The Columbia Amateur Radio Club met for their annual Christmas party at Grecian Gardens in West Columbia Monday.
Club president Richard, AL7MO, passed the gavel to president-elect Ronnie, W4RWL, and awards were issued to hams who have made a difference in the club over the past year.
Photos by KK4DSD
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The ARRL has published the final results for Field Day, 2013. CARC operated Class 5A and we finished 23/74 in our category and 309/2,548 overall.
An outstanding effort, especially considering that we didn’t operate for the final 7 hours of the event.
We now have a goal to beat for 2014 and hope to see you at the event to help us best our results from this year!
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The SC QSO party is coming up on Sept. 21st from 10AM to 11PM local time. This is a ” fun event for SC amateurs to get on the HF airwaves and give out some contacts while being the “chased”, i.e.: other ops will be actively seeking to work you since you are in SC. Just get on the air and call “CQ South Carolina QSO Party” (or “CQ SCQ” on CW).
The exchange is pretty simple: SC stations will send Report and County. For example on phone: “59 Richland”, or CW: “599 RICH”. Non-SC stations will send a report and their State/Province. For example: “59 Alabama” or “599 AL”. You can find a full list of the county abbreviations and further info in the official rules.
There’s also an interesting map on that site that shows the current county by county breakdown of licensed Amateur ops. There are a few counties with less than 20!
See the official SCQSO Party website for more details and we hope to hear you on the air!
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More than 20 amateur radio operators gathered at the Calhoun County Emergency Operations Center in Sandy Run on Saturday, October 5, to learn how to construct “roll-up” J-pole antennas for their 2-meter handheld radios. The workshop was led by Bill, W4FSV.
The Columbia Amateur Radio Club supported Run Wild at Sesquicentennial State Park on Saturday, August 24.