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Welcome to the Valdosta Amateur Radio Club.

We are a progressive amateur radio club located in the city of Valdosta in Lowndes County, GA. We have been a chartered member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) from 1941 to the present (70 years).

15 Mar Testing | Comments

March 11th – Ham Radio Testing Results

March 11th – Ham Radio Testing Results

 We had three from Nashville, one from Alapaha, and a “walk-in” from Waycross.  All took the Technician test and passe!  The one from Alapaha then took the General and passed.  We had a good ham radio exam day! Congratulations to those who passed and are now new hams! Patricia McCloud, Gene Milton and Jim Freeman ...

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11 Mar General | Comments

March 11th – Ham VETS

March 11th – Ham VETS

Recently the VARC was contacted from members of the local American Legion post.  The wanted to know if any of the local vets who are also hams would be interested in joining the legion to promote both the legion and the VARC.  If you are a VET and this sounds interesting to you please contact ...

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11 Mar Events | Comments

March 10th- 5K Run

March 10th- 5K Run

Last Saturday morning VARC members gathered to support the Azalea City Festival 5K run.  Because of the help from the VARC the event went off with out any major issues and everyone running made it through the course safely.  And the weather was just perfect for both the run and the festival.  This will be ...

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11 Mar Events | Comments

March 2nd – Century Bike Ride

March 2nd – Century Bike Ride

This last Saturday club members and non club members took off their “I am No. 1″ jerseys and put on the club colors to support the Century Bike Ride.  These giving members braved the early cold morning in order to setup communication and GPS tracking for the bike ride.  We would like to thank- Ed,Cathy, ...

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17 Feb Events | Comments

Open House – FSU Mag LaB – February 16th

Open House – FSU Mag LaB – February 16th

Every February, the Magnet Lab invites the public to spend the day at its world-class research laboratory, and every February, they come by the thousands. Open House typically attracts around 5,000 guests. The 2013 Open House will be held on Saturday, February 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free event features something for ...

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17 Feb Hamfest | Comments

Orlando Hamfest Road Trip – February 9th

Orlando Hamfest Road Trip – February 9th

Several hams from the Valdosta area made a road trip down to Orlando for the hamfest.  The weather for the hamfest was excellent!  The fest was well attended from hams from all over the Southeast area.   There were several vendors selling new ham equipment and the flea market are had a lot of low cost ...

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VARC on FACEBOOK

By popular request look for the VARC on Facebook!

VARC NET

Please check into the VARC Monday evening net at 8:00 PM on the 146.760 repeater. The repeater offset is minus and the CTCSS access tone is 141.3 Hz. VARC net control operator is Greg KI4ROO. Please check in and help him reach hjs goal of more that 13 check-ins.

After the net stay tuned for Amateur Radio News-line! or you may check-in to the ARES simple net on 146.520 MHz

VARC Quarterly Learning Session

April - Date TBA

Amateur Radio enters the digital voice communications age with D-Star. ICOM first presented this new technology in Japan but it is now active in the U.S. and world wide. How would you like to talk to another ham with your HT just about anywhere in the world. Now is your chance...

The VARC Presents: "Amateur Radio operators guide to D-Star"

Make sure to bring yourself and of course anyone else who might have a interest in amateur radio.

Talk in will be on 146.760 repeater.

VARC HAMCRAM

VARC HamCram session for both the technician and general is planned for first quarter of the 2013. The date TBA. It will start at 8:00 AM at the Airport Church of Christ. VE License Testing Starts at 4:00 PM right after the session.

Please register now via "Help Me" above.

Please bring a copy of the question of the class license your studying for downloaded from this website under "Amateur Radio" then select "Hamcram".

Study for your amateur radio license and pass the exam in one day! For more information about HamCram look under the "Amateur Radio"

Make sure to bring a picture ID for the exam. Also bring a $15 check for the exam. NO CASH accepted.

Amateur Radio Testing

Regular amateur radio license testing is held on the 2nd Saturday of each ODD month at the South Georgia Regional Library in Valdosta. Testing sessions start at 11:00 AM. For more information or to schedule yourself for a test session please - contact us.

Exam Months are:

January
March
May
July
September
November

VARC Dues 2013

The yearly VARC membership dues are due now. Please continue your support of local amateur radio activities! Click on "Club Info" and then "VARC - Membership Dues) for instructions.

For more convenience a on-line payment option is coming soon!

If submitting by mail, fill out a VARC membership form then please make the check out to the “Valdosta Amateur Radio Club” and send your form with dues to the following address:

Valdosta Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 3962
Valdosta, GA 31604

Up Coming Events

Century Bike Ride - March

Up Coming Georgia and Major Hamfests

March 30th - Thomasville Hamfest

For the latest list of upcoming hamfests go to the following link:

www.southeastern.arrl.org/SE_hamfest

Hams Love Science

Science Cafe is for those who love to learn more about the earth around them and the universe beyond. On the last Tuesday of each month at Thomas University in Thomasville, GA come and enjoy a free seminar from some of the worlds leading scientists. Go to Rose.net for the calendar of up coming events. Please check out the following link for a very interesting science open house...

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