The Modulator Newsletter for what’s happening with amateur radio in our area.
Local VHF/UHF repeater information along with NETS in our area.
Amateur Radio Emergency Services team in the Big South Fork region in addition to Skywarn information.
Contact us
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Click the envelope above and send us an email for more information.
Come and join us at our next
club general meeting/meet & greet which will be on
Thursday, May 8th at 7:00pm (Eastern) which generally lasts about an hour at:
Roane State Community College
410 W.H. Swain Boulevard
Huntsville, TN 37756
Our next training/workshop will be held on June 12, 2025 @ 7PM Eastern topic and presenter TBD.
Roane State Community College
410 W.H, Swain Boulevard
Huntsville, TN 37756
Our Next Event is The Spring Planting Festival
Come and join us at Big South Fork’s Spring Planting and Musical Festival on Saturday April 26th
Just a reminder that dues were payable between January and March 1st. We have reset the password for the member’s only portal.
While many New Year resolutions are quickly forgotten we hope you join us in `making 2025 a year to enhance your skills and knowledge as an amateur radio operator.
A certificate will be awarded to the person with the most points. Other categories include The Ambassador for whoever has the most points in that section. A certificate will also be awarded to the person with the most educational points.
The ‘Sprint’ certificate will be awarded to Joe N4YLA who reached 1,000 points first! Keep track of your points on the honor system. Repeater contacts and contacts using Echolink or similar means do not qualify. Start now and the final certificates will be presented at our December 2025 meeting.
Radio Loaner Program
Our club ‘member only radio loaner program’ is underway. We are in the process of putting together the ‘go boxes’ which will include either a Kenwood HF or TenTec HF radio, coax cable and an end fed or 10-meter dipole wire or the Nelson end fed half wave antenna. These loaner kits are for new technician/general class license holders to help you get on the air quickly. Loaner equipment is available only to club members in good standing. Loaner units many be used for a month at a time. More information is available during our monthly meetings.
The above snip from a logbook is proof that with a little Ten Tec at 100 watts and a simple 19-foot 10-m dipole anything is possible.
Quick Links
ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio in the US. Founded in 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim as The American Radio Relay League, ARRL is a noncommercial organization of radio amateurs.
The BSFARC is a special service club of the ARRL and we also offer license exams.
Need to know what’s happening in the Big South Fork Region? Look no further as we have created a page with all that information.
Let us know if we missed anything.
Membership is what drives the BSFARC, and makes it possible for us to take on our various public service and other outreach initiatives. Annual member dues are used to keep our equipment functional, as well as to maintain our presence on the web and social media.
Stay up to date as to what the club is doing and all of our major activities as this is a great way to get involved.
Our 2025 Club Officers
Club officers, who are the same as our board members, are in charge of various administrative and outreach tasks that the Big South Fork Amateur Radio Club undertakes. Officers are nominated and voted upon by the club’s general membership in December of each year to serve in several roles, listed below. All positions are for one year, beginning in January of the following year. There are no term limits currently and the positions are open to all club members regardless of license class.
Kelly Loyd
President
KI4JAV
Buddy McCartt
Vice President
W7BSF
Stephen King
Treasurer
KI4NG
Ricky Needham
Secretary/Membership
W4NRT