Huntsville Area Active Amateur Radio Organizations
ARES: Madison County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
RACES: Huntsville-Madison County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service Unit
HUNTSPAC: HARC's Packet Radio Special Interest Group
TVATV: HARC's Amateur TV Special Interest Group (Tennessee Valley Amateur TeleVision)
HAYLARC: The Huntsville Area Young Ladies Amateur Radio Club
MARC: The Marshall Amateur Radio Club (Marshall Space Flight Center)
NADXC: The North Alabama DX Club
NARA: The North Alabama Repeater Association
NAS: North Alabama Skywarn
HUNTSPAC is the packet radio special interest group of HARC. The group maintains an extensive packet radio network including a local packet BBS with email connectivity to the nationwide packet network and, via a PACSAT link, to packet radio operators worldwide. Additionally a local APRS network is in operation on 144.39 MHz and is tied into an internet gateway allowing local packets to be sent all over the world.
The network represents a large investment in installed hardware. To fund maintenance of this equipment and to cover expansion and upgrading, Users of the network are requested to pay an assessment of $15.00 per year. This can be paid to the HARC Treasurer at the club's address.
For More information about HUNTSPAC or APRS please contact Tim Cunningham, N8DEU at n8deu@amsat.org
TVATV is a special interest group of HARC. Members are interested in transmission and reception of video signals capable of being recorded on a standard VCR and/or displayed on a standard TV set. Some of the projects TVATV members have been involved with are: Linking Huntsville School System classrooms across town to allow students to interact and share projects and instruction. Installing a link to a weather radar system allowing the radar image to be displayed by the group's video repeater station on receipt of remote control commands. Transmitting video from the lead truck for the Rocket City Marathon and the Cotton Row Run to allow race organizers to keep track of the lead runners' progress. Installing a "Tower Cam" - a video camera located atop the video repeater's tower on Monte Sano with a remote control system allowing actuation of the camera and pan/tilt control.
TVATV operates an amateur TV repeater with input on 439.25 MHz and output on 421.25 MHz. A voice coordination repeater is operated on 145.33 MHz with input 600 kHz down. A net session for TVATV participants is held each Tuesday night at 8:00 PM with concurrent operation on the voice and ATV repeaters.
If you have a cable-ready TV set, are in line-of-sight of the southern end of Monte Sano, and have an outdoor antenna, you can view the images transmitted from the ATV repeater by connecting the antenna to the cable input and tuning the receiver to cable channel 57.
Anyone interested in ATV is encouraged to check into the net or to contact Gary Dion, N4TXI, tvatv@qsl.net, for information about ATV or membership in TVATV.
Further details about TVATV can be found at http://hiwaay.net/~bbrown/tvatv.htm
Members of TVATV and regular users of its facilities are requested to pay an assessment of $15.00 per year to help cover maintenance and enhancement of the system. Payment can be made to the HARC Treasurer at the club's address.
Just what are the HAYLARCs you ask? The Huntsville Area Young Ladies Amateur Radio Club is an active group of licensed hams that perform various activities throughout the community. Those activities include handling the Huntsville Hamfest registration each year; providing communications for the annual Christmas Parade and presenting programs on amateur radio to local schools on an as wanted basis.
The HAYLARCs are recognized by the ARRL as a Special Service Club because of the activities that are performed by the group.
The HAYLARCs meet the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm, in members' homes. They also conduct a net on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm. The frequency of the net is 145.39 (output)/144.79 (input). The yearly dues are $5.00.
For more information, call Ann Morrison, KA4UZI at (256)539-2117
Marshall Amateur Radio Club
Marshall Space Flight Center employees and contractor personnel may obtain membership information by calling (256) 544-7568 or by email to don.hediger@msfc.nasa.gov.
The North Alabama DX Club is one of the oldest DX clubs in the Southeast. Meetings are held the second Tuesday night of each month at 6:30 PM at a local restaurant, currently Ryan's Family Steakhouse on University Dr.
Further details about the NADXC, membership and its activities can be found at the NADXC web site
The North Alabama Repeater Association operates VHF and UHF repeaters on 146.34/146.94, 146.78/147/18, 233.34/234.94 and 448.5/443.5 MHz. NARA dues are $16 per year. Checks may be sent to NARA at P.O. Box 18941, Huntsville, AL 35804.
Further details about the NARA, membership and its activities can be found at the NARA web site
Links to Other Amateur Radio Organizations in Alabama
ARRL Alabama Section
AURC Auburn University Radio Club
BARC Birmingham Amateur Radio Club
BMARA Brindlee Mountain Amateur Radio Association
CCARC Cherokee County Amateur Radio Club
CVHRA Coosa Valley Ham Radio Association
DARC Decatur Amateur Radio Club
DCARC Dekalb County Amateur Radio Club
EARS Enterprise ARS
EVARC Eva Amateur Radio Club
GARC Gadsden Amateur Radio Club
JCAR Jackson County ARES/RACES
LARES Limestone Co. ARES
MARC Montgomery Amateur Radio Club
MARC Mobile Amateur Radio Club
MSARC Muscle Shoals Amateur Radio Club
SCCARES St. Clair Co. ARES
SARC South Alabama Radio Club
SBARC South Baldwin Amateur Radio Club
SCARC Shelby County Amateur Radio Club
TARC Tuscaloosa Amateur Radio Club
WARC Walker Amateur Radio Club
WARC Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club
If your club or organization is not listed here and you'd like it to be considered please email details to : kq4vt@arrl.net
Last Updated: January 20, 2007