ISS Breaking News
TENTATIVE ISS CONTACT DATE Wed Jan 29, 202511:32 to 11:43 am local timelisten in on 145.800 MHzSUBJECT TO CHANGE
Officers and Directors for 2025
Officers and Directors for 2025 Thanks to the efforts of our great 2024 Nominating Committee, John McEnerney KQ4ELH and Brian Jacobs W1JBD, we had a full slate of candidates for all open positions on the board of directors. At the December 18, 2024 Annual Meeting of the club, the following officers and directors were elected …
CHASING DX CQ DX Jan2025
CHASING DX CQ DX CQ DX…. DX Editor: Tony DiCenzo, KX1G January 2025 – Issue 27 (Happy New Year!) KX1G@ARRL.NET Announced Top-100 DXPEDITIONS scheduled in January 2025 DATES ENTITY CALLSIGN QSL INFO INFO Jan 12 – 27 Marquesas TX7N Club Log OQRS 160-6m; 5 stations; 24 hrs/7 days Also expected in …
Dits, Dues, and Dots
Dits, Dues, and Dots… Dues Due Jan 1st TARC member’s annual dues ($25 individual or $30 family) are due on January 1st of each year and they are considered past due on March 1st. Members who have not paid their annual dues will be dropped from the club’s membership roster and Groups.io service, and they will …
President’s Message
President’s Message HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope everyone had a great holiday season and that Santa delivered all the radio goodies you asked for. 2024 was another great year for TARC: our membership grew, we had some great operating events during the year, and we saw the rebirth of two amateur radio clubs in area …
Pine View School Update
Pine View School Update The school now has a vanity call sign for its amateur radio club. W4PVS went live on 12/13/24. Moving right along, 14 Pine View School students aged 11 to 15 passed their Technician Class license test during a VE session hosted by TARC at the school on 12/16/24. One faculty member …
Hamcation Bus Trip
Hamcation 2025 Hamcation, the Orlando Hamfest is reported to be the second-largest in the country. The 2025 Hamcation will be held Feb 7-9, 2025 at the Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park in Orlando. The sponsors say there will be over 150 commercial booths, 200+ swap table, and a massive tailgate area. People come from …
Parks on the Air (POTA)
POTA activations have become a big attraction for many club members in the 2020’s. Started in the late 1990’s by the US Park Service to encourage amateur radio operators to come into the parks and operate, the concept has grown in the 2000’s to become not only a popular nation-wide ham activity; but, now also includes …
Memorial Plaque
The memorial plaque is normally maintained by the club’s Vice President and displayed on the wall in “Al’s W0AL Shack” that the club uses as its radio room for various events. It is also displayed at other club events during the year in memory of our departed former club members.