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 […]

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 […]

The 2022 edition of JOTA will take place on October 14 – 16. For more information on JOTA: http://www.arrl.org/jamboree-on-the-air-jota http://www.scouting.org/jota.aspx https://www.scouting.org/international/jota-joti/jota/jota-planning/ An example of a previous (2008) NFARL activity supporting JOTA is described here. Volunteers are needed to help Jon with our efforts to support JOTA and scouting.  If you can help please contact Jon K4WIT at K4WIT@nfarl.org. Updated 8/25/22 by K4YJJ

US Islands 25th Anniversary Award The US Islands (USI) Award Program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and is offering commemorative awards for both chasers and activators for contacts made between January 1 and December 31.  Information about the Anniversary Award Program is available on the US Islands web site. [Note that as of January 1, 2019 the USI qualification rules have changed. The new rules are described on the US Islands web site’s home page in the right hand column.] The 25th Anniversary Award Program is not limited to Georgia islands.  Information about all US islands that have been qualified […]