Jul 04

Cleveland ARC at the Athens Hamfest!

  In an on-going celebration of serving the Amateur Radio Community for 60 years in Cleveland, Tennessee and surrounding areas, the Cleveland Amateur Radio Club will be celebrating with our amateur radio brothers of the McMinn County Amateur Radio Club at the Athens Hamfest, July 16th.

  Swing by our area to learn more about our club history, planned activities, local repeaters or for a good ole’ fashion eyeball QSO with the operators of the KA4J and W4GZX amateur radio stations.

   For more information about the Cleveland ARC please visit our website at www.carc.cc, visit us on our Facebook page or swing by the clubhouse (Saturdays 8am till around lunch) located at 560 Johnson Blvd. SE in Cleveland, TN.

   For more information about the Athens Hamfest click here.

Jun 27

Field Day 2022 is in the logs!

On behalf of the CARC, I would like to take a minute and thank everyone who took time out of their schedule to come to the club house and participate in this years Field Day. Yesterday afternoon I submitted our log to the ARRL. This year we logged over 1000 QSO’s and racked up 1,401 points in bonus points alone. We should fall out close to 3,602 points this year. Final results should be released in the QST magazine around Christmas. A copy of our in house Summary & Result and Misc. photos can be found at the link below.

https://www.carc.cc/contest-corner/field-day-2022/

 

Jun 17

America Radio Relay League – Field Day 2022

America Radio Relay League – Field Day 2022

Calling all Amateur Radio Operators,

      We are just a week away! That’s right just a week away from Field Day 2022! All the transmitters are set. Activation begins next Saturday at 2pm. Then a Winlink presentation by our very own Derek Wooley, KD5UBL, at 3pm. Then dinner sometime between 5 and 6pm. I hope to see everyone there!

      73,

         Jesse, W4JUU…

May 29

Club House Activation – ARRL International Digital Contest

 

    In an on-going celebration of serving the Amateur Radio Community for 60 years in Cleveland, Tennessee and surrounding areas, the Cleveland Amateur Radio Club will be activating the club house for the initial running of the new ARRL Digital Contest.

   Activation will begin at 2PM June 4th.

   During this contest, amateurs worldwide will contact and exchange QSO information with other amateurs using any digital mode (excluding RTTY) that supports the 4-digit Grid Square exchange. Complete details can be found on the ARRL Contest Landing page: https://contests.arrl.org/dig/

   This contest in a multi-operator/single transmitter event. We will be operating the IC-7600 focusing on 20 and 40 meters. Mainly utilizing FT4 & FT8.

   Also, as a side note, if you are interested in activating from your QTH as part of the Cleveland ARC, don’t forget to add Cleveland ARC in the club section of your contest log header.

   If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me at w4juu@carc.cc

        73, God Bless and Gud DX,
                   Jesse Rogers, W4JUU

 

 

May 26

Field Day 2022

   In an on-going celebration of serving the Amateur Radio Community for 60 years in Cleveland, Tennessee and surrounding areas, the Cleveland Amateur Radio Club will be activating the club house for the ARRL Field Day on June 25th. Current plans are to activate the club house as 5E (Five Echo). That’s 5 stations capable of simultaneous operations(5) on emergency power(E). Activations will begin at 2PM. A schedule of Field Day activities will be posted as soon as they are available. If you are interested in serving as a Rig Captain, scheduling an operating time, or volunteering for another service, feel free to contact me at w4juu@carc.cc or one of the club officers. Please follow us on our Facebook page and Website for up-to-date information and details about Field Day 2022.