Upcoming Club Events: An altered monthly club meeting will be held Monday April 26th @7pm on our local repeaters. This is due to COVID-19 precautions. May 8, 8am Fox Hunt at Randolph Park in Dublin, VA. Ongoing weekly Dutch Treat Breakfasts are on hold. Normal monthly club meetings are held at the Lewis Gale Montgomery […]
News and Announcements
ARRL Virginia Section Ham Radio News
Here is a collection of ARRL Section News from Virginia in PDF format for our club members to view. April 2021 – VASectionNews-24.pdf March 2021 – VASectionNews-23.pdf Februrary 2021 – VASectionNews-22.pdf (invalid reference link to Williamsburg Next Door Neighbors magazine in #22 above. Use this instead.) January 2021 – VASectionNews-21.pdf December 2020 – VASectionNews-20.pdf November […]
Blings ‘n’ Things Themes for 2021
This year our monthly meetings will contain a show ‘n’ tell where members are encouraged to bring in things to show off, explain, and discuss. This “Blings ‘n’ Things” will be themed for each month for a specific topic, but members are encouraged to bring in anything they would like to show or share. Below […]
VE Testing Sessions
Requirements for Testing All testing sessions require an FCC Registration Number (FRN) prior to testing and a photo ID. This is an FCC regulation. Go to the FCC Registration site to register for free here.If you need help, video instructions are available here. If you are already licensed, you will also need to bring a […]
NRVARC Donates to ARRL Spectrum Defense Fund
As COVID-19 precautions would prevent our club from holding our annual Eat-and-Meet in January, it was decided in our November 2020 club meeting to take the normally allocated funds for our raffle to go towards the ARRL Spectrum Defense Fund. The $200 dollars donation was received by the ARRL in February 2021. The ARRL Spectrum […]
FCC Fees Proposal – What can you do?
For anyone concerned about the new fees being proposed for licensing fees, please follow the link below for information, or use the PDF for guidance. This information will guide your efforts, to include some talking points. ARRL’s Guide to Filing Comments with the FCC (web link – RECOMMENDED)ARRL’s Guide to Filing Comments with the FCC […]
Blings ‘n’ Things Themes for 2020
This year our monthly meetings will contain a show ‘n’ tell where members are encouraged to bring in things to show off, explain, and discuss. This “Blings ‘n’ Things” will be themed for each month for a specific topic, but members are encouraged to bring in anything they would like to show. Below is the […]
NRVARC at IWLA
The NRVARC will be setting up an information/demonstration tent at this year’s Kids Fishing Rodeo at the Izaak Walton League Park in Christiansburg, VA., Sunday May 5th, 2019 from Noon until 5pm. This club outing is organized by KN4OOG (Cindy) and KN4CQV (Bill), so if you would like to help out, please contact them. More […]
Blings ‘n’ Things Themes for 2019
This year our monthly meetings will contain a show ‘n’ tell where members are encouraged to bring in things to show off, explain, and discuss. This “Blings ‘n’ Things” will be themed for each month for a specific topic, but members are encouraged to bring in anything they would like to show. Below is the […]