Write to us at:
WGARS, Inc.
P. O. Box 1535
Carrollton, GA 30112

For questions or comments about WGARS, contact Dale Green, KE4FEM. For questions or comments about the WGARS website, requests to post materials, and swap shop posts contact Perry Gilland (W4DAT).
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Local ARES News: The latest work done by our local ARES organization was at the Carrollton 4th of July parade. The ARES group had multiple stations monitoring the progress of the parade from beginning to end for the Carrollton Sertoma Club. The group monitored parade progress, watched for traffic problems, notified police if a problem arrose, and watched for possible injuries. N4IF (Earl- Carroll County EC) shown above, was net control station for the parade.

Updated: August 6, 2009

• Club meeting- August 11th

• N4IF is looking for hams interested in upgrading from Tech - General

• The club will be voting on a proposal to install D-Star on the 440 repeater at the Aug. 11th meeting.

- The club generators are for sale. If interested contact: KE4FEM

W.G.A.R.S. runs two Communications 'Nets' every week.

• On Mondays, The W.G.A.R.S. Net is held at 8pm (20:00 hours) local time on the 2 Meter repeater.
• On Thursdays, the A.R.E.S. Net is held at 8pm (20:00 hours) local time on the 2 Meter repeater.

The WGARS 2 Meter repeater (W4FWD) operates on a frequency of 146.640 with a standard minus 600Khz transmit frequency offset. The repeater uses a 131.8 tone for access.
If you wish to participate as net control in either net, the preambles are available for download: Unzip the file(s) and open them in "notepad" or your favorite text editor. Then print them for a hardcopy.