Who are we?
Cherokee Amateur Radio Society is an organization of FCC licensed amateur radio operators (also called Hams) that meet and share the hobby, educate people about amateur radio, as well as support our local community in times of disaster. We are located in Cherokee County, Georgia and have club call sign WX4CAR. We are an ARRL Affiliated Club.
The club also participates with ARES, and the Cherokee County EOC when severe weather gets close to the area, and we help with local public service projects. You too can join this team!
The members of the club also dedicate some of their time to promote and help new hams to develop their skills and knowledge on Amateur communications modes and to be better operators. We are a very active club and participate in ARRL Field Day every year. If you are located in Cherokee County or the surrounding area, we would like to invite you to participate. Check out our Newsletter to see what is happening!
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Cherokee Amateur Radio Society is an organization of FCC licensed amateur radio operators (also called Hams) that meet and share the hobby, educate people about amateur radio, as well as support our local community in times of disaster. We are located in Cherokee County, Georgia and have club call sign WX4CAR. We are an ARRL Affiliated Club.
The club also participates with ARES, and the Cherokee County EOC when severe weather gets close to the area, and we help with local public service projects. You too can join this team!
The members of the club also dedicate some of their time to promote and help new hams to develop their skills and knowledge on Amateur communications modes and to be better operators. We are a very active club and participate in ARRL Field Day every year. If you are located in Cherokee County or the surrounding area, we would like to invite you to participate. Check out our Newsletter to see what is happening!
Use the Contact Us button to ask any questions you may have.
The menu tabs on the far left will help you navigate to the area of interest.
Announcements
Next Club Meeting
May 11, 2024 at 10:00 AM EST at the WG Long Senior Center, 223 Arnold Mill Rd, Woodstock, GA 30188
This month you will hear about the details and behind the scenes of the ARISS contact that happened on April 18. What did it mean for the school and students as well as the club.
Second topic is Part 1 on the Basics of Software Defined Radio (aka SDR).
WEEKLY On-Air NET
We invite and urge all members to participate in the weekly VHF Net on Thursday evening at 8pm. This is a great way to make sure equipment is working well as well as get to participate with other members in discussions and questions you may have. We meet on the air at 145.270 mHz (- offset, PL tone of 100Hz encode and decode).
Newsletter - The May 2024 Newsletter has been sent and is posted
Looking Forward
ARRL Field Day 2024 - June 22-23, 2024
Planning for Field Day 2024 is underway. We will need more volunteers than ever before to make this year a success.
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Club theme for 2024
ARRL sponsored FCC Testing
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General Interest
Archived newsletters are available for viewing under the Club Newsletters tab.
Hamfests & ExposContests
CARS Club In the News
Host Club for an ARISS Contact
The Cherokee club was the host for an ARISS contact on April 18th. This had been one year in the making, but because of the persistence and hard work by our member Dr. Cassie Z. (KQ4JVI), this event went like clockwork and was very special for the students of Mountain View Elementary, and an big accomplishment for the club. The recording will remain on YouTube for a while, so if you missed it, take time view it.
CARS Club supported the Georgia Death Race
The weekend of March 30-31, CARS members supported the communications needs of the Georgia Death Race ( a 75 mile foot race in mountains). Once again these teams were successful at their assigned Aid Stations at Point Bravo and Nimblewell Gap. Lead by Rob Bruderer (W1JKU) and Stan Ham (WB9GFA) they tracked the runners through the checkpoints and used amateur radio to pass along the information to other Aid Station and Race HQ.
Hear Marty Buehring -KB4MG on QSO Today Podcast
Tid bits an little bytes
Is Ham Radio still a popular Hobby in the colossal Digital era of 21st century?
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Weekly Nets
CARS Weekly Net
Our weekly Net can be found on the KG4VUB-R every Thursday evening starting at 8PM Eastern Time. 145.270 mHz (- offset, PL tone of 100Hz encode and decode) Repeater is located in Waleska,GA Backup repeater for nets is WA4EOC on 443.075 MHz , PL107.2, Positive (+) offset Georgia DMR Talk Group Net Wednesday evenings at 8PM Eastern Time Talk Group 3113 Brandmeister Network Website Link Club ARRL Links
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