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Tri County Amateur Radio Club WX4TC Search Primary Menu Skip to content Home About Our Club Join TCARC Meeting Information Sign up for REMIND Officers Minutes VE Testing Club Apparel Photo Gallery ARES Skywarn Ham Links DX Tools Hamfests Area Repeaters Constitution and By-laws Swap Shop Contact Us Search for: May VE Testing Session cancelled, but….. April 30, 2020 Nat Christman It is with great concern as we hopefully come out of this Pandemic, Covid-19, that we do not do it too soon. Therefore, we are cancelling the May 3rd VE Testing Session! Hope to see you all before the July Session!! And God Bless and protect you all, 73, Roger wb4t However, there is one in Lavonia!! I know it’s short notice but I just got details on a VE session in Lavonia THIS SATURDAY. It will be held outdoors in downtown Lavonia and all current precautions will be in place. If you have questions or want to attend, please contact Paul at the address listed below. DATE IS 05 / 02 / 2020 TIME IS 1 PM TIL 4 PM LOCATION IS 1240 E. MAIN ST. LAVONIA GA 30553 AT THE ( WHITE GAZEBO ) ACROSS THE STREET. MONITONER 147.330 + PL 127.3 AND 147.550 SIMPLEX MUST HAVE $15.00 FOR TEST AND ID AND FRN # FROM FCC IF ANY ONE NEEDS INFORMATION OR EMAIL kr4cw1@gmail.com or call 706-491-5339 if would be greatly appreciated if any one planning on coming to email name and phone number to email before coming . thanks Tower available in Lawrenceville, if interested! April 4, 2020 Nat Christman Jeff Mullinax, ph 770-654-4464, Lawrenceville, has a 60 or 70 ft tower left by a deceased previous owner of his house. He would like it gone and it could be had cheap. Know anyone who might be interested? His wife won’t let anyone come to the house until the Covid scare is over. Please contact Mr. Mullinax direct for any questions. April 18 – World Amateur Radio Day April 3, 2020 Nat Christman April 2, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY BACKGROUNDER What: Celebration of the 95 th annual World Amateur Radio Day Who: All amateur radio operators worldwide When: Saturday, April 18, 2020 0000 UTC until Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 0000 UTC Where: A global event covering all IARU regions Why: World Amateur Radio Day is the day when IARU Member-Societies can hone our skills and capabilities while enjoying global friendship with other amateurs worldwide. Every April 18, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on this day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris. Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the short-wave spectrum could support worldwide propagation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths, Amateur Radio was “in grave danger of being pushed aside,” the IARU’s history has noted. Amateur Radio pioneers met in Paris in 1925 and created the IARU to support Amateur Radio worldwide. Just two years later, at the International Radiotelegraph Conference, Amateur Radio gained the allocations still recognized today — 160, 80, 40, 20, and 10 meters. Since its founding, the IARU has worked tirelessly to defend and expand the frequency allocations for Amateur Radio. Thanks to the support of enlightened administrations in every part of the globe, radio amateurs are now able to experiment and communicate in frequency bands strategically located throughout the radio spectrum. From the 25 countries that formed the IARU in 1925, the IARU has grown to include 160 member-societies in three regions. How: There are many ways to participate and promote World Amateur Radio Day. Just a few include: Get a station on the air! Create your own personal “event” to talk amateur radio. Checking into The Echolink World Conference and IRLP 9251 which is going to help celebrate World Amateur Radio Day . The special event callsign will be W7W. Hope you are able to check in. Look and contact stations using the W7W callsign. Create and hold a special net on World Amateur Radio Day to raise the level of attention to the event and allow hams to get talking about our hobby. Get the word out! If you’re responsible for club publicity send a press release and do public relations outreach to highlight the event. The IARU theme for 2020 is “Celebrating Amateur Radio’s Contribution to Society.” This is a great opportunity to talk about what amateur radio contributes on a community level. Promote your personal World Amateur Radio Day activity on social media by using the hash tag #WorldAmateurRadioDay on Twitter and Facebook. Use the poster and flyer provided by the IARU to help publicize the global event, amateur radio and your group at the same time. They are located https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.112.193/o7i.02a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/61×91.pdf (poster) and here https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.112.193/o7i.02a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/a4.pdf (flyer). World Amateur Radio Day is not a contest but rather an opportunity to “talk” about the value of amateur radio to the public and our fellow amateur colleagues. It is also a great opportunity to talk about your club and amateur radio in local media as a lead-up to Field Day and another ham radio related activity. In these times of social isolation, amateur radio continues to remain relevant in bringing people together. “Social distancing” has long been a positive practice in the hobby by bringing people together culturally through radio while providing essential communications in the service of our local communities. To list your World Amateur Radio Day event, email Dave Sumner K1ZZ at secretary@iaru.org Stay Safe! 73 David Isgur, N1RSN – Media and Communications Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111-1400 USA Office (860) 594-0328; Cell: (860) 214-3961 disgur@arrl.org www.arrl.org Search for: Tri County Repeaters 2 meter 146.625 - pl 127.3 70 cm 441.825 + pl 88.5 D-Star 440.5875 + WJ4FD TCARC Weekly Net Please join us on the 146.625 repeater every Monday night at 7:00 pm for the Tri County ARC weekly net. This happens every Monday except the fourth Monday of the month when our club has it's monthly meeting. CLICK HERE for a copy of the NET PREAMBLE April 2020 April 6 - K4VQ Nat is net control April 13 - KN4OTT Max is net control April 20 - WB4T Roger is net control April 27 - regular club meeting scheduled at this time..stay tuned Proudly ARRL Affiliated Archives Archives Select Month April 2020 Serving Portions of Barrow Gwinnett Hall and Jackson Counties in Northeast Georgia USA Area Weather Watches/Warnings There are no active watches, warnings or advisories May 4, 2020 ARRL News FCC Providing Flexibility to Volunteer Examiners in Developing Remote Testing Methods May 3, 2020 The Latest Episode of ARRL Audio News is Now Available May 1, 2020 Join Our Google Group Tri County Weather Page Click image to enter site QRZ Call Sign Lookup Solar Data DONATIONS/PAYMENTS – Be sure to include your call sign in the memo so we know where the payment/donation came from! Thanks! Proudly powered by WordPress...