• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Home
  • FaceBook
  • ARRL
  • Email Us
  • Tel: 601-345-1654

CMSARA

Central Mississippi Amateur Radio Association

  • About
    • Club Culture
    • Leadership Team
    • CMSARA Member Badges and Clothing
    • Join us!
    • Application Form
    • CMSARA Documents & Logo
    • Bylaws
  • Activities
    • CMSARA Programs for 2020
    • Monthly Meetings
    • FCC Amateur License Exams by VE Team
    • Central MS Nets
    • E-mail Reflector Group
    • Field Day
  • ARES
    • Weekly Net
      • Weekly Net Schedule
      • Weekly Net Preamble
    • About ARES
    • Rankin County Emergency Plan
    • Emergency Preparedness Document
    • ARES Tactical Resources
      • ARES Team Members, Repeaters
      • Operational Tips
      • MDOT Live Camera Feeds
      • NWS Enhanced Radar Image Loop: Brandon/Jackson MS
      • NWS Enhanced Radar Image Loop: Brandon/Jackson MS
      • Central MS Weather, NWS Warnings
      • Wunderground Weather Map
      • Census Bureau: EmComm Map
  • Resources
    • About Amateur Radio
    • Area Repeaters
    • APRS Map: Jackson MS
    • Satellite Tracking Application
    • Propagation Tools
    • Useful Links
    • Dipole Calculator
  • Thursday Net Schedule
  • Net Preamble
  • CW
    • About
    • Schedule
    • Home Practice Sessions
    • Group Sessions
    • Session 1
    • Session 2
  • Live Stream

ACTIVITY

In person meetings are BACK!

April 14, 2021 by K5HH

It is finally happening! Central Mississippi Amateur Radio Association will be able to meet in person! Tuesday, June 8th CMSARA will begin meeting in person at the Rankin County Extension Service building, 601 Marquette Road in Brandon. This is where we were meeting before Covid-19 put a stop to everything. Masks are up to you.

Again, Central Mississippi Amateur Radio Association will meet in person on Tuesday, June 8th 7pm, 601 Marquette Road, Brandon, Mississippi!!

Filed Under: Club Activities

Fox Hunt Results – Jan 2021

January 9, 2021 by K5HH

Had a fine turnout for today’s fox hunt! Congratulations to the winners and thank all who came out for the fun!

First place went to Rez, K1REZ.


Second place went to Jeremiah KG5UNF and his boys!


Third and fourth go to Erbie K5ERB and Jack K5FIT


Socially distant group photo!


The fox in its den.

Filed Under: Club Activities

FOX HUNT. January 9th, 2021, 1 pm

December 15, 2020 by K5HH

Ok, looks like we have at least 3 brave adventurers, so I’ll confirm for Sat Jan 9th, at 1 pm. Hopefully, more will come! We’ll meet in Pelahatchie Shore Park (map below), and I’ll have the fox placed within 3 miles of the start location. We’ll be observing the usual COVID-19 social distancing protocols, so please forgive my rudeness as I’ll be masked, staying 6 feet away, not be shaking anyone’s hands, and just generally being germophobic.

You will receive the fox frequency when we officially start.

PRIZES!!! We have 3 ARRL books that the first TWO winners can choose from.
ARRL Handbook
Antenna book (24th ed.)
Storm Spotting (2nd ed.)

For those of you who are new to fox hunting, here’s a recorded presentation on Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) at the ARRL learning network.
https://www.gotostage.com/channel/arrl-learning-network

If you are interested in making your own DF antenna, you can find plans and instructions for the venerable tape measure yagi at the following links.
http://theleggios.net/wb2hol/projects/rdf/tape_bm.htm

Highly recommend you also make yourselves one of the following attenuators.
Passive attenuator
http://theleggios.net/wb2hol/projects/rdf/p_atten.htm

Active attenuator
http://theleggios.net/wb2hol/projects/rdf/a_atten.htm

Another active attenuator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v38vdbsEjg

Other interesting videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLiI8YCk2ng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQSiTqH9Dzw

Filed Under: Club Activities

Leadership for 2021

November 1, 2020 by K5HH

The new board has been elected!

CMSARA thanks Quinton Frasier, Frank Howell, Mike McKay, and Mike Hampton for their service and efforts on our behalf in the past year. 2020 was a difficult period of time, but their efforts kept our club alive and prosperous. Franks’s programming was second-t0-none. Thank you all!

Now we would like to thank the following for stepping up into these roles for the upcoming year, and we look forward to what is in store for CMSARA as we move on from this incredible year.

President

Maury Mullins, KG5SQZ

Vice President for Special Events

Jim Martin, K0UPW

Secretary & Treasurer

Patrick Kyle, K5PBK

VE Liason

Brian Alexander, W5SSJ

Board Directors

Erbie Massengill, K5ERB

Filed Under: Board of Directors

August 2020 Online Meeting – Basic Test Equipment

August 11, 2020 by K5HH

Filed Under: Meeting Presentations, Programs

July 2020 Online Meeting on Digital Operation

July 13, 2020 by K5HH

Digital Field Day Instructions Download

Please come join us for a zoom meeting where Eddie Pettis N5JGK & Carolyn Irons KC5DOC will be presenting about Digital Mode Operation on HF.

Topic: CMSARA July Meeting. Digital Mode Operation
Time: Jul 14, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82147531622?pwd=R1lqclVBWUVPOG9lS0twT1dGR1BIdz09

Meeting ID: 821 4753 1622
Password: 925504
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,82147531622#,,,,0#,,925504# US (Chicago)
+16465588656,,82147531622#,,,,0#,,925504# US (New York)

Dial by your location
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
Meeting ID: 821 4753 1622
Password: 925504
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kNu5JQVKg

Filed Under: Club Activities, Meeting Presentations

June Meeting – Field Day Discussions!

June 3, 2020 by K5HH

The next meeting of CMSARA will be on June 9th at 7 pm on the 147.345 repeater. The repeater has a + offset and a .100 tone.

The discussion will be center on field day and how it will impact CMSARA members and the best way to go about participating. Everyone is invited to join in with questions.

Immediately following the net there will be a Zoom presentation about the N3FJP Software that will be good for use during field day. This is very easy to use and intuitive software.

Instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting will be given on the net. Hope to hear you on the net and see you on Zoom.

Filed Under: Club Activities, Meeting Presentations

April 2020 Meeting Live!

April 14, 2020 by K5HH

Join us tonight for a live presentation of April’s meeting.

On this site

On Facebook

On YouTube

Filed Under: Meeting Presentations

*** NOTICE *** NO PUBLIC CMSARA MEETING IN APRIL

March 15, 2020 by K5HH

In light of the recent developments surrounding the ongoing novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Mississippi and neighboring states, and out of an abundance of caution, the board has decided not to host its upcoming April meeting publicly. The meeting will, instead, be webcast live on our Facebook group page, and posted onto our website afterward.
We hope you can join us online on April 14th where I will be giving a live presentation on the practical use of WSPR. Chat will be open for questions during the presentation, and I will remain online for a time afterward to answer questions where I am able.
To reiterate. CMSARA APRIL 14, 2020 MEETING WILL ONLY BE ONLINE ON FACEBOOK.

 

Filed Under: Meeting Presentations

March 2020 Presentation

March 5, 2020 by K5HH

[Read more…] about March 2020 Presentation

Filed Under: Meeting Presentations, Programs

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 7
  • Go to Next Page »

Copyright © 2021 · News Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in