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

July 24, 2024: NFARL has submitted their 2024 ARRL Field Day results. You can view a copy of the submittal here.  Questions? Send an email to kn4oak@nfarl.org for assistance. A Nationwide Amateur (“Ham”) Radio Event June 22nd & 23rd Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation.  It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event.  It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate our abilities to the organizations that Amateur […]

  Click here or on the “Field Day” link in the right side sidebar menu to return to the Field Day web page. NFARL is offering the Scout Radio Merit Badge Workshop in conjunction with our Field Day activities starting at 8:30AM on Saturday, June 22th, 2024 at Groveway Community Park (previously Waller Park Extension), 160 Frank Lewis Drive (previously Dobbs Drive), Roswell. The class will be taught by registered Merit Badge Counselors.  Scouts that participate will have the opportunity to complete all requirements for the Radio Merit Badge and Requirement 7a of the Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge within a 6 […]

July NFARL program by Lee Johnson N4WYEPurpose: The aim of this workshop is to get you operational with your NanoVNA so that you can optimize your existing antennas and make it easier to put up new ones with the confidence that they will perform as expected.Materials required: As this workshop will be hands on showing the fundamental measurements that most of us use:1 – Please bring your NanoVNA along with the calibration loads and cables.2 – Also bring your 2m handheld whip as we will be using it for some of the steps.If you do not have a NanoVNA, you […]

Now that the GA QSO Party is over, what’s next?  It’s our first major outing – the U S Islands One Day Getaway on Saturday May 11, 2024.  Aside from Hungry Hams, this is an in-person event (outdoors) that’s a world of fun.  Bring your own radios and antennas to try out or just join in on the radios we will have set up.  We set up in the large pavilion, so we have picnic tables and full cover.  Electric power should be available.  [For more about West Island’s facility, photos of our One Day Getaway there in 2018 are […]

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 […]