Reminder: Mid Summer Swapfest When: Saturday, 20 July 2019, 8:00am to 5:00pm, (GMT-04:00) America/New York Where:Cary, NC View Event Description:

Here is some additional information that I found on ARRL this morning that I forgot to share. http://www.arrl.org/news/faa-reauthorization-act-language-serves-to-exclude-vast-majority-of-amateur-radio

Here is some information that some of you may want to read. https://generalaviationnews.com/2019/07/08/new-faa-regulations-require-towers-under-200-to-be-marked/

http://www.13colonies.net/ Anyone want to jump in on some 13 colonies contact “contest” if that is what it should be called. John Deacon KB4OI

Hi all, John K9JWS was interested in how we did the badges for the Club. Here is a quick video if you care to see the laser marking in action... https://photos.app.goo.gl/Tqhi4awVYE1s2sJZ6 Richard W4/

Reminder: 34th Annual Firecracker Hamfest When: Saturday, 6 July 2019, 8:00am to 5:00pm, (GMT-04:00) America/New York Where:Salisbury, NC View Event Description:

Reminder: FCARC Monthly Meeting When: Monday, 1 July 2019, 6:00pm to 8:30pm, (GMT-04:00) America/New York Where:The Forks, Wake Forest, NC View Event Organizer: km4txu@... Description: The July meetin

Five County Ham Radio Enthusiasts is organizing a Elmer’s Workshop. It is Aug 3 starting at 1:00 PM. At the Thanksgiving Fire Department 2375 Thanksgiving Road, Selma, NC 27576. Please register by cal

I believe I have all the Field Day stuff packed in the car. K3 voice station with P3 Panadapter and logging computer. 2 extra headphones in addition to a headset (with microphone) for the K3 voice ope

Aye up all... Just a quick message to let you know that badges are done. 16 were requested, and 16 were done. If you do not see your badge in the bottom image - let me have your call and your name and

We need to get a headcount on the meal for Saturday evening. Please respond if you are going to be at field day during dinner time. Thanks John Deacon KB4OI

I mentioned a packet demo on the 315 repeater on Fri. I have access to a pair of demo nodes that use dummy loads on 2m. Is there interest in seeing this at field day? 73, Aaron, KN4ORB www.nxpacket.ne

I mentioned a packet radio demo on 315 on Fri. PM. I have access to two nodes and laptops I can bring on-site to do a demo. They use 2m radios with dummy loads. Unfortunately the EOC site is out of ra

Only six days away from Field Day folks. We know the band conditions are not great so we may be doing more CW and digital operations. Let’s hope the bands improve and the weather is looking dry, so th

Reminder: Field Day 2019 When: Saturday, 22 June 2019 Where:Franklin County EOCm Highway 56 Louisburg, NC View Event Organizer: Franklin County Amatuer Radio Club km4txu@... Description: Field Day 201

Does anyone have any bar or stakes we could use to hold the new club banner? John KB4OI

I just received the ARRL propagation report which showed we have had 24 days with no sunspots. If that continues, we may have poor propagation for Field Day. In light of that, we may want to consider

Here is what an experienced contester has to say about Field Day setup as well as using low phase noise transceivers. Orienting the antennas end-to-end helps a lot for running multiple transceivers. I

I have sent a press release to the Franklin Times and The Wake Weekly for Field Day. A copy "Radio Press 2019" has been placed in the files folder on this site. Regards Dean W4DLH

The countdown is on folks. Less than two weeks away and it is time for Field Day 2019. Spread the word, invite your friends and anyone else that may be interested in learning more about amateur radio.