CHARLOTTE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC
Contact Information
- Club Name:
- CHARLOTTE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC
- Call Sign:
- WX4E
- Contact:
- Paul J. Buchanan KO4QWS
- Daytime Phone:
- (941) 348-9060
- Email:
- info@CARSFL.ORG
Basic Information
- ARRL Special Service Club
- Call Sign:
- WX4E
- Annual Report:
- Jun 10th 2025
- Meeting Time:
- 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM
- Meeting Place:
- New Life Chuch, Punta Gorda, Lenox Hall immediately adjacent to parking lot
- Section:
- WCF
- Affiliation Date:
- Jan 20th 1976
- Specialties:
- Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
- Services Offered:
- License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Repeater
- Description:
-
The Charlotte Amateur Radio Society, located in Charlotte County Florida is dedicated to public and community service to the residents of Charlotte county and the amateur radio community and provides support for ARES/RACES and amateor radio support the Charlotte county Emergency Management. It operates a linked 2 meter and 70 cm repeater system. Educational presentations are a feature of monthly meetings as well as welcoming and mentoring new amateurs, helping them with methods of geting on the air, which is not always simple for restricted communities. Field activities are frequent, usually monthly, and cover a divrse range of amateur radio interests and radio science. CARS sponsors and operates the Sunshine Net DAILY 365 days a year on the club repeater system, Wx4E and utilizes this net to provide any assistance we may provide of an informational or technical nature. This net is, to our knowledge the oldest daily 365 day per year net in Southwest Florida.
- Links:
- http://carsfl.org
Club Statistics
- Club Members:
- 120
- Voting Members:
- 108
- Voting Licensed Amateur Members:
- 108
- Voting ARRL Members:
- 78
CHARLOTTE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC Officers
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Contact, President, Editor
Paul J. Buchanan KO4QWS -
Treasurer
Richard H. Kilmer KQ4JXF -
Secretary
Michael A. Wilson WD4BLY -
Vice President
Ariele Merone N1AMM
Downloads
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SSC Certificate (1.3 MB)
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Affiliation Certificate (1.3 MB)