Bicycle Events that this club supports.

The Assaults

The TBARC participates in the Assaults on Mt. Mitchell and the Assault on Marion bicycle tours which takes place normally near the end of the month of May each year ~ Per the National and State Park Services scheduling. TBARC provide emergency radio communications while the riders are riding through Polk County. The Spartanburg Amateur Radio Club provides the remainder of the HAMS require for this event.  If you would like additional information on the Assaults - follow the link to The Assaults.

You may listen on your scanner to the event on one of these frequencies: 145.330, 147.285, 145.190 and 147.240 MHz. The first two frequencies are used from Spartanburg to Bills Creek Road at US-74 in Rutherford County. This includes all of Polk County. The second is the Mt. Mitchell repeater and it is active all day and well into the evening controlling and relaying traffic concerning this very large event. The last is a simplex motorcycle to motorcycle frequency, and is low power so you would have to be near the motorcycle to hear them.

The Fabulous 4th Metric Century

The TBARC also participates and helps sponsor the  Fabulous 4th of July Metric Century Bicycle Tour   here in Polk County, NC . This event takes place on the actual day of the 4th of July each year regardless of the weather. We provide all of the emergency radio communications for this event. If you would like additional information on the Fabulous 4th Bicycle event - follow the link The Fabulous 4th.  You will be able to monitor this event on your scanner on either of two frequencies: 145.330 or 147.285.

The GPS Co-ordinates for Harmon Field are:
N 35.13.3936 and W 82.11.9074

Tour de Leave Metric Century

This event is also a Metric Century Tour.  This tour starts and ends at the Harmon Field Complex.  The event is normally held the last Saturday on November. 

A Note to Motorcycle Riders

If you wish to ride as escort moto for any of these events,
please contact Robin ~ KV4AL ~ for additional information. 
Ham radio equipped motorcycles are not required but are very useful.
Quite mufflers are required of the motorcycles (no loud pipes).

Robin - KV4AL at kv4al@charter.net

Call Sign Lookup
By name or call sign USA ONLY

Western North Carolina Amateur Radio Club.
Home to the WESTCARS Ham Radio Fest at the Fair Grounds ~ Last Saturday of August Near Asheville NC.

Elecraft HF QRP / 100w all mode radios
These radios are rated #1 and are available in Kit / Semi Kit / or fully assembled. Want to build a HF All mode Kit - then you must check this one out.  You put it together and you can then fix it yourself!

The Wireman
The BEST supplier of antenna and parts out there!

QSL . NET
Go to QSL.net and do a web page!

Amateur Radio Clubs in this area

Western North Carolina Amateur Radio Club.
Home to the WESTCARS Ham Radio Fest at the Fair Grounds ~ around the end of August near Asheville NC. Please visit their web site for date and times.

Spartanburg SC, Amateur Radio Club

Shelby NC, Amateur Radio Club
Biggest Ham Fest in the South East - Labor Day weekend

Greenville , SC Amateur Radio Club
Ham Fest held at the Spartanburg, SC Fairground

Gastonia, NC Amateur Radio Club

Gastonia, NC Area Amateur Radio Club

Good Links to information and programs to make operating
your station a lot more fun.

AC6V's Mega Links Ham pages

Gray Line and Current Time

Large Selection of Ham Related Links to check out.

HAM Swap / For sale / Trade Page

On the Short Wave Bands

HF Radio Org for all of your HF Needs

DX'ing  and  Contesting is fun.
Here are some very good links for more information on DX'ing.
We hope that you will try it some time.
ARRL and CQ Magazine provide the rules of engagement!

Remember that these sites provide YOU with these
DX programs for FREE unless otherwise noted.

Antennas and how to make them. Fine web site for more information.
http://www.hamuniverse.com/antennas.html

Free Newsletters INFO
http://www.425dxn.org/
http://www.papays.com/opdx.html

DX Spotting Sites INFO
http://www.dxsummit.fi

DX Spotting Program (Free) ~ It's great
 http://ve7cc.net/default.htm#prog

Contest Logging program (Free)
http://www.n1mm.com

Contest Calandars INFO
http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/index.htm
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/

Good DX news letters for pay ~ not free, oh well, can't have it all for free!
http://www.dxpub.com/
http://www.dailydx.com/

Meeting People with HAM Radio.
http://www.datehookup.com/content-meeting-people-with-ham-radios.htm

Morse Code source with lots of good stuff
http://www.createqr.org/closer-look-morse-code.html

HF Military Radio from the MRC-108 ROMAD Jeep used in the Vietnam War.
http://www.pocatelloarc.org/k0ip

Have any additional good sites to post, email me with the link.
Please report any broken links to kv4al@charter.net

Join the SKY WARN SPOTTER SYSTEM

Anyone may be a spotter, you do not have to be a Amateur Radio Operator to be one. All that is required is to find out where you have to go to take the class given by the fine folks from the Greenville / Spartanburg National Weather Service and then join in on all of the actions as it happens!  Please feel free to contact us for information on the next class.

The South Carolina Single Sideband Net
Join us nightly on 3.915 MHz at 1900 hours local time.
For more information please contact: www.scssb.net or KG4YVJ@arrl.net

Yes we do have members in North Carolina that do handle traffic. 

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Robin
kv4al@charter.net