JOIN
US FOR OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS
G.A.S MEETS THE 3RD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH
Eat at 6:15 and the meeting is at 7:00
MEETING LOCATION
The location for the meeting will be
Sarah's Kabob Shop
5340 W. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27409
When you come in to order, let them know you are with
the ham club.
The meeting the room is at the front of the building.
Normal meeting times will still be in effect
6:00 PM to eat and 7:00 PM for the business meeting.
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Please note, work is being performed on the '25 and '76 linking
This is not fully completed yet and you will hear
level differences from time-to-time.
There
will be more testing until all the "bugs" are worked out.
The
146.760 (-600) with a tone of 164.7 N2DMR repeater is
located at Brown Summit with the DMR repeater
The
145.25 repeater is up and running.
Use PL tone of 97.4 in your radio.
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Photos
of repeater in the building and new antenna which is on the left of
tower
ALSO the VHF
146.760 (N2DMR) machine PL of 156.7
has great coverage and is available for use. It's located in the
northeast corner of the county at 310 feet.
FCC
NEWS
As
promised, the FCC will now begin charging a $35 fee for new
licenses, upgrades, vanity call signs
and
license renewals.
The applicant must pay the fee directly to the FCC
the Volunteer
Examiners will not collect it.
ALSO DMR UPDATES:
The
W4GG DMR antenna has been replaced and now works
with a better coverage area.
A
new DMR repeater has been installed
on top of the hospital in High Point and linked with the "locals"
on Brown Summit and Asheboro
The High
Point freqency is 443.725 and
the same TG layout
The Asheboro DMR is 440.7125 same TG layout
The Graham DMR repeater is no long in operation
PLEASE NOTE:
The W4GG DMR repeater is
NOT
Brandmeister
and can not be accessed with a "hot spot."
If
YOU want Brandmeister, use the King repeater listed below
or get a yourself a "hot spot" which can be obtained
from many dealers, so you can access all The BM talkgroups.
The
King repeater is now Brandmeister
442.6375 + 5
313715 CC2 TS 2 - this is a fulltime talkgroup for LOCAL ONLY
TS 1 is also CC2 and is on demand for
your choice of TG for the BM network
and will only be on for 15 minutes with no activity.
We
need
your support by renewing your
G.A.S. membership.
This is due January 1 and helps us
fund the upkeep of the repeaters.
See the botom of this page for mailing information.
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NEW
NET TIME CHANGES
USING
THE GARA REPEATER
The
new traffic and ragchew net schedule is as follows: The Central
& Western North Carolina Traffic Net will be held nightly
at 7:00 on the 145.25 repeater. For your convenience, there will
be a ragchew net nightly at 7:30 or following the traffic net
if running long. The Randolph Amateur Radio Club will host the
ragchew net on Monday night. The Guilford Amateur Society will
host on Wednesday night. The Swapnet and ragchew will be on Friday
night. Any other scheduled users of the repeater are not affected.
Set a reminder in your phone and join us nightly! -- Mark, KX4PZ
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ADDITIONAL
TECHNICIAN LICENSING CLASS
TBA
SOON
73
Keith - KA4JAH
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REPEATER
INFORMATION ON NEXT PAGE
CLICK
HERE
WEEKLY
NET
See
new net time changes above
NEW
- TRADER'S NET
Each Friday evening at 7:30 on the 145.25, W4GG repeater
Links
& Useful Information
(More will be added later)
Randolph
Amateur Radio Club (RARA) - CLICK HERE
High
Point Radio Club - W4UA
- CLICK HERE
Greensboro
Amateur Radio Assoc. - W4GSO - CLICK
HERE
Forsyth Amateur Radio Club - W4NC - CLICK
HERE
N4GVK
Weather Page for SW Greensboro - CLICK
HERE
(New weather station installed)
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Hamfests
We need updates on local Hamfests
Please send info to Tom, N4GVK at n4gvk@bellsouth.net
Most
Hamfests are back running a full schedule.
Please contact us for your Hamfest date.
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HURRICANE / TS UPDATES ***
From June
1 to November 30. Special outlooks may be issued as conditions warrant.
CLICK
HERE
G.A.S.
Club Info
$25
per year (Due January 1 each year)
Any licensed
family member
living under the same roof - no additional charge.
You can pay your dues at a club meeting or
mail them to the G.A.S. treasurer below:
Guilford Amateur
Society
C/O Ernie Wall, NC4EW
8504 Bromfield Rd.
Oak Ridge, NC 27310
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