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A Ham Radio in a Pop Music Video ?

It's about damn time !

 

In the music video, Lizzo is dancing along vacant office cubicles.  She grabs a microphone to sing.  The mic is attached to a Kenwood TS-940S on the desk behind her.

 

I have mercifully edited the video to this 30 sec clip.


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jackson County Junior Fair

July 24 - 29     2023 

 

 

Jackson County Jr Fairgrounds
157 County Farm Road
Cottageville, WV 25239

Jackson County Junior Fair WEBSITE


The Jackson County Amateur Radio Club is operating a station at the fair.

We will have a 2-meter and an HF radio set up. 

 

 

 

 

 

We are located near the main entrance to the fair, next to the original exhibit hall.

 

 

We will have a large white tent located next to  Timmy’s Originals Food Truck.

 

 

 

 

 

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Current Events

  


 

Older Events

 

 

Hamfest 2023

 

Jackson County Amateur Radio Club, Inc.

                 43rd Annual - ARRL Approved

 

HAMFEST & FLEAMARKET

 

Ripley Middle School, Ripley, WV

SUNDAY   MAY 7, 2023      8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

 

 

 

 

VEC exams: Registration 8:30 a.m. Testing 10:00 a.m.

Vendor setup: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Open to the public at 8:00 a.m.

Refreshments Available

 

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Thanks to Kenny WA8LLM and Sam N8SVX for setting up
and demonstrating a VOIP mesh network.

 

Winners of Hamfest Raffle Prizes

YAESU FT-3200R           WA8LLM

Baofeng                           KC8HXA

Baofeng                           N8TX

Other minor prizes           KE8VTS, W8IW, KE8GLP, KB8ERA, WV8RC

 

 

 

 

 

* AUXCOMM Class *

 

An in-person, in a physical classroom, class for AUXCOMM is being planned for this area.

 

Date:  March 11 and 12, 2023

 

Location:

 

Ripley Fire Department

337 Main St W

Ripley, WV 25271

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisites needed to attend:

ICS 100, ICS 200, ICS 700, and ICS 800.

 

Advance registration is required.

 

There is no cost for the student to attend the class.

Lodging and meals are not included.

 

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[CLICK HERE]  for the Official Notice from West Virginia AUXCOMM

 

KE8VOL, W8FR, and N8RJ from the Jackson County Radio Club attended the class.

We now have five club members with the AUXCOMM certification.

 

 

 

 

Jackson County Junior Fair

July 25 - 30     2022

 

Jackson County Jr Fairgrounds
157 County Farm Road
Cottageville, WV 25239


The Jackson County Amateur Radio Club is operating a station at the fair.

We will have a 2-meter and an HF radio set up. 

 

 

 

 

We are located near the main entrance to the fair, next to the original exhibit hall.

 

 

We will have a large white tent located next to Sister’s BBQ

food truck.

 

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Field Day

ARRL Field Day is June 25 – 26.   2022

Our Field Day operations site will be at the Ripley Fire Department

337 Main St, Ripley, WV 25271

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The Jackson County Amateur Radio Club will be holding its annual Ham radio field day out back at the Ripley Fire Dept.   The event will be held on Saturday June 25, 2022 starting at 2 p.m. and ending on Sunday June 26, 2022 at 5 p.m.   

 

Field day is when all Ham clubs and Ham radio operators try and make as many radio contacts as they can from 2 p.m. Saturday thru 5 p.m. Sunday.   All Ham radio operators and anyone interested in Ham radio are welcome to stop by and see what Ham radio is about, make some contacts, and have a good time.

 

 

 

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Amateur Radio License Tests

 

JCARC is proud to announce that we have partnered with Laurel VEC. This partnership will allow us to administer FREE Amateur Radio License Tests. FCC License fees still apply. Please see the flyer for more details. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.

 

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Community Preparedness Event 

 

May 7, 2022

 

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At the Army Reserve Center in Millwood, WV for the Community Preparedness Show.

 

 

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Hamfest 2022

 

JACKSON COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.

42nd ANNUAL - ARRL APPROVED

 

HAMFEST & FLEAMARKET

 

RIPLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, RIPLEY, WV

SUNDAY MAY 1st, 2022      8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

 

Grand Prize:  YAESU FTM-3200   2 Meter Mobile

VEC exams:   Registration 8:30 a.m. Testing 10:00 a.m.

 

[Click here for more details]

 

 

 

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HamFest & FleaMarket       Ripley Middle School     5/1/22

 

 

 

Winter Field Day

 

Saturday Jan 29, 2022:   The JCARC participated in Winter Field Day activities at the Ripley Volunteer Fire Department.

 

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JCARC members working Winter Field Day. Showing some of the new folks the wonders of HF and contesting.

 

 

 

 

Beach Vacation & Ham Radio

 

N8RJ recently had a vacation at the beach on Topsail Island NC.    He took his FT-991A along and operated from the beach house.

 

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Jackson County Junior Fair

July 26 - 31     2021

 

Jackson County Jr Fairgrounds
157 County Farm Road
Cottageville, WV 25239


The Jackson County Amateur Radio Club is operating a station at the fair.

We will have a 2-meter and an HF radio set up. 

 

 

 

 

We are located near the main entrance to the fair, next to the original exhibit hall.

 

 

We will have a large white tent located next to Sister’s BBQ

food truck.

 

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Larry, KC8ZRE, was in an on-air live interview with WMOV 106.7 FM.

 

The topics were Ham Radio and the Fair.

 

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Field Day

ARRL Field Day is June 26 – 27.   2021

Our Field Day operations site will be at the Ripley Fire Department

337 Main St, Ripley, WV 25271

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The Jackson County Amateur Radio Club will be holding its annual Ham radio field day out back at the Ripley Fire Dept.   The event will be held on Saturday June 26, 2021 starting at 2 p.m. and ending on Sunday June 27, 2021 at 5 p.m.   

