For Current Server Members . . .

==>   Click to GO TO the RARS Discord Server if You Are Already A Member of the Server!   <==

For NEW Server Members . . .

==>   Click to JOIN the RARS Discord Server if You Are NOT Already a Member of the Server   <==

Discord is an instant messaging, voice-over-IP, and video platform that allows conversations among members to take place in chat rooms and voice/video channels categorized by topic. No need to see reams of messages about topics you're not interested in!

The RARS Discord Server is available to RARS members and to anyone else interested in amateur radio in the greater Raleigh-Durham-Chapel-Hill Triangle and surrounding counties. RARS members have access to member-only content.

We typically invite new RARS members shortly after they join, but if you are a current club member, or a new club member and we haven't invited you yet, or any other interested person, you can join yourself by using the link under For NEW Server Members above. Upon joining the server, you will be asked agree to the rules and to indicate whether you are a RARS member.

You will also be asked to change your “server nickname” to your first name and your callsign (or if you don't have a callsign, use NoCall), like this: Tony K1OC. You can do that by typing /nick [First Name] [Callsign] in the dialogue box, like this: /nick Tony K1OC This is very important. We do not allow anonymous posting, and we will remove anyone who does not comply with this requirement.

You can access Discord in any common browser or download a desktop app for Windows, macOS, or Linux, or a mobile app for Android, iOS, or iPadOS. You will have the most functionality with a desktop app and the most portability with a mobile app, but using a browser means you won't have to download and install anything.

Please note that about once a year, usually at the end of October, we remove the special RARS Member permissioning from anyone who is no longer a RARS member. RARS memberships expire on June 30th of each year, so we figure four months is long enough to make sure everybody who is going to renew (late) has renewed. So if all of a sudden you no longer have access to the RARS member-only content, please renew your membership and we will restore your access.

Please address questions about or issues with joining the RARS Discord Server to the RARS Webmaster.