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'''HacDC Amateur Radio Club (W3HAC)  
'''HacDC Amateur Radio Club (W3HAC)  


Regular meetings 2nd and 4th Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm
Regular meetings 2nd Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm
 
Please check the HacDC.org Meetup Calendar for next meeting agenda
 
Join our email list [https://groups.google.com/a/hacdc.org/group/harc-list/subscribe email list]
 
'''HARC inaugural simplex net Wednesday, July 2 at 7:30 on 146.550 MHz'''
 
'''Keith Elkins presentation on "Local Broadband Radio Networks" Wednesday July 9, 2014 at 7:30 pm'''
 
'''Past events'''
 
'''HacDC ARC second annual Field Day June 28-29, 2014'''
 
HARC will be participating in the 2014 ARRL Field Day from Saturday,28 JUN 2014 at 1400L until Sunday, 29 JUN 2014 at 1400L.  HARC's Field Day will be held at HacDC, 1525 Newton St. NW.  Detailed location/contact info at: http://www.hacdc.org/visit/.  We can also be contacted on 146.550 (simplex) during the and will be visible on APRS as W3HAC.
 
Field Day is a "contest" that entails contacting as many other participating Amateur Radio Stations.  The emphasis is practicing communications in emergency situations and getting prospective or new hams on the air. http://www.arrl.org/field-day http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2013/2013%20FD%20Flier.pdf
 
All are invited to drop by at any time during the event to check it out, get on the air, hang out, or see HacDC.  We are planning to be there the whole 24 hour period (and setup/breakdown before/after) but go ahead and contact us at 202-556-4225 (phone at HacDC) or 146.550.
 
 
'''Amateur radio licensing exam Saturday June 21, 2014'''  [http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/160901522/ more info]
'''UPDATE''' 21JUN2014-We had 9 exam candidates and they all passed at least 1 exam.  We have 6 new Technician Class licensees, 2 upgrades to General Class, and 1 upgrade to Extra Class.


Please check the HacDC.org Calendar for next meeting agenda 
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[[Amateur_radio_station |Radio Station W3HAC Information]]
[[Amateur_radio_station |Radio Station W3HAC Information]]
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[[Prepping the Ham Exams]]
[[Prepping the Ham Exams]]


[[Licensing Exams|Take your ham exam at HacDC!]]
[[HARC_Link_Farm]]


'''Member interests/activities:'''
'''Member interests/activities:'''
creating interest & education in amateur radio (getting HacDC members licensed)
creating interest & education in amateur radio (getting HacDC members licensed)
emergency operations
equipment design, building, and tinkering  (setting up HacDC station/repeater)
equipment design, building, and tinkering  (setting up HacDC station/repeater)
APRS (antenna tracker, spaceblimp microcontroller tracker/digipeater)
APRS (antenna tracker, spaceblimp microcontroller tracker/digipeater)
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spread spectrum
spread spectrum
software defined radio
software defined radio
microwave/high power wifi
microwave/broadband networking
direction finding & fox hunting
direction finding & fox hunting
emergency operations
 


[[Category:Ongoing_Projects]]
[[Category:Ongoing_Projects]]

Latest revision as of 02:31, 30 June 2014

HacDC Amateur Radio Club (W3HAC)

Regular meetings 2nd Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm

Please check the HacDC.org Meetup Calendar for next meeting agenda

Join our email list email list

HARC inaugural simplex net Wednesday, July 2 at 7:30 on 146.550 MHz

Keith Elkins presentation on "Local Broadband Radio Networks" Wednesday July 9, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Past events

HacDC ARC second annual Field Day June 28-29, 2014

HARC will be participating in the 2014 ARRL Field Day from Saturday,28 JUN 2014 at 1400L until Sunday, 29 JUN 2014 at 1400L. HARC's Field Day will be held at HacDC, 1525 Newton St. NW. Detailed location/contact info at: http://www.hacdc.org/visit/. We can also be contacted on 146.550 (simplex) during the and will be visible on APRS as W3HAC.

Field Day is a "contest" that entails contacting as many other participating Amateur Radio Stations. The emphasis is practicing communications in emergency situations and getting prospective or new hams on the air. http://www.arrl.org/field-day http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2013/2013%20FD%20Flier.pdf

All are invited to drop by at any time during the event to check it out, get on the air, hang out, or see HacDC. We are planning to be there the whole 24 hour period (and setup/breakdown before/after) but go ahead and contact us at 202-556-4225 (phone at HacDC) or 146.550.


Amateur radio licensing exam Saturday June 21, 2014 more info UPDATE 21JUN2014-We had 9 exam candidates and they all passed at least 1 exam. We have 6 new Technician Class licensees, 2 upgrades to General Class, and 1 upgrade to Extra Class.

Radio Station W3HAC Information Ongoing and Proposed Projects Meeting Records

Links: Our new 20m (14MHz) rooftop vertical antenna Rooftop antenna

Our space program Spaceblimp

Your friendly local ARRL: info on everything radio - license preparation, etc. local test times

Technician class Q & A's Starts on page 7 Prepping the Ham Exams

Take your ham exam at HacDC!

HARC_Link_Farm

Member interests/activities: creating interest & education in amateur radio (getting HacDC members licensed) emergency operations equipment design, building, and tinkering (setting up HacDC station/repeater) APRS (antenna tracker, spaceblimp microcontroller tracker/digipeater) spaceblimp/nanosat/cubesat (tracking, attitude control system, photography) HF digital modes & beacon systems spread spectrum software defined radio microwave/broadband networking direction finding & fox hunting

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