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March 2024 is online now

Today is Thursday, March 28, 2024 (day 88/2024)
The Raleigh Amateur Radio Society asks that any person who thinks that they might have COVID–19, or other contagious disease, refrain from attending any in-person RARS events until they are no longer contagious.


Members and non-members are welcome!

7:00 PM: General Social Period
7:30 PM: Business Meeting and Program
Have an idea for a meeting?
Email the RARS Vice President


The RARS General Membership Meeting is on-line only.
Click here to join anytime after 7:00 pm
on the evening of the meeting.
Please add your call sign and location to your name in Zoom.
Please mute your microphone while others are speaking,
especially during the presentation.

We meet in-person for
The Gathering and the RARS Dinner.


See here for a list of presentations and
selected materials
from prior meetings
.
Welcome to our newest RARS members
KQ4PSK Jay Gilleece III WA4HTR Heyward Grainger KE4MAC Kelly McCullen
N4BBA Carl Slack N2VEH George McBride N4SW Walt Short

Current News and Events
Updated March 26, 2024 13:51:16

The 50th Annual RARSfest
and ARRL Roanoke Division Convention

April 6, 2024 at the NC State Fairgrounds

Discounted tickets and tables are available online during the “Early Bird” period through March 30! Complimentary admission and other benefits for volunteers! See RARSfest.org for details.

Next RARS Portable Operating Event
Saturday, March 30, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Please join the RARS Portable Operating Group at the Clemmons Educational State Forest this coming Saturday from 3:00–5:00 pm. We will be activating the park for Parks on the Air. As always, no license or club affiliation required, only a passing interest in radio, communications, or electrons. Kids and family are welcome to join. ...

Let me know if you plan to bring your portable station and what band, mode, power, and antenna you plan to use. I will plan to bring some band pass filters. We will be monitoring 146.52 simplex if you need help finding us. Check here for updates if the weather is questionable. We hope to see you there!

For more information, contact Brantley West K4CBW.


RARS Resumes Licensing Classes!
March 16, 23, and 30

Have you always wanted to get your amateur radio license? Now is the time! RARS is pleased to announce that we will be offering a Technician licensing class in March 2024! The class will be taught on three Saturday mornings, starting on March 16th and leading up to the testing session at RARSfest on April 6. You don't need to be a RARS member to take the class! ...

Classes will run from 8:30 am to 12:35 pm on March 16th, 23rd, and 30th, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7000 Creedmoor Road, Raleigh, and cover all the material you need to know to pass the exam for the entry-level amateur radio license. Instruction will be based on the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual, 5th Edition, available from the American Radio Relay League (you don't need to be a member to buy from the ARRL) and on Amazon.

For more information or to reserve a seat in the class, please contact Denny Oestreich, the RARS Education Director, at telephone number 919-846-8163, or OestreichD@AOL.com.

And tell those friends whom you have been trying to get to join the hobby!


Next RARS Gathering and License Exam
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Ridge Road Baptist Church,
2011 Ridge Road, Raleigh

Part show-and-tell, part maker fair, part operating event, the in-person RARS Gathering on the fourth Tuesday of each month is the place to be if you want to find out about the local ham community, meet other ham radio operators, see hands on demos of old and new ham radio equipment, get on the air, and exchange ideas in a fun forum. Members and non-members are welcome. ...

The meeting starts at 7:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall, but we start setting up at 6:00 pm, and you are welcome to bring your own ham radio equipment and projects to demonstrate, show off, or just work on with other like-minded hams -- we have plenty of tables. You might also find sources of coax, connectors, zip cord, Powerpoles®, and whatnot. For more information about The Gathering, please contact Tadd Torborg KA2DEW.

The RARS Volunteer Examiner Team conducts license exams at The Gatherings in even-numbered months. You do not need to be a RARS member to test with us. Exams start promptly at 6:00 pm so applicants can attend The Gathering, afterwards. Please see our License Classes and Exams page for important information, including the exam requirements. Preregistration is preferred and may be done by submitting the registration form on this page (select the Ridge Rd location and date). For more information about RARS license exams, please contact Richard Hall K7RLH, the RARS VE Chair.


Next RARS Dinner
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 6:30 pm
IHOP, 7471 Six Forks Road, Raleigh

All members and guests are welcome to attend the monthly RARS Dinner on the first Tuesday of each month. Informal and Dutch, just bring your appetite and best rag to chew.

IHOP is on the corner of Sawmill and Six Forks Roads. After entering the restaurant, look for our folks in the dining room. For more information about the RARS Dinner, please contact Chuck Littlewood K4HF.


Upcoming Events

Mar 30 RARS Technician Class 3 of 3Raleigh, NC
Apr 6 RARSfestRaleigh, NC
Apr 13 FARC W4NC SpringfestWinston-Salem, NC
Apr 13 GVARC Thawfest IIRuckersville, VA
Apr 18 World Amateur Radio Day
May 17-19 HamventionXenia, OH
May 18 AB4OZ HamfestRaleigh, NC
Jun 1 Manassas TailgateManassas, VA
Jun 22-23 RARS Field DayRaleigh, NC
Jul 1-7 13 Original Colonies Special Event
Jul 13 Firecracker HamfestSalisbury, NC
Aug 30 - Sep 1 Shelby (SARC) HamfestShelby, NC


Mar 27 - Apr 3 WA7BNM Contest Calendar


ARRL News
Catch this replay of the December 28, 2023 ARRL Roanoke Division Town Hall.

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RARS Website News

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Recent Changes to the RARS Website
  • For those interested in RARS's history, here is a list of RARS officers and EXciter editors going back to RARS's founding in 1969
  • The link to sign up for the RARS-L email reflector has been moved from the About page to the For Members Only page.
  • Links where we tell you to contact someone now open a RARS Communication Form addressed to that person, rather than directing you to the Club Contacts page.
  • Call signs in the membership roster now link to QRZ.com profiles
  • The Zoom link for the General Membership Meeting has been added to meeting announcement at the top of this page.
  • A new page with the list of Board nominations for 2024 has been added
  • Back issues of the EXciter are now available on the “Wayback Machine”, in addition to the News & Exciter page
  • Meeting presentations have moved to here and are linked from the RARS General Membership Meeting announcement at the top of this page
  • FCC Topics of Interest has moved to the News & Exciter page
  • Why You Should Be A RARS Member Today! has moved here and is linked from the Join/Renew Membership page
  • Looking for RARS Club polo shirts or brochures to promote the Club? Go to the bottom of the For Members Only page
  • The menu on the left side of each page has been reorganized into logical chunks with lines separating the chunks. The Home button is suppressed if you are on the home page.


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