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2024 Field Day
Location: Monroe County Recreation Department – 100 Dan Pitts Dr, Forsyth, GA 31029 – Pavilion 4 Set-up will begin around 9:00am Saturday, June 22. Event starts at 1800 UTC/ 2:00pm EST. For more info – mcarsradio@gmail.com / (478) 992-0605
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4th Annual Tailgate & Swap Fest – Forsyth, Georgia
4th Annual Tailgate & Swap Fest – Forsyth, Georgia May 11, 2024 Monroe County Recreation Center 100 Dan Pitts Drive – Forsyth, Georgia 31029 Setup 6:30am-8:00am Start 8:00am-End 2:00pm The event will be held “indoors” at the recreation center main gymnasium building. Soft sole shoes required. Please bring your own tables and chairs. Make sure…
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Winter Field Day 2024 – Results
We had a great time at Winter Field Day this year! We had about about 15 people that attended the event and 8 operators. 5 antennas were set-up (in the rain) for the event and we worked as a 4i class. Craig Glaze was able to obtain a 1×1 call – W4A. We worked 6…
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Winter Field Day 2024
January 27th and 28th Meeting @ Shoney’s in Forsyth – 7:30ish on Saturday Arrive at the cabin around 8:30am (Event starts at 2:00pm) Follow GPS to 1042 Ponder Trammell Road-White farm house on corner of Ponder Trammell and Abernathy Road. From the house, go down Abernathy road about ¼ mile to the open gate on…
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ARES Annual Training (ARES100)
Link: https://training.gema.ga.gov/TRS/courseDesc.do?cofId=58218&sourcePage=Calendar&date=03-09-2024 Date(s) Sat. Mar 09, 2024 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Location GPSTC – Auditorium1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth GA 31029 Google Map Building/Room GPSTC, 1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth, Georgia 31029
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MCARS event calendar
Click the link below to view the MCARS calendar – you can also sync it to your personal google calendar. Link to MCARS Google Calendar
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Testing
MCARS offers monthly testing before the monthly meetings @ 5:30pm (2nd Monday of every month.)
MCARS uses Laurel VEC – https://larc-vec.org/
Contact mcarsradio@gmail.com to RSVP for testing and to confirm the testing location.
Monthly Meeting
MCARS meets the 2nd Monday of every month.
Meetings are from 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Meeting Location: Monroe County Fire Station 14
2106 Dames Ferry Rd
Forsyth GA 31029-6423
Contact us
Email: mcarsradio@gmail.com
Repeaters
- KK4JPG 2 Meter, 145.410, -0.6 offset, Tone 100
- KK4JPG D-Star, 145.080, +1.4 offset, No Tone (This repeater automatically connects from 30C to 30B for the Southeastern Weather Net on Sunday evenings. After the Net it automatically reconnects to 30C)
- KK4JPG DMR, 444.750, +5 offset, Tone 100, (This is a mixed mode repeater serving DMR and 440 Analog communications)
Club Calendar
Check out the club calendar for upcoming events
Club Application
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Local Nets on W8JI repeater – 147.225 (no tone)
Barnesvillega.net – Local Repeater Owned by W8JI
Sunday/Monday Night “Tech Talk” – 9pm
Tuesday Night – Training /Swap Net – 9pm
Wednesday Night – Trivia Net – 9pm
Thursday Night Net – 9:15pm
“When all else fails, there’s amateur radio “