136 results for author: Scott Toth

Winter Field Day with GARA

Winter Field Day (WFD) will take place starting Saturday, January 27, at  2 PM  and ending Sunday, January 28 at 2 PM. Just like the ARRL Field Day. We can start setting up the Friday before (Jan. 26) no earlier than 2 PM. This year, we will be operating from Hagan Stone park, group campsite 1, the same location we used for the ARRL Field Day last June.The current plan is to operate one HF station. Scott (ND4L) has agreed to lend us his tent for the operating station, so now all we need are volunteers and equipment. We will set up Friday afternoon starting at 2 PM, complete any remaining setup Saturday morning, and begin operating at 2 ...

September GARA Meeting

September 25, 2023 - 6:15 to eat, meeting at 7:15pm  Keith, KA4JAH, will be doing a presentation on antenna modeling software at this month’s meeting. Please remember our new location!  The PorterHouse Burger Co. 4608 W Market St. Greensboro, NC 27407 https://www.porterhouseburgerco.com/

NC POTA Event

Come out and join us as we operate from Mayo River State Park for the North Carolina Parks On The Air event, September 9th and 10th. We will be located in the Group Camp area, where primitive camping is permitted. The site is a bit smaller than where we normally operate at Hagan Stone, but still provides some amenities such as picnic tables, fire pit, pedestal grill, and bathrooms. There are plenty of trees for wire antennas as well. The tentative plan right now is to set up a single dipole and one HF station. We can expand the operations if needed, depending on the number of folks who come out. The rules for this event do not lock us into a partic...

August GARA Meeting

August 28, 2023 - 6:15 to eat, meeting at 7:15pm Please join us as we discuss the upcoming NC POTA event.   Carl KC4WGA will also share his latest portable solar generator. Please remember our new location!  The PorterHouse Burger Co. 4608 W Market St. Greensboro, NC 27407 https://www.porterhouseburgerco.com/

April GARA Meeting: New Location and GPS Disciplined Oscillators

We will be having a presentation from Brad, KN4ODM, on GPS Disciplined Oscillators at this month's meeting. Beginning this month, meetings will be held at the PorterHouse Burger Company. Join Online Here

March GARA Meeting – RARS and TARPN

Tadd and Nancy Torborg will be presenting at this month's meeting. Nancy, KB2TNR, will provide information on the upcoming RARSfest in Raleigh, and Tadd, KA2DEW, will do a presentation on TARPN. They will need a little more time than usual so we are going to move the start of the meeting up 15 minutes beginning at 7:00 PM so we can get business conducted and they can begin around 7:15 PM.Thanks,John CrabtreeKJ4JWCGARA Vice President Google Meet Link

January GARA Meeting: New Trailer, and WFD Prep

This month, we will hear from David McLin AC4A in preparation of Winter Field Day. David has with the help of several others worked hard to have a good plan in place for this year’s event, and we surely hope to have a great participation rate. We encourage everyone to come out, even if just for a few minutes to see the setup and maybe make a few calls on the air. We are also looking at options on how we can potentially stream part of Winter Field Day as well. Not only that, but our brand new trailer will be at the meeting on Monday and at WFD too! Come check it out and help us decide how best to outfit and configure it. Event Calendar ...

October GARA Meeting: Building a Hotspot

With the proliferation of cheaper digital handheld radios, it has become much more affordable for hams to connect through the internet to others around the world. However, the repeaters that used to be required to do this haven't gotten cheaper. With the advent of "digital hotspots," amateurs are now able to talk with other hams worldwide without needing to rely on a repeater at all. In this month's GARA presentation by Scott Toth, ND4L, you'll learn what to buy and how to build an inexpensive hotspot that will put all of your digital radios to use even when you're not near a repeater. Download Presentation

September GARA Meeting: Solar Generators

Quite a few of us have had the pleasure of building a battery at the workshops the past couple of years at Field Day, but now Carl Fenske has a new solar power generator project he has been working on and is ready to share with us how to build it. He is planning on having items with him to show as well, so this may be a meeting you want to venture out and attend live!See you there, and 73,Steve Brannan, K4STBVice President Download the Presentation Here

August GARA Meeting: Amateur Satellites

Now, this months presentation is going to be out of this world… no, seriously! Have you ever been curious about satellite radio communication? What does that even mean? Matt Trull, KX4GG, will be sharing information on satellite radio communication, which is sure to be a very interesting topic. See you all on Monday! Steve BrannanK4STB Calendar Entry Google Meet Link