Haywood County Amateur Radio Club will be offering classes for the Technician Amateur Radio License. The class is 9 weeks long and will meet every Thursday evening, starting on Thursday March 21st at 7:00 PM. There will be an exam session offered the Thursday after the conclusion of the class (May 23). Classes and the » » see more…
I have received confirmation that we have been assigned a coordinated frequency for use at Crabtree Bald! There were some accuracy issues with the Notice of Frequency Assignment document, but I will post it when I get the corrected copy.
The solar panels have been unpacked and set up by KW2N for testing. In full sun, they produced 2.8 amps at around 13.5 volts, which should at least run the digipeater, and may have some additional capacity. We’re really not going to know until we get them up there on the mountain. We do plan » » see more…
Recently, while exploring options for a controller for the UHF repeater we’re planning to put on Crabtree Bald, I discovered something that I found very interesting and worth sharing. Some pretty smart guys have devised a method for taking a cheap USB “sound card” and modifying it to be a full-featured computer-to-radio interface. In addition » » see more…
We had a great time at Field Day 2012. Here are a few pictures from the event.
HCARC will join Amateur Radio operators across the country participating in ARRL Field Day on June 23rd and 24th at the field next to State Employee’s Credit Union on Paragon Parkway in Clyde. HCARC members and other interested Amateur Radio operators will be erecting temporary stations at this location, and attempting to contact as many » » see more…
A Sky Warn presentation will be conducted 6 March 2012, 7 PM, at the Masonic Lodge #259, 435 E Marshall St, Waynesville, NC. Mr. Justin Lane, NWS, GSP will be the speaker. All interested individuals are invited. Talk in on 147.390 +94.8. NWS encourages anyone with an interest in public service and access to communication, » » see more…
-an article by Bonnie Crystal KQ6XA USA’s FCC changed its rules for the Amateur Radio Service at 5MHz. Here is a basic overview of the changes and rules in plain language, as they apply to the Amateur Radio Service in USA. The new rules take effect at 0001 hours Local Time in each of the » » see more…
HCARC’s second Field Day outing was an unqualified success! 28 members participated, and we had 40 guests stop by to visit. We contacted 69 of 80 ARRL sections with 654 contacts on 6 bands, with 235 of them on 10 meters alone! Thanks for bringing that quad, WD4A! KF4GUW’s family cooked up quite a fish » » see more…
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