Welcome to Cherokee Amateur Radio Society
Club Website for WX4CAR
Serving Cherokee County, GA and the surrounding communities
Announcements
SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS
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Next MeetingDecember 12, 2020
Plans are in flux regarding a Christmas Party. Meeting location will be an on-air and virtual meeting, based on the unavailability of the Long Senior Center. Watch here for further announcements regarding onsite meetings. There will be FCC testing this day. See below for details. Until we are able to meet live at the normal location, the WG Long Senior Center, so we will hold a virtual on-air meeting on the KG4VUB repeater at 10AM EDT. [145.270MHz, - offset ,PL100] General Announcements Election of Officers for 2021 The club leadership is now accepting nominations for officers for calendar year 2021. More information about virtual voting will be sent to the membership in the coming weeks. If you would like to nominate someone for an office, please contact the leadership. As sent out on the groups. io, we will have voting the week of December 5, 2020. ARRL sponsored FCC Testing There will be FCC license testing on November 14, 2020 at a remote location off Sixes Road. FCC TESTING DETAILS HERE Under normal conditions we have changed the regular Testing session time to be 1PM Eastern after each month's meeting. NOTE: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, these testings sessions are on hold until we are cleared to hold them again. If you want to test for a new license or upgrade, it is requested that you use the Contact Us button and let us know. Need help?
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Special Event Meeting at a future date (TBD)
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What has happened?
If you miss a meeting, you miss a lot!
Here are things we did so far in 2020:
If you miss a meeting, you miss a lot!
Here are things we did so far in 2020:
Topic for the January meeting was the Parks on the Air (POTA). This is a growing activity that anyone can participate in! Find out how to get started to become an activator or a chaser. Slides are posted - by Rob Bruderer -W1JKU
For the February meeting we heard "Topics on Operating CW (Morse)" as well as "An Introduction to ARES" presented by Steven Price.
Wonder if you can learn CW? Wonder what the different types of keys are and why people like them? Maybe get inspired to build a code oscillator of your own? There were demonstrations of various keys, guidance on learning CW, and lessons learned by the experts. Many Hams there tried out the various keys and wanted to sign up for the upcoming class. Slides will be posted when available.
Thanks to - Bruce German -KK4GEE and Steve Price KK4YQV
Wonder if you can learn CW? Wonder what the different types of keys are and why people like them? Maybe get inspired to build a code oscillator of your own? There were demonstrations of various keys, guidance on learning CW, and lessons learned by the experts. Many Hams there tried out the various keys and wanted to sign up for the upcoming class. Slides will be posted when available.
Thanks to - Bruce German -KK4GEE and Steve Price KK4YQV
For April meeting we did our very first "on air" meeting, led by Rob W1JKU. It seemed to go very well, but we would like feedback from the members on area we could improve on. We also had an optional technical discussion on Go To Meeting that was an introduction to Digital Communications. Slides are posted in the Technical Programs area of this website.
In June, we held an outdoor ARRL testing session. The turnout was very good with 16 people attending and 14 passing their exams.
Thanks again to VE's that provide this service and congratulations to all the new hams!
In July, we had Bob Cheek N4RFC, present on the Packet Message Manager software called OutPost, which provides a very nice Email style interface to send packet messages across RF. Slides are posted.
The technical session for August was about Batteries. What are the right batteries to use for the right applications? Does it matter? What do Ham's need to know?
"Batteries for Ham Radio Applications" by Marty Buehring KB4MG - slides are posted in the Technical Programs Tab
In September we had a club event to build a 2 meter slim-Jim antenna. This was really well received and attended by club members. Many learned some new skills, including soldering, shrink wrap tubing, and testing and antenna with an analyzer.
Thanks to Rob, W1JKU, for organizing such a great event!
Soldering Station
In October we had a fantastic presentation and live demonstration on the FT-8 digital mode by Jeff, W2UA. The slides are posted on the Technical Programs page.
Current Space Weather and Propagation
Propagation Predictions using VOACAP
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Other Happenings Want to present to the group?
