Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club (AC4RC)

Contact Information

Club Name: Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club
Call Sign: AC4RC
Email: AC4RC@arrl.net
Website: http://www.ac4rc.org
Daytime/Evening Contact Phone: (910) 512-6351

Basic Information

Annual Report Date: March 18, 2024
Meeting Time: 3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 PM (Elmer Q&A session at 6:00 PM)
Meeting Place: 3914 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, NC (Satellite building of Pine Valley Baptist Church)
Section: North Carolina (NC)
Affiliation Date: May 20, 1978

Specialties

Contest
Digital Modes
DX
General Interest
Public Service/Emergency
Repeaters

Services Offered

Club Newsletter
License Test Sessions
Mentor Program
Repeater

Club Statistics

Total Members: 63
Voting Members: 63
Voting Licensed Amateur Members: 63
Voting ARRL Members: 35

Club Activities and Highlights

The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club (AC4RC) offers a general interest platform for amateur radio enthusiasts. Affiliated with the Battleship North Carolina Museum, the club organizes multiple on-air events from the historic ship, which is also a registered POTA (Parks on the Air) site. The club hosts Field Day and Winter Field Day operations, POTA activities in local parks, and regular Fox Hunts.

Weekly Net: The club operates a Monday Night Ragchew net at 9:00 PM local time on its VHF repeater (147.18, PL 88.5, normal split), where participants engage in round-table discussions led by a rotating Ham presenter. Netlogger is used to facilitate the sessions.

The club’s two repeaters are non-Echolink capable, and their Ragchew net provides a friendly forum for Hams to connect and share information.