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 […]
Out of respect for AL and Anna Jean Karden’s service to GCARA, I would like to invite you to make a donation for a Brick at ARRL for Anna Jean Karden N4KAJ. This can be done at the Parrot website, parrotarc.org and make a donation. Donations will automatically stop once the funds goal has been […]
