The Cascades Amateur Radio Society (CARS);
Amateur radio enthusiasts based in Jackson County Michigan.
Amateur Radio News:
CARs participated in the 2026 NW Schools Learning Fair to bring
awareness of Amateur Radio to all that attended.
Here we have the fearless booth staff at the ready –
L to R Dale – K8TS, Dan – N0TGM, Dave – W3IGT, Dennis – KC8IJZ
CARS Monthly Meeting:
Next Meeting: Tuesday Aug 18, 2026
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
Amateur Radio License Testing
The CARS VE Team offers testing for all license levels.
Next testing date is:
Saturday Oct 10, 2026
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.
ARES / RACES NEWS
After our test of the 2-meter simplex range following a Thursday night net. I dug out the old ARES / RACES suggested programming guide and updated it as shown below.
This guide includes planned Jackson county ARES / RACES 2-meter frequencies and a few extras.
2-meter:
W8JXN 146.880 (-) 100.0
KA8HDY 147.360 (+) 100.0
KD8LMI 146.980 (-) 100.0
IRA – Jxn 145.470 (-) 114.8
IRA – AA 146.740 (-) 100.0
IRA – BC 145.150 (-) 94.80
Simplex:
146.520
146.430
146.460
146.880
70 cm:
WD8EEQ 443.175 (+) 77.0
KC8LMI 444.825 (+) 107.7
Simplex:
446.000
Attention all paper chasers!
Looking for a fun radio activity?
Hunt for special event stations and collect special QSL cards and certificates.
To find a current listing of special event stations just visit these sites:
ARRL: https://www.arrl.org/special-event-stations
QRZ: https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?forums/Special-events/
https://apc-cap.ic.gc.ca/pls/apc_anon/query_spev$.startup
Michigan Hamfest Calendar – 2026
- 09/20/2026 – Adrian Hamfest, Adrian Amateur Radio Club
Adrian, MI: Knights of Columbus Hall, http://w8tqe.com
- 09/26/2026 – Top of Michigan Amateur Radio Club and Thunder Bay Amateur Radio Club Hamfest
Location: Gaylord, MI: Knights of Columbus Hall: http://www.nm8rc.org
- 10/03/2026 – Kalamazoo Hamfest and Vintage Electronic Expo
Kalamazoo, MI, http://www.kalamazoohamfest.org/
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 +/-
