STARS SPRING PICNIC
Spring Picnic and Club Photo Session
Cabot Community Pond
April 13, 2025 2-4pm
MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND
- Museum Ships Weekend Event
- Operating from the USS Razorback (SS-394) at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
- Special event call sign N5R
- Friday, Jun 6, 7:00pm Central - Sunday Jun 8th 6:59pm Central
- We usually start shutting down around 4:00pm on Sunday
- Special event call sign N5R
- We will also be operating from the USS Hoga (YT-146) again this year.
- Special event call sign N5H.
- Come out and have some fun!!
- Operating from the USS Razorback (SS-394) at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
HAMFEST INFORMATION
MTARS Tullahoma Hamfest
HAMFEST/CONVENTION
03/07/2025
Start Date: 03/07/2025
End Date: 03/08/2025
Location: First United Methodist Church
208 West Lauderdale St.
Tullahoma, TN 37388
Website: https://www.qsl.net/mtars/
Sponsor: Middle Tennessee Amateur Radio Society
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.700 -600 offset, PL Tone 114.8
Public Contact: Michael Glennon , KB4JHU
302 Twelve Oaks Road Tullahoma, TN 37388
Phone: 931-588-0302
Email:
Arkansas River Valley Hamfest
HAMFEST/CONVENTION
03/08/2025
Start Date: 03/08/2025
End Date: 03/08/2025
Location: Dardanelle Community Center
2059-2099 AR22
Dardanelle , AR 72834
Website: www.ARVhamfest.com
Sponsor: Arkansas River Valley Amateur Radio Foundation
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.82 repeater 131.8 tone
Public Contact: David Binz , KI5DHG
904 Kings Court 904 Kings Ct. Russellville, AR 72801
Phone: 479-857-0641
Email:
Sevier County 2025 Hamfest
HAMFEST/CONVENTION
03/15/2025
Start Date: 03/15/2025
End Date: 03/15/2025
Location: Sevier County Fairgrounds
754 Old Knoxville Hwy
Sevierville, TN 37862
Website: http://seviercountyhamfest.org
Sponsor: Sevier County Amateur Radio Society
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.940 118.8
Public Contact: Richard M Sawaya , N4JTQ
2005 Spence Mountain Loop Sevierville, TN 37876
Phone: 606-207-7349
Email:
Acadiana DX Association Hamfest and Swapmeet
HAMFEST/CONVENTION
03/21/2025
Start Date: 03/21/2025
End Date: 03/22/2025
Location: Rayne Civic Center
210 Frog Festival Drive
Rayne, LA 70578
Website: http://www.acadianadx.org
Sponsor: Acadiana DX Association
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 147.040 PL 103.5
Public Contact: Ken Turner , KG5YYL
117 Aaron Drive Lafayette, LA 70508
Phone: 337-298-2755
Email:
FreeFest
HAMFEST/CONVENTION
04/12/2025
Start Date: 04/12/2025
End Date: 04/12/2025
Location: Bartlett Station Municipal Center Auditorium
5868 Stage Rd.
Bartlett, TN
Website: http://maraonline.org/freefest
Sponsor: Mid-South Amateur Radio Association
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 147.03/147.63 (PL 107.2)
Public Contact: Art Barnett , WA4PSS
4133 Minden Rd. Memphis, TN 38117
Phone: 901-619-5573
Email:
Swapfest on the Ridge
HAMFEST/CONVENTION
04/19/2025
Start Date: 04/19/2025
End Date: 04/19/2025
Location: Crowley's Ridge State Park
2092 Hwy 168 North
Paragould, AR 72450
Sponsor: Crowley's Ridge Amateur Radio Club
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.610 -600 107.2
Public Contact: , Al Fisher
226 CR7450 Jonesboro, AR 72405
Phone: 870-219-1331
Email:
License Examination
Amateur Radio Testing Information
If you're interested in testing to earn or upgrade an amateur radio license please join us at our monthly meetings.
Test sessions begin at 1:30PM.
Advance registration at Hamstudy.org is highly encouraged.
For questions: Loma Westmoreland (KU5J) at
For information about what to bring to the exam session, click here.
For fully remote online exam sessions try PARC
The FCC released a Public Notice on March 23, 2022, stating that the amateur radio application fees, including those associated with Form 605 application filings, would become effective on April 19, 2022. The Federal Communications Commission's authority to impose and collect fees is mandated by Congress.
The $35 application fee, when it becomes effective on April 19, will apply to new, renewal, and modification applications that request a new vanity call sign. The fee will be per application.
Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or email address, and modification applications to upgrade an amateur radio licensee’s operator class*, will be exempt from fees.
The $15 VEC exam fee will be paid to the Volunteer Examiner Team at the time of testing. The $35 FCC fee will be paid directly to the FCC. After the license application is received, the FCC will send a link to pay the application fee within 10 days.
