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The Raleigh Amateur Radio Society asks that any person who thinks that they might have any
contagious disease refrain from attending any in-person RARS events until they are no longer contagious.
Members and non-members are welcome! 
Ridge Road Baptist Church2011 Ridge Road Raleigh, NC 27607 6:00 PM: New Ham & Elmer Meeting 7:00 PM: General Social Period 7:30 PM: Business Meeting and Program We meet in-person for The Gathering and the RARS Dinner. See here for a list of presentations and selected materials from prior meetings. Have an idea for a meeting? Click to message the RARS Vice President. Welcome to Our Newest RARS Members
Updated October 12, 2025 08:19:56 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.
Even if you're not a ham, come to learn about the hobby and the community.
Children are welcome with their family as long as they can be trusted around a hot soldering iron!
Members and non-members are welcome.
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6:00 – 7:30 PM Ridge Road Baptist Church, 2011 Ridge Road, Raleigh The RARS Volunteer Examiner Team conducts license exams at The Gatherings in even-numbered months, except when The Gathering is canceled, e.g., due to the weather or a conflict with a holiday. 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. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged and may be done on this page. Make sure you are selecting the 6:00 PM–7:30 PM session on the date of The Gathering. Please see our License Classes and Exams page for important information, including the exam requirements. For more information about RARS license exams, please contact Richard Hall KR4LH, the RARS VE Chair. IHOP, 7471 Six Forks Road, Raleigh
All members and guests are welcome to attend the monthly RARS Dinner,
now on the on the third Tuesday of each month.
Informal and Dutch, just bring your appetite and best rag to chew.
Next RARS Quarterly 10-Meter Net
Saturday, After the 2-Meter Net
The quarterly RARS 10-Meter Net meets on 28.364 MHz in January, April, July, and October on the Saturday following the
RARS General Membership Meeting (which is on the second Tuesday of each month).
It will always be on or between the 12th and the 18th of the month.
It usually starts between 8:30 and 9:00 PM, following the
RARS 2-Meter Net.
The specific start time will be announced on the 2-Meter Net (146.640MHz, -0.6 MHz offset, no tone) just prior to the 10-Meter Net.
ARRL News
Catch this replay
of the
September 29, 2025, ARRL Roanoke Division Town Hall
about the
ARRL's grassroots campaign
to pass the
Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act,
which limits the adoption and enforcement of private land use restrictions (e.g., rules of a homeowners' association) that prohibit,
restrict, or impair the installation, maintenance, or operation of an amateur station antenna on property controlled by an amateur radio operator.
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RARS Has Worked All States!
.png) Thanks to three years of Field Day logs, the 2024 NC QSO Party, and a final push by Tom N4TL, the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society has earned the ARRL “Worked All States” award in the “Mixed” category!
Click
here
to see the states/modes with which we have confirmed contacts in the ARRL's
Logbook of the World.
Here is what our
5-Band Worked All States account looks like.
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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 
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and prior RARS Field Day web pages to the extent they still exist.
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