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December, 2024 eNEWS has been posted - click here to download it.
January articles wanted.
Send articles to be considered for publication in eNews to enews@nfarl.org.

NFARL at GARS TechFest 2025 – Join the Fun!

Mark your calendars! NFARL is excited to participate in GARS TechFest 2025 on January 11th. This year, we’re bringing back our popular activities:

  • A Club Welcome Table to connect with fellow enthusiasts.
  • A Code Practice Oscillator (CPO) Build Station, where participants can build their own CPO kits.
  • A Forum Presentation on Antenna Modeling, sharing valuable insights.

Last year, we helped participants successfully build over 50 CPO kits, and we’re ready to top that with plenty of kits this year!

We Need Volunteers!
To make this event a success, we need about five club members per shift to assist with the kit-building area. If you’re interested, sign up for a time slot [here].

For event details, visit the TechFest website.

Let’s make this year’s TechFest unforgettable! 🎉

NFARL January Club Meeting

The January Club Program will be on Antenna Propagation tools such as the Reverse Beacon Network and the PSK Reporter to measure and compare, in real-time, your antennas using the worldwide CW/Digital Skimmer network with SDR receivers.

 

Holliday Party 2024

Field Day 2025
June 28th and 29th.  Details to follow.

2024 NFARL Field Day results
Results have been submitted.
Visit the 2024 Field Day Results page for info. 2024 Field day pictures are here!
You can see photos from past events in the NFARL Gallery by clicking here.

Other

Club Meeting suggestions

We are looking for more topics to engage newcomers as well as experienced amateurs.  Please send suggestions to meeting_topics@nfarl.org.

NFARL Decals

A nice NFARL Decal has been created for our portfolio of products by Ted, K4MPM.  It'll be a great decoration for your car, shack, notebooks, et cetera!!  Great price point too -- $1.00 each with local pickup.  Available now in the Mart!

CPO kits are on sale in the Mart.  Click here to purchase one.  Links to instructions and a schematic are available toward the bottom of the Mart page.

Have you checked your membership status recently?  A list of all current NFARL members with expiration dates for each is available in the menu to the right under the "Members" item.  Also under the "Members" menu item is a list of members filtered to only show those whose memberships are due to expire in the next 60 days.  You may renew your membership at any time before it expires -- the new term will be added to your current term.

NFARL's FaceBook Page can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NFARL/.  This link points to the FB page with the stone CW key banner.

Upcoming Activities (click here to view our calendar)

TechTALK  Every Monday @ 8:30PM  145.47 - (600k) with 100 Hz tone. Also on our Discord channel.

Hungry Hams  Every Wednesday @ 11:15AM  Slopes BBQ in Roswell

Fun Net (Digital) 1st and 3rd Thursdays Check-ins start @ 8:00pm to the repeater or Echolink.
147.060 (+) PL 100 Hz  443.150 (+) PL 100Hz (Alternate repeater)  EchoLink N4SBD-R, Node: 522043

CW Chat  Wednesdays at 8PM on ZOOM. New meeting link and credentials:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84722087419?pwd=VlN2d0xvQVhKcDlUL0R4N1hQMTQ2UT09
Meeting ID: 847 2208 7419; Passcode: CW-CHAT
One tap mobile: +19292056099,,84722087419#,,,,*5181403# US (New York)
+13017158592,,84722087419#,,,,*5181403# US (Washington DC)

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VE Test Session - January 11th, 2025

Location:  Slope’s BBQ, 34 E Crossville Rd (Hwy GA 92), Roswell, GA 30075  8:30AM-10:30AM
Seating will be limited to 20 - pre-registration is required.
Registration is by email to Ian NV4C - nv4c.ian@gmail.com
Registration opens 1/1/2025, 5:00 PM ET
Registration closes 1/8/2025, 11:59 PM ET.  Click here for more information.

