The Spa Amateur Radio Association is pleased to announce that Josh KE5MHV, the new ARRL Emergency Management Director, will address the Spa Amateur Radio Association meeting February 8th, 2022 at 6pm. Please consider this an invitation to attend and pass this along to other hams.
Please RSVP to N5XFW so we can keep track of numbers.
February 8, 2022
Garland County Department of Emergency Management
401 Mid America Blvd.
18:00 hrs
All are welcome regardless of license or club status.
Field Day is not just for summertime anymore. Winter Field Day, sponsored by the Winter Field Day Association (WFDA), takes place the last full weekend of January each year. The annual event’s stated purpose is to encourage emergency operating preparedness in the winter, but it’s also an excuse to get out of the house and enjoy the great outdoors. According to the WFDA, getting ready for emergency communication in a winter environment is just as important as the preparations and practice that take place each June during ARRL Field Day.
SARA will be participating in Winter Field Day 2022 from Lake Ouachita State Park, near Mountain Pine, Arkansas. If you will be in the greater Hot Springs area, join us! We do not have a specific location in the park nailed down, so give us a shout on the radio when you arrive. Operating hours will be from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. (approximately). Our talk-in frequency is 146.880- (PL 114.8).
In addition to Field Day, we will be doing a Parks on the Air activation from around 10 or 11am until Field Day begins at 1pm.
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The Spa club will hold its January club meeting on January 11 at 6pm. As has become our custom, we will have masks, hand sanitizer and ‘social distancing’ available for those that want to attend.
January 11, 2022
Garland County Department of Emergency Management
401 Mid America Blvd.
18:00 hrs
All are welcome regardless of license or club status.
The SPA Amateur Radio Association will be holding our Annual Holiday Dinner at Smokin’ In Style BBQ on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 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.
Smokin In Style BBQ
smokinnstyle.com
2278 Albert Pike Rd Ste F
Hot Springs, AR 71913
The Spa club will hold its November club meeting on November 9 at 6pm. Masks required to enter the building. We will have masks, hand sanitizer and ‘social distancing’ available for those that want to attend.
November 9, 2021
Garland County Department of Emergency Management
401 Mid America Blvd.
18:00 hrs
All are welcome regardless of license or club status.
The Spa club will hold its October club meeting on October 12 at 6pm. Masks required to enter the building. We will have masks, hand sanitizer and ‘social distancing’ available for those that want to attend.
October 12, 2021
Garland County Department of Emergency Management
401 Mid America Blvd.
18:00 hrs
All are welcome regardless of license or club status.
The Spa club will hold its September club meeting on September 14 at 6pm. Per Joe Cocker Judge Darryl Mahoney, you can leave your mask on to enter the building. We will have masks, hand sanitizer and ‘social distancing’ available for those that want to attend. We may have to go back to a ZOOM type meeting in the future, but we will get folk’s opinion before NEXT month on what the majority want to do.
September 14, 2021
Garland County Department of Emergency Management
401 Mid America Blvd.
18:00 hrs
All are welcome regardless of license or club status.
To join via ZOOM:
Topic: SPA Amateur Radio Meeting
Time: Sep 14, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89806246766?pwd=a3F5U0pNSFFReDI4aUM3TWRWdDBhZz09
Meeting ID: 898 0624 6766
Passcode: New0vD
Well, maybe not your garden, but how do we grow the amateur radio hobby? Is there a way that our club can assist in starting a school club in a local high school? Come join us in discussing this and much more at our August meeting.
August 10, 2021
Garland County Department of Emergency Management
401 Mid America Blvd.
18:00 hrs
All are welcome regardless of license or club status.
Following a successful Field Day 2021, we will hold our July club meeting on July 13 at 6pm. Discussion will likely include a recap of Field Day operations, what worked, what didn’t, and how we can build off of this year’s successes.
July 13, 2021
Garland County Department of Emergency Management
401 Mid America Blvd.
18:00 hrs
All are welcome regardless of license status.
ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada.
On the fourth FULL weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote locations.
It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat it as a contest, other groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities. It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as well as the general public.
SARA will be participating in Field Day 2021 from the Hot Springs Airport (Memorial Field) located at 525 Airport Road. If you will be in the Hot Springs area, join us! We’re planning a multi-transmitter setup on HF with opportunities for visitors to get on the air. Operating hours will be Saturday, June 26 from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. (approximately). Setup will begin around 10am. Our talk-in frequency is 146.880- (PL 114.8).
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