Black Hills Amateur Radio Club

Amateur Radio Exam Session
2026-06-20 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | HomeSlice Media Group, 333 West Blvd, Rapid City, SD, 57701, United States
The ARRL credentialed Volunteer Examiners who operate alongside the Black Hills Amateur Radio Club will be hosting an exam session on Saturday June 20th at 9:00am. All current exam elements, Technician through Extra, will be available.
The Exam will take place at the HomeSlice Media Group offices located at 333 West Blvd, Suite 200, Rapid City, SD 57701. The First Interstate Bank Building on the corner of West Blvd and Omaha. Park on the West side of the building and someone will provide access through the main entrance.
Please bring your original license (if any) along with a copy of it, a photo ID, and you will need a FRN. Exam Candidates are REQUIRED to register in the FCC Cores system and receive a FRN (Federal Registration Number) before exam day. Currently the exam fee is $15, please bring check or cash. Exact change is appreciated.
Pre-registration for testing is recommended but not required. Please contact Chris KDØRAS to register or for more information.

ARRL Kids Day
2026-06-20 10:00 - 15:00 | SD
ARRL offers an event designed to promote Amateur Radio to our youth. Share the excitement with your kids or grandkids, a Scout troop, a church or the general public! The club has not tried this for many years, so we hope to get a feel for how to best accomplish an event like this. Keeping it simple by locating it at an easy access location: Canyon Lake.
A very loose plan at this point is that we will have a pavilion at Canyon Lake but also have several locations around Canyon Lake for people to key up (on simplex) under the direct supervision of a licensed operator. Most comm. will be VHF but there will be one or two locations with HF capability. No stakes may be driven in the ground at Canyon Lake. I see a simple dipole from an umbrella stand a possible option!
ARRL treats this as a twice a year contest. I don’t believe we will be “contesting”. We simply want to get involvement and excitement.