 

Field day is when all Ham clubs and Ham radio operators try and make as many radio contacts as they can from 2 p.m. Saturday thru 5 p.m. Sunday.   All Ham radio operators and anyone interested in Ham radio are welcome to stop by and see what Ham radio is about, make some contacts, and have a good time.

 

 

 

 

 

Club Meetings Resume

 

The first post-pandemic in-person meeting will be the May business meeting on 5/6/21 .The monthly business meetings had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but now have resumed.  The monthly business meeting of the Jackson County Amateur Radio Club will be held Thursday at 7:30 pm.  The meeting will be held at the fire station in Ripley.

 

 

 

Monthly Meeting Canceled

 

The monthly business meeting of the Jackson County Amateur Radio Club has been canceled.

 

 

 

SKYWARN      and status of SkyWarn / Amateur Radio interoperability

 

10/7/19  

There was a SKYWARN class at the Greene Center in Kenna WV.

The instructor was Tony Edwards of NOAA.

 

I attended the class, and noticed that Amateur Radio was not part of the presentation.

Later, I sent an email asking why.

 

Tony Edwards - NOAA Federal <tony.edwards@noaa.gov>

To: Randy Barr

Hello Randy,

 

I didn't talk about amateur radio in the presentation because we don't have a good system for incorporating amateur radio into our operations right now.  I'm a ham myself, KJ4FYM, and understand how much of a benefit it could be to our operations.  However, shortly after I arrived at this office, the building we are in developed a serious mold issue and we had to actually evacuate the building for a few months.  They took everything out of the building and gutted it.  We are back in the building now, but we don't have much furniture and our ham radio equipment has never been reinstalled.  The NWS is actually building us a new facility at the Tech Park in Charleston, so while that is going on we are in limbo and just getting by with what we have.  My goal when we get into our new facility is to have a designated area for ham radio equipment.  If/when that happens, I'll be doing more outreach to the ham community and will get some protocols in place to get that incorporated back into our operations.  In the meantime, feel free to identify yourself as a ham radio operator if/when you call in a report.

 

Tony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Repeaters. 

We have purchased two Yaesu System Fusion C4FM repeaters. 

One has been installed at the existing Ripley repeater location.

The other has been installed at a new site in Southern Jackson county,

the Fisher Ridge water tower.

 

 

 

New Club Member

We have recently had a new member join the club.

Welcome:  Bryan  KE8MFN   ( new callsign: W8FR )

 

 

Jackson County Junior Fair

July 22 - 27     2019

Jackson County Jr Fairgrounds
157 County Farm Road
Cottageville, WV 25239

The Jackson County Amateur Radio Club is operating a station at the fair.

We have a 2-meter and an HF radio set up. 

 

 

 

We are located near the main entrance to the fair, next to the original exhibit hall.

 

 

We have a large white tent located next to Riverview Consession’s big red trailer.

 

Blue Ribbon

Congratulations to Liam Chapman  ( grandson of N8RJ )  on his blue ribbon for Rabbit Showmanship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field Day  2019

ARRL Field Day is June 22 – 23.   2019

Our Field Day operations site will be at the Ripley Fire Department

337 Main St, Ripley, WV 25271

    

 

The Jackson County Amateur Radio Club will be holding its annual Ham radio field day out back at the Ripley Fire Dept.   The event will be held on Saturday June 22, 2019 starting at 2 p.m. and ending on Sunday June 23, 2019 at 2 p.m.    Field day is when all Ham clubs and Ham radio operators try and make as many radio contacts as they can from 2 p.m. Saturday thru 2 p.m. Sunday.   All Ham radio operators and anyone interested in Ham radio are welcome to stop by and see what Ham radio is about, make some contacts, and have a good time.

 

 

 

 

 

New Club Members

We have recently had three new people join the club.

Welcome:  Rich,  Ed Sr,  &  Ed Jr.

 

 

 

 

Massive search for missing 3-year-old Jackson County boy.

MAY 15 2018

 

KENNA, W.Va.  A missing 3-year-old Jackson County boy has been found safe.

Search crews located Makilynn Cole Berry on Tuesday morning. The boy walked away from his home on Bonny Knob Lane about 7:15 p.m. Monday.  A massive search had been under way to locate the boy. Investigators said they estimated there were anywhere between 400 to 500 people searching for the boy since Monday evening.

"The number of troopers, city officers, county officers, volunteers, firemen from probably close to every county in the state. I couldn't even come close mentioning everybody, let alone the civilians. I'm going to guess we've had 400-500 people up there since 8 o'clock last night," Jackson County Sheriff Tony Boggs said.  Boggs said a family located the missing child in a hay field in the Savannah Oaks subdivision about three miles from his home. Boggs said the boy looks "good, looks healthy and looks happy."

Neighbors had been searching for the boy.  "This is the best response and best outcome of any search I've been involved with," Boggs said.  Investigators said it appears the boy wandered from the home.

"I think it was truly one of those moments that we've all been capable of having. You turn your head and then 'uh oh.' And it appears that that's what this is. And again, it took us a long time, but the conclusion was exactly what we were looking for," the sheriff said.

 

The Jackson County Amateur Radio Club provided assistance for the search effort.  Four club members were on scene in Kenna:  Ed Osborne KC8HXA, and Kenny Reed KD8ZRA (wv8z), were assigned to the search effort.  Larry Cook KC8ZRE, and Randy Barr N8RJ, were at the Kenna VFD pre-staging area, receiving donations of food and water and providing info to the public and volunteers as they arrived.

  

 

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