Spa Amateur Radio Association

The Spa Club will hold its regular monthly meeting, Tuesday, February 14th at 6pm at the Garland County Department of Emergency Management, 401 Mid America Blvd at 18:00 hrs (Local Time). All are welcome regardless of license or club status.

The Spa Club will hold its regular monthly meeting, Tuesday, January 10th at 6pm at the Garland County Department of Emergency Management, 401 Mid America Blvd at 18:00 hrs (Local Time). All are welcome regardless of license or club status.

What are your ham radio goals for 2023?

The SPA Amateur Radio Association will be holding our Annual Holiday Dinner and Election of Officers at Smokin’ In Style BBQ on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 6pm.

Note: This is NOT our Regular Meeting Night.

Dinner is SELF PAY, through the line.

All Members are encouraged to attend and family members are welcome. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Smokin In Style BBQ
smokinnstyle.com
2278 Albert Pike Rd Ste F
Hot Springs, AR 71913

The Spa Club will hold its regular monthly meeting, Tuesday, October 11th at 6pm at the Garland County Department of Emergency Management, 401 Mid America Blvd at 18:00 hrs (Local Time). All are welcome regardless of license or club status.

The Spa Club will hold its regular monthly meeting, Tuesday, September 13th at 6pm at the Garland County Department of Emergency Management, 401 Mid America Blvd at 18:00 hrs (Local Time). All are welcome regardless of license or club status.

Our program will be by SARA President Bob King, W5LVB. Bob will be speaking about the preparations for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse that Arkansas will be experiencing. The focus will be on what we can expect in our area and Arkansas in general and how Amateur radio can/will play a significant and valuable role during this event.

Bob is the Deputy Director for Emergency Management in Garland County and is currently the President of the Arkansas Emergency Management Association. He also sits on several communications committees in the State, is a Certified/Credentialed COM-L in the State of Arkansas and will be a part of the communications planning process leading up to the 2024 event.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting!

The Spa Club will hold its regular monthly meeting, Tuesday, August 9th at 6pm at the Garland County Department of Emergency Management, 401 Mid America Blvd at 18:00 hrs (Local Time). All are welcome regardless of license or club status.

Our guest speaker will be Bruce Plantz – K9OZ from Little Rock.

Bruce is active in the Summits On the Air Program with 215+ activations and over 45 summits activated here in Arkansas.

Bruce has been giving presentations to area clubs on SOTA in Arkansas. His presentation is designed to take the mystery out of SOTA and give people an idea of the summits in their area and what it would take to activate them. He has presented to CAREN in Little Rock, the STARS group in Benton and the Faulkner County club in Conway. We are pleased to welcome him to Hot Springs and the SPA Amateur Radio Association.