{"id":2,"date":"2020-03-06T00:49:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T05:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:50:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">We Invite You&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Join us at our next Meeting, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Workshop, or Operating Event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Please scroll down for more info about <\/span><\/span>our club below.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Guests are always welcome to any of these events!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>MEETINGS:<\/strong><\/span> The second Tuesday of every month (except December) starts at 7:00 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">WORKSHOPS:<\/span><\/strong> The third Tuesday of every month (except December) starts at 7:00 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred; font-weight: bold;\">GARS MEETING<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>We meet on the second Tuesday of every month, except December. Guests are always welcome to our functions!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHEN: <\/span>Second Tuesday &#8211; Doors open at 6:30 pm, Meeting Starts at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHERE:<\/span> EAA 690 Hangar, Gwinnett County Airport &#8211; Briscoe Field,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/690+Airport+Rd,+Lawrenceville,+GA+30046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">690 Airport Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">LIVE STREAMING:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GarsTube\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join us on YouTubeLIVE each month on the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM Eastern<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">UPCOMING MEETINGS and PROGRAMS:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 12 &#8211; Simple Multi-Band Antennas &#8211; Various Speakers led by Kevin Scott K4GTR<\/li>\n<li>June 9 &#8211; GARS Ice Cream Social at Harbins Park (Bring Your Own Brown Bag Meal)<\/li>\n<li>July 14 &#8211; CubeSat Presentation by Annie Mchta KQ4NJC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\">PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/previous-presentations\/\">Click here to view our Previous Presentations.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred; font-weight: bold;\">GARS WORKSHOP<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHEN: <\/span>Third Tuesday &#8211; Doors open at 6:30 pm, Meeting Starts at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHERE:\u00a0<\/span>EAA 690 Hangar, Gwinnett County Airport &#8211; Briscoe Field,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/690+Airport+Rd,+Lawrenceville,+GA+30046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">690 Airport Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">UPCOMING WORKSHOPS and PROGRAMS:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The GARS Workshops are one week after the general meeting, and our topic generally follows the topic of our monthly guest speaker.<\/li>\n<li>If it is not practical to have hands-on examples of the guest speaker&#8217;s presentation, we discuss upcoming events, have Elmers to help answer questions about anything ham radio related, and assist in programming radios, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">MORE INFO:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/monthly-workshops\/\">Click here for more information about our Monthly Workshops<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/previous-presentations\/\">Click here to view our Previous Presentations.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred;\">Exciting Membership Update!<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GARS is now giving all licensed new members their first year of membership for FREE!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* New members only &#8211; If you have ever been a GARS member at any time in the past, you are not eligible.<br \/>\n* Subject to all conditions listed in our Bylaws (<a href=\"https:\/\/gars.org\/bylaws\/\">https:\/\/gars.org\/bylaws\/<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/membership-online-new-member-form\/\">Membership \u2013 Online New Member Form<\/a>\u00a0to join!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred; font-weight: bold;\">GARS &#8211; ARRL FIELD DAY &#8211; 2026<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>ARRL Field Day is coming up fast, June 27th and 28th.<\/p>\n<p>We will be at <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/SPU9MFYdMFpGEuP66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harbins Park, Luke Edwards Road<\/a>, Dacula, GA again this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time Line:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Setup starts at 8:00 AM on Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>Lunch on Saturday is scheduled to start at 12:00 noon.<\/li>\n<li>On the Air starts at 2:00 PM on Saturday and ends at 1:59 PM on Sunday.\n<ul>\n<li>We will have plenty of Station Captains and Elmers on site to help you make and log contacts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Midnight Ice Cream may start as early as 10:00 PM Saturday and goes until all is eaten or melted.<\/li>\n<li>Teardown starts at 2:00 PM on Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember to bring friends and family, all are welcome.\u00a0 This is a great way to share with others what this hobby is all about.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;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.\u00a0 If you want to know more, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrl.org\/field-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARRL Field Day<\/a> page which explains Field Day<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 Your family is invited to dinner too.\u00a0 Please indicate how many will attend dinner on the spreadsheet.\u00a0 If you can volunteer for bringing a radio or performing a specific task, please indicate that as well on the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Aa90Xw8n7ji3JWyft9b6trLwY2rH-ifdpg4w-EY2_cA\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to open our Google Spreadsheet to sign up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrl.org\/field-day-locator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Field Day site locator<\/a> map.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>At the Field Day site, we&#8217;ll use 146.550 Simplex for coms.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred;\">Meet the Members Contest &#8211; May 17-24<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>This fun GARS-only event\/contest is a spinoff of our May Madness contest.\u00a0 This will be a week-long event where you contact other GARS members using GARS repeaters.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 We are looking to hold this event in May.\u00a0 More info at our meetings and via our <strong>GARZette newsletter.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/meet-the-members\/\">Click here for the rules.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: darkred;\">Dacula Memorial Day Parade May 25th 2026<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/wp-content\/uploads\/we_will_not_forget-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/wp-content\/uploads\/we_will_not_forget-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/wp-content\/uploads\/we_will_not_forget.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We help setup the parade participants. We start at 0700 and will be through by 1300.<\/p>\n<p>Sign-Up for the Dacula Memorial Day Parade. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc4c7i-daThdqO09g39q6qRj7ZZVJX4n6h_KV2x2O6-Z1nvyg\/viewform\">Click here to Sign-Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please upload any photos you take to our Groups.io group for everyone to see.