Welcome to the Wayne County Amateur Radio Association.

 

Christmas Party – Tri-Club Christmas party.  If you plan to attend and have not yet RSVP’d to Wayne Stewart, KK4PWA, please do so as soon as possible as the deadline for the caterer is Thursday December 5th by 5pm. Also, If you have not gotten a confirmation  from me after sending in your RSVP, please respond to this Wayne at KK4PWA@gmail.com to make sure it has not been missed.

Here are the particulars for the party

Date 13 December

Time 6 pm to 6:45 pm for eyeball QSO….we will eat soon thereafter

Location 1St PH Church, Generations Center, Fellowship Hall (around back of the main chapel)

          1100 1st PH Church Rd, Goldsboro NC 27534

Meal, $25 per person (pay at the door on Dec 7th)

          Hamburger Steak

          Grilled BBQ Chicken

          Mashed potatoes

          Butter beans

          Stewed Cabbage

          Salad Bar

          Deserts TBD

          Tea – sweet and unsweetened

          Water

Dirty Santa gift exchange.  Bring a gift to participate, 20 to 25 dollars….make sure it is something you would want to take home. One gift per person to include family and guests.

4 Door prizes – each club member will receive one free ticket toward the door prize…..additional tickets can be purchased that evening for $1.00 each.

This year we will have 5 door Prizes

 All club members, family and guests are welcome.  

Please respond to  this email, If you plan to attend or have any  questions,

Wayne Stewart, KK4PWA@gmail.com

 

Ham Breakfast gathering….  A group of us Hams meet on Saturday morning for breakfast.  We meet at Dee’s Diner in the Little River Shopping center.

Time: 0700

Address: 1314 West Grantham Street, GoldsboroNorth Carolina 27530 

 

Club Meetings

Next meeting:  17 October @ 6 pm

Location:  Wilbur’s BBQ

4172 US-70, Goldsboro, NC 27534

 

AMATEUR RADIO LINKS

Electrical Engineering link….lots of good apps

What is HAM Radio……..click here

Herman Munster and Ham Radio

Amateur Radio a 21st Century Hobby

REPEATER STATUS

*2 Meter Repeater 146.85 (-) 88.5 Hz Tone (K4CYP) Status: On the Air. 

*70cm Repeater 443.00 (+) 88.5 Hz Tone (K4CYP) Status: On the air 

Our repeaters are Linked via a 70cm radio at the VHF site.  Additionally, both the repeaters have emergency backup power.

ECHOLINK via K4CYP-R Node 858227: Operational

WCARA NET SCHEDULE

2 Meter/70cm Net every Thursday night at 8:00pm local on the WCARA Repeaters – Net Control Operator: Pete Wene, WA5T

EchoLink (K4CYP-R Node 858227) is connected to the 2 meter repeater.  If you are out of town you can still check in via Echolink.

*6 Meter Net every Monday night at 8:00pm local on 50.140 Mhz SSB.
(if at net time the frequency is occupied please look for us 3,6,9, or 12 KHz down from 50.140) –  Net Control Operator: Pete Wene, WA5T.