We Invite You…

Join us at our next Meeting, Workshop, or Operating Event.

Please scroll down for more info about our club below.
Guests are always welcome to any of these events!

WORKSHOPS: The third Tuesday of every month (except December) starts at 7:00 pm.

GARS MEETING

We meet on the second Tuesday of every month, except December. Guests are always welcome to our functions!

WHEN: Second Tuesday – Doors open at 6:30 pm, Meeting Starts at 7:00 pm.

WHERE: EAA 690 Hangar, Gwinnett County Airport – Briscoe Field, 690 Airport Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

LIVE STREAMING: Join us on YouTubeLIVE each month on the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM Eastern

UPCOMING MEETINGS and PROGRAMS: 

• April 14 – Simple Multi-Band Antennas – Various Speakers led by Kevin Scott K4GTR
• May 12 –

PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS: Click here to view our Previous Presentations.

GARS WORKSHOP

The GARS Workshop meets on the third Tuesday of every month, except December. Guests are always welcome! Doors open at 6:30 pm, Meeting Starts at 7:00 pm. The presentation starts after brief introductions and announcements. Hands-on operation for your questions.

WHEN: Third Tuesday – Doors open at 6:30 pm, Meeting Starts at 7:00 pm.

WHERE: EAA 690 Hangar, Gwinnett County Airport – Briscoe Field, 690 Airport Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS and PROGRAMS:

• The GARS Workshops are one week after the general meeting, and our topic generally follows the topic of our monthly guest speaker.
• If it is not practical to have hands-on examples of the guest speaker’s presentation, we discuss upcoming events, have Elmers to help answer questions about anything ham radio related, and assist in programming radios, etc.

MORE INFO: Click here for more information about our Monthly Workshops

PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS: Click here to view our Previous Presentations.

Exciting Membership Update!

GARS is now giving all licensed new members their first year of membership for FREE!!!

* New members only – If you have ever been a GARS member at anytime in the past, you are not eligible.
* Subject to all conditions listed in our Bylaws (https://gars.org/bylaws/)

Go to Membership – Online New Member Form to join!

GARS – ARRL FIELD DAY – 2026

ARRL Field Day is coming up fast, June 27th and 28th.

We will be at Harbins Park, Luke Edwards Road, Dacula, GA again this year.

Time Line:

• Setup starts at 8:00 AM on Saturday.
• Lunch on Saturday is scheduled to start at 12:00 noon.
• On the Air starts at 2:00 PM on Saturday and ends at 1:59 PM on Sunday.
  • We will have plenty of Station Captains and Elmers on site to help you make and log contacts.
• Midnight Ice Cream may start as early as 10:00 PM Saturday and goes until all is eaten or melted.
• Teardown starts at 2:00 PM on Sunday.

Remember to bring friends and family, all are welcome.  This is a great way to share with others what this hobby is all about.

For the New Hams, every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill, and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933 and remains the most popular event in ham radio.  If you want to know more, visit the ARRL Field Day page which explains Field Day

Please let us know if you will attend our Field Day, and whether you will be at dinner so that we may get an accurate count for ordering dinner.  Your family is invited to dinner too.  Please indicate how many will attend dinner on the spreadsheet.  If you can volunteer for bringing a radio or performing a specific task, please indicate that as well on the spreadsheet.

Click here to open our Google Spreadsheet to sign up.

We are on the Field Day site locator map.  Share this link with friends and family so they can join us, and if they are out of town maybe they can find a Field Day site near them.

At the Field Day site, we’ll use 146.550 Simplex for coms.

Meet the Members Contest – May 17-23

This fun GARS-only event/contest is a spinoff of our May Madness contest.  This will be a week-long event where you contact other GARS members using GARS repeaters.  The goal is to encourage our members to talk to each, get to know each other and use our repeaters, and you earn a few points.  We are looking to hold this event in May.  More info at our meetings and via our GARZette newsletter.

Dacula Memorial Day Parade May 25th 2026

We help setup the parade participants. We start at 0700 and will be through by 1300.

Sign-Up for the Dacula Memorial Day Parade. Click here to Sign-Up

Please upload any photos you take to our Groups.io group for everyone to see.
* Simply go to https://groups.io/g/GARS/photos
* Click on the “New Album” button
* Enter an Album name in the format “2019 Memorial Day Parade by YourCallSign”
* Click the “Create” button
* Click the “+ Add Photos” button
* and upload away!
When you are done, please send an email to the group letting them know you uploaded some pictures.

GARS 2 Meter NET

Join GARS for our weekly Monday Night; Want, Sell, Swap, and Information Net,

WHEN:  Every Monday Night – Starting at 7:30 PM

WHERE:  GARS Primary 2M Repeater on 147.075 MHz (+ offset), CTCSS = 82.5 Hz

REPEATERS:  GARS Repeater Systems 

List net control stations: Link to spreadsheet for operators

GARS 70 Centimeter NET

Join GARS for our weekly Thursday Night 70 cm informal Net,

WHEN:  Every Thursday Night – Starting at 7:30 PM

WHERE:  GARS Buford Repeater on 442.325 MHz (+ offset), CTCSS = 100 Hz

REPEATERS:  GARS Repeater Systems 

List net control stations: Link to spreadsheet for operators

GARS BREAKFAST CREW

Join GARS members for Breakfast

WHEN: Most Saturday mornings – Starting around 7:30 AM

WHERE: Cracker Barrel – 75 Celebration Dr, Suwanee, GA 30024 (near the intersection of Lawrenceville-Suwannee and I-85)

GARS LUNCH BUNCH

Join GARS members for Lunch

WHEN: Most Fridays – Starting around 11:30 AM

WHERE: Chili’s – 947 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

GARS MEETING & WORKSHOP DINNER

You are invited to join your fellow GARS members for dinner before our monthly GARS Meetings and Workshops.

WHEN:  Second and Third Tuesday of every month, except December – 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

WHERE: Sonny’s BBQ – 660 Duluth Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

GARS HAM RADIO EXAMS

Monthly Ham Radio Exams for all levels of license – Preregistration is REQUIRED.

WHEN:  Third Sunday of every month — Exams start promptly at 3:00pm — Doors open at 2:45pm.

WHERE:  EAA 690 Hangar – 690 Airport Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046.

MORE INFO:  Click here for more information, and to pre-register.

ADDITIONAL:  We also administer exams at the annual GARS TechFest (go to http://TechFest.info for more details), and at the annual Stone Mountain Hamfest (go to https://StoneMountainHamfest.com/ for more details).

GARS MEETING LOCATION

EAA 690 – Hangar #1
Gwinnett County Airport – Briscoe Field

690 Airport Rd
Lawrenceville, GA 30046

(Near the intersection of Hwy 316 and Hi-Hope Road)

Talk-in is usually available on the

147.075+ MHz, PL=82.5 Hz repeater

for most GARS events held at the EAA 690 Hangar.

The entrance to the EAA 690 hangar is shown here.

CLICK ON THE IMAGE for a larger map and to get directions.

Please enter the gate on the right.

Follow it around the back of the buildings to the parking area.