Author Archives: KB3KOW

The CCARC meeting this month was presented by Bob (KB3KOW) and Jeff (KB3SPH) and was an introduction to some various digital modes to include FT8, JS8Call, VarAC and finaly Easypal. Instead of having radios set up, Jeff and Bob made … Continue reading →

On July 25th, 4 members of the CCARC visited the Senior Center located in LaPlata. Bob (MW3M) had coordinated with the center to provide a short talk on ham radio to any one who may have an interest. We had … Continue reading →

The meeting started with President Bob giving a short presentation on the VoA museum, Bethany Station, obtained from his recent trip to Dayton as well as some pics from his visit to the velocity center, located in Indian Head, for … Continue reading →

A bit late getting this updated and no pictures 🙁 During this meeting, Bob, KB3KOW, described his home Echolink node set up and how he leaves Echolink turned off until needed, however, he often forgets to start it up before … Continue reading →

A number of club members met up tonight to work on building the ARRL radio kit. Breaking out their soldering irons and cookie sheets (to protect the table tops), they got started with mounting the components and melting the solder … Continue reading →

The first meeting of 2023 was well attended 10 members and 3 visitors. The first presentation was by Charles (AA3WS) who showed two kits for building during a club event. The Radio kit is considered to be a beginners kit … Continue reading →

On Saturday, April 24, 2021, members of the Charles County Amateur Radio Club (CCARC) and the St. Mary’s County Amateur Radio Association (SMCARA) combined their time, talent and radios during the 4th Annual STEAM Day at the Patuxent River Naval … Continue reading →

On Dec 23rd, 2020, members of the CCARC met at The Old Fisherman’s Park on Cobb Island to hold a special event to commemorate the testing conducted by Reginald Fessenden, who, in 1900, conducted the first successful transmission of voice … Continue reading →

On Dec 23rd, during the Cobb Island special event both NW3M and KB3KOW conducted some D-ATV testing. Bob (NW3M) was stationed at the Old Fisherman’s Field on Cobb Island and ran the transmitter. We had a live video feed going … Continue reading →

The monthly CCARC meeting was conductd on 4 Dec via Zoom. The main topic of the meeting was a brief introduction to the Weak Signal Propagation Reporting system, also known as WSPR (pronounced as Whisper). This included where to get … Continue reading →