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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
October 4th.
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 September 26th @ 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
License Testing:
We host a testing session for all amateur radio levels at our
Membership meetings in Oct and Nov of this year. Testing is open to everyone and you do not need to
preregister.
Public
Service Notes from Tom WS9B:
Our next event will be Wicked 10K on Oct.
27, 2018. We will need at
least 14 people.
We will have signup sheet at club meeting
and e-mail sent out end of Sept.
We want to thank:
KN4FEE, Tim; KM4JIA, Pat; KK4QJN, Stan; KK4FXS, Scott; KM4LMP, Ray;
KI4RJZ, Steve; KN4BLC, Phillip; KJ4EZH, Chris; KI4LKW, Claud; KK4FXW,
Gretchen; WA4GDB, George; W5ARX, Curt; KB0ABJ,
Trap; KB0AAJ, Jonathon; KE4AZL, Butch; N4JJ, Josh; KN4FTH, Larry;
KD4FIG, Richard; KC4JGC, Steve; KA8TNF, Terry; WB4BAX, Mike; and K3QQN,
Jim for helping with ASYMCA Mud Run.
We would like everyone to program in their radio’s
147.045, 146.97, 147.3 and 444.95 as simplex frequencies.
It provides a backup if repeater goes down.
No Tones….
NOTE:
VBARES/Public Service has selected three (3) crossband frequencies: they
are 445.775, 445.875 and 445.85. We have also selected three (3) 2M
frequencies for simplex operation: they are 147.57, 147.405 and 147.51.
These frequencies will have an ENCODE and DECODE tone of 233.6.
Please add to your programming file or
manually enter the above for all your radios.
If all else bring radio to club meeting and I will try and
program it for you with all the frequencies above.
QRP Saturday:
Ed W8NLZ will host the next QRP Saturday on October 13th at Princess Anne
Park. Rough start about 9:00 AM. Bring out your radio of get
on the air with one of the radio's that are there.
DXING:
Are you into DXing? Have you visited the website DXnews.com?
This site offers a lot of information on upcoming DXpeditions,
contesting, IOTA, etc. Highly recommend a visit.
DXNews Calendar for September
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.
| RSGB 80m Autumn
Series, CW |
1900Z-2030Z,
Sep 19 |
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+ NAQCC CW Sprint |
0030Z-0230Z,
Sep 20 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
Sep 21 |
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+ NCCC Sprint Ladder |
0230Z-0300Z,
Sep 21 |
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+ AGB NEMIGA Contest |
2100Z-2400Z,
Sep 21 |
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+ FOC QSO Party |
0000Z-2359Z,
Sep 22 |
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+ Maine QSO Party |
1200Z, Sep 22
to 1200Z, Sep 23 |
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+ UK/EI DX Contest, SSB |
1200Z, Sep 22
to 1200Z, Sep 23 |
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+ AGCW VHF/UHF Contest |
1400Z-1700Z,
Sep 22 (144) and
1700Z-1800Z, Sep 22 (432) |
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+ North American SSB Sprint Contest |
0000Z-0400Z,
Sep 23 |
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+ Classic Exchange, CW |
1300Z, Sep 23
to 0700Z, Sep 24 and
1300Z, Sep 25 to 0700Z, Sep 26 |
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+ 220 MHz Fall Sprint |
1900 local -
2300 local, Sep 25 |
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+ SKCC Sprint |
0000Z-0200Z,
Sep 26 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
Sep 26 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
Sep 26 and
1900Z-2000Z, Sep 26 and
0300Z-0400Z, Sep 27 |
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+ UKEICC 80m Contest |
2000Z-2100Z,
Sep 26 |
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+ RSGB 80m Autumn Series, Data |
1900Z-2030Z,
Sep 27 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
Sep 28 |
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+ NCCC Sprint Ladder |
0230Z-0300Z,
Sep 28 |
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+ ARRL EME Contest |
0000Z, Sep 29
to 2359Z, Sep 30 |
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+ Feld Hell Sprint |
0000Z-2359Z,
Sep 29 |
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+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY |
0000Z, Sep 29
to 2400Z, Sep 30 |
