Open To Public
JARSCOM is at the NC State Fair on display to promote Ham Radio. This is a joint club event with the local clubs to join together and try to get more people interested in Amature Radio. At times K4SWR (JARSCOM) Will be transmitting on HF. Please see below what freq or channel we are currently …
Hello Everyone! Please see the list of individuals running for positions in the Elections tomorrow! Here is a list of who is running and for what positions. You will be able to vote for that individual or another person if you wish. There will be a write-in section under every position; if you feel that …
JARS Elections are Fastly Approaching!! 18 Aug 2022 Meeting will be the elections. Hello, all our wonderful JARS Members, Just a reminder that our elections are approaching very fast (18 August 2022). We only have one month until the elections and the nomination list is still very light. Anyone wishing to noninate someone for a …
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 …
