The Albemarle Amateur Radio Society (TAARS)
Established: March 1988
FIELD DAY 2024 - Field Day was a great success! Big thanks to all that participated! Check out the "Photos" page for pictures from the event.
Established: March 1988
Welcome to the home page of The Albemarle Amateur Radio Society, located in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. We are an active group of hams from several counties in northeastern North Carolina with an interest in all facets of ham radio. We come from all walks of life and are bonded by a mutual love for ham radio. TAARS members' interests range from antennas to amplifiers, from traffic nets to DX rag-chewing, computers to vacuum tubes...and the list goes on. Our monthly meetings are short and informal, with educational and "show-and-tell" sessions on a regular basis.
Field Day is the highlight of our activities for the year. While we don't necessarily always score high up there on the QST listings, we have oodles of fun and offer some of the finest culinary presentations in this part of the state!
Our motto, "Promoting the hobby of Ham Radio as well as providing a service to our community" is not a hollow phrase. TAARS members give of their time several times a year to provide communications and sweat to local organizations in the public good.
Thanks for stopping by.
GL es 73...
TAARS Meets in person at 7:30 pm in the Foreman Technology Center Building (Building FC) at the College of the Albemarle campus in Elizabeth City on the third Thursday of each month.
TAARS also calls the Northeastern North Carolina Repeater Net (NNCRN) each non-meeting Thursday. We are currently on our summer schedule, with the net occuring at 9:00 pm on the WA4VTX Hertford 2-meter repeater.
President:
William "Scruff" Harrison, K4SDL
Vice President:
Dave Taylor, KN4IKU
Treasurer:
Herman Cox, NO4Y
Secretary:
Elizabeth City Repeater:
146.655- PL 131.8
Hertford Repeater:
147.330+ PL 131.8
444.300+ PL 131.8 UHF Offline!
Our Callsigns:
NC4EC - ARES & Digital Modes
K4WO - Contesting & Events
WA4VTX - VHF & UHF Repeaters
EchoLink:
KO4PCX-L - Node Number 259008
Connects to the 146.655 repeater
Work in progress, link will be up soon!