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+ Texas QSO Party |
1400Z, Sep 29
to 0200Z, Sep 30 and
1400Z-2000Z, Sep 30 |
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+ Classic Exchange, Phone |
1300Z, Sep 30
to 0700Z, Oct 1 and
1300Z, Oct 2 to 0700Z, Oct 3 |
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October 2018 |
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+ IQRP Quarterly Marathon |
0800Z, Oct 1 to
2000Z, Oct 7 |
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+ ARS Spartan Sprint |
0100Z-0300Z,
Oct 2 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
Oct 3 |
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+ German Telegraphy Contest |
0700Z-1000Z,
Oct 3 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
Oct 3 and
1900Z-2000Z, Oct 3 and
0300Z-0400Z, Oct 4 |
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+ 432 MHz Fall Sprint |
1900 local -
2300 local, Oct 3 |
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+ UKEICC 80m Contest |
2000Z-2100Z,
Oct 3 |
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+ NRAU 10m Activity Contest |
1700Z-1800Z,
Oct 4 (CW) and
1800Z-1900Z, Oct 4 (SSB) and
1900Z-2000Z, Oct 4 (FM) and
2000Z-2100Z, Oct 4 (Dig) |
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+ SARL 80m QSO Party |
1700Z-2000Z,
Oct 4 |
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+ SKCC Sprint Europe |
1900Z-2100Z,
Oct 4 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
Oct 5 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
Oct 5 |
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+ YLRL DX/NA YL Anniversary Contest |
1400Z, Oct 5 to
0200Z, Oct 7 |
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+ TRC DX Contest |
0600Z, Oct 6 to
1800Z, Oct 7 |
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+ Microwave Fall Sprint |
0800 local -
1400 local, Oct 6 |
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+ Oceania DX Contest, Phone |
0800Z, Oct 6 to
0800Z, Oct 7 |
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+ Russian WW Digital Contest |
1200Z, Oct 6 to
1159Z, Oct 7 |
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+ International HELL-Contest |
1600Z-1800Z,
Oct 6 (80m) and
0900Z-1100Z, Oct 7 (40m) |
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+ California QSO Party |
1600Z, Oct 6 to
2200Z, Oct 7 |
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+ FISTS Fall Slow Speed Sprint |
1700Z-2100Z,
Oct 6 |
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+ SKCC QSO Party |
1800Z, Oct 6 to
1800Z, Oct 7 |
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+ RSGB DX Contest |
0500Z-2300Z,
Oct 7 |
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+ UBA ON Contest, SSB |
0600Z-0900Z,
Oct 7 |
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+ Peanut Power QRP Sprint |
2200Z-2359Z,
Oct 7 |
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+ RSGB 80m Autumn Series, CW |
1900Z-2030Z,
Oct 8 |
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+ 10-10 Int. 10-10 Day Sprint |
0001Z-2359Z,
Oct 10 |
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+ NAQCC CW Sprint |
0030Z-0230Z,
Oct 10 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
Oct 10 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
Oct 10 and
1900Z-2000Z, Oct 10 and
0300Z-0400Z, Oct 11 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
Oct 12 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
Oct 12 |
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+ Makrothen RTTY Contest |
0000Z-0800Z,
Oct 13 and
1600Z-2400Z, Oct 13 and
0800Z-1600Z, Oct 14 |
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+ Nevada QSO Party |
0300Z, Oct 13
to 2100Z, Oct 14 |
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+ Oceania DX Contest, CW |
0800Z, Oct 13
to 0800Z, Oct 14 |
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+ QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party |
1200Z, Oct 13
to 2359Z, Oct 14 |
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+ Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB |
1200Z, Oct 13
to 1200Z, Oct 14 |
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+ SKCC Weekend Sprintathon |
1200Z, Oct 13
to 2400Z, Oct 14 |
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+ Arizona QSO Party |
1600Z, Oct 13
