Author Archives: KB3KOW

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 →

The CCARC weekly net was held tonight and the question of the week was if anyone would be treating themselves to some radio related presents this year. Several had noted they’ve gotten their gifts early and some of those are:D-ATV … Continue reading →

Nine people (eight hams and one future ham) were present to provide CCARC communications support for the 2019 March for Babies held at the Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf on 5 May 2019. Ready for action were: Rob – N2OMC, … Continue reading →

The Charles County Amateur Radio Club put on their first special event station in almost 4 years on Saturday, October 13th at Mallows Bay, on the western side of the county, with a picturesque view of the Potomac River and … Continue reading →

President Bob Curran, NW3M, welcomed the members and guests. Subsequently, Bob asked each member introduce themselves and give their most exciting thing they did as a Ham last month. Bob, KB3KOW,  introduced Darby D’Ambrosio the Charles County Representative for the … Continue reading →

The Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club’s Indian Head 100 (100? Is that the distance or the temperature?!?)      September 3, 2018 was Labor Day, generally accepted as a day to be celebrated as free from toil for the … Continue reading →

On August 3rd, members of the CCARC along with some visitors gathered to build a small 440Mhz antenna. The antenna kit consisted of a PL-259 connector, four radials and one radiating element along with the needed nuts and bolts to … Continue reading →