Welcome from the Northern Kentucky Amateur Radio Club. Our club primarily serves the area of Northern Kentucky, but gladly offers its services and membership to anyone interested in Amateur Radio, regardless of location. NKARC holds regular, monthly meetings, open to all, with free VE testing preceding most meetings. The club owns and operates several VHF/UHF repeaters including one D-STAR machine. The club also participates in various public service and Ham Radio events throughout the year.

Announcements & Club News

NKARC Meeting 7:30pm, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016 Fort Mitchell Baptist Church 2323 Dixie Hwy, Ft Mitchell, KY 41017 See map here. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Arduino Meets Amateur Radio by Mark Volstad, AI4BJ An introduction to the Arduino microcontroller platform and its many applications in amateur radio. An Arduino circuit for decoding Morse code will be demonstrated. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + VE Testing before the meeting as usual. Testing starts at 6pm.

Central Kentucky Amateur Radio Society Richmond Hamfest 8am - 1pm, September 24, 2016 Madison County Fairgrounds 3237 Old KY 52 Richmond, KY

To view or download a copy of Christian Bravo's Portable Operations, A Practical Overview presented on 8/8/2016, click here (3 MBytes).

New DMR Repeater in Northern KY Cecil, K4TCD, recently put up a DMR Repeater in Edgewood, KY, on 440.600 MHz, +5 MHz offset. This is in partnership with BluegrassDMR, c-Bridge K4USD. This new repeater supports all normal Talk Groups. Talk Group Local2 will connect to N. Cincinnati to make a true Greater Cincinnati Local2.

Notice: The K4CO D-STAR repeater is temporarily out of service due to site remodeling. Work continues. "Stay tuned" for updates.

National Parks on the Air Activation Schedule For more info on the ARRL National Parks on the Air (NOPTA) 2016 activity click here.

A list of Cincinnati area Ham Radio nets may be found here, or near the bottom of the NKARC Upcoming Events page.

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