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Amateur Radio Group in Jasper, AL- W4WCA
Amateur Radio Group in Jasper, AL- W4WCA
Meetings
Meetings
2nd Saturday of each month at 8AM at Red Cross building at 1101 Viking Dr in Jasper, AL.
Nets
Nets
147.390 Mhz with PL tone of 110.9 on Thursdays at 8PM. We also have a time for echolink check-ins. You can find us on echolink by searching W4WCA or by entering node 993864. We also have a simplex net following our repeater net. The simplex net is on 147.435 Mhz usually around 8:20 or so. We also activate a Net in times of emergency or bad weather on our repeater.
Repeaters
Repeaters
147.390 Mhz w/PL tone 110.9
442.300 Mhz w/PL tone 110.9 Fusion
146.660 Mhz w/PL tone 110.9 DSTAR
Purpose
Purpose
Our purpose is to provide emergency communications in time of disaster or other emergency when all forms of communications are down.
Amateur Radio License Testing
Amateur Radio License Testing
We offer testing for Technician, General, and Extra Licenses at each of our monthly meetings. We meet at 8AM on the 2nd Sat of each month, then our testing starts immediately following our meeting, usually around 9AM.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
August 22nd & 23rd - Huntsville HAMFEST
September 11th & 12th - Footthills Festival downtown Jasper we will have a booth set up
October 3rd - Frog Festival downtown Sumiton we will have a booth set up
Late November - Festival of Trees at West Jefferson we decorate a tree that is on display there
Congratulations to Cecilia Rainey for passing her General Class Exam! Congrats!
POTA at clear creek was a fun time. If you haven't been to one of our POTA events I suggest coming out and see what it's all about.
POTA at clear creek was a fun time. If you haven't been to one of our POTA events I suggest coming out and see what it's all about.
We have our monthly meetings on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 8am at the Red Cross building at 1101 Viking Drive in Jasper.
We have our monthly meetings on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 8am at the Red Cross building at 1101 Viking Drive in Jasper.
What we are about at Walker County ARES.
What we are about at Walker County ARES.
What we've done
What we've done
We assist in helping local agencies communicate in times of emergencies. In the April 2011 tornadoes that hit Cordova, AL we had group members in fire, medic, and police vehicles riding along using ham radio to communicate for them because their communications were down.
Video's to Check Out
Video's to Check Out
If you are interested in taking your license test check out this video!
If you are interested in taking your license test check out this video!
Good presentation on ARRL National Traffic System and passing traffic
Good video to check out on Emergency Communications.
Meeting Location
Meeting Location
If you have questions about Amateur Radio or would like to know more about it please come to one of our meetings..
If you have questions about Amateur Radio or would like to know more about it please come to one of our meetings..
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