AMATEUR RADIO NEWS
Amateur Radio Club
Meetings, "Hamfests," & License Exams
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for sale, etc. See http://www.qsl.net/wtarc/forsale.htm.
The West Tennessee
Amateur Radio Society is dedicated to advancement and growth of the Amateur
Radio service, and usually meets
every first Thursday of each
month. The meetings usually start around
7 PM in the EOC (Emergency Operations Center) office inside the FAA building at
the McKellar-Sipes Airport, 308 Grady Montgomery Drive in Jackson, Tennessee. Occasionally,
some meetings are scheduled for different days or locations, such as in local
area restaurants. All meetings are open to the public, and visitors are
welcome. You can e-mail n4jdn@arrl.net for more information about
meeting times and locations. Current dues are around $24 per year. For more general
information about WTARS such as repeater frequencies, go to http://www.wtars.org, http://www.qsl.net/wtarc/join.htm,
and http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Tennessee-Amateur-Radio-Society/160957104057?ref=ts.
WTARS held Field Day activities and VE testing on 25-26 June 2011 at the
McKellar-Sipes Airport, 308 Grady Montgomery Drive in Jackson, Tennessee. Of the
seven people who took the VE tests, two passed. Hopefully, they will have better
luck next time. (NOTE: anyone taking the VE tests should study the correct
question pools, see http://www.arrl.org/question-pools.)
Participants enjoyed Latham’s BBQ for lunch, as well as charcoaled hamburgers
and hot dogs for supper. Guests included
representatives from TEMA and FEMA, who discussed applying for disaster
assistance (disaster survivors should apply online at http://www.DisasterAssistance.Gov,
or call 1-800-621-FEMA which is 1-800-621-3362).
The Dyer County Amateur Radio Association, along with other groups,
operates radio repeaters in the area. The K4DYR repeater at Spring Hill,
Tennessee is on 145.190 MHz, - Offset, tone 100.0 Hz. They
meet on the first Saturday of each month at 10 AM in the Dyer County Rescue
Squad building in Newbern, Tennessee. (Directions: turn on Sharpsferry
Rd. beside the Dollar Store on Hwy. 77 West in Newbern. Travel approximately
300 ft., then turn left at the sign by the Dyer County Rescue, Phillip Pinion Building.)
For more information, contact Dave Beard at wt8r@aol.com or go to http://www.dyercountyamateurradio.com/.
The Crockett County Amateur Radio Society, along with other groups,
operates radio repeaters in the area. The WT4WA repeater is on 146.970 MHz, -
Offset, tone 107.2 Hz. The primary simplex frequency
is 146.535 MHz. They usually have an on-the-air net on the first, third,
fourth, and sometimes fifth Thursday of each month. They meet at 7 PM on the second Thursday night of each month, usually in the Crockett County EMA building,
The FHU/Chester
County Ham Radio Club operates radio repeaters in
The Haywood County Amateur Radio Group operates radio repeaters in
the Brownsville, Tennessee area. The VHF
repeater, currently under repair, is on 146.655 MHz, - Offset, tone 156.7 Hz. The UHF repeater is on 444.525
MHz, + Offset, tone 107.2 Hz. For more information see http://home.comcast.net/~ki4bxi/site/,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ki4bxi/,
and http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_129414277084953&ref=ts.
The Reelfoot Amateur Radio Club meets on the fourth Thursday of each month. They usually meet at 6:30 PM in
the Obion County Public Library,
The Delta Amateur Radio Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month around 7 PM at the Ellendale Church
of Christ, located at 7365 Highway 70 (known as "Summer Avenue" in Memphis).
The DARC offers the ARRL Amateur Radio License
exams (no reservations needed) before each club meeting at the Ellendale
Church of Christ, with registration beginning at 5:30 PM and testing beginning promptly
at 6:00 PM. You MUST bring some type of identification to the testing session.
You also MUST bring originals, as well as a copy, of any license and/or CSCE
that you may hold currently. The testing fees for 2011 are $15.00. Scheduled testing dates in 2011 are 11
January, 8 February, 8 March, 12 April, 10 May, 14 June, 12 July, 9 August, 13
September, 11 October, and 8 November (no testing in December 2011). For more
information about the DARC in general, e-mail Tommy Thompson, kd4tjo@arrl.net,
or go to http://www.deltaclub.org. For
more information about the DARC's ARRL Amateur Radio License exams, contact Bill
Stevens, WC9S (901-603-3448 or wc9s@arrl.net).
The Mid-South Amateur Radio Association meets on the third Thursday of each month
around 7 PM at the Northeast Police Precinct (Appling Farms Station) located at
the 6850 Whitten Bend Cove. For more information about MARA in general, go to http://sites.google.com/a/maraonline.org/mara-online,
or contact Tony Brignole (901-372-2738 or abrigno@comcast.net)
or Lance Morris (n4gmt@comcast.net). (MARA also offers an "Elmer
Net" on Monday evenings around 9 PM on the 147.030 MHz repeater as a place
to learn something new or to get answers for ham radio questions.)
The W5YI Amateur Radio
License exams are given regularly in Trenton, Tennessee (as well as other
cities in the area). For more information, contact James Brown, N4ZLC
(731-855-0621 or jambrobac@juno.com). For other people giving the W5YI
Amateur Radio License exams, go to http://www.w5yi.org/exam_locations_ama.php.
NOTE: The Amateur Radio
License exams do not require any Morse Code
tests! However, the exams
do cover basic electronics and radio theory thoroughly. Go to http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/pools.html
for details about the most current question pools. When you are ready to take
the exam(s), go to http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml
to locate an ARRL testing session location nearby, anywhere in the
Other Special Events
Please send e-mail about any regularly-scheduled amateur radio
club meetings, "hamfests," license testing, and any ham-radio-related
special events in the West Tennessee area to Tim Clark, KB4RPV, kb4rpv@att.net,
so the information can be posted on this AMATEUR RADIO NEWS web page. See http://www.qsl.net/wtarc, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WTARS_TN,
http://wtars.blogspot.com, and http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Tennessee-Amateur-Radio-Society/160957104057?ref=ts
for more information.
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