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Ham Clubs in Raleigh region 

The ARRL has a listing of ham clubs. Click on https://www.ncarrl.org and then on the left find
Affiliated Clubs & Club Info

My list of local clubs

The link on the left goes to club web-site. For each of these clubs you should visit the club web site to verify this information before committing to a drive.
Some of the clubs have email reflectors, others have monthly newsletters which are usually emailed. Some do VE exams. Some have their own repeaters. Information on the repeaters is here. Most have regular predictable meetings where visitors are welcomed.

RARS
Raleigh Amateur Radio Society
RARs meets on Zoom, at a restaurant, at Ridge Road Baptist Church on the west side of downtown Raleigh just off i440 at Wade Avenue.
The club holds four meetings a month.
1st Tuesday: Board Of Directors Zoom Call - See web page for details.
2nd Tuesday: Membership General Meeting 7:30pm at Ridge Rd Baptist Church. (7pm for some social time)
3rd Tuesday: Dinner 6:30pm social meal at CHOW pizza sports bar. Creedmore Rd in N. Raleigh
4th Tuesday: RARS Gathering. Unstructured social event -- Get-On-The-Air stations, antenna tune-up, show-and-tell. 7pm at Ridge Rd Baptist Church.
The club has VE sessions every even month -- 6pm at the RARS Gathering.

NC packet NCPACKET -- North Carolina Packet is building a TARPN.
NCPACKET meets at Brixx Pizza in Brier Creek every few months. Meetings are called on the [email protected] email reflector and via the packet network. NCPACKET is building a fun TARPN packet network for chat, entirely on ham radio.
TARPN is a group designing and supporting VHF/UHF packet radio networks. The idea is to be an off-the-grid text messaging system. The local contingent has about 35 stations active in a 70 mile wide packet radio network, spanning 7 counties.
Check the web page (click on left) -- for youtube videos and email reflector.

FCVET
FCVET
Five Counties Ham Radio Enthusiasts and Five Counties VE Team
"We are drawn together for our common interest in ham radio."
Formed in 2016. They meet in and around Clayton NC and have associates from Goldsboro through Raleigh. Despite the name, ham enthusiasts from at least 6 counties partake in the affairs of this informal group.
Click on the icon to see their web page.

JARS
jars
Johnston county Amateur Radio Society
The monthly meeting is held at Cleveland Draft House in Clayton. The attendees start arriving around 6pm but you aren't late until 7pm. Check the JARS website for updates to this info. Often they have a program.

DFMA
dfma
Durham FM Association
DFMA general meetings are held at a BBQ restaurant on the west end of the city of Durham, near 147 x i85. Dining is not too expensive and is decent food, though entres tend to arrive asynchronously. The meeting starts sometimes while people are eating. Everybody always seem to order something though I don't know if that is required. One of the Officers of the club is responsible for finding programs and there usually is one, usually pretty interesting.

FCARC Franklin County ARC
The club meets monthly, the club meets on the first Monday of each month at the Forks Cafeteria - 339 Brooks St, Wake Forest, NC 27587 - Come eat at 6pm with the members and the meeting starts at 7pm and generally runs through to around 8pm. After dinner the officers call the business meeting. This usually lasts about 15 minutes and then social time begins. See web page for directions.

South Wake The South Wake ARC holds meetings on the first Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm, in Bldg 2 at Fuque Varina American Legion Post 116 - 6400 Johnson Pond Road - Fuquay Varina, NC 27526.

CARC
CCARC
Cary Amateur Radio Club
The Cary Amateur Radio Club meets the fourth Thursday of the month. November and December meetings are different. See the web site for more information.

OCRA
ocra
The Orange County Radio Amateurs
OCRA meets at the County EOC at 7pm for regular meetings, and at Mike's studio for board meetings. The EOC room is usually open before meetings but it closes immediately after the organized portion of the meeting is done. When the meeting is called to order, a poll of every attendee is taken with each person giving their name and callsign. An interesting feature of the meetings is that if there is no program, the entire room is polled for what ham project the person worked on in the past month. This is an opportunity for show and tell. If there is a program, they are often interesting.

