The Cascades Amateur Radio Society (CARS); a group of amateur radio operators in
Jackson County Michigan.
Jackson Radio News!
Next up ….
CARS at the Jackson County Fair
One again we will have a booth at the Jackson County Fair. Located in the H. Gumper building we provide a glimpse into the world of Amateur Radio. Plan on joining us during the fair and play radio, chat with the visitors and enjoy some fine fair foods. Fair Dates are: August 04 – 10, 2024 Stand by for more details!
Fair Booth schedule sign-up available here.
FIELD DAY 2024 is a wrap!
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CARS held another successful field activation.
The major difference this year was the use a two separate sites because of expected weather events.
Field Day details have been updated! Check it out …
Click HERE for more details
Amateur Radio License Testing available
The CARS VE Team offers testing for all license levels on alternate months.
Next testing date is: August 10, 2024
Testing held at the downtown Jackson library, McIntyre room, at 10 a.m.
Club Roster is available here.
Weather Siren Testing for Jackson County
We have been ask to help provide verification that the weather warning sirens located in Jackson County are working as expected. If you would be willing to take an hour or less out of your day once a month to check on a siren please let Tim WD8PMD know and we will add you to the list of watchers. For more information see the SkyWarn page.
Siren testing job aid (how to sign up) is now available – click here for pdf copy
Go direct to Siren Map – click button
CARS Email Reflector
Have you signed up on to the CARS email reflector? Keep up to date on what’s happening with the club. We won’t spam you with lots of junk and you can unsubscribe at anytime, just let us know.
To sign on, just follow this link. CLICK HERE
Local Nets:
Thursday Night Net,
Time:
8:00 pm (2000 local).
Sunday Night Net
9:00 pm (2100 local)
All on the 146.880 Repeater 100hz PL
CW Net on Sunday, 8 pm on 28.100 Mhz
NEXT CARS MEETING:
Tuesday June 18, 2024
@ 1900 Hrs.
Talk-In 146.880 ( – ) w/ 100 Hz PL
Anyone with an interest in Amateur Radio is
invited to attend.
Local Activities
Cars has 3 local nets during the week, feel free to join in on any or all of the nets. You will find the net listing to the left.
We also have 2 “eating / coffee ” gatherings during the week.
The first is held on Mondays , 9 am at Panera Bread located at the Jackson Crossing Mall. The second is on Friday nights at 5:30 pm, held at Alpha Coney Island also at the Jackson Crossing Mall.
Please join us at any or all of our events.
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