The annuals Great Pumpkin Ride was held on a beautiful Virginia fall morning held annually, organized by the Fauquier Trails Coalition. Members of FARA volunteer the their time and equipment to support the event, providing communications support for the organizers. Not only are communications controlled but there are parts of Fauquier County that still do …
Sponsored by the Cold War Museum in Vint Hill VA and the Fauquier Amateur Radio Association in Warrenton VA. Members of the FARA will be using the K4V callsignOctober 1st 04:00 UTC through October 3rd 04:00 UTC History of Vint Hill Farms Station People really don’t know and understand that the Cold War was a real war with real deaths. At least …
The Foxes for second Fox Hunt of 2022 where the married team of Katie, K4TER, and David N7RCE. This time they created 10 teams of hunters as many were first timers to a Fox Hunt. Red Nic KY4OP, Bri KO4NLR, Sarah, Aurelia, Declan, Kiernan, Kyle, James, Colin, Wendell Sr, Wendell Jr and Stephanie Purple Matt …
Margaret Thomas, KN4DWX, has produced an excellent video on YouTube that covers our 2022 Field Day event. We invite you to watch and enjoy.
Once again, the members of FARA packed up their gear for the annual ARRL Field Day event which takes place the last weekend of June. Though a little hot the weather was fine, and we had no rain or storms. This year we had a couple of wonderful additions. First was instead of creating a …
FARA held the first of its three scheduled Fox Hunts for 2022 on April 16th, and Mother Nature cooperated nicely with beautiful spring weather. The hunters assembled at the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport parking lot in Midland, VA to begin the hunt. About 20 people turned out, including club members with their young children, and a few …
As springtime came to the rolling hills of Fauquier County in March so did the Virginia QSO party – a big event for the membership of FARA. This year brought a great deal of excitement and anticipation since the COVID-19 restrictions were gone and the solar cycle 25 had really ramped up. Some members of …