The 2024 edition of the 13 Colonies Special Event starts  July 1 (9AM Eastern) and runs to July 7 (Midnight Eastern) (July 1st, 2024-1300 UTC to July 7th, 2024-0400 UTC). For more information, visit the Thirteen Colonies web site at www.13colonies.us. Thirteen Colonies information for Georgia is located on the K2G page at QRZ. Remember that everyone on the Georgia team will use the K2G callsign and not their personal call for this special event. If you have questions, contact Georgia State Manager Nathan Wood, KN4NHW at K4NHW@arrl.net Updated 7/2/22 by K4YJJ

2024 GA State POTA Event NFARL will compete against other Georgia clubs in the 2024 Georgia State Parks on the Air event, April 6 & 7, 2024. Click here for more information about the event. Additional information about POTA is also available on our POTA SOTA Central web page located at https://nfarl.org/pota-sota-central/ Background For the past few years, the Colquitt County ARS has sponsored a friendly Parks on the Air competition between ham radio clubs. In 2023, that event is expanded to a state-wide activity.  It was a fun event where NFARL put together a few hams and did well up against other […]

NFARL Continues the Picnic Tradition The U.S. Islands Awards Program is an amateur radio award program centered around chasing and activating river, lake, and ocean shore islands within the 50 United States and its Territories and Protectorates. U.S. Islands is a great way to go on a mini-DXpedition without spending a lot of money. Discovering islands in your own backyard and setting up a station outdoors is always a good time. Every year USI conducts two operating activities; their One-Day-Geta way(1DG) and their W/VE Island QSO Party. As a club, NFARL participates in both of these events (we’ve got a […]

Youth Incentive Program NFARL supports activities for our YOUTH members to encourage them in the hobby. NFARL has for some time offered free YOUTH membership to anyone (licensed or unlicensed) who has not yet turned 21, regardless of family affiliation.  To join, YOUTH must fill out a membership form and indicate that they wish to apply as a YOUTH member. A Youth Member with a valid Amateur Radio License will be allowed to vote in NFARL matters and those without a license will have the rights of an Associate Member. Upon reaching the age of 21, Youth Members must convert their […]

Ham Cram is a guided self-study course followed by a class or classes that teach everything needed to earn or upgrade an FCC radio amateur license.  We offer Hamcram sessions designed to enable you to earn your first license (technician) or upgrade your technician license to a general license. Our Technician HamCram training regimen includes self-study course preparation materials, fine-tuning your learning with a day in our classroom, followed by testing at our in-house test session the same day. Our General HamCram training regimen is similar to the Technician training approach except that there will be multiple meetings to review […]

Technician License Training Course Added to ARRL’s YouTube Channel by Dave Bruse, W4DTR 10/20/2021 Thanks to Dave, W4DTR of GARS for letting us know about this offering. Do you know someone wanting to get their Technician License?  The ARRL might just have the answer….. ARRL’s YouTube channel, ARRLHQ, has launched a series of amateur radio Technician-class license courses. This series of videos features Dave Casler, KE0OG, QST’s “Ask Dave” columnist, who leads viewers through The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual. These videos supplement the manual and provide an overview of the sections you’ll be studying, along with a few videos […]