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) […]

SMCARA provided communication support for the last full running of the Lower Potomac River Marathon 26.2 mile race. Next year they plan to reduce the number of miles the runners run. SMCARA amateur radio operators started arriving around 0630 checking in at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship Base: Start-Finish Line with Net Control – […]

A huge thank you to Charles Hallock, AA3WS, Secretary of the Charles County Amateur Radio Club, for his presentation at the SMCARA’s February Meeting. This presentation was made with someone studying for the General license in mind. Please see photos, copy of presentation, and a link to PDFs of many Heathkit Schematics and Manuals, which […]