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Kingsport Amateur Radio Club Bays Mountain Radio Club

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K4NRI/KARC/BMRC Antenna Cluster On Bays Mountain Kingsport Tennessee 


Neil Weber Rebuilding Roof On The New Repeater Site

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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!!!

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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 Activators Have Surprise Visitors

SOTA Chasers Summits On The Air

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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...

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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?

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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

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Patrick Quesinberry NE2P

John Williams KJ4ZFK

John Williams KJ4ZFK

Patrick is a SOTA Goat with over 1900 points.

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John Williams KJ4ZFK

John Williams KJ4ZFK

John Williams KJ4ZFK

John achieved SOTA Goat status when he collected 1000 points.

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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

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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.

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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!!!

AWARDS By Some Of Our Members

Bays Mountain Radio Site

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The Cabin

Dave Stevens WB4DES

Dave Stevens WB4DES

Our electronic equipment is housed in this building which is heated and air conditioned.

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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.

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KARC/BMRC Locker

Dave Stevens WB4DES

KARC/BMRC Locker

View of radios and other club equipment located in our locker.

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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

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Our Very First Team For W4TRC

Bob Warden, Rick Johnson, Tom Price, Ron Burns, Dave Stevens  (John Williams  and Larry Dale  are not pictured)

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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.

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A New Ham?

John Williams is sharing the hobby with Meagan, our Park Ranger.

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