W4BLT - Blount County Amateur Radio Club

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Blount County Amateur Radio Club

146.700 Mhz
203.5 PL Tone

W4BLT

146.700 Mhz
203.5 PL Tone

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Come check-in to our weekly NET on Sundays at 8:00 PM (NOTE THE TIME CHANGE)
We will remove the PL TONE for the NET.

Who we Are	BCARC By-Laws
Officers Last Updated 06/06/2009	Members Last Updated 06/25/2009
Calendar of Events Last Updated 02/23/2009	Members Photos Last Updated 07/02/2008
ARRL Membership Information	Our ARRL Affiliation Letter
Swapfest Area Last Updated 04/06/2009	World Wide Web Sites (Ham Related) Last Updated 03/03/2008
Amateur Radio Repeater Lists	Field Day 2008 Photos
Annual Freezefest Webpage: click here	Freezefest Photos Last Updated 01/05/2009
Callsign Lookup: click here	CBS 42 Field Day Coverage click here

CQ CQ CQ, Calling all Club Members, CQ
Field Day this coming Saturday, June 27th.
Be at the Blount County Courthouse at 11:00 AM.

2008 Blount County SET:
Some Feedback from AL SEC @ AL EMA
Click here to see the reports of the SET exercise held on Oct. 4.
See Blount County's feed back at 11:28AM - Update 16, and 12:26PM - Update 22.

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Blount County Amateur Radio Club Emergency Training Net
SUSPENDED UNTIL THIS FALL
Watch this space for the date and time for the training net's return.
If you want to read about our previous sessions, click on our Emergency Training Net webpage .

If you plan on taking a license exam at one of our licensing's dates, please remember to bring with you:
2 pieces of I D [one must be a photo I D]
your origional and a photo copy of your Amateur License
any CSCE's you wish to present
$14.00 test fee

By request from the club, the Blount Co EMA purchased new Amateur station equipment for the EOC. The old Drake TR-7 station has been retired and has been replaced by a new Kenwood TS-2000 HF/VHF/UHF all mode transceiver and an Icom ID-800H D-Star capable dual band transceiver. Coming soon, A new Farallon PC-IIex Pactor Controller, Winlink Software, an additional dual band (VHF/UHF) antenna and a new Hy-Gain DX-88 multiband HF vertical antenna. This new station will give the EOC state-of-the-art capabilities for emergency communictions via Amateur Radio. Available modes of operation are: SSB, CW, FM, AM, PSK31, Packet Radio, RTTY and Pactor II. The station is operated when needed by members of the Blount County Amateur Radio club under the callsign of W4BLT.

The schedule for this year's Storm Spotter classes is now available. See Calendar of Events for schedules or go to this link: SKYWARN Information

TRAINING: If you would like to take some EMA training, follow this link: EMI COURSES

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If you need an email address, send your request to info@w4blt.org

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This page last updated on: 06/25/2009