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Welcome to the web home of the Richfield Amateur Radio Club.

We proudly serve the City of Richfield, Minnesota along with the Richfield, Minnesota Community Emergency Response Team. Check out the links below for some additional information about us and what we do.

WØRRC REPEATERS

2-meters
Analog/C4FM
145.3900-, DCS 047
70-centimeters
Analog/C4FM
444.4750+, Tone 118.8

OUR MISSION

The promotion and encouragement of amateur radio in the City of Richfield and surrounding communities. Especially the advancement of education of amateur radio and its use in public service via the development of a viable communications network.

2020 CLUB OFFICERS

Club President: Herman Saul (WØHJS), Club Vice-President: Doug Nicholson (AEØBO), Club Secretary: Paul Curtiss (KEØQXV)

Thursday, April 30th, 2020 444.475 net and System Fusion simplex round table.

By Secretary RARCApril 28, 2020Club News, Uncategorized

This Thursday following the RARC Thursday night net, there will be a test of C4FM using simplex mode. Please read the following from Don KC0TJ:

Heads up I will be doing a Fusion on the radio test on 147.525 simplex per MRC’s guidelines this Thursday after Richfield’s 6:30pm net. All are welcome. Make sure you are on (DN) mode only. This is not related to RARC, but I am going coordinate on 444.475 repeater in analog for support. My hope is to test Fusion’s capabilities in simplex. We do not want anyone using any WIRES-X linking. My goals are distance testing compared to FM and usability of fringe communications. If that works I might try DStar another day. Your objective comments during and afterwards would be nice. This is for fun and education. Please make sure you have pretested your settings before you check-in. I monitor 444.475 repeater & 146.520 normally if you want any tech support before this test. One last thing, Fusion transmissions are delay audio, so give a second before talking when keying and give gaps before TXing otherwise we may not RX anything.
Again, thanks for your patience for this test.

thx DC moto Z4

April 15th RARC meeting will be held on the air tonight.

By Secretary RARCApril 15, 2020Uncategorized

Due to the current conditions, the Richfield Ameteur Radio Club will hold this month’s meeting on the air. UHF repeater 444.475+ PL 118.8 FM. 1900 CDT (7:00 p.m.). Topics to include Field Day 2020 preperations, and contingencies, if needed.

Regards

Paul KW0QXV

RARC secretary

Online Webinar Saturday March 21, 2020

By Secretary RARCMarch 19, 2020Uncategorized

From: Matt Holden
Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 7:59 PM
Subject: Please share with all Richfield club members Saturday webinar
Subject: Buffalo MN hamfest postponed. ARRL virtual meeting scheduled

Midwinter Madness, the hamfest scheduled for Saturday March 21st, in
Buffalo, MN, has been postponed.

Since most of us are going to hunkered down in our homes, I thought I
would host a Dakota Division virtual meeting on the Internet.
I will give an ARRL update and then share the highlights of my recent
trip to V4 St. Kitts and Nevis.
If you have a topic you would like to present to the amateur radio
community, please contact me about adding you to the agenda.

I plan to begin my presentation on Saturday March 21, 2020 at 9:30 AM
CDT. Please sign-up to get specific connection instructions for
computers and telephones at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3546387199993324547

Let’s try to make the best of these unusual circumstances spend a little
virtual time together since we can’t meet in person.
Stay safe and I hope to see you can join the webinar.

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ARRL Dakota Division
Director: Matt Holden, K0BBC
k0bbc@arrl.org

Change for the March 18th Meeting

By Secretary RARCMarch 14, 2020Uncategorized

Following the lead of other radio clubs, due to health concerns, the Richfield Amatuer Radio Club March 18th, 2020 meeting will be held over the air on the 444.475 repeater on FM. Time remains the same at 7:00 p.m. Topics will include preparations for Field Day 2020 and take suggestions for future club activities and projects.

Paul KE0QXV

A message from our long distance member.

By Secretary RARCMarch 10, 2020Club News

Hello fellow RARC members,
How is everything back in Minnesota? I am currently in South Korea. I have been here for just over a month and have another 8 more months to go. I am the dining facility manager at camp Hovey so it’s like being the manager of a restaurant. We feed around 1000 soldiers per meal so I am pretty busy here. I unfortunately did not have space to bring any of my ham radio gear with me and I feel like I’m going through radio withdrawal. I did bring my am/fm/shortwave radio with me and listen to the Armed Forces Radio station or there is a shortwave station that is in English that broadcasts from Beijing which I sometimes catch at night. I hope you are starting to prep for field day. Wish I could be there to help out. I have my eye on some radio gear I want to buy when I get back stateside….with the wife’s permission. Don, you are the godfather of the club. Keep the club strong. Herman, Mike, Lucas, and everyone else, have fun and I look forward to seeing some field day pictures.

73
Jeff KG7ONF

Elections

By RARC AdvisorJanuary 3, 2020Uncategorized

Next meeting is annual elections. All members with valid license can run. please email the club if you like to be President, VP, or Secretary. Don is stepping down as President this term.

We will continue working on the official club radio Aka the Jeff Box. This radio will be used on all club events as the talk-in radio. please bring any Ideas, bling, parts, & accessories. currently we have power supply, and the radio. We need a case, and accessories. The club radio is a Chi-Com copy of a FT-8800R. Please email us for your ideas or bring it to the meeting to make the radio station work.

Nov 20th Fusion & WIRES-X

By RARC AdvisorOctober 23, 2019Uncategorized

This is the big meeting for anyone interested in Fusion, WIRES-X, or on our repeaters upgrade information.

We’re going to be having Mr. Yaesu Fusion Guy come to visit us. Please watch his current video https://youtu.be/JPhY5YY8-dQ

We are setting up for you.

We have eliminated November’s business meeting to next month to accommodate the maximum amount time to John’s presentation. We will start at 7pm sharp. Location is moved to the Augsburg Room from the Ruth Johnson Room at the community center to add more space. (Same as our Field Day Room.)

Will our planning to talk about basics of C4FM, WIRES-X, & quick comparison of DR-1X to DR-2X.

7000 Nicollet Ave November 20th, 7-9pm

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We will post here if a weather event or we need to cancel meeting!!

RARC asks all to keep posted on this website before visiting our next meeting for all updates.

Get-On-The-Fusion

By RARC AdvisorSeptember 22, 2019Uncategorized

Oct 9th at the Richfield Community Center we are talking on Yeasu’s Fusion WiRES-X Rooms. Setup starts at 6pm and ends at 9pm in the Ruth Johnson Room. This is to Talk on the Richfield’s Repeater 145.390 and talk around the world using the WiRES-X Rooms to link along the way. Some rooms are The DARC (28439) Room, MnWis (21493), America’s Link (21080), Texas Nexus (21636) and many more.

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