NFARL NEWS
The Doctor is In! Join hams from around the local area as we host Joel Hallas, W1ZR, the technical editor of QST and author of the "Doctor is In" column for a very special joint club meeting on Thursday, November 19th, at 7:30 PM at Roswell City Hall. more ... Posted October 23, 2009
Club officers elected for 2010. At the October meeting, officers for 2010 were elected and include:
| President | Chuck Catledge, AE4CW | |
| Vice President | Wes Lamboley, W3WL | |
| Secretary | Bill Reed, K4YJI | |
| Treasurer | Fred Moore, N4CLA |
Also serving on the executive team will be:
| Walt Woron, KJ4HE | Program Chairman | |
| Mike Roden, W5JR | Technical | |
| Tom Koch, W4UOC | Emergency Coordinator | |
| Mack McCormick, W4AX | Past President |
Congrats to all and thanks for your service to the Friendly Club in North Fulton Country, GA Posted October 23, 2009
Photo album updated. Photos of JOTA and the October meeting are available in the 2009 Photo Album. Click here to visit the album. Posted October 21, 2009
September meeting presentation materials. Jim Streible K4DLI and Dave Fischer W7FB have graciously made their presentation materials from the September meeting available for download. Click the links below to download the materials.
Thanks to Jim and Dave for a very informative presentation! Posted October 7, 2009
2009 Georgia QSO Party Results. W4GKZ announced at the June club meeting that NFARL had indeed won the club competition for the GA QSO Party for 2009.
Full details are available at http://gqp.contesting.com/ Chaz reported that our score was more than 5 times our next closest competitor. A "winners" gavel will presented to the club at an upcoming meeting.
Led by W6IZT and N4NX, we want to thank everyone for entering. 18 members submitted scores for this year's party. This is a record for our club. Category winners from NFARL are N4NX (GA Low Power - Mixed Mode) and W4QO (GA QRP-CW). They will receive plaques for their effort. The plaque sponsored by NFARL (GA LOW POWER-PHONE) was won by KT4ZB from Savannah. Congrats to Jere - enjoy!
If you would like to figure out what makes contesting so much fun, join the NFARL Contesting SIG. Large scores are not mandatory to have fun at contesting. Set yourself a goal in terms of hours and number of QSOs and try to better it each time. Field Day will be the next opportunity to have "contesting fun". Updated June 21 ,2009
Need a reference copy of your FCC license? RadioQTH provides a form you may use to print one, and to also print a License certificate suitable for framing. We've added it to our Links page, or click here to jump directly to the RadioQTH page. Posted June 5, 2009
Psst, interested in old QSL cards? Here's an interesting set from Mike, W5JR. Send yours and we'll post 'em, old or new. Posted May 21, 2009
CW rocks!! Eight members of the winter CW class were awarded their 5wpm certificate at the March club meeting. Following up on the class' success, NFARL is sponsoring a new award for making 10 CW contacts. Certificates have been earned by:
Congratulate them next time you see them!!. Click here to learn more about the award. Updated May 20, 2009
NFARL Supports North Fulton Libraries. The Joule Thief project was commissioned to fund ham radio books for the five North Fulton libraries. The books have been purchased, and delivery to the five North Fulton libraries will be completed in March of 2009. Have you purchased your Joule Thief? more... Updated March 30, 2009
Youth Net Friday at 5PM on 145.47. The number of youth members has grown recently and NFARL is starting a YOUTH NET at 5PM on Fridays after school. Please encourage all youth (18 or less) to participate. Remember net participants do not have to be ham operators as long as there is a control station in charge. So bring in neighbors, scouts, kids, grandkids, etc to your station to "join the net". Frances, AJ4JQ, will be the net control. Also, adult check-ins will be permitted, so support the youth net and encourage them at all stages. Posted March 19, 2009
Free Youth Memberships. In an effort to continue to increase our youth membership your executive team has decided to offer free membership to any young person under 18 years old. Please encourage any young person you know, who is interested in ham radio, to join the North Fulton Amateur Radio League. Posted March 1, 2009
Silent Keys. If you would like to add a deceased past NFARL member to the Silent Keys page, please forward one of the following to sk@nfarl.org: a letter or note from a family member, news paper obituary notice, a copy of the death certificate, or a letter from the family lawyer or the executor.
