Interim Announcement May 17, 2025 Plans are nearly complete for ARRL (summer) Field Day. The site (same as previously) is the Bald Eagle Pavilion at Quiet Waters Park, 401 South Powerline Rd, Deerfield Beach. The dates are June 28/29, with activity beginning Saturday 6/28 at 8:00 AM with equipment setup. The on-air contest will start […]
GCARA conducted its 2025 Winter Field Day exercise on Jan 25/26 at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach. We competed as class/category 3-0 using the callsign N4FL. Our results of the exercise (the Committee insists it was not a contest) are as follows. 1. Total points awarded : 22,244 (we claimed 19,476). 2. Objectives achieved : 73% ( including things as […]
The Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association, in conjunction with ARES/RACES and Ham Helpers, will sponsor a joint Field Day and FREE Flea Market at Quiet Waters Park (Deerfield Beach, FL) the weekend of January 25 & 26, 2025 beginning at 8 AM Saturday and ending at 6 PM Sunday. All are invited to attend and participate. Field Day: As in the event last June, we will operate 3 primary […]
We will be raffling of a 2024 Field Day shirt, size Large, and a 2024 Field Day Cap, separately for Field Day. The items were donated by Aurora Figueiredo KW4AGF. Thank you Aurora, and may the new owners get a lot of use out of the items.
Yes, ham radio, also known as amateur radio, is still a popular hobby around the world. There are over 750,000 licensed hams in the United States and over 3 million around the world. Here are some of the reasons why ham radio is still relevant: If you are interested in getting started with ham radio, […]
CQ, CQ, CQ Call all GCARA hams to breakfast at JJ’s Café. This past Saturday, it was my pleasure to meet with one of the longest meeting breakfast ham groups that I AM AWARE of in South Florida. GCARA hams have eaten there since 1994 at its convenient location : 6051 NW 31 AVE in Ft. […]
David S. Pomerantz Amateur Radio License Call Sign: KO4DKN Boynton Beach, Florida 33437-4073 Today while I was at Ham Radio Outlet in Winter Springs, FL I was debating about getting a second antenna. This one would be for my Kenwood D710G mobile. I already have both a Comet CA-2x4SRNMO antenna and a Comet SBB-7NMO antenna […]
First let me say a little about myself. I am a US Army Veteran and my job was a Field Radio repairman from 1980-1984 active duty so I have quite a bit of knowledge. But I don’t know everything and still learning to this day and second I want to say thank you to Radioddity […]
