The Fauquier Amateur Radio Association is pleased to congratulate Rich Zwirko, K1HTV, on his recent nomination for, and award of the Krenkel Medal. The Krenkel Medal is a highly prestigious honor awarded to a very select group of international recipients, all of whom have made major lifetime contributions to amateur radio and radio communications. Rich …
The Members of FARA again this year participated in the annual ARRL Field Day Event. This year our Field Day Chairman was our President, KN4GDX, his first time being involved with Field Day in this capacity. We also were able to get some pre-Field Day press coverage:
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Summer is right around the corner and the beauty of the Virginia landscape is in full swing. The Shenandoah Mountains are a short skip from Fauquier County and are begging to be climbed, providing an excellent platform for amateur radio propagation. Summit on the Air[1] activations are a fun way of combining amateur radio with …
FARA’s Club Meetings starting in September 2019 will be held at: The PATH Foundation 321 Walker Drive Warrenton, VA 20186 Out Meeting Time Is 19:15 sharp Directions and Information To generate directions click here and enter your starting address For now here is a basic map: Map You can get to the PATH foundation off …
Join FARA members at the Bistro on the Hill at Fauquier Hospital for some good food and eyeball QSO 500 Hospital Drive Warrenton, VA 20186 Link for map and directions Starts about 8 am and runs 1-2 hours
This is part two of a series of articles. Select this link for part one. Welcome back to my adventures is DMR radio. Chapter 2 will introduce several new terms and begin painting the picture of how the concepts map together inside the Codeplug. A new diagram relationship needs to be introduced. In Chapter 1, …
Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) is a fast growing segment of the Amateur Radio scene. This series of articles are a glimpse into my DMR adventure. There are plenty of ‘what is DMR’ sites[1] around so we’ll skip over that part. This chapter will focus on changing the radio mindset from analog FM to DMR. In …