Kingsport Amateur Radio Club Bays Mountain Radio Club
K4NRI/KARC/BMRC Antenna Cluster On Bays Mountain Kingsport Tennessee
Neil Weber Rebuilding Roof On The New Repeater Site
New Tower
Chris Early, N6MMX, has donated this brand new 60 foot tower to our club. Ken Klotz, W4IJk, and Neil Weber, KM4NWH, are in the planning stages of having it erected. The tower will support the 900mhz, 2m and 440 bands.
Thank you Chris, for this tremendous gift to our club!!!
Welcome To Our Officers For Year 2021
Congratulations to Rick Johnson, President, George DeVault, Vice President, Neil Weber, Treasurer, Mary Ellen Broom, Secretary and Ken Klotz, Repeater Trustee. Each person exhibits the ideals of Amateur Radio and has a giving, helpful spirit. Congratulations To You And Us At KARC/BMAR!!!
SOTA Chasers Summits On The Air
Walt Beaton NE4TN
SOTA CHASER STAtistics
SOTA CHASER STAtistics
As you can see from the chart, Walt is an 80X Shack Sloth. Boy, if he had a dollar for each one of those points...
SOTA CHASER STAtistics
SOTA CHASER STAtistics
SOTA CHASER STAtistics
We are privileged to have so many Top Achievers in our area. To be recognized as a Shack Sloth you must accumulate 1000 points. As a chaser you can work from home. Recognize the other local callsigns?
Ron Burns KI4TN
SOTA CHASER STAtistics
Ron Burns KI4TN
Ron too, is an avid chaser. Shack Sloth winner 22X times, he has garnered most of his points on CW.
SOTA Activators Summits On The Air
Patrick Quesinberry NE2P
John Williams KJ4ZFK
John Williams KJ4ZFK
Patrick is a SOTA Goat with over 1900 points.
John Williams KJ4ZFK
John Williams KJ4ZFK
John Williams KJ4ZFK
John achieved SOTA Goat status when he collected 1000 points.
David Gulley KI4AAU
John Williams KJ4ZFK
David Gulley KI4AAU
David is unique in that he achieved his award totally on VHF, UHF and 10m.
SOTA ACtivators Summits on the air
SOTA ACtivator Statistics
Again, we are privileged to have so many Top Achievers in our area as Activators. To be recognized as a Mountain Goat you must accumulate 1000 points and make contacts from a certified summit. Many are Chasers and Activators.
Bob Warden KU4R
Bob is a faithful Chaser. He looks at the SOTAWatch Site, knows the time and place an Activator plans to be active and waits for the CQ. And then he Pounces on them!!!
Bays Mountain Radio Site
The Cabin
Dave Stevens WB4DES
Dave Stevens WB4DES
Our electronic equipment is housed in this building which is heated and air conditioned.
Dave Stevens WB4DES
Dave Stevens WB4DES
Dave Stevens WB4DES
Dave Stevens worked with Park Manager Rob Cole for a place to store our locker. Dave is also responsible for other storage and a club meeting site at Eastman. We are grateful to all those involved.
KARC/BMRC Locker
Dave Stevens WB4DES
KARC/BMRC Locker
View of radios and other club equipment located in our locker.
Netherland Inn 2020
The Second Annual Special Event Netherland Inn was a huge success again this year despite very poor conditions on 20m. The contacts were:
40 Meters: 92 SSB
Furthest Contact: Stockholm Sweden
20 Meters: 3 SSB 2 CW
Furthest Contact: England
15 Meters: 8 SSB
Furthest Contact Canada
Lots of Fellowship again this year!
Parks On The Air Bays Mountain 2020
Our Very First Team For W4TRC
Bob Warden, Rick Johnson, Tom Price, Ron Burns, Dave Stevens (John Williams and Larry Dale are not pictured)
Sharing The Hobby
Ron Burns, who is very good with children, is introducing the hobby through the sounds of CW. This young man enjoyed hearing his name tapped out in code.
A New Ham?
John Williams is sharing the hobby with Meagan, our Park Ranger.