Welcome to the St. Albans Radio Club website

The St. Albans Amateur Radio Club (STARC) is an ARRL-affiliated radio club located in and around St. Albans, VT. The club is a not-for-profit, general-interest amateur radio organization that exists to promote and enhance the amateur service.

Hamfest 2025

STARC holds an annual hamfest in August. Hamfest 2025 will be held on Saturday, August 9th, 2025, from 8 AM to 12 PM Eastern Time in St. Albans, VT. Check out the event information.

We are also offering a few door prizes:
– Radio sets from Baufeng. Two radios x 2 sets
– $50 gift certificate to DX Engineering
– A 50/50 raffle where the winner keeps 50% and the club keeps the other 50% (though, at most past hamfests, the winner donated the dollars to our club)
We will also have test equipment there from one of our members so that buyers can test any radios, etc., that they may buy at the hamfest.
We will also have VE testing at the site, with the test time starting at 9 AM.
Finally, we know summer is busy, and some clubs also have this date for their annual picnic. Consequently, we always issue our door prize winners at 10:30 AM. This is to give time for attendees to be at our hamfest and then head out to their activities for the day.

Amateur Radio Licensing

The club offers testing to obtain or upgrade your ham radio license. Exams are typically held on the 3rd Saturday of every month.

Club Meetings

Club meetings are held on the last Thursday of every month, although they may move depending where Thanksgiving and December holidays fall.

Because our members are geographically diverse, meetings are held virtually on Zoom and start at 7 PM, usually ending before 9 PM Eastern Time.

Email notifications for the meetings are sent out with the Zoom link for attendance. If you are not a member, but would like to join the meeting, send us an email at info@starc.org and we’ll get you the link.

Membership

Members of STARC come from all of Northern Vermont. All hams are welcome to become members of the club. Membership is currently $15 per year with an option for a $20 family membership.

Repeaters

STARC maintains two repeater sites with both 2 meters and 440 operating from the sites.

We appreciate your visit to our website!