CAARA, an ARRL affiliated club, located at 6 Stanwood St. in Gloucester Massachusetts, operates the 2 meter W1GLO repeater on 145.130 MHz with antennas located on the AT&T tower in the Blackburn Industrial Complex also in Gloucester. 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. The club was formed in 1977 and we are a 501 (C) 3 non profit charitable organization with approximately 100 members. See directions and a map to our clubhouse.
Amateur radio exams are held on the second Sunday of each month from 9:30am on 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.
The club operates a Sunday evening 2 meter net (CAARAnet) at 9:00pm on 145.130MHz with no PL tone. This is an open and informal net which disseminates club news, A.R.R.L. Bulletins and traffic of interest to the ham radio community and prepares operators for emergency communications work.
All are invited to check into the net as club membership is not a requirement.
The CAARA club net is also available and accessible via Echolink. W1GLO-R will connect you to our Cape Ann repeater on 145.130 MHz.
If you aren't near a radio or out of the ranger of the repeater, and want to just listen to the CAARA repeater live on the Internet, click the repeater stream link in the navigation or here and listen through iTunes or your favorite streaming audio program. The repeater is streamed live 24/7 for your convenience.
Join CAARA on Facebook!
You keep up with friends and family with Facebook. Now keep up on all the CAARA activities and fun! Join the club in the official CAARA Facebook group! If you are new to Facebook, this is a good reason to join! Meet fellow hams and maybe meet a few new friends in the process. The group is wide open to the world so you never know who you may meet. Join us today and write on our wall, add a few pictures or video of your ham radio activities!
CAARA has an Amazon.com affiliate's store with items that should be of interest to our members. CAARA will earn a small commission for any sales, and the ARRL books are heavily discounted. Click on the Bookstore graphic above or the link in the left navigation, to go to the store.
Visit the official CAARA logo store to get a varied selection of club logo apparel courtesy of CafePress. 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.
And the best part besides getting cool club logo stuff-- a portion of the price of each item sold goes directly to the club immediately!
