Watauga Amateur Radio Club

WA4J

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.

Last updated May 29, 2023 at 1100 EDST

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WATAUGA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB NETS

NET NAME	DAY/TIME	REPEATER	NOTES
WARC 2-METER NET	EACH 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

Please give Greg Depue (KQ4CBL) a warm welcome to the Ham community.
He took and passes his Tech & General exams on Monday, July 11, at our club meeting.
Both Greg & his wife Diana (N4RIT) Joined the club that evening. Please welcome them both to our club.

The following folks have also joined in the past few months. Your webmaster apologizes for not documenting this sooner. If you have an already, please welcome them as well.

Jonathan Stamey.    PEMD

Stephen Goble.   KW4TA

Chris Horne. W4CKH

David James. KD4VEJ

If we missed anyone, please drop a line to k2sd@arrl.net.

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 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 2023 OFFICERS

President Mark Ashley KX4IK

Vice-President Danny Horney KE4AAP

Secretary Jessica Horney KM4NCM

Treasurer George Bartholomew, Jr. K2ODV

Many thanks to retiring President KE4AAP for his 5 years of outstanding service to our club!

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 Panera Bread in Boone. No business is conducted, just a chance to talk about any and all topics related to Amateur Radio. Everyone is welcome!

WARC MENTOR PROGRAM

If you are a newly-licensed Ham, or perhaps returning to the hobby after a number of years, WARC has a Mentor program just for you. A number of our members have volunteered to assist others needing help getting on the air or learning more about other aspects of Amateur Radio. For more information, email Scott Douglass, k2sd@arrl.net.

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE FOR 2023 MEETINGS

The presentation committee, chaired by Corey Brown, is pleased to announce the following line-up:

DATE 2023	PRESENTER	TOPIC
Feb 6	Hal Turley	DX-peditions
Mar 6	Marv Hoffman WA4NC	EMCOMM
Apr 3	Mark Ashley KX4IK	Vector Network Analyzer (VNA)
May 1
Jun 5	Corey Brown WB0RXQ	Baluns, Ununs, and Transformers
Juul 10
Aug 7	Scott Douglass K2SD	Amateur Satellites
Sep 11
Oct 2	Roger Web W4MW  and Eric Lassiter NI4E	Antennas, Feedlines, and Propagation
Nov 6
Dec 4	Panel Discussion	RF/AC/Lightning Grounding