<br \/>\n* Simply go to <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/GARS\/photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/GARS\/photos<\/a><br \/>\n* Click on the \u201cNew Album\u201d button<br \/>\n* Enter an Album name in the format \u201c2019 Memorial Day Parade by YourCallSign\u201d<br \/>\n* Click the \u201cCreate\u201d button<br \/>\n* Click the \u201c+ Add Photos\u201d button<br \/>\n* and upload away!<br \/>\nWhen you are done, please send an email to the group letting them know you uploaded some pictures.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred;\">GARS 2 Meter NET<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/wp-content\/uploads\/GARS-Net.jpg\" alt=\"repeater\" width=\"148\" height=\"100\" \/>Join GARS for our weekly Monday Night; Want, Sell, Swap, and Information Net,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>WHEN:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Every Monday Night &#8211; Starting at 7:30 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">WHERE:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 GARS Primary 2M Repeater on 147.075 MHz (+ offset), CTCSS = 82.5 Hz<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">REPEATERS:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/home\/repeater-systems\/\">GARS Repeater Systems\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">List net control stations: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1NAnfSU1N0X3aOwaUxmH64bNTDKgVJKbv-uph0ZjjCWs\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to spreadsheet for operators<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred;\">GARS 70 Centimeter NET<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Join GARS for our weekly Thursday Night 70 cm informal Net,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>WHEN:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Every Thursday Night &#8211; Starting at 7:30 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">WHERE:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 GARS Buford Repeater on 442.325 MHz (+ offset), CTCSS = 100 Hz<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">REPEATERS:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/home\/repeater-systems\/\">GARS Repeater Systems\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">List net control stations: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1NAnfSU1N0X3aOwaUxmH64bNTDKgVJKbv-uph0ZjjCWs\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to spreadsheet for operators<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred; font-weight: bold;\">GARS BREAKFAST CREW<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/wp-content\/uploads\/GARS-Breakfast.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" \/><strong>Join GARS members for Breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHEN:<\/span> Most Saturday mornings &#8211; Starting around 7:30 AM<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHERE:<\/span> Cracker Barrel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/75+Celebration+Dr,+Suwanee,+GA+30024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">75 Celebration Dr, Suwanee, GA 30024 (near the intersection of Lawrenceville-Suwannee and I-85)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred; font-weight: bold;\">GARS LUNCH BUNCH<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18258 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/wp-content\/uploads\/lunch-clip-art.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"161\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Join GARS members for Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHEN:<\/span> Most Fridays &#8211; Starting around 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHERE:<\/span> Chili&#8217;s &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/947+Lawrenceville-Suwanee+Rd,+Lawrenceville,+GA+30043\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">947 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30043<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred; font-weight: bold;\">GARS MEETING &amp; WORKSHOP DINNER<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dinner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"100\" \/><strong>You are invited to join your fellow GARS members for dinner before our monthly GARS Meetings and Workshops.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHEN:<\/span> \u00a0Second and Third Tuesday of every month, except December &#8211; 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHERE:<\/span> Sonny&#8217;s BBQ &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/660+Duluth+Hwy,+Lawrenceville,+GA+30046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">660 Duluth Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30046<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred; font-weight: bold;\">GARS HAM RADIO EXAMS<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19540 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/wp-content\/uploads\/GARS_VE_Team_Logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Monthly Ham Radio Exams for all levels of license &#8211; Preregistration is <strong>REQUIRED<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHEN:<\/span>\u00a0 Third Sunday of every month \u2014 Exams start promptly at 3:00pm \u2014 Doors open at 2:45pm.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">WHERE:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/690+Airport+Rd,+Lawrenceville,+GA+30046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EAA 690 Hangar &#8211; 690 Airport Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">MORE INFO:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/ham-exams\/\">Click here for more information, and to pre-register.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue; font-weight: bold;\">ADDITIONAL:<\/span>\u00a0 We also administer exams at the annual GARS TechFest (go to <a href=\"http:\/\/TechFest.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/TechFest.info<\/a> for more details), and at the annual Stone Mountain Hamfest (go to <a href=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/StoneMountainHamfest.com\/<\/a> for more details).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: darkred; font-weight: bold;\">GARS MEETING LOCATION<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/location\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16074 alignright\" title=\"EAA 690 Hangar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/eaa690-driveway.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>EAA 690 &#8211; Hangar #1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Gwinnett County Airport \u2013 Briscoe Field<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/690+Airport+Rd,+Lawrenceville,+GA+30046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">690 Airport Rd<br \/>\nLawrenceville, GA 30046<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Near the intersection of Hwy 316 and Hi-Hope Road)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Talk-in is usually available on the <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>147.075+ MHz, PL=82.5 Hz repeater <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>for most GARS events held at the EAA 690 Hangar.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The entrance to the EAA 690 hangar is shown here.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>CLICK ON THE IMAGE <\/b><\/span>for a larger map and to get directions.<\/p>\n<p>Please enter the gate on the right.<\/p>\n<p>Follow it around the back of the buildings to the parking area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"position: static !important;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Invite You&#8230; 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