WVU Amateur Radio Club

The local Ronald McDonald House in Morgantown is dedicated to improving the health & well-being of children receiving medical care. To ease the burden of families at their child’s bedside, dedicated ARC members have been volunteering their time to help provide home cooked meals to families in need.

This past weekend, the WVU ARC successfully hosted its first “Tech in a Day” workshop of the semester. Special thanks to all of our volunteers and congratulations to Liam & Ian for receiving the highest marks! Our next workshop will be held on Saturday, October 27th.

“The West Virginia University LaunchLab kicked off the 2018 Fall semester with its first Welcome Back Pitch & Showcase. Participating students presented a two-minute pop-up pitch, highlighting a problem and solution that apply to one of West Virginia Forward’s three main areas of focus: business, education or human capital. Will Howard and Adam Roh, students in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, showcased their innovative mobile communications trailer, which provides radio wave access in dead zone areas across the state. They attend events to ensure safety communications when cell service is unavailable. “

Last September, the WVU Amateur Radio Club successfully contacted the International Space Station upon acceptance through the ARISS program. As a result, K-12 students across the state were granted the opportunity to ask questions to Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, an astronaut on orbit at the time. The event was made possible by the dedication of our members and various WVU organizations who provided the attendees with a day full of STEM outreach activities.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Second Annual Parker Baranowski Memorial Soccer Tournament! We had a lot of fun today with all of our student org friends and we made some new ones at the Student Rec Fields as well!

Take a break from studying and head down to the Rec fields to join in the Second Annual Parker Baranowski Memorial Soccer Tournament! It's all going down April 29th, so sign up ASAP!!

http://wvuarc.orgs.wvu.edu/soccer

There is still time to purchase WVU ARC apparel! Contact us at [email protected] before Thursday (4/19) at noon to order your items.

We are offering:

* Navy t-shirt with gold mark on the front and gold arc logo on back (all screen printed) - $20

* Navy Polo with gold mark on the front and gold arc logo on right sleeve (all embroidered ) - $25

* Navy Quarter Zip with gold mark on the front and gold arc logo on right sleeve (all embroidered) - $45

Engineers Week t-shirts were delivered today; get yours next week. Details to come.

Codename: SWE is now ➡️FREE⬅️ to sign up for if you sign up by Sunday, February 11th!

Don't forget! Tech in a Day will be held tomorrow in room 135 in the AERB from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Come out and learn how you can earn your amateur radio license!

On Tuesday, January 9, we'll be hosting an informal testing session at 5 in AER 120. If you're wanting to get on the air for the first time, or upgrade your license, come on out!

We're glad you like Trogdor!

Cory Sickles suggested we check out the West Virginia University Amateur Radio Club, so we did! How many ham radio organizations can boast of having a dragon as one of its officers? This is Trogdor, their so-called "Secretary of Defense." It would appear that the members of the WVUARC know how to have a good time. (Credit photo: WVUARC website https://wvuarc.orgs.wvu.edu/)

Join us tomorrow in AERB 135 at 12 pm for Tech in a Day! You'll get the opportunity to learn more about Amateur Radio and earn your FCC Technician class license!

WVU Amateur Radio Club updated their phone number.

Help us support WVU during its Day of Giving on November 8! By making a donation during the 24 hour event, you can help grow scholarship funds for future students, give aid to the parts of the University that need it the most, and make a brighter future for the next generation of Mountaineers!

By Using this link, you can also help support the WVU Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources and the WVU Amateur Radio Club:

https://dayofgiving.wvu.edu/giving-day/3614/department/3615?utm_source=scalefunder&utm_campaign=amb_share&utm_name=7ubliyt3sv56930bsrjqezi&utm_medium=plain

Save the Date!

WVU Day of Giving Join your favorite University for its first Day of Giving on November 8.

Tune in to the game tomorrow to see us!

Fantastic to see so many people at ! had a great time handing out candy and seeing all the creative costumes!

Congratulations to WVU Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Tau Beta Pi for putting on an amazing day! The had a fantastic time helping out!

Engineering WV has written an excellent article about how the WVU Amatuer Radio Club is helping the WVU community to reach family members in hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico.

Please share this so that we can assist anyone in the community who is searching for a way to contact their family and make sure that they are safe.

Read all about it at: https://www.statler.wvu.edu/news/2017/10/25/wvu-s-amateur-radio-club-offers-communications-services-to-puerto-rico

Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources | WVU’s Amateur Radio Club offers communications services to Puerto Rico The WVU Amateur Radio Club will be using their equipment on the 10th floor of ESB to make radio contact with Puerto Rico.

We had a very successful Tech in a Day session yesterday. Exciting to see so many new HAMs!

We had a great time hosting President Gee at the Shack today to film an episode of Gee Mail.

Thanks to everyone who came out today! We had a great showing of volunteers and attendees alike. The day was a huge success!

Event registration starts at 8:15am this morning. WVU ARC is taking over WVU's Snapchat account. Watch our Outreach Coordinator talk about how to stay updated on the event: https://youtu.be/leaisyZYfSw If you can't make it to the event add "WestVirginiaU" on snap and tune into the live stream: https://youtu.be/YP0PeiIfJok

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Watch our club's Technical Lead talk about the upcoming contact with the ISS.
https://youtu.be/rSCKtBT-bXI

WVU ARC's ISS Contact Overview with Our Technical Lead Get an overview of the ISS contact that WVU ARC with be putting on by listening to the project's technical lead.

WVU ARC's ISS contact is less than 48 hours away. Check out our project manager laying out details of the event and what to expect.

Event registration: https://goo.gl/forms/uwwaMuDCUEmlVqpx2

WVU ARC ARISS Promo WVU ARC'S ISS contact is less than 48 hours away. Follow us on social media to find out more about the event and stay up to date on event changes.

ARISS The ARISS program was created and is managed by an international consortium of amateur radio organizations and space agencies including National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the...

Last December WVU ARC announced that it was selected to conduct a contact with a crew member on the International Space Station. Since December our members have been hard at work organizing every aspect of the event. Monday will be a display of all this hard work. The club will be putting on an event at the Advanced Engineering Research building on the Evansdale campus of WVU. The event will run from 8:15 AM - 4 PM on Monday September 4th, 2017. Please take a look at the newly updated schedule for further information. If you are unable to attend the event there will be a live stream starting at 8:30 AM on Monday. https://youtu.be/iBPytMfjc4Y

On Monday, September 4, the WVU Amateur Radio Club will be speaking with astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station! Join them for a day of fun filled STEM activities in the Advanced Engineering Research Building from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. The ISS contact will take place at 11:40 a.m. All WVU students, staff, and faculty members are welcome to attend.
http://wvuarc.orgs.wvu.edu/ariss

On campus early? Stop by the Shack for free coffee and donuts during ARC's first Coffee Hour! We'll be here 7-10 AM on Sept. 1

This weekend a few of our members found an amateur radio station while exploring.

W8CUL did communications support for the Gravek Race Up Spruce K**b (GRUSK) bicycle race this weekend. Thanks to everyone who came out to help!

Our youngest member, Charley KE8GBQ, making field day contacts

Congrats to our friends at EcoCar!

Gene Cilento on Twitter “Hey. Look what I just found on my desk! Congratulations to the WVU EcoCAR3 Team for their 4th place finish overall this year. Well done!”