James W Robinson Secondary School Amateur Radio Club
5035 Sideburn Road
Fairfax, VA 22032

• The club is a group of students from Robinson Secondary School interested in learning about amateur radio both as a hobby and as a public service tool.

GOALS INCLUDE:

• Providing students of Robinson Secondary School the chance to talk with amateur radio operators and discover different modes of communication.

• Providing a forum in which students can develop social and leadership skills by organizing club activities and cooperating on club projects.

WHO CAN JOIN THE CLUB?

• Any student of Robinson may join.

• Meetings are held at least once a month. They are held in Room A123 in the 8th grade subschool. Meetings start promptly at 2:20PM Listen to the morning announcenments for meeting dates.

AMATEUR RADIO AS A COMMUNICATIONS TOOL

• Members of the club use amateur radio to communicate with amateur radio operators around the world and locally. Most members hold an FCC Amateur Radio License which is needed to operate on amateur radio frequencies. You do not need to get a license in order to operate the club's station. However, if you want to operate a radio outside of the station, you need to have a license. It is not at all difficult to obtain a license, you don't need to know morse code for the basic license. The FCC recently reduced the morse code requirement to 5 worlds-per-minute for the advanced licenses that allow you to communicate all over the world. The club will help you get your Amateur Radio License too!

WHAT HAM RADIO IS ALL ABOUT:

• Shortwave communication (worldwide communications)

• VHF communication (generally local, but worldwide with OSCAR satellites)

• Packet radio (amateur radio + computer terminals, bulletin boards, networks, send messages worldwide keyboard-to-keyboard over radio)

• Satellite communications (OSCAR amateur radio satellites)

• Amateur television

• Public Service communications assistance (emergency and disaster assistance, parades, marathons and bikeathons)

THE FUN YOU'LL HAVE:

• Make new friends all over the world

• Learn a new language - MORSE CODE

• Visit interesting places working with radio, TV and satellite communications.

• Learn about radio, electronics and computers and associated career opportunities.

• Join a group where there are plenty of folks eager to provide help for newcomers.

• Have fun outdoors with communications for public service events, camping, hiking and high adventure.

JOIN US!
DISCOVER THE EXCITEMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO!

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