Leadership – Valdosta Amateur Radio Club

VARC Officers:

President – Todd Roop – KO4KMH

Vice President – Marvin Tullis – KO4ZWD

Secretary – Randy Brightman – KN4SHQ

Treasurer – Dale Blanchard – KM4QFB

Vice President of Operations – Bobby Lacey – W4VS

Vice President of Communications – Ted Uyeno – K4TAU

Vice President of Technical Operations – Michael Hancock – K4VLD

Amateur Radio Saves Family in Death Valley National Park April 12, 2024
Death Valley National Park is in a remote desert in southern California, where mobile phone networks are spotty at best. On Saturday, April 6, a radio amateur and his family were enjoying the park when their vehicle became stuck in mud in a dangerous area. Without access to a cell network, the ham called for […]
Ham Radio Active During Eclipse April 12, 2024
Millions of people across the United States got to see a rare solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.The path of totality -- the line of darkness where the moon fully occluded the sun -- stretched through the South Pacific, Mexico, central Texas, the Ozarks, the Midwest, the Rust Belt area, and to New England […]
The K7RA Solar Update April 12, 2024
I did not see last Monday's eclipse, except on television. Here inthe Pacific Northwest, we only got a 20% exposure, and skies wereovercast.As they moved across the country displaying successive totality, Inoticed the prominences on the edge of the disk. There were alwaysbetween one and three little red spots at the edge.Solar activity over the […]