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REPEATER & LINK STATUS:

W4CN 147.180 Repeater: UP       

WIRES-X Room (CQ-Louisville 21014): UP
WIRES-X Link/Node for 147.180: UP    

CQ-Lou YSF Reflector (42274): UP

EchoLink:

  • Analog FM (W4CN-R 425970): UP
  • Digital C4FM (KE4JVM-R 634824): UP
     
    (Digital Echolink connects to CQ-Lou WIRES-X)

ALLStarLink:  Analog FM (Node 632280):  UP

ARTS Newsflash

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  1. Next Club Meeting - Thursday, February 13th, 7:00 p.m.  Board Meeting same day at 6:30 p.m.  More info HERE.

  2. CLUB MEETING TIME CHANGE STARTING JANUARY! - Board meetings will start at 6:30 as usual, General Meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. not 7:30.

  3. ** IMPORTANT NOTICE ** PAYING DUES FOR 2025 - As we transition to our new membership module (for this year only), if you are an ARTS Member and you have NOT paid your dues for 2025, please select the JOIN ARTS Club option in the User Menu and complete the Join ARTS process.  Do not use the Renew Membership option if you have not paid your 2025 dues yet. If you have already paid dues for the next year or beyond, please disregard, you need to do nothing further at this time.

  4.  NEW!! - We now have an ALLStarLink Node (632280) which connects to the FM Analog Mode of our Club Repeater (147.180Mhz).

Local HAM License Testing, click HERE.

ARTS Slide's

Setting Up Tower with Yagi Antenna
ARTS Club Summer Field Day
POTA General Butler State Park
Antenna Build and Fox Hunt
Antenna Build and Fox Hunt
Island Expedition Station
ARTS Club Embry Island Expedition, QSO Party - US Islands Awards Program (1st Place 2016 & 2nd Place 2020)
Antenna Build and Fox Hunt
Antenna Build and Fox Hunt
Antenna Build and Fox Hunt
Antenna Build and Fox Hunt
Winter Field Day
Winter Field Day
Winter Field Day
Winter Field Day
Hi everyone! We will be building portable hand-held 2-meter band yagi antennas at our March and April club meetings.  These will be used for a direction finding Fox Hunt in the spring when the weather turns warmer.  You may certainly use your antenna for other ham radio activities beyond fox hunting as well, like checking into repeater nets using your HT; using when hiking or camping; or possibly satellite work...  Click here to see more information and images from Part 1 of the antenna build project at our March club meeting.

There is no cost to participate in the Fox Hunt, but if you would like to build an antenna your cost is about $30 for the parts.  We will acquire the parts for those who would like to build an antenna.  These antennas are very portable and similar to the one shown in the image below.  It is constructed from PCV pipe and metal tape from a tape measure.  We plan to finish up building these antennas in our April meeting.  If you want to build one please attend the April meeting.

Check back here for updated information about the antenna project and fox hunt(s).  We will start building the antennas at our March club meeting.  In the mean time if you would like to read more about Fox Hunts and radio direction finding, check out these Articles at the ARRL website:  Click Here

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Portable Yagi Antenna