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Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2010
NOAA Updates Hurricane Season Forecast

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has posted an update to their prediction for the 2010 Hurricane Season. And while the season has gotten off to a slow start, NOAA is expecting the 11th above average year since 1995. For full details on this updated prediction go to http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane.shtml

Posted: Monday, August 02, 2010
146.97 is back on the air.

The CARS-K4JMH VHF Repeater -- 146.97 -- is back on the air as of 4:51 PM Sunday afternoon. Click here for more details.

Posted: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Press Release: August 12th Meeting Special Guest Tammie Souza

Tammie Souza, Chief Meteorologist at WTSP Ch 10 in Tampa Bay will be the special guest speaker at the August 12th CARS meeting. Click here for the official press release. Start time is 7:30pm and the doors will open at 6:30pm. We will hold our raffle at the end of the business meeting and tickets will be sold before the meeting and during the break. Tickets are $10 at the meeting or $11 online. Click here for more details about the raffle.

Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
New FCC Ruling

FCC decision allows Hospital employees to use Amateur Radio frequencies to participate in emergency drills. This is good news for Morton Plant Hospitals and CARS. Click here to see the Official Ruling.

Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
IARU - HAM Operator Ethics
We have added the following link to our "Links" page: IARU - HAM Operator Ethics

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Check out our new section on the website - CARS in the Media

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View old articles about CARS, one announcement from the St. Pete Times is from 1950. That is 30 B.C. (before Craig) for those of you keeping count. Click the link in the main menu to the left or click here to check it out. If you know of an article or news video about CARS and you don't see it here, please email the webmaster.

Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2010
David "Doc" Sloan (SK)
Doc Sloan (K4IXB) passed away on July 10th, 2010. Please click here to visit his memorial page and share your stories about Doc.

Posted: Friday, July 09, 2010
CARS Fundraiser 8/12/2010

CARS is holding a fundraiser to replenish the repeater fund. We are selling tickets for a chance to win an ICOM T70A Dualband Handheld. Click here for more details and a chance to enter via Paypal.

Posted: Wednesday, July 07, 2010
CARS Members Provide Communication Support for 31st Annual Kiwanis Midnight Run

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CARS members stepped up to help out the local chapter of the Kiwanis Club by providing safety communications support for their annual midnight run.

Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010
James "Jim" Homan Jr. (SK)
Jim Homan Jr. (W4DPH) passed away on July 4th, 2010. Please click here to visit his memorial page and share your stories about Jim.

Posted: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Field Day 2010 was a huge success!

See our press release and photos from Field Day weekend. Thanks to Kevin Poorman (KV4CT) for writing the presser and allowing us to post his photos and video. Ihave also posted a message board where you can tell your stories about CARS Field Day!

Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
New Mailing Address

CARS has a new mailing address. Effective immediately, you can reach CARS at:

P.O. Box 4824

Clearwater, FL 33758

Posted: Friday, April 09, 2010
April Meeting Review
CARS April meeting featured Tom Crowley from SARA (Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers). Tom delivered an excellent presentation about radio astronomy that the 12 members in attendance seemed to appreciate. It was a great program, maybe we can invite Tom back next year to a better turnout.

Posted: Sunday, April 04, 2010
Shuttle Coverage on 147.315 4/5/2010

Sorry for the late notice, but I wanted to pass along that we'll be carrying shuttle audio on the 147.315 repeater tomorrow morning for the launch of the space shuttle discovery at 6:21 am.

Posted: Sunday, April 04, 2010
444.150 has been re-linked to the system!
The 444.150 repeater in Dunedin has been re-linked to the rest of the CARS Repeater System.

Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2009
CARS Helps Scouts Earn Radio Merit Badge
For the 6th year in a row, CARS participates in the West Central Florida Council Merit Badge University Event.

Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2009
444.150 Repeater Back on the Air
CARS North County UHF Repeater is back on the air.

Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
CARS February 2009 Meeting and Radio Programming Assistance
The program at this month's meeting will include a workshop for programming HT's due to the recent PL changes to the CARS repeater system. Files to assist in programming some models of HTs have been placed on the Repeater Information page.

Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2009
All CARS Repeaters on Harmonized PL Tones 2/7/2009
As of Saturday, February 7, 2007 all CARS Repeaters have been harmonized to a 146.2 PL tone

Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2009
442.350 Dunedin Repeater is Back on the Air
Courtesy of W4BNC, the Dunedin UHF repeater is operational once again.

Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2009
CARS Tarpon Springs Repeater Back on the Air
The 444.450 machine is operational and linked into the CARS repeater system.

Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2009
CARS Celebrates 55 Years
This month marks fifty-five (55) years since the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society, Inc. first became affiliated with the ARRL.

Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
CARS VE Team Results for 2008
The CARS VE Team reports a successful year

Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
CARS REPEATERS Changing PL Tones
CARS Repeater PL Tone Harmonizing Project Under Way

Posted: Saturday, November 22, 2008
CARS Meeting Place to Change for 2009
Effective with the January 2009 meeting, CARS will return to the Clearwater Fire Training Facility

Posted: Saturday, November 22, 2008
CARS VE Coordinator Named Region 4 Cordinator for Laurel VEC
Laurel VEC N Names CARS Own DAN HAWTHORNE Region 4 Coordinator!

Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2008
CARS 2009 Edition
Mark you calendars for the CARS meetings for 2009. Check back often, or check in to the Wednesday night net for updates!

Posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
CARS Has a New PO Box
The CARS Post Office box has been changed.

Posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
CARS Helps Scouts Earn Radio Merit Badge
Over the past 4 years, CARS has assisted approximately 120 Boy Scouts earn their Radio Merit Badge.

Posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
Thanks for a Successful Scout Triathlon
CARS and Local Hams help a Clearwater Boy Scout Troop stage a Unique Triathlon

Posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
Congratulations to the CARS VE Team!
Our VE team, led by Dan Hawthorn, AI4ET has surpassed $5000 in test fees saved by the local Amateur Radio community from FREE license exams.

Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
2007 CARS Christmas Party
Our Annual Christmas Party will be held December 14th, this year.

Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
New Club Officers for 2008
Congratulations to the 2008 CARS Board of Directors

Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
New Club Dues Structure for 2008
At the November 2007 meeting, the club voted to restructure member dues.

Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007
Local Ham Nominated to AMSAT Board of Directors
Drew Glassbrenner, KO4MA has been nominated for a position on the AMSAT Board of Directors

Posted: Thursday, January 04, 2007
A New CARS Repeater is On the Air
Thanks to the generosity of Dan Johnson, W4BNC and Jon Pearl, W4ABC, CARS has a new repeater on the air.

Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2006
CARS Weekly Net Protocol
CARS Weekly Net Protocol has been updated

Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2006
carshamradio.org Has a New Host
CARS own web site now hosted by ReadyAlert/DMR Services

Posted: Saturday, July 01, 2006
CARS Expeditionary Force Looks for Space Shuttle
Follow N4BSA, KG4TFI and KI4LCH on their adventure into the unknown as they go in search of the Space Shuttle launch. Check back often for the latest info and photos.

Posted: Monday, June 26, 2006
CARS Field Day Palooza 2006 Photos
Here are the photos from Field Day. Courtsey of AB4EZ, KI4LCH, K4ALH, N4BSA and N3QP.

Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006
John Townsley, AE4GB, SK -- 2nd UPDATE
Long time CARS member John Townsley, AE4GB unexpectedly dies just before his wedding day.

Posted: Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Merit Badge University -- WCF Boy Scouts -- Photos
Here are a couple of photos from the recent Merit Badge University class taught by CARS to the Boy Scouts.

Posted: Wednesday, May 03, 2006
CARS Spring Picnic 2006 -- Photos
K4ALH took some photos of the Spring Picnic at Honeymoon Island.

Posted: Saturday, March 11, 2006
From the President
CARS is kicking into high gear, as the activity calendar fills up!

Posted: Wednesday, March 08, 2006
New CARS Officers for 2006
Meet the new club leadership for 2006!

Posted: Monday, October 24, 2005
Photos from JOTA 2005
We just got out of the woods from the JOTA/Camporee event with the Boy Scouts. Great time was had by all. Even sighted the rare Florida Skunk Ape a couple of times. No pictures, unfortunately. We did witness it tear thorough a cheese Danish! I hear he's been sighted on APRS, of all things...

Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2005
CARS First
CARS First – A new direction for the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society

Posted: Friday, August 12, 2005
CARS Repeater Status -- UPDATE 8/12/2005
The 23cm repeater is down. The 2m repeater is down also.

Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2005
NEW Online Membership Application and Renewal Form
The CARS web site now supports on-line membership application and renewal.

Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2005
23cm Repeater On the Air
CARS adds a new band to the club repeater system.

Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2005
Photos from Merit Badge University 2005
CARS was invited to certify 36 Boy Scouts for the Radio Merit Badge. Here are some photos from that event.

Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2005
CARS Field Day 2005 -- Photos
Here are some photographs from our Field Day event this year.

Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005
Hurricane and Hurricane Preparedness Radio Program
CARS own Paul Toth, NA4AR will be featured on a Bay Area broadcast radio program.

Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2005
FLORIDA AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AT RISK
This information was cut from various posts to the CARS (and other) Amateur Radio email reflectors. It is vitally important that EVERY Ham read this article.

Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2005
Giants in our Midst
Three Amateur Radio Operators in the West Central Florida section have been honored.

Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2005
New CARS Email List
A new Google Group has been created for CARS.

Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005
CARS Email Reflector is Down
There has been a hard failure with the server that hosts the CARS email reflector.

Posted: Monday, March 14, 2005
New 23cm Repeater
CARS is adding a 23cm repeater to the WB4BZF repeater system.

Posted: Saturday, February 12, 2005
CARS Weekly Net Active Again!
The 146.970 repeater is working again...

Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2005
FREE FREE FREE Amateur Radio Testing -- UPDATE
Since we began offering FREE testing in February we have served 81 applicants for a savings of $1134.00 as of October 2005. Congratulations to the CARS VE Team!!! This is our gift to the local amateur community. Care to join us? Contact any club officer or Dan Hawthorne, AI4ET at ai4et@tampabay.rr.com.

Posted: Sunday, November 14, 2004
CARS Officers for 2005
Congratulations to the new CARS Board of Directors

Posted: Monday, October 25, 2004
ARRL Toy Drive for Hurricane Kids
CARS will participate in the ARRL Toy Drive to benefit Florida children affected by the 2004 hurricanes.

Posted: Thursday, April 01, 2004
Clearwater Amateur Radio Club Celebrates 50 Years of Service
The Clearwater Amateur Radio Society (CARS) is celebrating its first 50 years of service to the Tampa Bay region this month.

Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2004
CARS Celebrates 50 Years of ARRL Affiliation
CARS has been affiliated with the ARRL for 50 years! Plan to celebrate!!!

Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2004
CARS Qualifies for ARRL SSC Status
CARS has certified as an ARRL Special Service Club (SSC).

Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Public Information Officer
CARS has a new Public Information Officer (PIO).

Posted: Monday, November 17, 2003
Photo's from Fall Picnic (2003)
With what was possibly the most scenic location we have ever had a CARS picnic at (thanks Al) as a backdrop we enjoyed ourselves doing what hams do best, eating and playing radio.

Posted: Saturday, October 25, 2003
Photos from the University of Scouting
CARS shared our love of Amateur Radio with area Scouting leaders.

Posted: Monday, September 22, 2003
Board of Directors Nominations

CARS elections for the Board of Directors is in November, nominations are due in October.

Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Temporary Meeting Place for August
Cars will meet at the 4-H one more time

Posted: Monday, June 09, 2003
CARS June Meeting At 4-H Club
In preparation for Field Day 2003 the June Meeting will be held June 12th at the 4-H Club facilities on Hamlin Blvd. (Click headline for map and details)

Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 2003
CARS April-May Newsletter is posted.
Download the latest Clearwater Connection.

Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2003
Linda Fedor (KB3DYO) - SK
Our friend Linda Fedor has become a silent Key

Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2003
CARS Spring Picnic - Huge Success
The CARS spring picnic held April 26th at the 4H club was a great time.

Next club meeting:
Thursday Sep 9 at 7:30 P.M.Next Clearwater Amateur Radio Exam Session: Monday Sep 13 at 7 PM

As of August 10th, 2010, CARS has saved the local Ham Community $7,616 for 535 applicants by offering FREE Testing.

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