The Cascades Amateur Radio Society (CARS); a group of amateur radio operators in
Jackson County Michigan.
Jackson Radio News!
January Club Meeting will be held at Bella Notte in Downtown Jackson.
Look below for more details.
Winter Field Day 2025
Winter Field Day will soon be here! Once again WO5ABN will be hosting our activities. Further details will soon be posted here so stay tuned for news!
Great Lakes Region Hamfests – 2025
• Feb 8, 2025, Cherryland ARC Ham Swap, Traverse City, MI
• Feb 22, 2025, Livonia ARC Annual Swap & Shop, Northville, MI
• Mar 23, 2025, Lowell AR Youth Club Hamfest, Lowell, MI
• Apr 12, 2025, AC8RC Allegan Mini-Swap, Burnips, MI
• Apr 19, 2025, SJCARC Hamfest, Centreville, MI
• Jun 7, 2025, IRA Hudsonville Swap, Hudsonville, MI
Jun 8, 2025 Cross Roads Hamfest, Marshall MI
• Sep 6, 2025, Grand Rapids Area hamfest, Wyoming, MI
NEW! – Direct email contact information
VE Testing –
Club Information or Questions –
Repeater Tech Committee –
Website Admin –
Jackson County EC –
Amateur Radio License Testing available
The CARS VE Team offers testing for all license levels on alternate months.
Next testing date is:
Feb 08, 2025 @ 10 a.m.
Testing is held at the Carnegie (downtown) branch of Jackson district library,
244 West Michigan Ave, Jackson MI 49201 – McIntyre room, at 10 a.m.
CARS Monthly Meeting:
SPECIAL EVENT – January Dinner Meeting @ 1830 hrs
@ Bella Notte 137 W. Michigan Ave downtown Jackson
Next Meeting: Tuesday January 21, 2025
Time: 1900 Local
Location: 1715 Lansing Ave, Jackson County Health Dept.
Enter building at the lower level parking lot entrance.
Talk in: 146.880 – 100 Hz PL
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 2 meter net
Time: 8:00 pm (2000 local)
146.880 – 100 Hz PL
Sunday Night 2 meter Net
Time: 9:00 pm (2100 local)
146.880 – 100 Hz PL
Sunday Night CW Net
Time: 8:00 pm (2000 local)
Held on 28.100 MHz +/-
