Last Thursday, Feb 20th 2025, Woodward Mill Elementary made contact with the International Space Station, and NFARL was proud to be a part of this incredible event! Our club played a key role in making the contact possible, providing all the radio equipment, satellite communications gear, and even handling the audio and video systems. It was a rewarding experience to see the students’ excitement as they spoke with astronaut Don Pettit (KD5MDT) aboard the ISS. Behind the Scenes – Making It Happen This event didn’t come together overnight. It took three days of setup and two days of breakdown to […]
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NFARL DXCC
A 2011 Club Team Event Click here to jump to the list of confirmed countries. Objective In a club / team effort for all operators, club members successfully worked to obtain (through LoTW) a DXCC certificate for the club call NF4GA during calendar year 2011. Process Club members should identity as best they can, DX stations that confirm via LoTW and work them using NF4GA on any band / any mode. Remember that you may only use YOUR PRIVILEGES as to band segments. Only stations you feel will use LoTW should be worked. Check https://nfarl.groups.io/g/main/files/DXCC-Current.png to see if a potential contact’s […]
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2008 Christmas Party
It was great to see 85 festive hams gathered at the Southern Skillet December 16 for a wonderful celebration of the Christmas season and a successful year in ham radio. The party’s theme was “country hams”, and the pictures confirm that most dressed the part. Click here to see more pictures of the event. After lots of visiting & eating (the feast put out by Southern Skillet was delicious), head snake charmer Jim, W4QO called the assemblage to order. After a few introductory remarks, he recognized recipients of the Hams Helping Hams award. These went to club members who during 2008 […]
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2008 Stone Mountain HamFest
The Stone Mountain Hamfest & Computer Expo took place November 1 & 2 at the Lawrenceville-Gwinnett County Fairgrounds. In addition to vendor exhibits, flea market, tailgate market, VE testing, and boneyard, the Hamfest featured a youth lounge (all day both days) and a Youth Forum Saturday at noon in the main forum room. Almost a dozen of us (see participants in the photo at the top of the page) started the day with the very informative boneyard tour led by Jim, W4QO & Mack, W4AX. I’ve spent a lot of time with them, but was still amazed at their knowledge […]
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Field Day 2008
by Ian Kahn, KM4IK June 28 – 29, 2008 Details of how Ian and his team created a successful Field Day for NFARL. Preparations Recap Photo Contest Winner. Don Hinds, N8DWH took the winning photo, shown in the page heading. QST Article Results
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