The Skunkworks advanced projects team is a group of members of the Gloucester County ARC who recognized a common passion for developing projects using new computing and communications technologies and who work together developing projects in these areas. Many of our projects utilize various iterations of the popular Raspberry Pi computers as well as low-cost software-defined radios such as the rtl-sdr and SDR Play units.  Most of our projects are housed in the GCARC Clubhouse, a dedicated building housing complete HF, VHF and satellite ham stations for member use.

We also occasionally host programs on various technical topics at the GCARC “Tech Saturday” events that are held at the Clubhouse on the first Saturday that follows the first Wednesday of the month. The GCARC meetings occur on the first Wednesday of the month. For information about GCARC meetings see the GCARC website.

Our projects fall generally within two categories – those located at the clubhouse and built by individuals or small teams, and those that are organized for large groups of members and consist of collaborative sessions on Tech Saturday events or specific projects to construct a useful piece of equipment such as a tape measure yagi for fox hunting, a digital watt meter or a small yagi antenna for 915 MHz Meshtastic operation. Those projects appear on this website

If you’re interested in any of these projects send us a note in the Contacts box.