Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association, Inc.

Whether you are interested in providing or setting up equipment, operating on the air, learning more about various modes of operation (we expect to be operating multiple modes and bands), or in simply enjoying the company of other hams, we urge you to come out and join us.

Food and drinks will be available, and those hardy souls who can stay overnight will be welcome. Accommodations will include your own vehicles/tents/bedding. Also, there is sufficient space within the pavilion for cots, sleeping bags, etc.

Operating plans are still being devised. However, we expect to set up, as before, with three HF stations (SSB, CW, and Digital), and also hope to cover VHF/UHF and possibly satellite communication.

Our main focus is on fun for all. Please do put this on your calendar and plan to be with us.

Joe McGee, NX4T

NO RSVP is Needed!

You do not have to be a member or a ham operator to join our monthly club dinner!

Check back for any updated news regarding DINNER!

If you have any questions about ham radio operator, any of the activities we do or our involvement in the community please come and ask!

Location:
Wings Plus
9880 W Sample Rd
Coral Springs, FL 33065

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John Cole N1QFH, SK

It is with a sincerely heavy heart that I must inform the GCARA membership of the passing of John Cole, N1QFH, SK this week. John was a special friend to many in the GCARA and the BRARA club as well as MARS. He had been battling cancer for many years and lost that battle this week.
Our condolences go out to his wife Beryl and his family as they lay him to rest in his beloved Maine.

John will be remembered by many of us as the most positive ham, eager to help and so dedicated to his endeavors with many groups. He supported webpages for many charities and he helped with our club as webmaster for 2 years before Charlie Artner, KN4VDW came on board. He also did the Boca website until his health interfered with the day to day of it. I am so bereaved to lose such a wonderful person, friend and extraordinary ham.

Rest in peace, my friend.

Submitted by Melanie Fernandez KJ4VCT

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of the nicest hams I know, Anna-Jean Karden N4KAJ. Anna was born in Detroit, MI April 17, 1948 and married Allan Karden N4ALK September 12, 1971, 52 years and one day before her death on September 13, 2023.

A proud graduate of Wayne State University in 1970, Anna and Allan lived in the Detroit area until June of 1976.

Anna was a loving mother of two children, Belle and Jacob, and doting grandmother to three grandchildren Bradley, Brooke And Sofia. Always the perfect, sensitive, and diligent hostess at all of the JEWISH HOLIDAYS, she would call the Rabbi to make sure she was spelling the names of her guests correctly. She never failed to include newcomers to the neighborhood or people with no one else to celebrate with. This Rosh Hashanah, the empty chair will be for this woman of valor, in tribute and in honor of her life.

Anna-Jean became a ham in November 2019 as KN4UXM and a year later passed her General and changed her call sign to N4KAJ. Even as she lived with her multiple medical problems, she was studying for the Extra exam. Both Anna-Jean and Allan Karden supported our club faithfully for many years. Those of us who got to know Anna appreciated the person she was and knows that she will be certainly missed by us, her family and her friends.

In life, Anna was the perfect mitzvah for others, loving, sharing and caring for all. The world may have lost a wonderful woman, but her light will shine in the memory of those she so faithfully served.

Melanie Fernandez

Contributions:
American Heart Association. https://www.heart.org/donate
Or any Israeli Charity