GARS Summer Field Day 2024 happened 6/22-23/24. We were Radio-Active!
Click here to view a summary of some of what we did.
A local license exam prep class was offered by our affiliated ARES club and started Thursday Sept 4th 7-9pm, ran weekly for 13 weeks (except Thanksgiving). Free except you needed to buy the excellent training materials, about $30.
Click here for the flyer.
The materials used from Ham Radio School and can be purchased here:
Ham Radio School Technician License Course
To register, click here.
GARS Summer Field Day 2025 happened June 28-29th. We were more Radio-Active!
After submitting the results to the ARRL, our preliminary total score is 3,076. Not bad considering we did not optimize for points but for getting as many people on the air as possible.
We had several new hams and hopefully future hams make their first contacts this year. Several folks got to experience their first pile up. That was fun to watch and was worth more than all the points we could earn. (From Terry Gordon, K4TMG, GARS president - edited)
GARS Summer Field Day 2024 happened 6/22-23/24. We were Radio-Active!
Click here to view a summary of some of what we did.
Veterans Day support was Monday Nov 11th, 2024
GARS activities
Landing zone security (keep visitors off the field during helicopter and parachutist landing/take off)
Kids Morse code:
We had three code practice oscillators with straight keys.
Kids wrote their name on a form (which they kept) and we helped them key it out and broadcast via loud speaker.
GMRS / FRS Demo: Karyn demo'd GMRS and FRS to visitors, and provided brochures (links in the left hand column).
20 meter station with buddy pole demo: Dean
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