Recently Ben Lowe (K4QF) and Jerry Rosano (N4JR) spent a weekend on the coast for some 10GHz work. Pictured below are Ben and AA2LY.
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Jackson County Fair
Jackson County ARES/RACES and Amateur Radio Club were present at the annual Jackson County Fair this year. The booth was fully operational each night with VHF, UHF, HF, Digital, and Satellite Tracking stations. Saturday evening was also the Boy Scouts of America annual workshop where our members demonstrated Amateur Radio to the Scouts and Scout Leaders including portable operation, Go-Boxes, and Digital Modes.
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Fair Live Stream
Unfortunately we won’t be streaming this year due to an equipment failure. We’ll try this again at our next event.
2015 Jackson County Fair Live Stream Video:
July ARES Meeting
A demonstration on Digital Communications and Go-Boxes at the July ARES Meeting.
Jackson County ARES Meeting
The first ARES group meeting was held on Thursday, June 25th at the Jackson County EOC. Pictured from left to right:
Wayne Reed (K4TTZ – Madison County AEC), Richard Shrader (W4RBS), Richard Arnold (KB4RMA), Brad Arnold (K4NHA), Bob Hayes (WD4CZV), Paul Smith (KK4VYI), and Brad Ivey (KK4UWF). Not pictured and behind the camera was Tim Holland (KK5H – Madison County EC).
Special thanks to Tim and Wayne from Huntsville/Madison County RACES for coming out to help us get ARES up and running in Jackson County!
The next meeting will be Thursday, July 23rd, 6:00pm – 7:00pm at the Jackson County EOC. All persons interested in ARES and serving a vital role in your community are invited to attend.
JCAR at Fort Payne HAM Tailgate
Several JCAR Members were in attendance at this year’s HAM Tailgate sponsored by DeKalb County Amateur Radio Club in Fort Payne Alabama on Saturday, May 30, 2015.
Pictured from left to right: Cactus Gay (K4YMB), Jim Clifford (NK4V), Pete Mercer (KK4UYP), Jerry Rossano (N4JR), Cora Mercer (K4KTZ), and Kenneth Clemons (NJ4C).
Jackson County ARES/RACES
The primary purpose of Jackson County ARES/RACES (JCAR) is to provide severe weather spotting and emergency communication assistance to the Jackson County EMA and the National Weather Service, as well as providing emergency communications to all local authorities if needed during any emergency in the area.
JCAR holds regularly scheduled monthly meetings on the second Saturday of each month at the Hollywood Community Center in Hollywood Alabama. The address is 6759 Co. Rd 33 Hollywood, AL 35752.
The meeting starts promptly at 10:00AM and we invite everyone that is wanting breakfast to stop by Shorty Machen Grocery before the meeting.
Backup meeting sites are the Jackson County Rescue Squad building on Cedar Hill Drive in Scottsboro and when weather permits, the metal pavilion at the Jackson County Park.
All JCAR Members, local HAMs, and anyone interested in amateur radio are encouraged to attend. For more information on meetings please see here.
The Jackson County ARES Net is held each Thursday evening at 7:30pm on the 146.90 repeater. For more information please see our Repeater and Net information here.
Please email info@jcar.us for information.