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, …
Arch Colquhoun, N4LMW died April 21, 1996. The Tuesday and Thursday evening local 2 meter nets will surely miss his unmistakable voice and call letters. We shall certainly miss him.
Matthias R. Horn, K4KJM, 85 and a long-time Venice resident, died January 22, 1996. Internment is in Tennent, NJ.
Welcome potential new hams! If you have this page link, then you have signed up to attend the next FCC Technician Class license course being offered by the Tamiami Amateur Radio Club in the Community Room at Venice City Hall, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice, FL. Class Date(s): Saturday, October 12, 2019 from 1 to …
When: Winter Field Day runs for 24 hours during the last full weekend in January each year from 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Sunday. For 2019, the dates are January 26th and 27th. Station set-up may commence no earlier than 1900 UTC (2pm EST) on Friday, January 25th. Station setup may …
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 …
In May of 2018 TARC presented a series of 3 hour training classes on each of the 4 Saturdays in May at the Jacaranda Public Library on Jacaranda Blvd. in Venice. The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual 3rd Edition, ISBN:978-1-62595-013-0 was used as a textbook for the course along with the 2014-2018 Technician Class test …