THE JACKSON COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC
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Field
Day ARRL Field Day is June 25 –
25. 2022 Our Field Day operations site will be at the Ripley Fire
Department 337 Main St, Ripley, WV
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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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Events
Community
Preparedness Event
May 7, 2022
At the Army Reserve Center
in Millwood, WV for the Community Preparedness Show.
Hamfest 2022
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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. |
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 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
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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.