CAARA, an ARRL affiliated club, operates the 2 meter W1GLO repeater on 145.130 MHz with antennas located on the Cingular tower in the Blackburn Industrial Complex in Gloucester Massachusetts. It has an average effective radius of 60 miles, and serves eastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Rhode Island, southern New Hampshire, and maritime mobile stations. CAARA also operates the W1GLO repeater on 224.900. The W1RK 443.700 repeater with antennas located in Magnolia is owned and operated by club member Ralph Karcher and it too is available for club use.
The Association is one of the few amateur radio clubs that has its own clubhouse. Located at 6 Stanwood Street in Gloucester, it includes a permanent HF station with rotating beam and vertical antenna along with a 2 meter packet station and 2 meter voice and 220 MHz transceivers. See directions and a map to our clubhouse.
Amateur radio exams are held on the second Sunday of each month at 12:00 noon at the CAARA clubhouse. Anyone who is considering a new license or an upgrade, is welcome to test with us. There is no pre-registration necessary. Contact the head of our VE team Bob Quinn if you have any questions about monthly testing.
Monthly member meetings are held on the first wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM except for July and August.
Each Sunday evening at 9:00pm, the club operates a 2 meter net on 145.130. This is an open and informal net which disseminates club news and prepares operators for emergency communications work. All are invited to check into the net as club membership is not a requirement. The Sunday night nets are streamed live on the Internet.
Hi all,
CAARA had it`s Annual meeting back on September 10th and here is the list of the Board of Directors for the 2008-2009 Season.As it goes all CAARA BOD have two year terms and can only serve on one position for two consecutive terms.The club has about 110 members so there must be 1 director per 20 club members.All terms alternately expire so not all positions were voted on at the last meeting.
Here`s the list:
President: Curtis Wright AA3JE
Vice Pres: Briggs Longbothum AB2NJ
Treasurer: Hank McCarl W4RIG
Clerk: Dean Burgess KB1PGH
Directors: Jon Cunningham K1TP
William Poulin WZ1L
Charles Downey N1OCT
Thomas Andrew KA1GTA
Richard Copithorne KR1G
David Delakas KB9YOZ
James Mondello W1DDX
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at dburg101@aol.com
Respectfully Submitted
Dean Burgess KB1PGH
CAARA Clerk
CAARA Sunday Night Net
The club operates a 2 meter net on 145.130. This is an open and informal net which disseminates club news and prepares operators for emergency communications work.
All are invited to check into the net as club membership is not a requirement.
If you aren't near a radio and want to just listen to the CAARA net on the Internet, click the Live repeater stream
link and listen through iTunes or your favorite streaming audio program.
CAARA Logo Store
Now is the time to stock up on CAARA logo items as the weather starts to get cold. From the typical white t-shirt, to yellow, and vibrant green, the CAARA logo store has what you need. Sweatshirts, t-shirts, mugs, bags, and hats all carry the CAARA signature. Visit the official CAARA store to get a varied selection of club logo apparel courtesy of CafePress.
And the best part besides getting cool club logo stuff-- a portion of the price of each item sold goes directly to the club!
Below are just two of the many styles available. You can purchase either by clicking on their image.
Thacher Island Expedition W1T
THACHER ISLAND EXPEDITION
This is a special event callsign being used for a one day (16Aug2008) expedition to Thacher Island. The event is being organized by the Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association (www.caara.net), W1GLO. Transportation & hospitality being provided by the Thacher Island Association (www.thacherisland.org).
Operation will be from the North Tower, (ARLHS USA-1027). Island's North Tower is located 42.38.21N/70.34.29W , Grid: FN42rp;
IOTA: NA-148; USI: MA001S
QSL via W1GLO
Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association
6 Stanwood Street
Gloucester, MA 01930 USA
Domestic please include SASE.
International please include SAE plus (1) IRC.
eQSL available for all contacts
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