PVRC
pvrc
Potomac Valley Radio Club
PVRC is a regional mid-Atlantic Amateur Radio club devoted to excellence in the competitive aspects of ham radio, particularly contesting.
Click on the web page for more info.
The East North Carolina chapter of the PVRC meets at 6pm, the first Thursday of the month, in northwest Raleigh at Manchester's 9 months of the year (sept thru may).
Also meet at the RARS hamfest in April.
Contact Nate N4YDU at his QRZ email address for local info:Nate N4YDU.

Swan Island DX Association
The Swan Island DX Association meets for dinner every third Wednesday of the month. Meets at 5:00 PM at O'Malley's Pub at 5228 Hollyridge Rd. Raleigh 27612. That is near Oak Park Shopping Center just off of Glenwood Ave.
Membership is open to any amateur radio operator who enjoys chasing DX

Knightlites QRP Association
The Knightlites QRP Association is a very informal group of non-incorporated individuals who specialize in low power, home brew, CW, HF operation. They build projects, socialize, have operating parties, do contests, teach and learn CW, create and sell kits, and eat.
They meet for dinner on the third Thursday of the month. This is the QRPigOut?
Click left for link to their web page. CW net is on Sunday evenings at 9pm near 3.574Mhz.

Smith Chart Smith Chart says they don't have regular meetings and membership is by nomination. See the web site.

tarheel_swl_group
Tar-Heel
Scanner
Group

The link to the left goes to their GROUPS.IO email reflector (group).
TarHeelScanner group meets monthly for dinner, probably on a Monday in the middle of the month. Click on the link on the left and search for "meeting" to get details on the next meeting.
Typical Meeting info: 6:30 PM to 09:00 PM
IHOP -- 7304 GB Alford Hwy (Highway 55), Holly Springs, NC 27540
Please try to arrive by 6:30 if you are planning on having dinner
so that we can place our food orders quickly as not to delay the start of the meeting. tarheel_swl_group

Club meeting list 

This is the schedule for regular meetings from all of the clubs I could find in nearby counties.

FLARC Falls Lake ARC Granville County1st Tuesday
RCARC Rockingham County ARC Rockingham County3rd Tuesday + 2nd Saturday
DFMA Durham FM Assoc Durham County1st Tuesday
DFMA Durham FM Assoc Board Durham County3rd Tuesday
TATV Triangle ATV Durham County3rd Wed in Jan,Apr,Jul,Oct
SwanIDA Swan Island DX Association Wake County3rd Wednesday
FCARC Franklyn County ARC Franklyn Countfirst Monday
JARS Johnston ARS Johnston County3rd Thursday
NC State North Carolina State UniversityWake Countyno scheduled meetings?
CARC Cary ARC Wake Countydon't know
OCRA Orange County Radio Amateurs Orange County2nd Monday
RARS RARS General Meeting Wake County2nd Tuesday
RARS RARS SWL SIG Wake County3rd Monday??
RARS RARS Dinner Wake County1st Tuesday
RARS RARS Board Wake County3rd Tuesday
RARS RARS Radio Day(Gathering?) Wake County4th Tuesday
SWARC South Wake Wake County1st Wednesday
CCART Central Carolina Amateur Radio TeamLee Countymay be defunct
PVRC Potomac Valley RC, east NC Wake County1st Thursday Sept-May
KLqrpA Knightlites QRP Assoc Wake County3rd Thursday

Calendar created with the above clubs 


1st Monday FCARC OCRAbod
1st Tuesday DFMA FLARC RARSdinner
1st Wednesday SWARC
1st Thursday PVRCnc
1st Friday

2nd Monday OCRA
2nd Tuesday RARS General
2nd Wednesday
2nd Thursday
2nd Friday

3rd Monday RARSswl
3rd Tuesday RCARC RARSbod DFMAbod
3rd Wednesday TATV swanIDA
3rd Thursday JARS KLqrpA
3rd Friday

4th Monday
4th Tuesday RARS Radio/Gathering?
4th Wednesday
4th Thursday CARC
4th Friday