RARC News Archives
Welcome to the RARC News Archives. The following is a collection of some of the RARC news articles from the past few years.
RARC 2011
| Local Hams at Dayton Hamvention 2011 |
|
|
Steve WØSTV commented that "Dayton is the gold standard of hamventions. Seminars from national and international people/groups. Technology on signal steering, satelite systems, digital, spectrum, and moduler communiations were fantastic." | |
Local hams, including several RARC members, attended the Dayton Hamvention 2011 which was held May 20-22, 2011. Pictured
above, from left to right, are Dave Thomson KØRPD, Steve Wiebke WØSTV, Joel Hansen KDØAFF, and James Orleff WØFAA.
RARC 2010
| RARC Holiday Party 2010 |
|
| The annual RARC Holiday Party was held on Tuesday
December 14, 2010 at Dos Amigos in Rochester. Elections were
also held for the 2011 club officers. See the election results and some pictures! |
 |
| Local Repeaters on the Internet |
|
|
The RARC 146.82 repeater and the Olmsted County 147.255 repeater now have live feeds to the Radio Reference website. People on the internet can listen to these repeaters using popular media players available on most computer platforms and on many smartphones. The audio feed is one way, allowing people on the internet to listen to activity on the repeater. Internet users may not transmit to the repeaters. The reason for putting these repeaters onto the Radio Reference internet site is so that remote listeners can get ARES information from the Sunday ARES net, listen to Skywarn activity, and listen to the Monday Skywarn net during the summer. Please visit http://www.radioreference.com/ for more information about internet audio feeds. To access the repeaters at Radio Reference, use this URL: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=1364 | |
| Dave Seavy, KCØUCN |
|
| The Rochester Post-Bulletin recently interviewed RARC member Dave Seavy, KCØUCN, about his 25 years of storm spotting experience,
including the June 17th, 2010 storm in which an EF1 tornado passed through northwest Rochester.
See the the inverview, including a video, on the Postbulletin.com! |
 |
| RARC at Field Day 2010 |
|
| More details on the RARC Field Day activities will be available
in the near future. Until then, enjoy some of the pictures taken
by RARC members who attended the event...
View some Field Day photos |
|
| Bill Osler, KØRGR appointed DEC, MNARES District 1 |
|
|
During the RARC meeting held on June 8, 2010, Bill Osler, KØRGR was presented with the title of Southeast Minnesota District Emergency Coordinator for MNARES District 1. The presentation was made by our special vistor to the meeting, Dan Anderson, Minnesota SEC Coordinator. |
 |
RARC 2009
| RARC Holiday Party 2009 |
|
| The annual RARC Holiday Party was held on Tuesday
December 8, 2009 at Old Country Buffet in Rochester. Elections were
also held for the 2010 club officers. See the election results and some pictures! |
 |
| RARC APRS Fox Hunt |
| Starting Dec 6th, 2009 the RARC will be conducting APRS
fox hunts every other week for 2 months.
See RARC APRS Fox Hunt 2009 for more details. |
| RARC at WØDXCC 2009 |
|
| The WØDXCC and Contest Central 2009 meeting was held Saturday July 18th at the Rochester University Center.
It was a full day of presentations on the latest HF Dxing and Contesting information, followed by the WØDXCC Banquet.
Enjoy some pictures of the event taken by Stan AIØM... |
 |
| RARC Field Day 2009 |
|
| At the 2009 RARC Field Day we ran as 3A (3 transceivers
SSB,CW & digital plus free VHF), using host Pat Cahill's call WØBM...
Read the full report The RARC Field Day operation was featured on KAAL ABC 6 News on June 28th. See the article and video at KAALtv.com... |
 |
| Unique APRS Unit by Bob ABØBW |
|
| All fellow APRS/TinyTrak Hams, I'm ABØBW (Bob) and I've built a unique APRS unit for Caitlin(KDØAFG)... Read the full story |
 |
| Communications Trailer |
|
| Dave KCØUCN has a new "toy" he would like to share! He is
converting a travel trailer into a communications trailer, and is
making it available to all amateur radio operators, especially during
events... Read Dave's full message |
 |
| RARC at The Frozen Goose Race |
|
|
The Frozen Goose Race on February 7, 2009 at the University Center was
part of 7th Annual Rochester WinterFest and was sponsored by the Optimist Club of
Rochester... Read the full story |
 |
RARC 2008
| RARC Holiday Party 2008 |
|
| The annual RARC Holiday Party was held on Tuesday
December 9, 2008 at O'Neill's Pizza Pub in Rochester. Even though we
had a fair amount of snow the night before, we still had a good turn
out for the party... Read the full story |
 |
| RARC Field Day 2008 |
|
| Hams started showing up on Friday June 27th to scope
out the 5A setup at Pat Cahill’s farm location in Kasson. This
year the operation was expanded to include two SSB, two CW and a
digital station... Read the full story |
 |
| RARC Field Day 2008 QRP Station |
|
| For the second year in a row, we added a QRP station to the
Rochester Amateur Radio Club Field Day set-up. “QRP” is
an old telegraphy abbreviation that once meant “reduce power” but
now has come to mean transmitting with very low power, ... 5 watts or less.... Read the full story |
 |
| VE Testing Session - June 2008 |
|
| A VE testing session was held on Thursday June 12, 2008.
