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​Second Sunday Park Outing - Antenna Build
​Date: November 9, 2025 (second Sunday in November)
Start: 13:00 eastern time
End: dusk/dark - say 17:00 eastern

Location: Brook Run Park
            4770 North Peachtree Road
            Dunwoody, GA

UPCOMING EVENTS

November Calendar
​Friday Lunches
Date: Every Friday
​Time: 12:30 PM ET (1630Z)
​Location: Los Bravos Mexican Restaurant
2042 Johnson Ferry Rd NE
Brookhaven, GA 30319        
What3Words: ///kindest.supper.torches
Website: losbravosmexicanrest.com
Monthly Meeting
Event: Monthly Atlanta Radio Club Meeting

Cyber Self Defense - Keith Watson N4XRY
Learn practical steps to improve your digital security from someone who's been in the trenches. Keith is a retired head of Cybersecurity at Georgia Tech's College of Computing.
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET (2330Z)
​Meeting:
Online Location: Zoom
In-person meeting location:
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church
4755 N Peachtree Rd,
Atlanta, GA 30338
 (door is on the left side of the building)
What3Words:
///harvest.lasted.alarming​
Pre-Meeting Dinner:
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:15 PM (Come any time)
Location:
Jason's Deli
4705 Ashford Dunwoody Rd
Atlanta, GA 30337
In Perimeter Village (Shopping Center with Olive Garden and Walmart) just north of Perimeter Mall
What3Words:
///exhale.activism.tickles
​Speaker Location: Zoom 
YouTube Video of Meeting:  HERE
Abstract:
​Presentation Slides: PDF PowerPoint
Monthly License Testing - PDK
Event: Second Sunday ARC/LARC Ham License Testing 
Date:  Sunday, November 9, 2025
Time: 12 p.m. ET (1600Z)
Cost: FREE
Location: DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK)
Administration Building
​Community Room #227
 (Opposite side of building from Downwind Restaurant)
2000 Airport Road
​Atlanta, GA 30341
What3Words: ///admit.roofer.doped
Details: https://atlantave.org/
Monthly Park Outing
Event: Second Sunday in the Park 
​Antenna Build
Date: Sunday, November 9th, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
​Location(s): Brook Run Park
4770 North Peachtree Road Dunwoody, GA 30338
What3Words: ///lifters.colonies.jokers​
Monthly License Testing - GA TECH
Event: Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club / ARC License Testing
Date:  Sunday,  November 23rd,  2025
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET (1830Z)
Cost: $15
Location: Georgia Tech Van Leer Electrical Engineering Building
​Room W218
What3Words: 
​ ///lookout.idea.logic
Map: HERE
Details: HERE

Event Calendar

View our Groups.io calendar on the web here
Subscribe to our calendar (iCal, Google Calendar, Outlook, etc) https://groups.io/g/arc/ics/1861828/1377317764/feed.ics
2025  Summary of Meetings and Events
Every Month: • ARC Monthly Meeting (see below)
• ARC Friday Lunch (Every Friday)
• ARC Second Sunday in the Park Operating Event (Second Sundays, Even months) (See Below)
• ARC Second Sunday Tech Session at PDK (Second Sundays, Odd months) (See Below)
• ARC/LARC License Testing at PDK Airport (FREE)
• Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club/ARC License Testing at Georgia Tech ($15) (Fourth Sunday January-November)
• ARC Sunday Night Net (Every Sunday Night)
• ARC ARES Practice Net (Every Wednesday Night)
January: • Meeting: "FT8 and Digital"- Steve Smith, KM4CJ
• ARC Winter Field Day at ??? State Park
February: • Meeting:
• GARS TechFest (ARC will have a table there)
• Orlando HamCation (Hamfest) The ARC will have a table there promoting the club and the Atlanta Hamfest
• Dalton Hamfest. The ARC will have a table there.
March: • Meeting: "Microcontrollers"- Greg Popeil, KW5GP
• Second Sunday Tech Session at PDK: VHF Antenna Build
April: • Meeting: "FT8 and Digital"- Steve Smith, KM4CJ
• ARC Georgia State Parks on the Air Event at Brook Run Park
• ARC Georgia QSO Party Operating Event at Brook Run Park
May: • Meeting: "APRS"- Jeff Hochberg, W4JEW
• ARC Operating Event at Brook Run Park
June: • Meeting: "ARC Field Day 2025"- Bill Perkins, KB4KFT
• Atlanta Hamfest **Canceled**
• ARC Field Day at Brook Run Park
July: • Meeting: Presentation and Introduction of Candidates for club offices
  • Speaker: TBA
  • Presentation of 2025 Slate of Officers
• ARC 13 Colonies Special Event at Brook Run Park
August: • Meeting: Presentation and Election
  • Speaker: Modulation Theory - Steve Back, WB2OGY
  • 2025 Club Election
• Huntsville Hamfest
• ARC Ohio/Hawaii QSO Party Operating Event
September: • Meeting:
• ARC Operating Event at Brook Run Park (may be held in conjunction with 9/11 events)
October: • Meeting: DMR - Bob Hoffman, K4CQO
• ARC Operating Event at Brook Run Park
• 2025 POTA Fall Sprint
November: • Stone Mountain Hamfest (ARC Booth)
• Meeting: Cyber Self Defense - Keith Watson, N4XRY
• ARC Operating Event at Brook Run Park
December: • Holiday Party (in place of the meeting)