North Fulton ARES Meeting(NFARES) January 14th, 2025 at 7:30 - 9:00 PM ET.  NFARES meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 - 9:00 PM ET.  Meetings are face to face and via Zoom.  Live location: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 500 Norcross Street, Roswell, GA 30075.  Enter using the "Family History Center" Door. Door opens at 7:00PM for set up.  Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83853968459?pwd=UklmZTRmTkNGWkwvcUpHc2pya2hpdz09  This Zoom calendar invitation is a standing  reoccurring meeting for calendar year 2024.  Add it to your digital calendar (Outlook, Google, etc.) as a repeating meeting.   Meeting ID: 838 5396 8459  Passcode: 170095.

NFARL's Club Meeting   No meeting in December due to NFARL Holiday Party.
Next meeting: January 21st, 2025
Live location: Preston Ridge Community Center, 3655 Preston Ridge Road Suite 100, Alpharetta, GA 30005.
Click on the link "NFARL's Club Meeting" above to see the table of  Presentation Topics for each month.
Zoom Meeting link:  Launch Meeting - Zoom

NFARL Season's Greetings Cards

In case you want to send a Season's Greetings card with the NFARL logo and a Ham Radio theme, feel free to use the cards below.

Greetings from our President

Thank you for visiting North Fulton Amateur Radio League’s web site.

NFARL is a very active club committed to promoting amateur radio and has a strong affiliation with ARRL, the most influential leader in amateur radio. This club has won many honors over the years due to the active participation of its members. Currently the club has more than 300 members with various types of licenses and backgrounds. NFARL members are dedicated to promoting youth programs leading to success as a ham and successful careers in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) industries. We have mentors (Elmers) who are willing to help anyone gain Ham Radio experience.

We have special events throughout the year including:

  • Ham Jam. This event is specifically for raising funds for our youth programs. We have excellent speakers and give away thousands of dollars in prizes.
  • Field Day. This is the largest ARRL event of the year for Amateur Radio. It is held the fourth weekend in June. It is a 24 hour program where participants set up total communications as they would be required in an emergency. It includes all aspects of amateur radio from antenna construction to radio operation. It is a wonderful experience.
  • VE testing. This license testing is done once per month.
  • Georgia QSO Party. An amateur radio operating event. The object of this competition is for amateur radio operators outside of Georgia to make on the air contacts with stations located inside the state of Georgia
  • eNews. This is our monthly publication which has club information and member-submitted articles on special topics related to ham radio. [Click on the eNews topic in the menu to the right to sample issues from 1988 forward.]

Our club meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of each month with dates posted on our main web page located at https://nfarl.org. The meetings have speakers with in-depth knowledge and the presentations are always informative.  We meet at 7:30 PM at Preston Ridge Community Center, 3655 Preston Ridge Road, Alpharetta, GA 30005 (clicking on the link opens a map of the community center’s location).

Join us at a meeting or on one of our repeaters! We look forward to your visit.

NFARL President Mike Riley, KN4OAK

NFARL is an ARRL Special Service Club

But before you go, check out these products …

OMG, we finally have caps! Don't delay - these ought to go like hotcakes! And for a few bucks extra you can have your call added to the left rear side of the sweatband. Nice!

Our hot new Code Practice Oscillator Kit. This is one of our favorite products – a kit of parts needed to build the Code Practice Oscillator (CPO) introduced at TechFest 2020. It was designed by NFARL members Jim, W4QO and Warren, KD4Z specifically for inexperienced kit builders. The kit is simple to build and the end product is fun to use. All parts needed to build the kit are included in your order.

Use our contact form to request more information.

We publish a monthly newsletter highlighting recent and upcoming activities
as well as articles by and for ham radio radio enthusiasts.
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A list of back issues is available here.

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

Repeaters:
145.47 - (600k) with 100 Hz tone
147.06 + (600k) with 100 Hz tone
443.150 + (5mhz) with 100 Hz tone
444.475 + (5mhz) with 100 Hz tone

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

HRO LogoThanks to Ham Radio Outlet
for supporting NFARL