Why should I register with the VBARC website? I’m not a member of the Club!
Because registration at VBARC does not require Club membership! If you are just visiting VBARC as a “guest”, most of the content that registered users can see is hidden. Therefore, you’ll never know what you are missing (unless you read the rest of this page), because you will never see what registered users can.
I belong to another Hampton Roads Club and don’t need to know what VBARC is doing.
OK, but registered users can see (and get email notification of) other local club events. Other club events are not even seen by “guests”. Currently we keep tabs with events occurring with the following other local clubs:
The Albemarle Amateur Radio Society (TAARS)
Chesapeake Amateur Radio Service (CARS)
Peninsula Amateur Radio Club (PARC)
Portsmouth Amateur Radio Club (W4POX)
Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA – Chapter 119)
Radio Association of Norfolk (RASON)
Tidewater Radio Conventions, Inc. (TRCI – Sponsors of the Virginia Beach Hamfest)
USS Wisconsin Amateur Radio Club (N4WIS)
Virginia DX Century Club (VADXCC)
Western Tidewater Amateur Radio Association (WT4RA)
Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club (WAARC)
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VBARC Calendar visible to Guests | VBARC Calendar visible to Registered Users |
That’s nice, but I don’t want to get email notification from all of those clubs, I only belong to two of them!
Not a problem, email notification is a subscription type service! That means you only get notification of the events you want to know about. Simply visit the VBARC Calendar page and click on the "Subscriptions" button near the top of the page, then select the checkboxes of the event categories you would like to receive email notifications on. Most club events will trigger 2 email notifications (one three days before the event and one on the day before the event). But, only registered users will see a "Subscription" button!
How come you’re not keeping tabs with my Hampton Roads club?
Oops, so sorry! Please on your club’s details, and I’ll get to work on it right away!
OK, but where’s the catch? How much is this going to cost me?
Yes, there is a catch! It is in the Preamble of our By-Laws: “…and to so conduct Club programs and activities to advance the general interest of Amateur Radio and public service within the community.” It will cost you about two minutes of your time to fill out the registration page!
But I am not a Ham and I don’t have a callsign to register with!
Not a problem, if you have an interest (or think you might), please use your first name, your license plate number, library card number or something else that you may be willing to use as a login (until you get licensed, when we will change it to your new call).
So what exactly are the differences between a being a "guest", a "registered user" and a "club member"?
Please have a look at the Privilege Comparison Chart...
