Recent Posts

  • Documenting a tower take-down

    Steve, AA2BB, wrote a well-illustrated article on the club members removing a no-longer needed tower and 2m antenna.

  • CARS members on TV

    We were approached by the Fox News Now crew about doing a segment on ham radio for national hobby month. The Helgens, Chris KO4BPJ and Cheri KO4MLJ, volunteered to be…

  • CARS club member elected ARRL Division Director

    Congratulations to “Dr Jim” N2ZZ for his election as Roanoke Division Director! “In the Roanoke Division, incumbent George W. “Bud” Hippisley, W2RU, received 809 votes, past Director Dr. Jim Boehner,…

  • 50th Anniversary Special Event Station

    You’ve probably seen it in the December 2021 QST magazine (page 81); the club will be operating from the USS Yorktown on Saturday 18 December 2021 to celebrate our 50th…

  • Sked requested

    W7DCM David is a county hunter and he is looking for Dorchester County, SC on 30m FT8. Can anybody help him?

  • A little repeater maintenance

    K4LXF on top of the Yorktown doing some maintenance on the repeater antenna.. KY4BO photo.

  • CARS 50th Anniversary Dinner

    ATTENTION ALL CARS MEMBERS ……….. You and your Guest are cordially invited to attend the 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND BANQUET of the Charleston Amateur Radio Society aboard the USS Yorktown located at Patriots Point…

  • CARS 50th anniversary picnic

    As part of our 50th anniversary celebration the club will be hosting a picnic at Wannamaker County Park in North Charleston on Saturday 10 July 2021. It will be held…

  • Trouble emailing all members

    We’re having issues with the email distribution list and members are not getting this month’s newsletter. To ensure everybody can review it before next week’s meeting, we are posting it…

  • Museum Ships Weekend 2021

    We’ll be activating Patriots Point Maritime Museum this weekend. On Saturday the USS Yorktown will be operating as WA4USN. On Sunday we’ll be alternating between USS Clamagore/NJ4DU and USS Laffey/NT4HI,…