Watauga Amateur Radio Club

View from the WA4NC DMR Sugar Mt. Repeater site. In the distance is Rich Mt. and Howard’s Knob near Boone – Rich Mt. Is the home of the WA4J repeater and the other WA4NC DMR repeater.

WA4J (147.36/103.5 Hz and WA4NC (444.575/151.4 Hz) are linked repeaters covering the High Country around Boone, North Carolina.

Last updated Nov 8, 2024 at 1430 EST.

WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING NEW CLUB MEMBERS! JULIAN BINGHAM, JUSTYN BLACK, JOSH OWEN-KO4ISE, AND WALLY SHEARIN-K4ANC

The club has voted to return to in person monthly business meetings. Presentations will be offered on the third Wednesday of every other month. Presentations will be only via ZOOM. Please check the coming events calendar below.

Coming Events

DateTimeEvent
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Nov 18, 20248:00 am Coffee at Cracker Barrel
Nov 18, 20247:00 pmZOOM Presentation
Dec 2, 20246:00 pmWARC meeting
Dec 16, 20248:00 amCoffee at Cracker Barrel

WATAUGA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB NETS

NET NAMEDAY/TIMEREPEATERNOTES
WARC 2-METER NETEACH THURSDAY
8:00 pm
WA4J
147.36 103.5 Hz
WIDE AREA
COVERAGE
HIGH COUNTRY
DMR NET
EACH TUESDAY
8:00 PM
WA4NC
443.0375 DMR
ALSO ON
MANY
OTHER AREA
DMR REPEATERS
WATAUGA
SKYWARN
INFORMATION
NET
FIRST
SUNDAY OF THE
MONTH

8:00 pm
WA4J
147.36 103.5 Hz
PROVIDES TRAINING
AND
INFORMATION FOR
WATAUGA COUNTY
SKYWARN MEMBERS

Our club meets on the first Monday of the month. If the first Monday falls on a holiday, the meeting will be rescheduled.


Matt Mellon K9MJM has arranged for us to use a conference room at ECR Software for our Business meetings.  This is an excellent, state of the art facility with built in teleconferencing capabilities.  Those who prefer to attend remotely will be able to do so via Microsoft TEAMS.

Please note new meeting location0: ECR Software Corp. has a new facility in the Boone Industrial Park and this will now be our meeting location. The address is: 474 Industrial Park Drive See map at bottom of this page.

If you want to get involved in Ham Radio in the High country, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP BY. If you would like to attend remotely, please email k2sd@arrl.net

WARC 2024 OFFICERS

President Mark Ashley KX4IK

Vice-President Danny Horney KE4AAP

Secretary Jessica Horney KM4NCM

Treasurer George Bartholomew, Jr. K2ODV

NEW WARC HAT, SHIRTS, AND JACKET NOW AVAILABLE – ORDER TODAY!!

WARC members may now order custom, hats, shirts, and jackets from JSE Custom Embroidery. These very stylish and affordable items feature the new WARC logo. No amateurs wardrobe is complete without one of these items. Visit https://www.jse-repair.com/product-category/club-apparel/watauga-arc-wa4j/

WARC MONTHLY COFFEE – JOIN US!

We gather at 8:00 AM on the third Monday of the month at the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Boone. No business is conducted, just a chance to talk about any and all topics related to Amateur Radio. Everyone is welcome!

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE FOR 2023 MEETINGS

Our next ZOOM presentation will be on November 18, 7 PM.

MAP TO WARC MEETING PLACE
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