There were four VEs that were in attendance:
KØSIR - Bob, ABØBW - Bob, KCØP - Mel, and N8MHD - Peter... Read the full story |
 |
| RARC at the Med-City Marathon |
|
| RARC provided communications support for the Med-City Marathon on
Sunday, May 26. This was the first year the marathon was run by
the Rochester Area Family Y... Read the full story |
 |
| VE Testing Session - May 2008 |
|
| A VE testing session was held on Thursday May 8, 2008. We had a great turn out
with twenty people testing. Four people went for an upgrade from Technician to
General class... Read the full story |
 |
| The IRLP node for Rochester |
|
| The IRLP node for Rochester, MN is now working. The node name is ABØBW and
the node number is 3092. It is on our (RARC) 440 repeater
which is 443.850+ pl 71.9... Read the full story |
 |
| RARC April 2008 Meeting Rewind |
|
| The April monthly club meeting was held on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in
Room EH 109, Endicott Hall, at the UCR/RCTC Campus, in
Rochester. This was the first meeting to be held at the campus meeting location... Read the full story |
 |
| Repeater Maintenance - March 2008 |
|
| Members of the RARC Technical Committee
conducted a technical inspection and maintenance session at the WØMXW
146.82 repeater site the morning of Saturday March 22, 2008... Read the full story |
 |
| VE Testing Session - March 2008 |
|
| A VE testing session was held on March 13, 2008. Five VEs were present for
the session: Bob KØSIR, Bob ABØBW, Bill WMØWM, Fant AA5F,
and Lou KBØRZU... Read the full story |
 |
| RARC at the Frozen Goose Run |
|
| The Frozen Goose Run on February 2, 2008 at the University
Center is part of Rochester WinterFest and sponsored by the Optimist
Club of Rochester. Read the full story |
 |
RARC 2007
| Schaeffer Academy School Club News Article |
|
| An article about the Schaeffer Academy school club recently appeared in the school's student newspaper, The Lion's Roar.
The article was written by RARC member, Bobby KCØNXB. Bobby is a student at Schaeffer Academy, the editor in chief of
The Lion's Roar student newspaper, and a Schaeffer Academy amateur radio club member.
Read the full story |
 |
| Schaeffer School Station |
|
| CQ School round up...CQ School round up...This is WØMXW, WØMXW in Rochester, Minnesota listening.
These were the voices of Sarah and Ashley, two students at Schaeffer Academy on Monday October 15, 2007
at 1500 CST... Read the full story |
 |
| VE Testing Session - September 2007 |
|
| A VE testing session was held on September 13th. Five VEs were present for
the session: Bob KØSIR, Mel KCØP, Charlie WØTAX, Bill WMØWM, and Bob
ABØBW... Read the full story |
 |
| RARC at the TreadMan Duathlon |
|
| Saturday September 1st greeted approximately 150 participants for the second
annual TreadMan Duathlon with perfect weather.... Read the full story |
 |
| RARC at the Rochester Half Marathon |
|
| After a week of rain and flooding, Saturday August 25th greeted over
800 Holiday Inn Half-Marathon runners with a sunny sky and ideal cool
temperature... Read the full story |
 |
| RARC Annual Picnic 2007 |
|
| The RARC annual picnic returned to Oxbow Park this year. After a
brief August business meeting the grill was ready and members and their
guests prepared their own entree' and enjoyed a shared dish... Read the full story |
 |
| SKYWARN Action 2007 |
|
| SKYWARN for the 1st half of 2007 has been full of action
with numerous spotter deployments.... Read the full story |
 |
| Field Day Report - The QRP Station |
|
| Overall, the results were mixed. Lots of things worked well. Lots of
people came by and talked about the set-up, a couple of people
tried operating QRP, and the antennas stayed up... Read the full story from Peter N8MHD |
 |
| RARC at Field Day |
|
| The RARC field day event, held this year at Pat NØADQ's farm
southwest of Byron, was a smashing success. Operators, and bystanders all got a
taste of what Ham Radio can be under abnormal circumstances...
Read the full story |
 |
| RARC at the Rochester Ride for the Y |
|
| RARC provided communications support for the 2007 Ride
for the Y on Saturday, June 17. About 70 riders riders rode one of four
route options of 65, 83, 105, or 126 miles... Click here for full story |
 |
| RARC at the Rochester Tour de Cure |
|
| RARC provided communications support for the Rochester
Tour de Cure 2007 on Saturday, June 2. 98 riders participated in
this year's fund raiser for diabetes research... Click here for full story |
 |
| RARC at the Med-City Marathon |
|
| RARC provided communications support for
the Med-City Marathon on Sunday, May 27. 13 Club members participated
on this cool spring day... Click here for full story |
 |
Last update: July 17, 2011