Chesapeake Amateur Radio Service
FCC Callsign: W4CAR – Chesapeake, Virginia USA
Some useful information on using Winlink in the Virginia Beach / Chesapeake area. Winlink Website: https://winlink.org/ Winlink User Login: https://winlink.org/user WinLink Downloads: https://downloads.winlink.org/User%20Programs/ WinLink Wedensday’s: https://winlinkwednesday.net/ Download WinLink Express: https://www.winlink.org/WinlinkExpress Chesapeake Location: WinLink Vara FM Peer to Peer node on Wednesdays on 145.550 A local user (Blair Gillam – Read More …
Linus is a very technical guy in Canada who does some excellent tech videos. Was surprised to see he did a spot on ham radio. Overall, very positive and good explanation of amateur radio. Some explanations are little too simplistic, but to see someone who isn’t into ham radio (as Read More …
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This video is the start of a new series of videos that are excellent for the new ham with their technician class license. Its a tutorial on the 2m band. Special thanks to KJ4YZI for putting together this video.
CARES will be having our monthly EMCOMM Meeting this Saturday (3/10/18) starting at 9:00am at the CARS Clubhouse. Steve Nowak (KE8YN) will be demonstrating how to setup and install WinLink and how to operate the software to send and receive traffic and forms. He will also be demonstrating the ARES software for Read More …