Amateur Radio Club of Augusta

License Examination Session
2018-08-04 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Warren Baptist Church, 3203 Washington Road, Augusta, GA, 30907, United States
This license examination session is held by the CSRA VE Team. Walk-Ins are allowed. Please bring a picture ID and If upgrading, bring a copy of your current license to submit with your application.

License Examination Session
2018-07-14 09:00 - 23:00 | POB1 Building, 1305 Interstate Parkway, Augusta, GA, 30909, United States
This VE session is hosted by the Amateur Radio Club of Columbia County. Shannon Covington is the contact person for this event. Walk-ins are allowed. If upgrading, please bring a copy of your current license to submit with your packet.

9th Annual 13 Colonies Special Event
2018-07-01 09:00 - 2018-07-07 23:59 | GA
Great Special Event! Work all 13 Colonies and a couple of special stations and apply for you certificate and/or mug. All HF bands + 6meters are in play. Simple exchange “RST” + State.
More Info:

ARRL Field Day 2018
2018-06-23 07:00 - 2018-06-24 14:00 | Blythe City Hall, 294 Church Street, Blythe, GA, 30805, United States
2018 Field Day!

General Information
Once again it is time to prepare for the greatest single day in Amateur Radio, Field Day 2018! This year we are going to be located at the Blythe City Hall in Blythe, GA. There will be food, fun, and most importantly, RADIOS! As always, events like this require help from the entire club so please look at the list of volunteer positions below and if you are able, please sign up for one when you register! If you are unsure about being able to commit until a later date, then send an email to Ryan, NE1AM at ryan.ruby@gmail.com or Chris K4NXA at k4nxa@arrl.net.
Volunteer Positions
Setup and/or Teardown: Helps with general duties related to preparing for or securing from the event.
Safety Officer: Keeps us properly “Grounded” as well as keeps an eye out for general safety hazards.
Social Media Coordinator: Updates Facebook/Twitter/Youtube before and during event.
Greeter: Ensures all guests are welcomed and shown around the event.
Media Relations: Do you want to be on TV?
Education/Activities: Brings various interesting classes or activities to enrich the rest of us and the community!
Schedule of Events: Click Here
Operating Times
If you know when you want to get on the air during the event, enter it into your registration form! Any time format is acceptable, 2pm-4pm, 1400-1600, etc.

ARES Presentation and Capabilities Demonstration
2018-06-16 10:00 - 12:00 | GA
Open to all those interested in learning more about ARES.
Reserve your seat. Email: denlap99@hotmail.com

Amateur Radio Technician Training Class & Testing - Edgefield, SC
2018-06-13 - 2018-06-15 | GA
Training: June,13,14,15 – 6PM until 9PM each night
Class Registration: Send Name and email address to: wr4ec@yahoo.com
NO FEE FOR CLASS!
Testing &Training at Same location
Testing: June 16; Open to all. New or Upgrade
Registration – 12:30PM; Testing Begins – 1PM
Test Cost: $10
Please a picture ID and if upgrading also bring a copy of your current license to submit with you packet.

License Examination Session
2018-06-02 09:00 - 11:00 | Warren Baptist Church, 3203 Washington Road, Augusta, GA, 30907, United States
This license examination session is held by the CSRA VE Team. Walk-Ins are allowed. If upgrading, please bring a copy of your current license to submit with your application.

License Examination Session
2018-05-19 09:30 - 11:00 | First Baptist Church – Barnwell, 161 Allen Street, Barnwell, SC, 29812, United States
This VE session is hosted by the Salkehatchie Amateur Radio Society. Davy Plexico is the contact person for this session. Walk-ins are allowed.

License Examination Session
2018-05-12 09:00 - 11:00 | POB1 Building, 1305 Interstate Parkway, Augusta, GA, 30909, United States
This license examination session is held by the Amateur Radio Club of Columbia County.
Walk-Ins are allowed.

Best Dam Ride 2018
2018-04-15 07:00 - 13:00 | Clarks Hill Dam, SC, United States
The annual Best Dam Ride will be held on April 15th, 2018. Ray Gannaway (KJ4HZ) is the club contact for this event.
More Information Is Available Here: Best Dam Ride 2018 Document
Route Maps Link: Route Maps

Georgia QSO Party
2018-04-14 13:00 - 2018-04-15 13:00 | GA
2018 marks 58 years of the Georgia QSO Party.
The Georgia QSO Party always has had good support from the amateur radio community in Georgia. With 159 counties, Georgia has the 2nd most number of counties in the United States. You can count on most of them being active during the GQP weekend. The GQP has rich history of having many rover stations on the air, that activate some of the rarer Georgia counties.

