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We hope you enjoy your time here and find the information provided helpful. We are interested in any feedback you may have that will help us make the site more useful and enjoyable. Send comments to Ron at grossl@bigsandybb.
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IF you are interested in taking a test for amateur radio license, contact a member of our ARRL VE team to arrange for the test. We will schedule the test or you can come to any club meeting at 5:30 PM . If at all possible, let one of the following hams know you want to take the test. Effective immediately you must have a frn (federal registration number)before the test can be given. Go to this site The video is available at, https://www.fcc.gov/rofrn .
Larry Ross Leedy 606 483 1115 Kenneth Robinson 606 769 0265 T. J. Hoover 606 434 6270 John Hager 606 792 0398 Gary Mullins 606 265 3365 Ron Grossl 606 789 7767 Frank Wells 606-793-0707 Richard Salisbury 606-939-2178 Virgil Ferguson 606-624-6707 Nathan Lemaster 606-793-3038
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KY4ARC meets monthly on the First Thursday of the month at the Johnson County Public Library. (444 Main Street), Paintsville, Kentucky at 6:00p.m. VE testing starts at 5:30pm. Come early if want to fellowship with others.
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President Frank Wells KY4FW Vice-President Bill Hamm KN4EME Secretary Virgil Ferguson K4CUP Treasurer Austin Denyer W4ALD PIO Fred Jones WA4SWF Club Chaplin Dave Heinzelman N4DLH |
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What did you expect to find way down here ? |
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If any of you have suggestions, ideas or corrections for this website, feel free to email me at grossl@bigsandybb.com. |
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Click to view some pictures of our member’s and friends’ of our club hamshacks. Anyone that would like to have their hamshack added to the page, please email me at grossl@bigsandybb.com |
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All links from newsletter are on this links page. Newest one at the bottom. |
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Click Here for our Bylaws |
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Our meetings are now held in the Johnson County Public Library. It is located in Paintsville, 444 Main Street. See map below. |
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In case you didn’t know, our repeater link system is now accessible via Allstar. Currently, you are unable to use echolink ro access the system, but Allstar allows you to do the same thing. You can access it from anywhere in the world if you have access to a cell signal or wifi. If you would like to find out how to access Allstar using a cell phone or tablet, click on the above big green button for more information. |
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For those of you that would like instructions on building the dual band antenna that Dave Heintzelman demonstrated during the last meeting, click the above link to watch a video on it. |
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Visit our Facebook Page |
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Click to view Pictures from our last Meeting, Sept 4, 2025 |
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The following email was sent to the club from the Department of Emergency Management. Please read it and join the net on one of the digital modes available if possible. |
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> From: adavis@ko4ylt.us > Date: November 15, 2025 at 12:05:52 AM EST > To: BARS_MEMBERS-request@lsv.uky.edu, Bluegrass Amateur Radio Society <bars@lsv.uky.edu> > Subject: KY Digital Multi-Mode Gateway > > **EXERCISE** - **EXERCISE** - **EXERCISE** > > All, > Get your radios programmed! Test connecting, and QSO, with other HAMS using different digital modes via the XLX721 Gateway.
> On November 20th, at 11:00 AM, the University of Kentucky will be conducting a full-scale mass field exercise, named “SANDBOX”. Lexington Division of Emergency Management(LEX-DEM) along with the LFUCG Public Safety Operations Center(PSOC) have coordinated their own training in order to participate in UK’s exercise with them in a supporting agency role. > > As such, the communications personnel serving the LFUCG PSOC will be taking this opportunity to simultaneously conduct an independent Winter Storm Weather Net training exercise. The purpose of this net is to test, and encourage HAM Operators to use the KY Digital Multi-Mode Gateway to report ground truth weather information in their immediate area. Think weather, as you would see it out your window. > > This exercise is not limited to Fayette County, Kentucky, and all HAM Operators are welcome and encouraged to participate. Local radio clubs are encouraged to participate in their own way via analog > > Looking forward to your participation. > > 73, > Asden Davis / KO4YLT > > LFUCG Deprtment of Emergecy Management > Public Safety Operations Center > ESF-2 Communications Coordinator > ADavis@ko4ylt.us |
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The following link will take you to the gracious sponsors of our hamfest. You will find links to their websites. Please try to use them if you need any of their products, as they certainly helped make our Hamfest a success this year. |
