Greensboro Amateur Radio Association W4GSO

06/22/2024

Field Day 2024

06/22/2024

Come join us for ARRL Field Day 2024. We are operating once again from Hagan Stone Park, Group camp 1&2. We will be operating two stations, entirely powered by solar charged batteries. There are also a number of equipment items we have for sale to benefit the club. There is plenty of shade, so come on out!

01/06/2023

Winter Field Day is January 28th and runs for 24 hours. Come out and see us at Hagan Stone Park, Group Camp 1 site. We welcome any licensed operators to come out and help operate. This is also a great opportunity to learn about amateur radio and network with other hams, especially if you are considering getting licensed.

The 24-hour operational period starts at 1900 UTC on Saturday, the 28th and ends at 18:59 UTC on Sunday, the 29th.

We will be setting up on Friday the 27th at approximately 2pm.

https://www.winterfieldday.com/index.php

04/30/2022

Sports cars and radio nets, what's not to love? SCCA is looking for volunteers to help with flagging, did I mention, they use a radio net all day long?

SCCA - North Carolina Region on Saturday, May 7, 2022 - Sunday, May 8, 2022 at Virginia International Raceway, Alton, VA - This is registration for VOLUNTEERS ONLY for the May 7-8, 2022 NCR Spring Break Challenge at VIR event. DRIVER registration is HERE. Supplemental Regulations and Sched...

02/22/2022

BONUS TIPS FOR NCQP 2022
There will be 5 bonus stations on the air:
N4D...N4U...N4K...N4E...NC4QP
Each Bonus station worked is worth 50 Points
Work all 5 for a clean sweep and earn an additional 200 bonus points. That will give you a maximum total of 450 bonus points to add to your score.
Take advantage of our spotting page and other spotting tools.
Be sure to provide a current and accurate email address in your cabrillo log so that your Clean Sweep certificate can be delivered properly.
We expect bonus signals to be transmitted from the following counties:
MAC - ASH - ORA - CRA - HAR - but be sure to copy their county exchange accurately as locations may change. Your log must contain an accurate QTH for each bonus station to have the QSO qualify.
Good luck and have fun !
73

02/22/2022

Hey GARA members, North Carolina QSO party is this Sunday! Get on the air. If you are in Guilford county your exchange will be Golf Uniform India for Guilford. Try to collect as many NC Counties and US states as you can. There are also bonus stations 1x1 calls that spell out DUKE this year. Log submittal is super easy via the NCQP website. Can't wait to work you all!

February 27, 2022 - 10am - 8pm EST

02/04/2022

GARA is a sponsor for the North Carolina QSO party. Are you going to participate? NCQP happens on February 27th, get on the air and have some fun!

For more information on how to sponsor an award or to be put on the wait-list to be a sponsor, please contact: [email protected]. (note: last years sponsors have first choice this year. Thank y…

09/04/2021

Who's going to the Shelby hamfest tomorrow?! Let's check in with each other on simplex when we arrive! Then we can use that to keep in touch with each other throughout the day.

446.0625, TSQL 146.2

-K2CPR

04/26/2021

Join us this evening at 7:15pm for our monthly meeting. The topic for tonight is TARPN, a North Carolina based packet radio network. Tadd Torburg, KA2DEW, will be presenting. More information on TARPN is available here: http://ncpacket.net/north_carolina_packet_radio_network.html. For details on joining the virtual meeting, see the GARA calendar page for this event here: https://www.w4gso.org/event/gara-club-meeting-april/.

To join, please visit meet.google.com and type in the code pxh-hkkb-rqt.

11/09/2020

The amplifier is back in service for the 2m repeater! Some of you may have noticed the difference already.

This month is also election month and we need member support for voting. Those of you that are GARA members please join us for the next virtual meeting on the 23rd at 7:15pm. The next edition of the Feed Line will have the meeting information.

07/14/2020

The W4GSO VHF/UHF repeater system, de- K4AX