunt will start in the parking lot at Hollymead Town Center in front of
the Starbucks. … Read the rest