SOMEBODY WANTS TO TALK TO YOU
This Saturday GARS is hosting a chance for you to get on the air for the Florida QSO Party.
For this event, all over the country and beyond, folks will be calling, trying to reach someone in each Florida county.
When: Saturday & Sunday April 27 & 28, 2024
Where etc: GARS Radio Room at the Waldo City Square, and getting everyone on the air who want to try.
We will be operating at least noon to 6pm Saturday - and later and the next day depending on interest.
For those who visit us - no license is needed: we will show you what to do. It’s fun.
Kids with adults are welcome.
For licensed hams, you can operate from almost anywhere if you cannot join us - here are links:
https://www.floridaqsoparty.org
and here.
Our Next Club meeting (open to anyone) will be held Tuesday, May 21st. See details on this page.
We are trying to reduce/eliminate interference heard on our local VHF 146.820 repeater. As an experiment, we have activated the CTCSS tone on the repeater receiver.
Most of our radios already transmit a 123.0Hz sub-audible tone when calling the repeater, so for most of us nothing is needed and the repeater will work as expected.
However if your radio is not able to activate the repeater, then turn on the CTCSS tone when transmitting to the repeater. If in doubt as to which tone to set, set anything called CTCSS to 123.0Hz. Do not change any settings not connected with CTCSS.
Please send questions and feedback to chairman@gars.club.
Thanks for your patience while we figure all this out.
We are testing simplex connectivity in Alachua County. Please see this page for more details.
GARS club meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month from
6:30pm - 8:00pm. The in-person meeting will be located at:
Trinity United Methodist Church, Room 211
4000 NW 53rd Ave
Gainesville, FL 32653
These will be hybrid meetings so you can also attend via Zoom at:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/964853731
Mark your calendars now! ARRL Summer Field Day 2024 is June 22-23rd. Go to
https://www.arrl.org/field-day for general information about this great event.
Please check our Facebook page for current news, events and related stories, on the Gainesville Amateur Radio Society Page. We are updating our webpage, so check back frequently.
Other than monthly club meetings, most GARS activities take place at the Waldo City Square, located at 14450 NE 148th Avenue, Waldo - 15 minutes north of Gainesville. Google map reference: 29°47'29.5"N 82°10'10.5"W, or "29.791532, -82.169591".
Looking for a helping hand to explain specific radio interests? Email to elmer@gars.club. You will receive a response from a volunteer.
GARS members had a great Winter Field Day at the Waldo City Square, January 27-28th. See our Facebook
page for updates and photos. We made several hundred contacts using Voice and Morse Code. New Hams got on
the air while our more experienced folks mentored and encouraged.
Hamcation in Orlando was February 9-11th (Friday thru Sunday). Several members went to see all that Amateur Radio has to offer - and spend their extra cash...
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