IMPORTANT

May 7th

SATURDAY 9am CST IN-PERSON

St. Clement Health Care Center 300 Liguori Dr, Ligouri MO 630557 (Barnhart)
Liguori road is located 1/2 mile south of Highway M on the I-55 West service road (Metropolitan BLVD)

January meeting with special guest Bob Heil

If you missed our January meeting with the legendary Bob Heil presenting to the Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club via Zoom. Bob’s presentation was a blend of history, technology, and the art of amateur radio delivered in a way that only Bob Heil can. This was Bob’s 265th presentation since February 2020!. Bob planned a custom presentation that not only included a brief history of his extensive ham radio career AND his Hall of Fame audio engineer career, but will included topics on “Understanding Audio Equalization,” “How to Properly Adjust Your Radio,” and everyone’s favorite – “ANTENNAS, ANTENNAS, ANTENNAS.”

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Get your amateur radio license
Testing for the 2021 year has resumed follow the link below for more information.

One of many places to get your amateur radio license in the St.louis area.

please go to https://cliffcaveve.com/ For more information on dates and locations for the 2021 year.

A word on the 147.105 repeater from our club president N0HKK

I am very happy to announce that we finally got the Openspot working for the 147.105 and all of the repeaters linked via WiresX on our System. With this, you can now talk from anywhere in the world even if mobile as long as you have internet, a hotspot and radio with Fusion, DMR, D-star, etc. you need to set your hotspot for FCS and select the server/room to 003 room 091 STL-Metro.

Formal Traffic on Nets

On Monday April 27th on the 147.075 weekly 8 pm practice net we had someone pass Formal Traffic, and nobody seemed to be familiar with it. It is not particularly common anymore, but it is good to know how to do it. It is sort of an Amateur Radio Telegram that is passed through networks until it gets to it’s destination.

For more information please go to the ARRL article below

Passing Formal Traffic

JCARC Provides Support for the 2018 Bottleneck Bridge Bike Ride

February 2018: Club Members Participate in CERT Training

Several club members renew their CPR/AED certifications during a monthly C.E.R.T. meeting at the Saline Valley Fire Protection District. CERT provides training for disaster preparedness, first aid, and CPR, and was recently activated in O’Fallon Missouri to help police locate a missing woman.