Club Rules and Qualifications Qualified Amateur Radio Clubs must meet the following criteria
Amateur Radio Club Call issued by the FCC
Club must meet at least once per year
Club must be in existence for at least 1 full year before the start of the contest.
Club must submit a count of active members (Not including Honorary Members), Do not submit membership rosters.
Club are encouraged to submit an operations schedule by June 15th, 2026 at 00:00 UTC to cover the period of the contest.
Additional club station operation not listed in the schedule is allowed, however clubs are encouraged to follow the posted on the air schedule
ARRL Affiliation is optional but not required.
Club station does not have to be a permanent club station. It is also the station operating with club call sign with the trustee’s permission. Depending on membership the stations can use the club call in multiple states as long as activity is coordinated.
The Start: December 1949...
In 1949, five young men who shared a common interest met in Glenside, Pa., to form a new amateur radio club: Dick Dickinson, W3AAG; Leroy Hauser, W3PMD; George King, W3PXY; Bill Krewson, W3OQI; and Jim Spencer, W3QQH (later W3BBB). Because their special interest was in mobile operation, they named their new group the Phil-Mont Mobile Radio Club; all of them residing either in Philadelphia or Montgomery County. For the next few years their monthly meetings were held at the Glenside War Memorial Building.
https://www.phil-mont.org/about/history/
The South Jersey Radio Association (SJRA) is the oldest continuously operating amateur radio club in the North America, incorporated June 12, 1916. The club has been affiliated with the American Radio Relay League since 1920. Our membership is mostly from Burlington and Camden Counties in New Jersey. The club callsign is K2AA.
We have members from many professions and with many different interests in amateur radio, including DXing, contesting, homebrewing, special events, rag chewing, packet, satellites, ATV, public service, etc. You name it, and at least one SJRA member does it!
The Kent Amateur Radio Society (KARS, Inc.) was founded by the following members: Jim Bortner SK, WA3UJE; Jeff Hamm, WA6LHQ; Bill Clark, N3DOU; Charlie Tiemeyer, W3RMD; Ray Zimmerman, KA3HJG; Lou Grahamer, KA3KTF; Jack Dilley, KA2BYY; and Cal Coursey, N3QA The first meetings were held at the Kent County Court House in Chestertown , Maryland with the first meeting taking place on Wednesday, March 5, 1986 . The club was organized to provide emergency communications for Kent County, Maryland; public service communications for the community; and to provide training and testing for people interested in obtaining an amateur radio license.
The repeaters and antennas are located in the Roxborough Antenna farm, in Roxborough, PA. You know all those antenna towers you see when drving on Ridge Ave or the Schukyll Expressway? Those towers!
RF/Roxborough: PL 91.5
Delaware County Input: PL 100.0
The NEW Lawrenceville Input: PL 88.5
https://www.phil-mont.org/repeaters/
The South Jersey Radio Association operates two repeaters in the South Jersey area. Our repeaters are open for public use without restriction.
K2AA 145.290 0.600 MHz PL CTSS (FM) 91.5
EchoLink K2AA-R
K2UK 146.865 0.600 MHz PL CTSS (FM) 131.8
The K2AA repeater is a FM/ Yaesu System Fusion enabled repeater with WIRES-X and EchoLink capability. The repeater is located on this water tower near Medford, NJ. The height of the water tower is 175 feet, providing nearly a 25-mile range.
The K2UK Repeater located in Pine Hill, NJ is an FM/ Yaesu System Fusion enabled repeater with WIRES-X capabilities providing a range of 30 Miles.
System 1 147.375 Mhz + (600 Khz) 156.7
System 2 449.175 Mhz – (5 Mhz) 156.7
System 3 146.49 Mhz Simplex
Repeater System Status: System 1 – Located on the tower of Kent County High School with links in Rock Hall, Galena, Chestertown and Betterton, it offers handheld coverage to all of Kent County. This main machine consists of a Motorola MTR2000 and DB products antenna with a effective radiated power (ERP) of 200 watts. The link controller is an Arcomm RC210 with an LDG RJS-8 voter. The machine uses a PL of 156.7 in and out. System 2 – Located on a tower adjacent to Chester River Hospital, this UHF repeater offers handheld coverage for the Chestertown area. The machine is a Motorola MTR2000 and DB Products antenna with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 200 watts.