IT’S OK TO BE A HAM Talk to the world without the Internet Help support county disaster communications needs Experiment with radio, digital, satellite, television, and microwave communication No Morse code is required! You can just talk or type. Low entry cost. Start for as little as $100! No age restriction…..6 or 86 is OK …
The Tamiami Amateur Radio Club will sponsor and host a General Class license training course in March. Members Andy Durette – KB1HP, Chet Fennell – KG4IYS, and Paul Nienaber – KN4BAR will conduct the training. Two separate sections of the course will be offered to make it more available to those Technicians that want to …
TARC started this Elmering program in February 2019 to mentor new hams and to help old hams learn new tricks. A dedicated group of experienced club members have made themselves available to help other hams become better hams. Anyone wanting help with an amateur radio subject should send an email to askelmer@tamiamiarc.org. You’ve taken the …
The club (W4AC) agreed to operate/activate the lighthouse (USA 910) in Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island on Thursday, January 3, 2019, as part of the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS) Christmas Lights Program which ran from December 15, 2018 through January 4, 2019. We also activated Islands of the Air (IOTA) (NA069). The call sign …
Club members Andy Durette, Frank Wroblewski, Chet Fennell, Tom Shrilla, and Paul Nienaber attempted to activate Lighthoue 910 on Jan 3, 2019 during the annual Christmas Lights event. Band conditions were horrible; but they all had a great time getting setup, testing new gear and antennas, and enjoying the great scenery at Gasparilla State Park …
Bob Murphy, WA1UHG, was also a very active club member during my time with the club. He was our go to net control op for the club 2 meter repeater and was always ready to help a ham in need and was one of the friendliest members of the club. Bob was a fine examples …
On December 9, 2017, I received word that our good friend and faithful TARC member Glenn Hyde, N4MXQ passed away during the previous 24 hours. When I sent out the notice to TARC members, I invited comments. I received quite a few. One reply from Glenn Miller (Glenn 2), KM4HKO stands out as eloquently expressing …
ROBERT E. “BOB” CURTS, 80, passed away Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Born in Mount Carmel, Ill., Robert worked at Tokheim for 30 years, retiring in 1989. He was a U.S. Army veteran, a member of the American Legion Post 499, Old Timers Softball League, Old Timers Baseball League, Central High …
I got to know Joe Barone pretty well as he was a very active TARC club member during my time in Venice. His call was W4DSH and was always tinkering with various projects. He really enjoyed experimenting with wire and metal conduit antennas and always had some sort of HF equipment on his test bench, …