Welcome!

My name is Chuck Catledge, AE4CW, and I’d like to welcome you to the North Fulton Amateur Radio League, NFARL, website -- internet home of the 2010 Hamvention Club of the Year and home club of the 2010 Hamvention Amateur of the Year -- Jim, W4QO.

NFARL is the premier club in the greater North Fulton County, Georgia area with over 250 active members. The club features a variety of activities to appeal to the widest range of amateur radio interests from DXing and contesting to QRP operating, rag chewing and project building. We invite every ham and newcomer to the hobby to visit the friendliest club in the area.

Our monthly meetings focus on topics with broad appeal presented by highly rated speakers. Special Interest Groups (SIGs) offer in-depth training and discussion on topics such as antennas, learning CW, contesting, and complex kit building. Mid-Month-Madness events offer opportunities to build antennas and kits, visit members’ shacks, explore new operating modes, delve into the boneyards at local hamfests and similar activities.

We seek to help every member grow in their skills and enjoyment of the hobby. HamCrams help new hams earn their first license and quickly upgrade to General followed by Extra classes to encourage the next upgrade step. A mentoring program helps ensure every ham has access to an “Elmer” and VE sessions are conducted bi-monthly. A weekly TechNet encourages discussion of all things technical, and a weekly YouthNet offers an opportunity for our young and older members to interact. We promote Ham radio to schools and Scouting and encourage youth membership and participation in all our events.

The club places a major emphasis on the public awareness of Field Day and enjoyed the largest participation in the nation in 2009. Our sister club, the North Fulton ARES, serves the communities of Alpharetta, Roswell, Johns Creek and Sandy Springs. The club maintains six repeaters including EchoLink access and an internet accessible remote base station capable of operation on 11 bands.

Please browse the site and feel free to contact any of our officers or executive team members for more information.

Welcome to the website and NFARL. We look forward to meeting you soon!

We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM at:

Alpharetta Recreation & Parks Department
Alpharetta Adult Activity Center
13450 Cogburn Road
Alpharetta, GA 30004
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Join us at our meeting or on one of our repeaters! Contact us for more information.

THIS MONTH'S HOT TOPICS

"HamCram for General" Class
Registration Extended through
September 4

Shelby Hamfest
September 4 & 5
Dallas NC

North Fulton Amateur Radio League
Serving
Roswell, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Sandy Springs,
Milton and all of North Atlanta.

Repeaters:
145.47 (-) PL 100.0Hz 147.06 (+) PL 100.0Hz
224.620 (-) PL 100.0Hz 443.150 (+) No PL 444.475 (+) PL 100.0Hz
927.0125 (-) PL 146.2

NFARL is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization