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Welcome to the VB ARC website - Home of W4UG!
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The Virginia Beach ARC is a full service "ham radio"
club covering all aspects of the hobby. Visit the Public Service
page to find all of the events that we support in the city. Visit
the Admin page to find all the details of the club from Bylaws to
officers. The History page looks at the events from the past.
The membership page offers full details on joining VBARC and membership
roster.
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The next
meeting of VBARC is Thursday
May 3rd.
The meeting will start at 7:30 PM and the location will be
the St Andrews Methodist church multipurpose room on the corner of
Princess Anne Rd and tuscon Lane in Va Beach.
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The
next Board of Directors meeting will be April 25th @ 7:00 PM at the VBARC Beach Shack,
3469 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach.
Click here for a map to Ocean Park
Rescue - THE VBARC BEACH SHACK
News
The next Public Service event will be the Strawberry Festival on May
26th. Sign up via email to
Terry and Tom. Click on the Public Service button on the left to
see the 2018 schedual as well as a message from Tom with thanks to
participants.
A new Tech Class is being scheduled for April 20th & 21st with a VE
Testing Session on the 28th. If you would like to help lead the
Camp please contact Jim Arab.
Jim's email
A once in a lifetime Hamradio Yard Sale will take place on April 28th
and 29th at the QTH of Ron, W8RJL, and Judy, W4JJY, Young's house.
The address is 2310 Kingsman Lane, VA Beach 23453. All types of
equipment, parts and Ham related items.
Radiosport or contesting is a popular way to make contacts and increase your
operating skills, work on WAS and DXCC. In February the following ARRL sponsored contests are
being held. Please go to the arrrl.org/contest page for details of
each event. Even with a Tech license you can participate in a
couple of these events.
April 20th thru May 31st, 2018 Contesting Calendar
from
http://www.contestcalendar.com/contestcal.html
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April 2018 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
Apr 20 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
Apr 20 |
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+ Holyland DX Contest |
2100Z, Apr 20
to 2100Z, Apr 21 |
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+ ES Open HF Championship |
0500Z-0559Z,
Apr 21 and
0600Z-0659Z, Apr 21 and
0700Z-0759Z, Apr 21
and
0800Z-0859Z, Apr 21 |
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+ Worked All Provinces of China DX
Contest |
0600Z, Apr 21
to 0559Z, Apr 22 |
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+ QRP to the Field |
0800-1800
local, Apr 21 |
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+ YU DX Contest |
1200Z, Apr 21
to 1159Z, Apr 22 |
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+ CQMM DX Contest |
1200Z, Apr 21
to 2359Z, Apr 22 |
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+ Nebraska QSO Party |
1300Z, Apr 21
to 0200Z, Apr 22 and
1300Z-2200Z, Apr 22 |
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+ Michigan QSO Party |
1600Z, Apr 21
to 0400Z, Apr 22 |
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+ EA-QRP CW Contest |
1700Z-2000Z,
Apr 21 (10-20m) and
2000Z-2300Z, Apr 21 (40-80m) and
0700Z-0900Z, Apr 22 (40m) and
0900Z-1200Z, Apr 22 (20-10m) |
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+ Ontario QSO Party |
1800Z, Apr 21
to 0500Z, Apr 22 and
1200Z-1800Z, Apr 22 |
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+ Feld Hell Sprint |
1800Z-2159Z,
Apr 21 |
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+ SKCC Sprint |
0000Z-0200Z,
Apr 25 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
Apr 25 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
Apr 25 and
1900Z-2000Z, Apr 25 and
0300Z-0400Z, Apr 26 |
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+ UKEICC 80m Contest |
1900Z-2000Z,
Apr 25 |
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+ 432 MHz Spring Sprint |
1900 local -
2300 local, Apr 25 |
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+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data |
1900Z-2030Z,
Apr 26 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
Apr 27 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
Apr 27 |
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+ 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, Digital |
0001Z, Apr 28
to 2359Z, Apr 29 |
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+ SP DX RTTY Contest |
1200Z, Apr 28
to 1200Z, Apr 29 |
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+ Helvetia Contest |
1300Z, Apr 28
to 1259Z, Apr 29 |
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+ Florida QSO Party |
1600Z, Apr 28
to 0159Z, Apr 29 and
1200Z-2159Z, Apr 29 |
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+ BARTG Sprint 75 |
1700Z-2059Z,
Apr 29 |
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May 2018 |
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+ AGCW QRP/QRP Party |
1300Z-1900Z,
May 1 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
May 2 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
May 2 and
1900Z-2000Z, May 2 and
0300Z-0400Z, May 3 |
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+ NRAU 10m Activity Contest |
1700Z-1800Z,
May 3 (CW) and
1800Z-1900Z, May 3 (SSB) and
1900Z-2000Z, May 3 (FM) and
2000Z-2100Z, May 3 (Dig) |
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+ SKCC Sprint Europe |
1900Z-2100Z,
May 3 |
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+ MIE 33 Contest |
2300Z, May 3 to
0300Z, May 4 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
May 4 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
May 4 |
