Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Hams and Friends, We are nearing our annual 2019 Field Day exercise that will take place again in the month of June, specifically 22-23 June 2019, at the Patuxent River Air Museum, 2nd building, location in the back portion of the property, the address is 22156 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, […]

A good time was had by all who attended the Fox Hunt sponsored by FWARC with Kato Spears, KB3LIB, as the Fox. The following people from Saint Mary’s County participated: Rob Hoyt N2OMC, Rick McNutt KC3NEV, and Jayne McNutt W4VJU. The following people from Charles County, Fort Washington, Anne Arundel County, Vienna and Alexandria VA […]

Sponsored by the St Mary’s County Amateur Radio Association The K3HKI repeater system operates on an assigned frequency of 146.64 MHz output and 146.04 MHz input.  A CTCSS tone of 146.2 Hz is required to access the repeater. There is a 440 MHz link for Control Operator use. Although equipped with CTCSS (aka “PL”), the […]

Thank you to SMCARA Trustee, Rene Ramirez, W3BNY for his informative and interesting presentation. There was a lot of good discussion following his talk. If you want some hands on experience with connectors on Sunday, 28 Apr 2019, and want to attend the 4th Annual Connector Workshop send an email to humbert1js@gmail.com and Jeff Humbert […]

The following folks turned out for the Test Session: Lead VE – Mike Souders KB3ZWM, with his wife Donna Souders KC3BFM, Assistant VE – Gene Talley N3NO, VE’s who checked tests – Harry Dalton WA3CCL, Steve Dagey KA3WAP, and Rob Hoyt N2OMC. Rick McNutt and Bob Herbeg took and passed the Technician Exam (Element 2) […]