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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 →

All, CCARC volunteers provided communications support to the 5-6-18 March for Babies (part of the March of Dimes Organization).  This year’s march was three miles long and started and ended at the Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf. We set up … Continue reading →

Fifteen attendees from local area ham radio clubs, the Southern MD Astronomical Society, and other guests, participated in the third annual Connector Workshop, hosted at the home of Pam – KB3SWS and Jeff – KB3SPH on Sunday, 4/29/2018. The Workshop … Continue reading →

Recently Explorer Post 60 took the opportunity to look behind the scenes of one of the most important parts of the Emergency Medical System (EMS): the call to 911. Communication Lieutenant John. H. Hackley, Jr., briefed the Explorers on the … Continue reading →

On 04 Nov, 2 members of the CCARC set up shop at the St. Mary’s STEM festival, which was being hosted at the St. Mary’s Fairgrounds. This event is actually coordinated by the St. Mary’s Board of Ed and is used … Continue reading →