OARC Volunteer Examiner Test Dates
FEBRUARY 2026
February 17 (6:30 p.m.) – OARC Business Meeting
February 17 (7:00 p.m.) – Program portion of the meeting with Q&A at the end.
Owensboro Community & Technical College classroom 18A
1501 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301
Program: Demonstration by Jim Thompson & Pat Van Winkle on how to build and use a direction-finding antenna for fox hunting. The completed antenna will be given as a door prize to one meeting attendee.
Talk-in on K4HY repeater 147.210 MHz with tone 146.2 Hz.
MARCH 2026
March 7-8 – ARRL International DX Contest
March 15 – North American Sprint – RTTY
March 17 (6:30 p.m.) – OARC Business Meeting
March 17 (7:00 p.m.) – Program portion of the meeting with Q&A at the end.
Owensboro Community & Technical College classroom 18A
1501 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301
Program: to be announced
Talk-in on K4HY repeater 147.210 MHz with tone 146.2 Hz.
March 18-24 – America250 WAS Special Event. OARC will be operating as W1AW/4.
APRIL 2026
April 18 – World Amateur Radio Day
April 21 (6:30 p.m.) – OARC Business Meeting
April 21 (7:00 p.m.) – Program portion of the meeting with Q&A at the end.
Owensboro Community & Technical College classroom 18A
1501 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301
Program: to be announced
Talk-in on K4HY repeater 147.210 MHz with tone 146.2 Hz.
April 25 (9:00 a.m.) – VE Test Session at Owensboro HealthPark.
MAY 2026
May 19 (6:30 p.m.) – OARC Business Meeting
May 19 (7:00 p.m.) – Program portion of the meeting with Q&A at the end.
Owensboro Community & Technical College classroom 18A
1501 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301
Program: to be announced
Talk-in on K4HY repeater 147.210 MHz with tone 146.2 Hz.
JUNE 2026
June 6-7 – ARRL International Digital Contest
June 13-14 – ARRL VHF Contest
June 16 (6:30 p.m.) – OARC Business Meeting
June 16 (7:00 p.m.) – Program portion of the meeting with Q&A at the end.
Owensboro Community & Technical College classroom 18A
1501 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301
Program: to be announced
Talk-in on K4HY repeater 147.210 MHz with tone 146.2 Hz.
June 20 – Kid’s Day – The OARC will set up a station that children ages 8 to 17 can use to get on the air! Location to be announced.
June 27-28 – ARRL Field Day. Location to be announced.