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Welcome to the Gold Coast Radio Club
Pompano Beach Florida

Last updated July 29, 2010

All are welcome to join us at our monthly meetings held the 4th Tuesday of every month, except December, at 7:30 PM in the auditorium of the Imperial Point Hospital. Amateur license testing at 6:00 PM preceeding each meeting.. REMEMBER, there is no longer a requirement for Morse Code so now is a great time to upgrade your license or to join the growing ranks of Amateur Radio operators. "Be a HAM"

                       NEWS

                 August Program

This month’s Guest Speaker will be Mike Sams KF4ZW.Mike will be speaking about the DV Dongle and will have a running example for all of us to see. The DV Dongle gets you on the Dstar system without having to buy a DStar radio using nothing more than your computer and the DV Dongle. We look forward to seeing you for an interesting and informative evening. Come join us.We look forward to an exciting and interesting presentation.

    Printed Circuit Newsletter

We have returned to publishing the Printed Circuit Newsletter for our club members. It will provide timely and pertinent information on amateur radio, our club, and our repeaters to keep everyone up to date. We are also selling ad space for those businesses that would like to take advantage of an inexpensive means to reach our audience.
For more information   click here.
Download Newsletter click here.

          Welcome to the Gold Coast
          Amateur Radio Association

The GCARA is one of the oldest ham radio clubs in South Florida with a growing membership of about 237 licensed operators. The club was founded in 1969 by its first trustee, Charles D. Ritchie, (Chuck) (W4BUG) SK, back when amateur radio, VHF, UHF, and HF repeaters were a technical challenge.
Keep in mind that the amateur radio operator is often the unseen hero during emergencies when other means fail to operate. In this high technology information age, there is still a need for the dedicated amateur, and our club stands ready to provide any public service communications should it be called upon to do so.

                            Dues

We have been fortunate to receive a few donations but, they will not last forever. If you are in arrears, please pay your dues and remain in good standing with the club.

            Meeting Attendance 2010
                        January 58
                        February 56
                          March 70
                           April 53
                           May 60
                           June 53
                            July 55

Club repeaters: are available for use by all licensed amateurs. For more information about our repeaters.
Click here.

Our goals for 2010

MEETINGS and TESTING
Tue. Aug 24, 2010
Testing 6:00 - 7:00
Meeting 7:30 - 8:30
Walk-ins are welcome
No one accepted after 6:15 pm
Please bring a pencil, copy of your license, and the $15.00 fee
More info

If you haven't yet, renewed this years membership or, if you would like to join our club, just click on the link below. You will then download a membership application,in PDF format, that you can print, fill out, and mail with your check, to the address printed at the top of the application.
Membership Application.

Free online exams

Thinking of upgrading your license?Well, Hamilton Carter, KD0FNR, has created a set of free online exam practice tests that you may find useful. Check out his web site.

•	Total Membership now 238
•	Schedule club picnic in January DONE.
•	A biger and better Field Day Weekend DONE
•	More activity on our repeaters. Maybe a scheduled net.
•	Install our 1.2G D-Star digital repeater.
•	Any Ideas? Let us know...

Great Info on Solar Cycles Site

Saturday morning breakfast

All are welcome to join us each Saturday morning at 7:30 am for breakfast and gab session at JJ's Diner on 31st Avenue just south of Cyrpess Creek on the West side.

Don't forget to visit our

SPONSORS PAGE

These are the folks that support our club. Make sure we, in turn, support them.