{"id":260,"date":"2023-03-07T17:28:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74.208.214.22\/aarg.club\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-04-10T19:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:22:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aarg.club\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Aurora Amateur Radio Group is a licensed radio club based in the state of Kansas in the USA (Callsign: AA4RG<\/a>)<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0We are also registered as a Non-Profit Corporation.\u00a0\u00a0Our organization was created to bring new and seasoned amateur radio operators into one fold through our desire to serve.\u00a0\u00a0We have come together to bring our experience, knowledge and wisdom into a long time hobby with the focus of expanding one’s understanding of it, as well as providing a solid foundation for those who have an interest in getting their amateur radio license. We were one of the first clubs to offer remote ham license exams.

We remain focused in greeting newcomers to our great hobby by offering them a warm welcome into the ham radio family and are steadfast in providing help when they need it.\u00a0\u00a0Very few groups like this are in existence today and we are proud to be among the few offering such a unique service.\u00a0\u00a0We became a club on September 10th, 2016 and our club call, WL7CXY was issued to us on September 19th, 2016.\u00a0\u00a0Our current club call, AA4RG was issued by the FCC on July 23rd, 2024. We are a group of amateur radio operators who have offered our time, resources and knowledge toward a long time hobby, with the vision of carrying on the tradition for many years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most radio clubs offer little to their members, our focus in the amateur radio world covers a wide variety of subjects.\u00a0\u00a0Here is a consolidated list:

a.)\u00a0\u00a0Educational resources for getting their first license or their license upgrade
b.)\u00a0\u00a0Resources on building and troubleshooting circuits of all types
c.)\u00a0\u00a0Resources on reading schematic diagrams
d.)\u00a0\u00a0Informational resources on utilizing all of the digital modes of amateur radio
e.)\u00a0\u00a0Instructional resources on the Winlink amateur radio e-mail system for Mac, Linux and Windows
f.)\u00a0\u00a0Resources on antenna building and installation
g.)\u00a0\u00a0Resources on safety in the shack and on the tower
h.)\u00a0\u00a0Instruction and guidance for net etiquette
i.)\u00a0\u00a0Emergency communications and traffic handling, if necessary
j.)\u00a0\u00a0Resources on audio optimization with your radio and computer, for VOIP software such as AllStar, D-Star and Echolink
k.)\u00a0\u00a0Information and instruction on programming your radio
l.)\u00a0\u00a0License classes for amateur radio licensing
m.)\u00a0\u00a0Ham license examination testing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Aurora Amateur Radio Group is a licensed radio club based in the state of Kansas in the USA (Callsign: AA4RG).\u00a0\u00a0We are also registered as a Non-Profit Corporation.\u00a0\u00a0Our organization was created to bring new and seasoned amateur radio operators into one fold through our desire to serve.\u00a0\u00a0We have come together to bring our experience, knowledge … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-260","page","type-page","status-publish"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aarg.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aarg.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aarg.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aarg.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aarg.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aarg.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/aarg.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions\/701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aarg.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}