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Field Day Rapidly Approaching !

Field Day 2008 will be here soon. Preparations are underway for this years event.

 

May 15th, 2008:
Club meeting at 7:00 PM at the EMA Building.

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The H.C.A.R.A has R.A.C.E.S. nets every Monday - Friday evening  at 5:00 P.M. The net is held on the 146.610 Repeater. PL tone of 100 Hz. If you are not registered with the R.A.C.E.S. group and would like to participate, please contact us for more information.

The Pennyrile Area Weather Net is held each Tuesday night at 7:00 P.M. This net is currently held on the 146.610 Repeater.

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PL Tone 100 Hz

 

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Welcome The Hopkins County Amateur Radio Association website.

We are located in Madisonville Kentucky at the Hopkins County Emergency Management Agency Building. Our address is 130 North Franklin Street, Madisonville KY 42431. To reach us via telephone, you may contact Frank Wright (KA4IGR - Club President) at 270-821-5717,or you can email the club  info@wb4jro.net

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Thanks to the great work of our local amateur radio operators in assisting city, county, and state government. Hopkins County is endorsed by the National Weather Service as a Storm Ready County ! Thank you to all area hams who have helped make this possible !

Special Presentation

After the elections, held November 1st, President Frank Wright (KA4IGR) was given a plaque which was handmade by Doug Clark (KC4FRA) and signed by all the members of the club.  Congratulations Frank, we look forward to another great year with you at the helm.

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Repeater Status

The repeater is now in place, the antenna is up on the tower and we are in the process of fine tuning it to get the maximum transmit/receive ratio. Thanks to everyone who was involved in this project.

146.610 Site is up and fully functional

147.270 Site is up and fully functional

 

Site modified May 11th, 2008

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