Scott Toth
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, GARA Meetings are Moving! 4 years, 8 months ago
It’s been a while since GARA changed meeting locations, but considering the challenges we faced at our old location, the Board decided it was time for a fresh start. A number of GARA members, as well as some […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, Field Day is Almost Here! 4 years, 10 months ago
Field Day 2019 is just under a week away. We hope you can participate this year. Setup will start Friday afternoon at 1300, June 21, with operations starting 1400, Saturday, June 22 and ending 1400, Sunday, J […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, Blue Ridge Microwave Society 4 years, 11 months ago
There is a new local ham organization dedicated to microwave work: the Blue Ridge Microwave Society (BRMS). This group is to promote VHF/UHF and Microwave activity with emphasis on frequencies above 1 Ghz. T […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, April GARA Meeting: Field Day Planning 5 years ago
It’s time to start firm up our plans for Field Day. For this month’s presentation, I will cover what has already been done, this year’s rules, and what we need to do to get ready. I hope you will be able to […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, March GARA Meeting: HF Nets 5 years, 1 month ago
Our speaker this month will be Donnie Hurst (KG4ZOD). Donnie will talk about HF nets and how to participate in them. Donnie is a member of and frequent contributor to several HF nets and has a lot of information […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, W4GSO UHF Digital Dashboard 5 years, 2 months ago
Last November (2018), GARA installed its newest repeater: a Yaesu DR-1X modified to run digital modes using an MMDVM modem and running the now-ubiquitous PiStar operating system. This new setup, recently […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, Solar Power for Amateurs 5 years, 3 months ago
You won’t want to miss this month’s presentation at the GARA general meeting. Our own Carl Fenske, KC4WGA will describe his solar-charged battery power supplies. We will be using it during Winter Field Day […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, October GARA Meeting: Building a Hotspot 5 years, 7 months ago
With the proliferation of cheaper digital handheld radios, it has become much more affordable for hams to connect through the internet to others around the world. However, the repeaters that used to be required to […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, August GARA Meeting 5 years, 8 months ago
This months presentation will be by our own Chris Thompson (K4HC) on pointing your antenna. Here is his description of his talk:
Where away? That’s a nautical term for questioning which direction something i […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, October GARA Meeting 5 years, 9 months ago
This month, Nathan Jackson (K4NWJ) will be giving a presentation on the Greensboro and NC public service communications infrastructure. Nathan is a lifelong resident of Sophia NC, just south of Greensboro, near […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, No June Meeting 5 years, 10 months ago
Because of the activities at Hagan-Stone Park for Field Day, there is no normal monthly club meeting in June. We’ll see you in July!
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, April GARA Meeting 6 years ago
Matt Trull (KX4GG) will be discussing the FT-8 digital mode. Although relatively new, it has taken the HF digital world by storm. Matt will cover setting up and using the WSJT-X software, FT-8 best operating […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, March GARA Meeting: Grounding 6 years, 1 month ago
This month, Dave McLin, AC4A will discuss “Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur.” His talk will be based on the recent ARRL book of the same name. It collects a lot of information in one place, and, as […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, February GARA Meeting: All About Digitial 6 years, 2 months ago
What comes to mind when you hear the word “digital?” Do you think of that old DEC computer you used to have in the late 1990s? Or maybe about some dystopian future like in the “Matrix” movies? One of the v […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, Statement of the Board of Directors Regarding WA2BAJ and Interference Issues 6 years, 2 months ago
The Greensboro Amateur Radio Association welcomes and encourages all licensed operators to use our repeaters. We strive to maintain a community of users who enjoy the fellowship and knowledge sharing that takes […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, Bouvet Island DXpedition Aborted 6 years, 2 months ago
Most hams who love to work DX wait for years to add some entities to their logbooks. Bouvet Island, the most remote island on earth, is highly desired because it is normally uninhabited and requires a huge […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, October GARA Meeting – Improve Your Wi-Fi! 6 years, 6 months ago
Last month we heard from Kenny, KK4HAO about a new NTS traffic net that has officially started every night at 7:30pm on the W4GSO 145.15 repeater. Kenny would love to have anyone who is interested check into the […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, New Nightly NTS Net Coming to W4GSO 6 years, 6 months ago
At the GARA meeting on September 25, the club was presented with an opportunity to help the ARRL National Traffic System cover some territory that has has not been consistently served by the System in the Piedmont […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, Carolina Link Digital Net 6 years, 7 months ago
Please join us on Thursday, September 28th, at 9:00 PM for the first ever Carolina Link Digital Net! We’re encouraging check-ins from every where to help us test & celebrate the Carolina Link, the Carolina’s […]
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Scott Toth wrote a new post, September GARA Meeting – Piedmont NTS 6 years, 7 months ago
At the beginning of last month’s meeting we had a short presentation by Kenny Grabarczyk, KK4HAO about a new National Traffic System net that he is trying to establish in the Triad. Since there was a good bit of […]
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