to 0600Z, Oct 14 and
1400Z to 2400Z, Oct 14 |
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+ Pennsylvania QSO Party |
1600Z, Oct 13
to 0500Z, Oct 14 and
1300Z-2200Z, Oct 14 |
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+ FISTS Fall Unlimited Sprint |
1700Z-2100Z,
Oct 13 |
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+ South Dakota QSO Party |
1800Z, Oct 13
to 1800Z, Oct 14 |
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+ PODXS 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin
Sprint |
2000Z, Oct 13
to 2000Z, Oct 14 |
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+ UBA ON Contest, CW |
0530Z-0800Z,
Oct 14 |
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+ UBA ON Contest, 6m |
0800Z-1000Z,
Oct 14 |
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+ 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday
Sprint |
0000Z-0200Z,
Oct 15 |
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+ ARRL School Club Roundup |
1300Z, Oct 15
to 2359Z, Oct 19 |
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+ Telephone Pioneers QSO Party |
1800Z, Oct 15
to 0300Z, Oct 16 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
Oct 17 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
Oct 17 and
1900Z-2000Z, Oct 17 and
0300Z-0400Z, Oct 18 |
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+ RSGB 80m Autumn Series, Data |
1900Z-2030Z,
Oct 17 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
Oct 19 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
Oct 19 |
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+ Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest |
0000Z, Oct 20
to 1600Z, Oct 21 |
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+ JARTS WW RTTY Contest |
0000Z, Oct 20
to 2400Z, Oct 21 |
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+ 10-10 Int. Fall Contest, CW |
0001Z, Oct 20
to 2359Z, Oct 21 |
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+ New York QSO Party |
1400Z, Oct 20
to 0200Z, Oct 21 |
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+ Stew Perry Topband Challenge |
1500Z, Oct 20
to 1500Z, Oct 21 |
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+ Worked All Germany Contest |
1500Z, Oct 20
to 1459Z, Oct 21 |
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+ Feld Hell Sprint |
2000Z-2359Z,
Oct 20 |
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+ Asia-Pacific Fall Sprint, CW |
0000Z-0200Z,
Oct 21 |
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+ UBA ON Contest, 2m |
0700Z-1000Z,
Oct 21 |
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+ Illinois QSO Party |
1700Z, Oct 21
to 0100Z, Oct 22 |
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+ RSGB RoLo CW |
1900Z-2030Z,
Oct 21 |
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+ Run for the Bacon QRP Contest |
0100Z-0300Z,
Oct 22 |
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+ SKCC Sprint |
0000Z-0200Z,
Oct 24 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
Oct 24 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
Oct 24 and
1900Z-2000Z, Oct 24 and
0300Z-0400Z, Oct 25 |
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+ RSGB 80m Autumn Series, SSB |
1900Z-2030Z,
Oct 25 |
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+ NCCC RTTY Sprint |
0145Z-0215Z,
Oct 26 |
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+ NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z,
Oct 26 |
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+ CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB |
0000Z, Oct 27
to 2400Z, Oct 28 |
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+ ARRL EME Contest |
0000Z, Oct 27
to 2359Z, Oct 28 |
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+ Phone Fray |
0230Z-0300Z,
Oct 31 |
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+ CWops Mini-CWT Test |
1300Z-1400Z,
Oct 31 and
1900Z-2000Z, Oct 31 and
0300Z-0400Z, Nov 1 |
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+ UKEICC 80m Contest |
2000Z-2100Z,
Oct 31 |
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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 146.895 repeater are:
ARES Net every
Tuesday Night at 8:00 PM
Hampton Roads Service
Net at 9:00 PM every night.
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