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 […]

The 2024 Georgia QSO Party will be held on April 13th and April 14th with two operating periods:  1800Z Saturday (2:00 pm EDST Saturday) until 0359Z Sunday (11:59 pm EDST Saturday) and 1400Z Sunday (10:00 am EDST Sunday) to 2359Z Sunday (7:59 pm EDST Sunday). All NFARL members and friends are encouraged to participate in the GQP in 2024.  This is your chance to “be the DX.”  It is a real opportunity to practice “running,” calling CQ and letting other stations come to you.  It is also a chance to test your station’s effectiveness under contest conditions and help to […]

The North Fulton Amateur Radio League warmly invites you and your guests to join our 2024 Holiday Celebration! Event Details: Date: Saturday, December 7th, 2024 Time: 6:00 PM Location: Preston Ridge Community Center 3655 Preston Ridge Road Suite 100 Alpharetta, GA 30005 We ask that each attendee brings a new, unwrapped toy in original packaging to be donated to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, spreading holiday cheer to children in need. Reservations: Advance reservations are required by 6:00 PM on December 2nd. Dinner tickets are available for $20 each and can be purchased in our Mart. Evening Highlights: Exciting prize drawings […]

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 […]

NFARL will have a mini Hamfest for our September 20th club meeting at our normal meeting location at Preston Ridge Community Center, 3655 Preston Ridge Road Suite 100, Alpharetta, GA 30005. This will be an indoor event – air conditioning and no rain!!  Meeting room doors will open at 6:00 pm so participants can start getting set up. You must be a NFARL member to reserve a free table and sell items.  Tables will be provided for those that reserve them. We will also have shared tables for those of us who have a few items but not enough for an […]

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 […]