Chesapeake Amateur Radio Service
FCC Callsign: W4CAR – Chesapeake, Virginia USA
The CARS club members are welcome to stay on after the weekly Sunday night CARS Nets to test out their Yaesu Digital Radios using the C4FM modes. Tonight we had 6 check-ins and we tested out the Group Monitoring features and sent a couple of messages as well as trying Read More …
CARS will be holding a General license class starting on Saturday afternoon, July 28, and continuing for the next three Tuesday and Thursday evenings. There will be an exam Saturday afternoon, August 18. This presumes there will be at least five students for the class. If we are unable to Read More …
(The Jan 6th Saturday Session for this course has been rescheduled for Monday Evening Jan 8th @ 6pm Due to Weather) CARES will be hosting the ARRL EC-001 “Introduction to Emergency Communication” Course at the CARS clubhouse & will be open to all amateur radio operators. If you are interested Read More …
Steve Griggs and John Cooper, were at the shack yesterday. Steve installed the Windows network server and a couple of Raspberry Pi’s including one for the 55-inch monitor. Here are some photos of the installation and development.
Just a friendly reminder that this Saturday is our monthly ARES meeting at the CARS hamshack, 116 Reservation Road. 10:00 AM. Our ARES coordinator, Steve, KE8YN, wanted to remind all that we are needing volunteers especially for Net Control operators and administrative volunteers. If you like to use your ham Read More …