Lakes Area Amateur Radio Club

Field Day 2025 location. Last weekend in June! More info coming soon!

UPDATE!!!!!: All old ads should now be on the new tailgate sale page. If you see something missing, let me know. -KF5DHY

New tailgate sale is ready to go. If you would like to publish an ad, click on the New Tailgate link above or visit W5JAS Tailgate Sale

The old tailgate sale will be running until all old ads are converted over to the new system.

The event calendar is up and running! Simply click on “Events” above to see what is coming up. If you have something you would like added, click on “Contact Us” and send an email to the web page admin.

Be sure to check out our weekly 2m net every Tuesday at 7:00 PM on 147.00 (-) T 118.8

We also have a monthly ARES/Races net the second Tuesday at the same time.

Feel free to check in!!!!!

We are testing out a new (to us) Pre Registration process for VE testing. Although not required, it will help to make sure we have enough VE’s for your test.

https://hamstudy.org/sessions/W5JAS

Just a reminder and in case you don’t know the club has a email group!  To join simply visit http://listmail.w5jas.org and follow the instructions on adding yourself to the group.

Also I still have @w5jas.org email addresses available for any current club member.  Your email address would look like this yourcallsign@w5jas.org

If you are interested please contact me at  kf5dhy@kf5dhy.org and I will fix you up.

The W5JAS Tailgate Sale is now up and running!  You may use this to place an ad for anything related to amateur radio.  Simply click on “Tailgate Sale”, then place your ad.

This is a multi-step process to prevent spam to the web page, ALL ads must be approved by a page admin.

Enjoy!

I have received several emails lately from the public showing interest in becoming a Ham Radio Operator.  First of all let me welcome all those who are browsing this page that are not members or licensed operators!  We are more than happy that you are showing interest in becoming licensed.  Ham Radio is a great hobby to enjoy and it is also a great way to assist the public as well as local, state and sometimes federal agencies in times of need.  This is probably one of the most enjoyable hobbies there is out there!  Our club meetings are the last Thursday of every month at 7pm at the Jasper Airport (AKA Bell Field).  We welcome all who wish to attend to include, licensed operators as well as non-licensed individuals who wish to learn more about ham radio or want to become licensed operators.  Our meetings are open to anyone and everyone!  So! With that said, for those of you who are browsing our page, that are interested in becoming licensed, please feel free to come to our meeting and introduce yourself!  Our club and its members have a vast wealth of knowledge into the hobby of ham radio and are more than willing to help answer your questions.  Once again, thank you for stopping by our page and showing interest, we always welcome those who want to become licensed!  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us using our “Contact Us” link.  We will be more than happy to answer your questions!

Joe Pomponio – K5JEP

W5JAS – Lakes Area Amateur Radio Club President