Description: Welcome to the website for the Roanoke Division of the ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio™
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ON OUR COVER: Adriano, KV7D, tests an antenna that is bound for a ham radio club at an elementary school here in Roanoke Division country. (Credit photo: K3VSA) BREAKING NEWS: John Gendron, NJ4Z, from South Carolina, has been appointed South Carolina ARRL Section Manager, fulfilling the term of office that had been held by Marc Tarplee, N4FJP, who unexpectedly became a Silent Key following a brief illness.
You’ve reached our “welcome” page! We are the Roanoke Division of the American Radio Relay League , the national association for Amateur Radio®. We support organized Amateur Radio, also called “ham” radio, here in the Virginias and the Carolinas.
In the event you arrived here by accident, you should know that, yes, people still do that, and in record numbers, but it’s not your grandfather’s ham radio any more. You don’t need a roomfull of radio gear to talk to the world via ham radio.