Welcome to Cherokee Amateur Radio Society
Club Website for WX4CAR
Serving Cherokee County, GA and the surrounding communities in North Georgia
Announcements
Next Club Meeting
June 11, 2022 at the W G Long Senior Center - Woodstock, GA
This meeting will be our Field Day Preparation Workshop. If you plan on attending Field Day, make an effort to attend this meeting. Also, please register.
May Workshop: There will be a workshop following the meeting for members to participate in building a couple of End Fed Half Wave antenna kits, which will be used on Field Day 2022. The kits are from HF Kits, based in the Netherlands.
Here is a LINK to the kit, which can be bought in the ARRL Store. Join the fun.
Field Day 2022 - June 24-25
Field Day registration is now open! It is required for your participation in this event. If you already know your plans, don't delay, just register as soon possible.
Why registration? We need accurate head counts and this will also help us gauge how many want people to participate, and in what activities. Field Day takes a great deal of planning, so your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
ARRL sponsored FCC Testing
There is FCC license testing at the Long Senior Center following the regular meetings starting in January 2022.
NOTE: There is a new requirement, effective after May 20, 2021 , that new license seekers must first get an FRN number from the FCC. This must be given to the examiners at the time of the test.
Please refer to the FCC Site for more details on getting an FRN.
New 35$ fee is required for NEW licenses only. This is payable to the FCC directly , not at testing time.
Per a clarification posted on the ARRL's Facebook page, the FCC stated that the new $35-per-application fees for amateur radio applications will NOT be applied to license upgrades.
It will apply to new licenses, renewals, requests for rule waivers, and vanity call sign applications.
For the full language of the FCC's clarification, please see the ARRL Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ARRL.org.
FCC TESTING DETAILS HERE
If you want to test for a new license or upgrade, it is requested that you use the Contact Us button above and let us know by other means.
General Announcements
GO BOX Examples
In May we had a comprehensive look at practical antennas, presented by Bob Cheek , N4RFC.
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Our special guest for the September 2022 meeting will be Dr. Bob Heil of Heil Sound.
Bob is a renowned ham operator and the founder and CEO Emeritus for Heil Sound. Have a look at his website and the incredible accomplishments he has made to ham radio and the music industry. Bob will explain to us why the quality of our audio on transmit and receive is so important to ham radio success. Listen to a very insightful interview of Bob on Eric Guth's (4Z1UG) QSO Today Podcast. |
Weekly On-AIR Nets
We would encourage all members to participate for a number of reasons. First and foremost, we love to hear from you! This is a chance to be certain your equipment is up to snuff and that you know how to operate it. It is also a place to ask questions and have group dialog on any ham radio topics.
Let's get the dialog going!
Note: We need additional volunteer NET Controllers for the weekly nets. Contact James James KE4HMS for more info.
Building a project you want to share?
We would like to be sure we show our projects and activities on social media. Please share your project details with us. We want to extend our reach through the uses of social media and hopefully reach more young people.
Need help?
Have you been recently licensed? We have a New Ham Kit for all new hams on the Cherokee county and surrounding area.
Press the button below for the .pdf file download.
Watch this website for more details opportunities for new Hams.
Look for Elmering in 2022 as well as new Ham Crams for license upgrades.
General Interest
Topics of general interest to the ham community
A comprehensive Contest Calendar can be found here:
Contest Calendar
Ham Radio Blog from DX Engineering
OnAllBands
Remembering Herb Bushong WD8IPE (SK)
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Other Happenings
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.
Visit us on Facebook at:
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.
Visit us on Facebook at:
Weekly Nets
CARS Weekly Net
Our weekly Net can be found on the VHAM11 (KG4VUB) every Thursday evening starting at 8PM Eastern Time. 145.270 mHz (- offset, PL tone of 100Hz encode and decode) Repeater is located in Waleska,GA
Backup repeater for nets is 443.075 MHz , PL107.2, Positive (+) offset
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 the VHAM11 (KG4VUB) every Thursday evening starting at 8PM Eastern Time. 145.270 mHz (- offset, PL tone of 100Hz encode and decode) Repeater is located in Waleska,GA
Backup repeater for nets is 443.075 MHz , PL107.2, Positive (+) offset
Georgia DMR Talk Group Net
Wednesday evenings at 8PM Eastern Time
Talk Group 3113 Brandmeister Network
Website Link