Dec 22

Club House Activation – RTTY Roundup!

The Cleveland Amateur Radio Club will be activating the Club House, Saturday January4th, for the ARRL RTTY Roundup.

The object of this activation is for amateur’s worldwide to contact and exchange QSO information with other amateurs using digital modes on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands. Any station may work any other station.

While this Contest allows for multiple digital modes, we will mainly focus on FT8 and FT4 operations. If this is a mode you have been curious about or are interested in learning about, this would be a great activation for you to participate in.

Activation will begin at 1 pm Saturday January 4th. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me at w4juu@carc.cc

Complete contest details can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup

Special rules pertaining to FT8/FT4 in the RTTY Roundup can be found at: FT8 in the RTTY RU

We hope to see you there!

Dec 01

Club House Activation – ARRL 160 Meter Contest

The Cleveland Amateur Radio Club will be activating the Club House December 6th thru December 8th for the ARRL’s 160 Meter CW contest. 

Activation will begin at 5PM Friday.

We hope to see you there!

Nov 09

ARRL November Sweepstakes – Club House Activation

The Cleveland Amateur Radio Club will be activating the clubhouse for the ARRL’s November Sweepstakes.

The ARRL’s annual November Sweepstakes is the oldest domestic contest, beginning in 1930. Sweepstakes paused during World War II but came back stronger than ever. It’s a competition between North American stations–individuals, teams, and clubs. For many US and Canadian hams, it is their first contest operation and remains a regular event on their yearly schedule for a lifetime. The contest is somewhat unique in that each station may only be contacted once and the number of different recognized locations(“multipliers”)is limited to the ARRL and RAC sections.

Activation will be on the third full weekend November (Nov. 16-18). Contesting period will begin at 2100z Saturday and run thru 0259z Monday.

Complete details can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes

We hope to see you at the clubhouse for the 2019 ARRL Sweepstakes – thanks for your interest!

Nov 07

2019 ARRL Field Day – Final Results

The Final Results for the ARRL’s 2019 Field Day have been posted on the ARRL’s Contest Landing Web-page. This year the Cleveland Amateur Radio Club was 1st place in the 5E category.

While the total amount of contacts made were less than our closest competitor, the amount of extra activities preformed by our club members, helped to propel us over their score by 1,000 points. I would like to extend a special thanks everyone who participated in this event.

Complete contest details and scores can we found at: https://field-day.arrl.org/. Also, the QST article for Field Day will be published in December.

Sep 17

Radio Operators Save the Day at the Black Bear Rampage

Radio Operators from the Cleveland ARC, Chattanooga ARC, and Collegedale ARC joined forces to assist Scott’s Bike Shop with their annual Black Bear Rampage bike race in the Cherokee National Forest near the Olympic White Water Center in Polk Co, TN.

Riders could choose to compete in a 20-mile or 40-mile race.  Radio Operators were stationed at various checkpoints along the course to provide directions and aid if needed.

This year a major accident occurred between Checkpoint 13 and Checkpoint 14 where a rider flipped head first over his handlebars.  The radio operator at Checkpoint 14 was informed by riders and called in the emergency to Net Control.  Net Control quickly dispatched the Polk County Fire & Rescue Squad to go in and assist the rider out of the woods and take him to the nearest hospital to treat a broken collarbone.

Radio operators were commended for their ability to act quickly and relay the necessary information to the Fire & Rescue Squad.