{"id":74,"date":"2020-01-03T20:19:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T20:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2025-05-17T17:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T17:39:41","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/?page_id=74","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-accent-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>PICTURES FROM MAY 2025 EMERGENCY FEST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WARC once again participated in the annual Wataga County emergency fest, held at Watauga high school on Saturday, May 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Attach0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Attach0.jpg 1024w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"1779\" src=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST-25-JD5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST-25-JD5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST-25-JD5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"1778\" src=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST-25-JD6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST-25-JD6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST-25-JD6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"1781\" src=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST-25-JD7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST-25-JD7.jpg 480w, https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST-25-JD7-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"1782\" src=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST25JD1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST25JD1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EFEST25JD1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>The following club members participated in this<\/strong> event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Corey, WB0RXQ, Mark, K4CK, Danny, KE4AAP, Jessica, KM4NCM, Bernard, NC0C, JD, AD4JD, Dennis, KA4BOE, Rich, K1HE,Wally, K4ANC, RicK, WB4ROX, Lori, W3AX, Marvin, KM4NCK, amd Bill Baudry, NC4WB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-subtle-background-color has-text-color has-background has-larger-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#1f31d6\">WA4J PARTICIPATES IN 2024 NC QSO PARTY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, February 23, 2025, WARC participated (for the third time ever) in the North Carolina QSO party. A Group of enthusiastic Contesters assembled at the QTH of W4MW, and operated from 10 am till 8 pm. We used two stations in the Low-Power1 (100W) &amp; Mixed (Cw\/SSB) mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operators included Rich &#8211; K1HE, Eric &#8211; NI4E, Roger &#8211; W4MW,,  Corey &#8211; WB0RXQ and ,  Mark &#8211; K4CK, and Justin &#8211; KO4VOX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BAND&nbsp; QSOs&nbsp; &nbsp;             last year (2024)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>80 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  113         &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;     116<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>40 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  297                  407<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>20 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  407                     265<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;   &nbsp; 34                       32&nbsp; <\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  13                         6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2              35                        0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>     <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TOT &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;899                      <\/strong>830<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>The final results are in, and WARC finished in second place in the Bonus Club station category. The following paragraph from the NCQP Results webpage summarizes these results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>&#8220;Bonus-Club: In celebration of the great community service exuded by our North Carolina amateur radio clubs, societies, and associations we made them the bonus this year.&nbsp; They set up group stations and proudly put their club call into the ether.&nbsp; There were 10 stations in all and they did a great job.&nbsp; We put them in their own competition category and the first place plaque goes to Cape Fear Amateur Radio Society, K4MN, in Cumberland County.&nbsp;&nbsp; Coming in second is the Watauga Amateur Radio Club, WA4J, making almost 900 QSOs.&nbsp; Honorable mention goes to NI4BK at the North Carolina Battleship Memorial coming in third.&nbsp; These three operations alone made just under 2,500 QSOs.&nbsp; That alone is more than half of all the bonus QSO\u2019s made in total!&nbsp; A job well done goes out to all<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PICTURES FROM MAY 2025 EMERGENCY FEST WARC once again participated in the annual Wataga County emergency fest, held at Watauga high school on Saturday, May 3. 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