May 3rd Testing Cancelled

NOTICE: No testing will be held at our May 3rd meeting! Carole Town, (AF5CT), our Testing Coordinator is ill and unable to attend the meeting. The meeting will be held at the Golden Corral restaurant in Jacksonville at 0900 hours. The room will be available at 0830 hours, if you want to enjoy breakfast before … Read more

Weather Radio Wednesday

Donnie Cox, Chief Meteorologist, WCTI News Channel 12 has announced the dates and places for the 2025 Weather Radio Wednesdays. Amateur Radio Operators from Carteret, Craven, Jones and Onslow Counties have assisted Donnie in past years with programming weather radios for the public. This program has been a huge success and Donnie is reaching out … Read more

Hoffman Forest HF Exercise

ARES HF Exercise 2025 Date and Time April 26th 2025 @ 1200 Noon (Setup arrival time 1130?) Coordination on 147.390+ 131.8 PL (Backup 147.000) Operating HF Frequency 7.232 LSB  Locations Onslow County ARES 1. Comfort Highway @ Jones County Fire Tower (Call Sheriff 2 days before) 2. 430 Quaker Bridge Rd – End of road off … Read more

Multi-County ARES Exercise

Randy Scott KA4SQN has organized a multi-county ARES exercise for April 2025. We are looking for volunteers to participate in the exercise. Please let Randy know your preferred location to set up a NVIS antenna and radio station. Stations will need to operate on battery or generator power, as there will be no commercial power … Read more

Monthly OARC Club Meetings

The monthly OARC Club Meetings will continue to be held at the Golden Corral Restaurant until construction of the Emergency Operations Center is completed. The restaurant is located at 2055 N Marine Blvd, Jacksonville, NC 28546. Our meeting begins at 9 am; however, we have the meeting room reserved beginning at 8:30 am. Feel free … Read more