We NEED members willing to present on a topic in an upcoming meeting. Per our survey, topics include DIY projects, various aspects of soldering, batteries and solar power, working ham radio satellites, and using microcontrollers in your project. Please contact Marty, Rob, or Johnathon about your topic. What do you want to see presented? Let the leadership team know. Look for new sessions and all new topics in 2020. Submit your ideas to any club officer. Slides are posted for the 2017, 2018 , 2019 and 2020 sessions. Build It Project The Ham Radio Workbench website has a number of DIY projects you may want to try. We are here to help. We have a list of who is seriously interested in doing projects. The picture at the left is the Benchduino project from the Ham Radio Workbench crew. Boards should be available for sale still. |
Information about us
Cherokee Amateur Radio Society is an organization of FCC licensed amateur radio operators (also called Hams) that meet and share the hobby, educate people about amateur radio, as well as support our local community in times of disaster. We are located in Cherokee County Georgia and have club call sign WX4CAR.
The club also participates with ARES, and the Cherokee County EOC when severe weather gets close to the area, and we help with local public service projects.
The members of the club also dedicate some of their time to promote and help new hams to develop their skills and knowledge on Amateur communications modes and to be better operators. We are a very active club and participate in ARRL Field Day every year. If you are in the Woodstock, Georgia area and would like to participate, drop us a note and let us know. This website will provide details about the Field Day site.
The menu tabs on the far left will help you navigate to the area of interest.
If you have a question and would like to contact us, use the button at the top to go to the Contact Us page.
The club also participates with ARES, and the Cherokee County EOC when severe weather gets close to the area, and we help with local public service projects.
The members of the club also dedicate some of their time to promote and help new hams to develop their skills and knowledge on Amateur communications modes and to be better operators. We are a very active club and participate in ARRL Field Day every year. If you are in the Woodstock, Georgia area and would like to participate, drop us a note and let us know. This website will provide details about the Field Day site.
The menu tabs on the far left will help you navigate to the area of interest.
If you have a question and would like to contact us, use the button at the top to go to the Contact Us page.
Weekly Nets
CARS Weekly Net
Our weekly Net can be found on 145.270 MHz every Thursday evening starting at 8PM Eastern Time. (- offset, PL=100Hz) KG4VUB Repeater - located in Waleska,GA
Georgia DMR Talk Group Net
Wednesday evenings at 8PM Eastern Time
Talk Group 3113 Brandmeister Network
Website Link
Our weekly Net can be found on 145.270 MHz every Thursday evening starting at 8PM Eastern Time. (- offset, PL=100Hz) KG4VUB Repeater - located in Waleska,GA
Georgia DMR Talk Group Net
Wednesday evenings at 8PM Eastern Time
Talk Group 3113 Brandmeister Network
Website Link
Testing - Need to test for your license or upgrade? An ARRL Testing session will be held at 1 PM the same day. Testing is done at the William G Long Senior Center. Walk-ins are welcome, but we like reservations. Click on the Contact Us button if you want more information or reservation to take an exam.
Elmering Program (ie Mentoring of new or even experienced hams)
We now have a list of Elmers willing to help people in various parts of the hobby. Do you have questions or need some help on a certain topic or topics? We will provide a link to a page where you can see the available people and how to contact them. Ask any officer for the link.
In 2020, Elmers will be available to help people after the regular scheduled meetings each month. Bring a brown bag lunch and we will use the time from noon to 2PM. [on hold due to COVID-19]
Participate
What would you like see in 2020? The club officers will be looking for your suggestions, ideas, and your participation.
If you have a topic you would like to present to the club, please provide a summary or abstract in writing to any officer. It needs to related in some way to amateur radio.
Elmering Program (ie Mentoring of new or even experienced hams)
We now have a list of Elmers willing to help people in various parts of the hobby. Do you have questions or need some help on a certain topic or topics? We will provide a link to a page where you can see the available people and how to contact them. Ask any officer for the link.
In 2020, Elmers will be available to help people after the regular scheduled meetings each month. Bring a brown bag lunch and we will use the time from noon to 2PM. [on hold due to COVID-19]
Participate
What would you like see in 2020? The club officers will be looking for your suggestions, ideas, and your participation.
If you have a topic you would like to present to the club, please provide a summary or abstract in writing to any officer. It needs to related in some way to amateur radio.
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