Well as you all know, N4AED and KO4MSN are heavy in to POTA. They decided to go out Monday evening to activate Flower Hill Nature Preserve K-3854. It started out slow as the contacts were not as steady as they wanted. They were finally spotted on the pota.app website and things went much better. Prior …
JARS – SpEC OpsThis form is used to register your interest to help run Special Event Communication stations during events that the Johnston Amateur Radio Society votes to participate in. Because we are mainly going to operate on HF frequencies we are looking for interested operators with a General class license or above. Once you …
The N. C. QSO Party is this this weekend, Sunday, February 27th. Please encourage your members to participate. I, personally will be operating portable from Hyde County and hope to see you on the air. We also want to encourage all of our clubs to go to the NC QSO Party website and announce their club activation …
Today was the day that Mark and Richard decided to activate another Park for POTA. They decided to activate Clemmons Educational State Forest just out side of Garner, NC. The setup was not bad with Marks Chameleon HF antenna. Richard put it up while Mark got his Radios, solar panel and coaxial cables ready. They …
09-30-2021 POTA Activation K-4853 Clemmons Educational State Forest with N4AED & N4MQU Read More »
Today, Mark Gibson N4MQU and Richard Futrell N4AED activated a POTA “Parks On The Air” Park #K-3854 just outside of Spring Hope, NC. This location was very interesting, basically a cul-de-sac sized area of parking. They used Richard’s N4AED mobile setup to activate the State Park. Richard’s mobile setup consists of a Yaesu FT-891 Mobile …
POTA Activation of Mark Gibson N4MQU & Richard Futrell N4AED Read More »
CERT Volunteering By Mark Gibson (N4MQU)As an amateur radio operator we are able to serve our community using our amateur radio communication skills during emergencies or reporting changing weather conditions to Skywarn. As a person with basic Civil Emergency Response Team (CERT) training you will get CERT Volunteer recruitment notices. I saw one the other …
The Five County Ham Radio Enthusiasts group is comprised of JARS, RARS, SWARC and other club members. They offer free VE Testing at least 1 Saturday a month if not more. Mark Gibson “N4MQU” is the Lead VE for the FCHRE VE Team, a Laurel VEC Team. The North Carolina Section of the ARRL awarded …
During the HAM OF THE YEARS presentation by Mike Callam “KD4MC”. He announced that Scott Wilkinson “KJ4TUC” was voted HAM OF THE YEARS by the JARS Clubs. Scott is well deserving of this award for all he did during his Presidency last year, and for all the help and guidance he has given me during …
We had a blast! Thanks to everyone that was able to make it. We had lots of fellowship and good food! Has a few drawings for gift bags and some certificates for badges provided from HamBadgers.com. JARS will not be meeting any more for December 2020 to allow members to enjoy the Holiday Season with …
At the regular meeting of the Johnston Amateur Radio Society meeting tonight Mr. Danny Hampton K4ITL announcement that a power supply was replaced on the JARS home repeater, and was able to turn it on during the announcement.Try it out 147.270 no tone. The JARS net is every night at 8:30. Feel free to visit …
