As amateur (ham) radio entered its 2nd century of existance in the early 2010’s the wonder of the Internet, YouTube, and online Learning Management Systems (LMS) that were available for training opportunites grew exponentially. Most of us rapidly adopted these new learning technologies and now distance learning has made its way into every facet of …
Sorry everyone but due to water damage at the church we are cancelling the October club meeting. See everyone in November on Wednesday the 9th at the Presbeterian Church <LINK>
A 6 Meter Magnetic Bicycle Wheel? by Tom Babcock, KN4ONE I’ve been intrigued with the magnetic loop antenna for some time, but have always been leery of the narrow bandwidth. With the opening of the 6 meter band I was in need of a 6M antenna because my EFHW does not cover 6M. Since I …
It has come to our attention that Brandmeister has recently updated the description for the “TACtical” Talk Groups, TAC 310 to TAC 319, to indicate specifically that these channels should not be used for Nets. They even included 3 (Three!!!) exclamation points!!! Accordingly, effective Tuesday, November 23, 2021, we will be moving the TARC Tuesday …
Download the PDF presentation slides from the June 14, 2021 after meeting presentation given by Paul, KN4BAR.
Our monthly meeting will be held on April 8, 2020, at 7:00PM, on our TARC 2-meter frequency, 146.805 MHZ, (-) PL tone 100 Hz. I’ll welcome all, and begin our meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance, and then call upon the membership not already signed in by E-mail with the Secretary, to identify themselves by …
UPDATED: 06/08/20. The contact database and some channel changes to include renaming the W4MO repeater to the W4AC repeater. Those of you owning an AnyTone D878 and wishing to update your radio with this new data should download the attached file. Use your Anytone CPS software and write it to your radio. When the software …
SRQARES is pleased to announce that an FCC Technician Class license training course has been formed. Jim Woodson, KE4INM, with the Sarasota County School Board has arranged for 10 school custodians to attend, and they have provided a location for the training. This will allow the school hurricane evacuation shelters to have emergency, amateur radio …
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