President: Terry Brown KN4BA Vice-President: Eric Bowen KJ4DLS Secretary: Tom Gallagher N4IOZ Treasurer: Henry Heidtmann W2DZO Newsletter: Don Edwards WS4NC
THE FARC MEETS THE 2ND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 7:30pm, RED CROSS BUILDING, 690 COLISEUM DR. IN WINSTON-SALEM.
Amateur radio testing for new applicants as well as upgrades will be given the 2nd Monday of every month, except December, prior to the FARC regular meeting. The time is 6:30 PM and the place is the Red Cross building on Coliseum Drive in Winston-Salem. Pre-registration is required via e-mail, listing the elements you wish to test for and your phone number. You may pre-register or get additional information via e-mail to info@w4nc.org, attention Bob Gates KJ4IC.Are you a Food Lion customer? If so, click here to find out how to help the FARC raise funds while you shop!
ARES Net: Wednesday Night 8:30PM on 145.470 (100Hz PL)
Our next club meeting will be Monday, February 8, 2010 with an EARLY START TIME OF 7PM. This will be the second of 2 Red Cross Intro to Disaster training sessions. This is a tremendous opportunity for our members- The 2 session course is free of charge. (You must have attended the January session to receive credit for the course.)
Club Information The membership of the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club is made up of ham radio operators and other interested people located in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, North Carolina and the surrounding area. We are a special service club affiliated with the ARRL and meets the second Monday of each month at the Red Cross Chapter House on Coliseum Drive in Winston-Salem. Some items of interest that the club sponsors are:
Operation of 3 W4NC repeaters: 146.64 (-600, PL 100Hz - Winston-Salem), 145.47-600, PL 100Hz - Sauratown Mountain) and 444.275 (Winston-Salem-PL100hz)
A state of the art ham shack available to all of our licensed members
Sponsorship of the "Triad" of events- The January Winston-Salem FirstFest (2nd Saturday in January), The June Winston-Salem Classic Hamfest (2nd Saturday in June)and the October Pfafftown SwapFest (2nd Saturday in October).
Sponsorship of The North Carolina QSO Party
Participation (with all the trimmings) in Field Day
Participation in contesting events.
Sponsorship of Forsyth County ARES
Publication of a monthly newsletter, which is available online on the PHOTO GALLERY page of this website.
Dues are a real bargain at only $24 per year and run from January through December. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT.... Forsyth Amateur Radio Club, Inc. P.O. Box 11361 Winston-Salem, NC 27116-1361 Phone: (336) 245-5740 Webpage Contact: Henry Heidtmann, W2DZO
