RARS in-person gatherings are cancelled. The RARS officers are making alternate arrangements for virtual meetings. Please check this website often for updated information.
6:00 PM: New Ham / Elmer meeting.
7:00 PM: General Social/Gathering. 7:30 PM: Business meeting and program.
See why YOU should be a RARS MemberNetwork with 400+ Amateur Radio Operators
Access to experienced Amateur Radio Operators (Hams) who volunteer as mentors to enhance enjoyment of our popular hobby and service. With more than 400 members, RARS is able to offer a wide array of public service, education, and advocacy activities covering many aspects of the Amateur Radio experience.
Community Support through Public Service
Many RARS members members contribute their skills and equipment in support of community service organizations across the RTP area, providing communications to many worthwhile nonprofit and charitable organizations. Typically when organizations hold fundraising events such as bicycle rallys, walk/run marathons, and Special Olympics. For example, the National MS Society has several walks in the spring, and a major bike tour in the fall. These events are outdoors, spread over several miles (150 miles for the MS-150 Bike tour). Ham Radio and repeaters are ideal for providing both logistical and safety communications.
RARS members also provide a public service through participation in such organizations as ARES and Skywarn which provide Emergency Communications Services to Public Safety officials and Government Agencies. Members Only Clssified Ads
The RARS website supports a very active classified add listing that anyone can see but only RARS Members have posting privledges. The classified ads are among the busiest pages of our website and the ads are a free service provided to all RARS members.
Membership Social Events
RARS members stay in touch in a lot of ways either in person or on-the-air
Education and License Exams
RARS conducts license classes for both initial licensing and advancement to higher class licenses. There are also frequent technical programs at our meetings as well as a weekly technical net on the club repeater. The RARS VE (Volunteer Examiner) team also conducts about half a dozen License Exam Sessions each year. For the newly licensed there is a NEW HAM meeting each month before the Membership Meeting. There is also a weekly Tech-Net on the club repeater.
Operating Events
Many RARS members participate in on-the-air events either as individuals or together such as:
Special RARS "Members Only" benefits
While some of the RARS benefits are available without actually becoming a paid member of RARS, there are some great benfits that are restricted to Members Only:
Updated July 08, 2020 16:46:54 COVID-19 Impact on RARS Meetings and Gatherings
Due to the current COVID-19 related mandates all RARS in-person gatherings are suspended until further notice. Information will be published as the situation evolves. Please utilize the RARS nightly net on the W4DW 146.64 repeater and the RARS-L Email Reflector to stay in touch with fellow members.
The April 14th RARS meeting will be held on the 146.64 repeater at 8PM. The presentation will be “A tribute to the Golden Age of Radio: A RARS Variety Show” By Virginia NC4VA
The May 12th RARS meeting will be held using Zoom at 7:30PM. Zoom is a conferencing application that runs on computers, tablets and phones. The presentation will be “Radio and the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan” By Brian Harrison, KN4R. More information will be in next month’s Exciter.
Quarterly Raleigh 10 Meter Net July 18th.The Quarterly Raleigh 10 Meter Net meets 4 times each yaear (January, April, July, and October) on the Saturday following the RARS Membership Meeting. This means it will always be on the 12th through 18th of the month. The 10m net is on 28.364 Mhz following the RARS 2-Meter net, usually between 8:30 and 9:00 PM. The specific start time will be announced on the 2m net, on 146.640MHz, just prior to the 10m net. Order your T or Polo RARS Shirts directly from Supreme T-Shirts and Apparel in Garner. powered by Surfing Waves
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This antenna is a 20 to 25 foot long (6.0 m to 7.6 m) off-center fed dipole antenna for the 20 m and 40 m bands designed for those who need to conceal an antenna. It is small enough to fit inside the attic of many homes. It can also be set up as ......<more>
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