Competitve Contesting Class
2018-04-14 08:30 - 15:00 | GA
The Swamp Fox Contest Group (SFCG) and Dutch Fork Amateur Radio Group (DFARG) are sponsoring a Competitive Contesting class Saturday April 14th in Little Mountain, South Carolina. Its goal is simple. To help those already familiar with contesting improve their scores. To achieve that goal operating techniques, station design choices, and contest radio characteristics will be presented.
This is not a beginner’s class. People choosing to attend should have participated in contests or serious Field Day efforts. They will already be familiar with how a contest style contact is conducted and now want to figure out what they can do differently to help achieve competitive state, regional, and national scores. Skills discussed can be used for Field Day, but will be focused on participating in contests happening throughout the year. Heavy emphasis is placed on HF SSB operations, however much of the information to be presented is common to all types and modes of contesting.
Topics include making contacts flow more efficiently, methods to help break pile ups, HFTA and take off angles, improving your Search and Pounce technique, tips on Running stations, using N1MM+ contest logger tools to increase contact rate per hour, and internet sources to help with your self-improvement efforts. Most importantly, for those of you not yet in the know the “Big Secret” known to all the highest scoring contesters will be revealed! It is virtually impossible to be a top contester without incorporating this critical knowledge into your personal operating style.
The Dutch Fork Amateur Radio Group is opening their great clubhouse for the class. They are located just a few minutes from I-26 at 234 Depot Street, Little Mountain, South Carolina 29075. The class will start at 8:30 AM and is expected to last about 5 hours and an additional 90-minute break for lunch. We should be done by 3:00. I am told they have a good BBQ restaurant and some fast food places a few miles down the road. The instructor will be available for questions during lunch.
Bottled water will be available. Seating is limited to an expected maximum of 25 people.
This is the first of two planned presentations. The second will be in the Grey Court area south of Greenville sometime this fall. Contact Kevan Nason, N4XL, for registration or additional information.
Kevan Nason, knason00@gmail.com
SFCG, http://www.swampfoxcontestgroup.com/
DFARG https://www.facebook.com/DFARGradio/

License Examination Session
2018-04-07 09:00 - 11:00, 2017-06-03 09:00 - 11:00 | Warren Baptist Church, 3203 Washington Road, Augusta, GA, 30907, United States
This license examination session is held by the CSRA VE Team. Walk-Ins are allowed.

Graves Mountain Outing
2017-10-21 08:30 - 15:00 | Graves Mountain, 1879 Crook Rd, Lincolnton, GA, 30817, United States
The club is hosting an operating event from atop Graves Mountain on Saturday, October 21, 2017. During the event we’ll be participating in the day’s QSO parties on the HF bands.

Augusta Hamfest 2017
2017-09-16 08:00 - 15:00 | Liberty Park Community Center, 1040 Newmantown Road, Grovetown, GA, 30813, United States
The 2017 Augusta Hamfest will once again be held at Liberty Park, in Grovetown, on Saturday, September 16th, 2017. Ryan (NE1AM) is organizing this event. Please see the Hamfest event page for more details: https://w4dv.club/events/hamfest/.

License Examination Session
2017-05-20 09:30 - 11:00 | First Baptist Church – Barnwell, 161 Allen Street, Barnwell, SC, 29812, United States
This license examination session is held by the Salkehatchie Amateur Radio Society. Walk-Ins are accepted.

ARCA Spring Picnic
2017-05-06 08:00 - 13:00 | GA
The ARCA’s annual spring picnic will be held on May 6th, 2017, at the REACT building. During the picnic, we’ll have a station on the air to participate in the Triple QSO Party. As is traditional, lunch will be provided by the club. Chris (KK4NXA) is organizing this event.

ARRL Rookie Roundup 2017
2017-04-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Georgia Welcome Center (I-20), I-20 West GA/SC line, Augusta, GA, 30917, United States
The ARCA will be hosting an operating event for the ARRL Rookie Roundup on April 16th, 2017 and the Georgia Welcome Center off of I-20. Ryan Ruby (NE1AM) and Bob Hunter (KC4KPN) are organizing this event.

License Examination Session
2017-04-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Warren Baptist Church, 3203 Washington Road, Augusta, GA, 30907, United States
This license exam session is held by the CSRA VE Team. Walk-Ins are accepted.

AmRRON Meetup
2017-02-11 10:00 - 12:00 | GA
AmRRON is a network of Preppers, Patriots and Redoubters who have volunteered to keep each other connected when other means of communications are unavailable or unreliable. AmRRON operators participate in scheduled nets to practice using non-conventional communications.

2017 Winter Field Day
2017-01-28 14:00 - 2017-01-29 14:00 | GA

ARCA November General Meeting & Elections
2016-11-15 19:00 - 21:00 | POB1 Building, 1305 Interstate Parkway, Augusta, GA, 30909, United States
Please join us for the November 2016 ARCA General Meeting! The primary focus for this meeting will be to conduct elections for the 2017 Board of Directors and the 2016 Ham of the Year. We’ll also have some short presentations. Agenda items include:

2017 Board Elections
2016 Ham of the Year Election
Introduce Amendment to Section 8 of the Bylaws
Discuss Current State of ARES in Augusta
Packet Radio and APRS Presentation

2016 ARRL Field Day
2016-06-25 08:00 - 2016-06-26 14:00 | Blythe City Hall, 294 Church Street, Blythe, GA, 30805, United States
The Amateur Radio Club of Augusta’s annual ARRL Field Day event for 2016 will be hosted at Blythe City Hall in Blythe, GA. We will be conducting a 5A operation.
