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

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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.

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2020 CLUB OFFICERS

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

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RARC December meeting to be held on Zoom

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To members and friends of the Richfield Amateur Radio Club; Please join us on Wednesday, December 16th on the Zoom application at 7 pm. Look for an email with the meeting particulars. We have had some members note that they are not receiving club emails, so check your spam/junk bucket.

Also, the January, 2021 meeting will have elections for President, Vice-president and Secretary. If you are interested in running for one of the offices, please email the club at: w0rrc.rarc@gmail.com

Paul KE0QXV

RARC Secretary

RARC Wednesday, November 18th meeting will be held on Zoom.

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RARC members and friends, please check for an email with details on how to join the meeting on the Zoom application.

We will start taking nominations for club officers with the election taking place at the January 2021 meeting. It is a one year commitment.

There will be an update regarding the status of the 444.4745 repeater.

Paul KE0QXV will give a presentation about his experience installing antennas and masts at his QTH. Please see images below.

Regards

Paul KE0QXV

RARC Secretary

RARC Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 Meeting

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The RARC August meeting will be held in person this Wednesday at 7:00 pm on the lower patio on the south side of the Richfield Community Center. Please apply all of the new precautions of distancing and masks.

In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be held on air, 444.475 +5 tone 118.8, and an Email will be sent to members by 3 pm, and this space will also have a notice.

Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Avenue South, 55423

Talk in on 444.475 +5 tone 118.8.

See you on Wednesday.

Paul KE0QXV

RARC Secretary.

Wednesday, July 15th 2020 RARC meeting will be in person!

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RARC will meet on the lower level patio on the south side of the Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Ave, 55423. This will be outdoors at 7:00 p.m. Bring a chair and the personal protective equipment we are all accustomed to now. The weather looks promising at this point, but if it turns inclement, an email will be sent out and a notice on this website will be made regarding holding the meeting on the air at 444.475 UHF repeater.

Regards

Paul KE0QXV

RARC Secretary.

Field Day 2020 will not be held in person.

By Club News, Field Day

Due to concerns for the health of the members of the Richfield Amateur Radio Club and the Bloomington Amateur Radio Association, field day 2020 will be different. We can operate as independant stations and count contacts as a club. Please follow this link for the rule from the ARRL: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2020-05-28 We will use N1MMlogger software, as we have in the past.

Regards

Paul KE0QXV

RARC secretary

Saturday, May 30th, 2020 HCES system test.

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Hennepin County Emergency Management (HCEM) will be conducting their Spring Simulated Emergency Test (SET) this Saturday May 30 from 9am till approximately 12 noon.  The test involves amateur radio operators and public safety entities sharing specifically requested information via a number of different communications pathways. 

The Richfield Radio Club members are invited and encouraged to participate.

Attached is a list of amateur radio frequencies (via an ICS205) which will be utilized for this exercise.  This includes the Richfield 444.475 repeater.    

Please pass this information along to the club members and let them know that they are welcome and frankly encouraged to check into as many of the nets as they are able.

Here is the exercise scenario:

A global pandemic (Coronavirus –SARS-CoV2) –COVID-19 has infected hundreds of thousands across the globe, killed thousands in the United States and has decimated global economies.   As hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans maintain a Government-issued ‘Stay-at-Home” order, communications infrastructure is being taxed beyond capacity.  Primary failures include an overloading of the 3-4-5G Cellular systems as well as an overloading of some local internet service providers.  Local telecom operators are also experiencing random outages due to malicious cable vandalism.  Power is stable for the time being. Due to the infectious nature of the COVID-19 virus, all communications personnel are now working remotely from their homes. No inter-personal contact is being advised as “Social Distancing” is the new normal.  The Hennepin County Emergency Operations Center is active with stable conditions and is requesting information from ARES and non-ARES amateur Radio Operators as to the status of critical infrastructure within the County and State of Minnesota and specifically the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. 

The HCEOC is requesting the following information from each operator who checks in:

Operators Current Location

Station Power Status

Internet Access and availability

Cellular / Telco Service Status

Current Weather conditions

HCEM looks forward to hearing from all those who can participate.

Regards,

Tom York- K0ZZX

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

By Club 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