PAST EVENTS

This column is archived.
Previous ARC Events and Outings can be found on the Events and Outings page
Links to past programs: 2008-2009  2010-2019  2020-2025
Event: Monthly Atlanta Radio Club Meeting - Microcontrollers - Glen Popiel, KW5GP
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET (0030Z)
​Meeting location(s):
Online Location: Zoom
In-person meeting location:
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church
4755 N Peachtree Rd,
Atlanta, GA 30338
 (door is on the left side of the building)
What3Words:
///harvest.lasted.alarming​ 
​Speaker Location: Zoom
Abstract: Glen will introduce us to microcontrollers—the heart of IoT and many other devices. He will discuss their design, configuration, specifications, and use cases. There are many microcontrollers on the market, and hopefully, he'll give us recommendations for ones he's worked with while also explaining the differences between microcontrollers and single-board computers, such as Raspberry Pis and Arduinos.

Before you start digging through your closets looking for your Veg-O-Matics, know this: this is not the Popeil you're looking for. Same name, different family. Sorry.

 CLUB BYLAWS

arc_bylaws_oct_2020.pdf
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MEMBERSHIP

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FREE LICENSE EXAM

  1. In-person Second Sunday Free License Testing at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK) by the Laurel VEC
For more information:  Meetings & Events
An FCC Registration Number (FRN) is REQUIRED
​Detailed Rules: https://www.atlantave.team/rules.html
FCC CORES Registration
On July 17, we conducted special testing for the Salvation Army at their Evangeline Booth College School for Officer Training in South Atlanta.
Session Results:
7/17 at
​Salvation Army
Applicants
Passed
Technician
8
5
General
1
1
Extra
1
1

WORKED ALL GEORGIA AWARD

The Atlanta Radio Club, with the support of the Georgia Section of the ARRL, is proud to support the "Worked All Georgia" Award. The WAG Award is open to radio amateurs who can provide proof of two-way radio amateur radio contact with all 159 counties in the state of Georgia. This award is nice complement to the annual Georgia QSO Party, which in fact would be a good time to work on some of those hard-to-get counties. The award is embodied in a nice certificate.
More information can be found here.

NETS

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CLUB HISTORY

The Atlanta Radio Club (ARC) was founded in March 1911. It is believed to be the longest continually operating non-university club in Georgia (Georgia Tech was founded earlier). With over 100 members, ARC activities include meetings, operating events, training sessions, membership outings, and community service activities in Metro-Atlanta.

​The ARC helps operate the Atlanta Hamfestival and owns, operates or supports 11 repeaters around the metro area.  In an average month, the club will hold a regular membership meeting, a tech/training session or operating outing, publish the Atlanta Ham newsletter, have 4 lunch outings and host over 4 nets via club repeaters.

SISTER Club - Geelong Amateur Radio Club - VK3ATL

Did you know the Atlanta Radio Club has a sister club?

In 2010, Dallas Jones (VK3DJ) from Drysdale, Victoria in Australia visited the United States to meet some friends he met on the air. "During his travels, he visited the Atlanta Radio Club and from all accounts had a great time with the guys."

BADGES

The official badge supplier of the ARC is The Signman of Baton Rouge. 
Badges are $15.50 and can be ordered here.

2025/2026 Leadership Team

​President - Bill Perkins (KB4KFT)
Vice President - John Talipsky Jr (N3ACK)
​Secretary and Treasurer - Ed Bevill (KO4SRJ)
Member at Large - Val Bruce (WD4EX)
Member at Large - Rob Osattin (KI4UTY)

Newsletter Editor - John Talipsky (N3ACK)
Program Director - Rob Osattin (KI4UTY)
Web "master"  - Rob Osattin (KI4UTY)
Sunday Night Net Manager - Bill Perkins (KB4KFT)
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