Welcome to our Club Website!

The Lynchburg Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (LARC) is an ARRL Affiliated Club that was first formally organized in 1950 and incorporated in 1970. The Club has been in service to the Lynchburg Community ever since. Take a look around our site to see what is currently going on with our club.

2023 ARRL Field Day is June 24-25, 2023
Field Day is an annual operating event always held on the fourth full weekend in June over a 24 hour period to test operating skills and abilities to respond to disasters and emergencies. LARC will be back at Izaak Walton League of Lynchburg again this year for this event.  Izaak Walton is located at 210 Izaak Walton Park Road Amherst, VA 24521.  For more information contact our Field Day Chairmen:
Geep Howell – WA4RTS – Geep@wa4rts.net
Dave Mears – KD4EMU – kd4emu=aol.com

Current News:

  • Next LARC Meeting

    The next meeting of The Lynchburg Amateur Radio Club is at 7:30 PM on June 9, 2023 at the Lynchburg Fire Training Center. Read more about the meeting location on the lower right of this webpage.

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  • Upcoming Hamfests

    08/05/2023 – Roanoke Hamfest Location: Vinton, VAType: ARRL HamfestSponsor: Roanoke Valley Amateur Radio ClubWebsite: https://roanokehamfest.info/ 08/06/2023 – 72nd Annual Berryville Hamfest Location: Berryville , VAType: ARRL HamfestSponsor: Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club,IncWebsite: http://berryvillehamfest.com 08/12/2023 – Tidewater Hamfest and Swap Meet Location: Portsmouth, VAType: ARRL HamfestSponsor: TRCIWebsite: http://VirginiaBeachHamfest.com For more information see: https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/search

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  • Upcoming Meeting Programs

    Woody White – KZ4AK, who is our Vice-Chairman, is responsible for our Meeting Programs. He reports that the latest on our program schedule is as follows: June – Field Day –  Geep, WA4RTS & David, KD4EMU. July – NanoVNA –  Brian, WA1ZMS. August –  Yagi Antennas –  Bubba, WW4GW. September – Wire antennas & modeling – Mike, W8PQ. More info. will follow as […]

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  • Upcoming LARC Events in 2023

    Hal DeVuyst – K4YNO is reporting that we have the following events coming up in 2023 where LARC will be providing communications assistance: Grindstone 100 mile – Sept 22 & 23, 2023. Virginia 10 miler – Sept 30, 2023. Mountain Masochist Trail Run 50 mile – Nov 4, 2023. HellGate 100k – Dec 9, 2023. If you are interested in […]

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  • Groups.io Site

    The Lynchburg Amateur Radio Club (LARC) has a presence on Groups.io. LARC’s primary uses for Groups.io are the email server and the Calendar feature. The main page of our group can be found here: https://k4cq.groups.io/g/main The Calendar can be found here: https://k4cq.groups.io/g/main/calendar

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