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+ Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest |
0000Z, May 5 to
1600Z, May 6 |
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+ 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, CW |
0001Z, May 5 to
2359Z, May 6 |
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+ SBMS 2.3 GHz and Up Contest and Club
Challenge |
0600 local, May
5 to 2359 local, May 6 |
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+ Microwave Spring Sprint |
0800-1400
local, May 5 |
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+ ARI International DX Contest |
1200Z, May 5 to
1159Z, May 6 |
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+ 7th Call Area QSO Party |
1300Z, May 5 to
0700Z, May 6 |
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+ Indiana QSO Party |
1500Z, May 5 to
0300Z, May 6 |
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+ FISTS Spring Slow Speed Sprint |
1700Z-2100Z,
May 5 |
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+ Delaware QSO Party |
1700Z, May 5 to
2359Z, May 6 |
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+ New England QSO Party |
2000Z, May 5 to
0500Z, May 6 and
1300Z-2400Z, May 6 |
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+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB |
1900Z-2030Z,
May 7 |
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+ ARS Spartan Sprint |
0100Z-0300Z,
May 8 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
May 9 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
May 9 and
1900Z-2000Z, May 9 and
0300Z-0400Z, May 10 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
May 11 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
May 11 |
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+ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon |
1200Z, May 12
to 2400Z, May 13 |
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+ VOLTA WW RTTY Contest |
1200Z, May 12
to 1200Z, May 13 |
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+ CQ-M International DX Contest |
1200Z, May 12
to 1159Z, May 13 |
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+ Arkansas QSO Party |
1400Z, May 12
to 0200Z, May 13 |
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+ FISTS Spring Unlimited Sprint |
1700Z-2100Z,
May 12 |
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+ 50 MHz Spring Sprint |
2300Z, May 12
to 0300Z, May 13 |
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+ WAB 7 MHz Phone |
1000Z-1400Z,
May 13 |
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+ 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday
Sprint |
0000Z-0200Z,
May 14 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
May 16 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
May 16 and
1900Z-2000Z, May 16 and
0300Z-0400Z, May 17 |
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+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data |
1900Z-2030Z,
May 16 |
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+ NAQCC CW Sprint |
0030Z-0230Z,
May 17 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
May 18 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
May 18 |
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+ Portuguese Navy Day Contest |
0900Z, May 18
to 1700Z, May 20 |
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+ Slobozhansky Sprint Contest |
1800Z-1959Z,
May 18 (SSB) and
2000Z-2159Z, May 18 (CW) |
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+ UN DX Contest |
0600Z-2100Z,
May 19 |
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+ NZART Sangster Shield Contest |
0800Z-1100Z,
May 19 and
0800Z-1100Z, May 20 |
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+ Aegean RTTY Contest |
1200Z, May 19 to 1200Z, May 20 |
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+ EU PSK DX Contest |
1200Z, May 19
to 1200Z, May 20 |
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+ His Maj. King of Spain Contest, CW |
1200Z, May 19
to 1200Z, May 20 |
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+ Feld Hell Sprint |
1600Z-1759Z,
May 19 and
2000Z-2159Z, May 19 |
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+ Baltic Contest |
2100Z, May 19
to 0200Z, May 20 |
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+ Run for the Bacon QRP Contest |
0100Z-0300Z,
May 21 |
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+ SKCC Sprint |
0000Z-0200Z,
May 23 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
May 23 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
May 23 and
1900Z-2000Z, May 23 and
0300Z-0400Z, May 24 |
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+ RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW |
1900Z-2030Z,
May 24 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
May 25 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
May 25 |
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+ CQ WW WPX Contest, CW |
0000Z, May 26
to 2359Z, May 27 |
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+ QRP ARCI Hootowl Sprint |
0000Z-0100Z,
May 28 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
May 30 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
May 30 and
1900Z-2000Z, May 30 and
0300Z-0400Z, May 31 |
Local repeaters are controlled by
the Virginia
Beach Emergency Amateur Repeater Society or VBEARS. Repeaters are
available on 146.970, 146.895 and 444.950. Please check the VBEARS page
for full details of all repeaters in the region. If you are using the
repeaters and have problems please address your issues to the Manager of the
repeater via email here.
We also have a new repeater on 147.300+ managed
by the Hospital Network. It is open to all hams when not used for
emergency events.
Key nets
on the 146.97 repeater are:
ARES Net every
Tuesday Night at 8:00 PM
Hampton Roads Service
Net on 146.97 at 9:00 PM every night.
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