Category Archives: Club Announcements

April 3, 2025 Meeting

The W4DHN Club meeting was held April 3, 2025. All the obligatory reports were given and approved. There was discussion of the Tailgate being held in Headland or if it should be moved. For now, it was agreed to keep it in Headland.

Flyers are available on Groups.io for printing and distribution.

The club decided to cancel the New and Not-So-New Ham Workshop this month to support the Daleville Hamfest on the same Saturday, April 5, 2025. Our club was providing the VEC’s for them to offer testing during the event.

Joe Varner of TriStates 100 Bike Ride came and gave us the particulars of the ride this year. They have a new beneficiary, Girls, Inc of Dothan. They will have the 25 mile “Blue”, 43 mile “Yellow”, 62 mile “Red”, and the 104.6 mile “Century White” Rides again this year. First riders roll out at 6:45am and should finish by 4pm.

We discussed drone operators but lacked any conclusive trackage on it. As of now, TriStates will look into hiring a professional drone service if they want one.

Charles Woodham is our coordinator for this event. If you are willing to work a “stop” and monitor riders, please contact him so he can get you on the roster and your shirt size. Please make sure to test your equipment prior to the date to ensure it can send and receive properly.

After Joe’s presentation, the meeting was adjourned.

BLC

ARRL Field Day 2024

The Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club will once again participate in ARRL Field Day on Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23, 2024. The club will be set up at Northside Methodist Academy, located at 2600 Redmond Road in Dothan. The club will be operating starting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 22.

The purpose of ARRL Field Day is to practice portable operations and hone our emergency communications skills. Amateur radio plays a huge role in the community, especially in the event of a natural disaster when normal communications are down for any period of time. Field Day gives us the opportunity to practice set-up and operation of our stations, so we can better respond when the need arises.

If you are a ham radio licensee, regardless if you are a club member or not, we invite you out to participate. Even if you do not have an amateur radio license, we invite you to come out and see what it’s all about. We’ll even let you get on the air if you like!

What – ARRL Field Day 2024 with the Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club
When – Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23, starting at 1:00 on Saturday
Where – Northside Methodist Academy, 2600 Redmond Road, Dothan, AL 36303

This event is open to anyone, you do not need to be a licensed ham radio operator to attend. Hope to see you there!

ARRL Field Day Coming June 24-25

The Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club will once again participate in ARRL Field Day on Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25. The club will be set up at Northside Methodist Academy, located at 2600 Redmond Road in Dothan. We will be set up in rooms 509 and 511, which are are the backside of the school, directly behind the gym. There will be signs showing directions. The club will be operating starting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 24.

The purpose of ARRL Field Day is to practice portable operations and hone our emergency communications skills. Amateur radio plays a huge role in the community, especially in the event of a natural disaster when normal communications are down for any period of time. Field Day gives us the opportunity to practice set-up and operation of our stations, so we can better respond when the need arises.

If you are a ham radio licensee, regardless if you are a club member or not, we invite you out to participate. Even if you do not have an amateur radio license, we invite you to come out and see what it’s all about. We’ll even let you get on the air if you like!

What – ARRL Field Day with the Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club
When – Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25, starting at 1:00 on Saturday
Where – Northside Methodist Academy, 2600 Redmond Road, Dothan, AL 36303

Hope to see you there!