EARS Announcements

N4BD services - Silent Key

2011-12-29T09:43:00.000-08:00

Harold Jones (Died December 27, 2011)

Mr. Harold Wade Jones, 68, of Rocky Face passed away Tuesday December 27, 2011 at his home. Mr. Jones was preceded in death by his parents Ray G. and Lucy Jones; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, the Rev. Thad and Pauline Osborne. Harold was a loving husband and father. He worked for the City of Dalton as a supervisor and was responsible for many of the beautiful parks and fountains throughout the city. He was an avid ham radio operator and was a past president of the Dalton Amateur Radio Club. Mr. Jones is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Peggy Osborne Jones of Rocky Face; daughters and sons-in-law, Wadean and Charlie Hinchey of Jacksonville, FL. and Cindy and Randy Chadwick of Rocky Face; brother and sister-in-law, Asa and Bertice Jones; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Levonne and Tatum Green, Sandra and Reginald Inman and Tinzie and Joe Spann; grandson, Justin Hinchey; nieces, nephews and cousins also survive. Funeral services will be Friday at 2:30 P.M. in the chapel of Love Funeral Home with the Rev. Ed Pippin officiating. Burial will be in West Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Love Funeral Home Friday from 12 to 2:30 P.M. The family ask that flowers please be omitted and memorials may be made to the American Diabete’s Association, 225 Peachtree St. N.E., Suite 550, Atlanta, Ga. 30303. Words of comfort may be sent to the family at lovefuneralhomega.com. Love Funeral Home, 1402 N. Thornton Ave., Dalton (across from Hamilton Medical Center) is in charge of arrangements.

FCC Amateur Radio License Exam

2011-12-29T09:31:00.000-08:00

FCC Amateur Radio License Exam session in Ellijay, GA

Date: Saturday, January 14

Time: 10:00 am for examinees; 9:30 am for Volunteer Examiners

Location: Albert E Harrison Memorial Hall, corner of Dalton St(Hwy 52 West) and College Street in Ellijay, GA.

What to bring:
- Examinees bring Picture ID, Original and a copy of any current Amateur FCC License or a CSCE from a recent exam session, $10.00 examination fee (exact cash or check made out to WCARS) and you will need to know your Social Security number for the FCC forms you will fill out.
- Ellijay VEs - bring your copy of the Ellijay VE manual as I may have some updates for you.

Forms: All necessary FCC and WCARS VEC forms will be furnished.

Any exam candidates not registered as of December 28, 2011, should contact Dave Meadows no later than January 13 2012 at 12 noon. Please indicate the class of license for which you will be a candidate. Directions will be furnished to out-of-town candidates.

Please contact Dave Meadows if you have questions or need to cancel. 706-273-0030 or k4ldi@ellijay.com.

Thank you,
Dave Meadows
Ellijay Volunteer Examiner and exam session manager.

2011-05-25T09:39:00.000-07:00

Atlanta Hamfest
WhenSaturday, Jun 4, 2011
WhereJim Miller Park Marietta, GA (map)
DescriptionWebsite: www.atlantahamfest.com

1st ANNUAL CWARC TAILGATE EVENT

2011-03-27T07:47:00.000-07:00

SPONSORED BY THE
CHATTOOGA WALKER AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
SATURDAY April 2nd, 2011
8 AM – 2 PM
LOCATION:
SUMMERVILLE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER
154 SENIOR DRIVE
SUMMERVILLE, GA 30747
TALK-IN 147.225+ 100hz TONE (CWARC CLUB REPEATER)
CWARC NET EVERY MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:30PM
NO ADMISSION CHARGE
FREE PARKING

Web page updates

2011-02-27T19:36:00.000-08:00

Had a great time at the Dalton Hamfest, saw a lot of EARS members there.

Some web site updates
http://www.ngamtn.com/w4hhh/repeater.php
and
http://www.ngamtn.com/w4hhh/nets.php

Will be more updates soon, mostly on the Hamfest pages...

73's
David KF4AWU

29th Dalton Hamfest

2011-02-24T13:52:00.001-08:00

Hope to see everyone at the 29th Dalton Hamfest...

2011-01-21T14:28:00.000-08:00

EARS ANTENNA RAISING PARTY

SATURDAY, JAN 22, 2011, 10:00 AM, WEATHER PERMITTING COOASWATTEE WATER TOWER REPEATER SITE

GOALS:

INSTALL SAFETY EYES AND CABLE ON THE BUILDING
INSTALL NON-SKID MATERIAL ON ROOF
REMOVE TWO EXISTING UHF ANTENNAS
INSTALL TWO NEW HIGH GAIN UHF ANTENNAS
INSTALL PROPER GROUND SYSTEM FOR BOTH REPEATERS

NEEDED:

SAFETY HARNESSES (3 or 4)
PEOPLE (3 or 4) WILLING TO WORK OUTSIDE ON ROOF

PURPOSE:

INSTALL NEW HIGH GAIN ANTENNAS TO IMPROVE COVERAGE FOR EARS 440 D-STAR REPEATER AND COOSAWATTEE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO NETWORK.

CONTACT: WINN, WA4KKW, 386-295-5167 - DOUG, N3DAB 770-312-9741

Free Magazine

2010-08-12T09:49:00.000-07:00

Free Magazine Download. The French are giving away 16 issues of Ham-Mag English version.

NETS Calendar

2010-08-07T18:52:00.000-07:00

New NETS Calendar is available. See the Communications drop down and select HF VHF and UHF Nets.

New Web Site Design

2010-02-21T18:52:00.000-08:00

New Web Site is under way! you could say we are Alpha testing now. In a few days we could go live with a Beta version.