Club Activities

    Club Meetings

    First Thursday each month, 7:00 pm.
    EMA Building
    240 Baldwin Dr.
    Lancaster, Ohio 43130.

    Weekly Nets

    Mondays

    9:00 am Breakfast Net 147.03
    8:00 PM Radio Newsline 147.030
    9:00 PM Club Net 147.030

    Thursdays

    7:00 pm ARES Weather Spotter 146.70

Repeaters / Frequencies
  • 146.700 - MHZ CTCSS 94.8 Hz (FM Analog)
  • 147.030 + MHz CTCSS 71.9 Hz (FM Analog)
  • 443.875 + MHz CTCSS 71.9 Hz (FM Analog, C4FM Digital)
  • 443.300 + MHZ (C4FM Digital Ohio Link)
  • 147.555 MHz Simplex
  • Via EchoLink K8QIK-R NODE:405426 (147.030 Repeater)  NODE STATUS
  • Via EchoLink K8QIK-L NODE:526398 (146.700 Repeater)  NODE STATUS
Who We Are:
Our club is a diverse group of men, women and youth interested in electronics and radio communications. Joining an amateur radio club offers you:

  • Instruction and tutoring
  • Additional advanced training
  • Work on electronic DIY projects
  • Access to club radio equipment which offers an opportunity for hands-on” experience.

    • Hams provide Emergency Communications on a volunteer basis during times of local and national disasters. Amateur Radio Operators (Hams) volunteer their communications skills to Police, Fire and other Local, State and Federal agencies during these times of emergency. During such an event, Amateur Radio is often the only working form of communication still available as storms, floods, fires and other disasters can quickly take down the public communication infrastructure such as cell phones, home phones and the internet.

    With their emergency power supplies, such as batteries, solar panels and generators, amateur radio operators can get on the air and provide fast and reliable communications in almost any condition. (More Info)

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    Upcoming Events:
    VE Testing 240 Baldwin Dr. Lancaster OH
    June 6, 2026, 10 a.m. -June 6, 2026, 11 a.m.

    Breakfast Club Net, 147.030
    June 8, 2026, 9 a.m. -June 8, 2026, 10 a.m.

    Weekly Net, 147.030
    June 8, 2026, 9 p.m. -June 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.

    ARES Quarterly Meeting 240 Baldwin Dr. https://fairfieldcountyares.org/?post_type=tribe_events
    June 9, 2026, 7 p.m. -June 9, 2026, 8 p.m.

    ARES Weather Spotter 146.70
    June 11, 2026, 7 p.m. -June 11, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

    Full Calendar
    Technician
    Which of the following is a way to determine whether your satellite uplink power is neither too low nor too high?

    Check your signal strength report in the telemetry data
    Listen for distortion on your downlink signal
    Your signal strength on the downlink should be about the same as the beacon
    All these choices are correct
    General
    What is the primary effect of increasing boom length and adding directors to a Yagi antenna?

    Gain increases
    Beamwidth increases
    Front-to-back ratio decreases
    Resonant frequency is lower
    Extra
    What is a folded dipole antenna?

    A dipole one-quarter wavelength long
    A center-fed dipole with the ends folded down 90 degrees at the midpoint of each side
    A half-wave dipole with an additional parallel wire connecting its two ends
    A dipole configured to provide forward gain
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