Robertson County Amateur
Radio Club Serving Northern Middle Tennessee and South Central Kentucky
N4RCA
(This page last modified on
09/10/2024)
Welcome
to our
little spot on the
web for 2024. We hope everyone has had a great year, so far. This
year we celebrate our 13th
Anniversary as a club. We
hope that you find our web site informative and
helpful.
Robertson County Amateur Radio Club was founded in June of 2011 by a small group of dedicated amateurs to provide an organization that amateur (ham) radio operators in and around Robertson County can gather to share ideas, mentor other hams to advance in the hobby and to assist non-hams interested in becoming an amateur radio operator. Even though the club is now 10+ years old, we are still working hard to make this a viable communications resource to the people of the surrounding area. Please bear with us while we continue to work through this process.
While we are based in Robertson County Tennessee, just North of Nashville, we support all counties in Northern Middle Tennessee and in South Central Kentucky and invite any licensed amateur radio operator in these areas to join our group and help us to grow.
Club meetings are held at 7:00pm on the first Thursday night of each month at the First Free Will Baptist Church, 811 16th Ave. East in Springfield, TN. Enter the building from the back door, lower level. The meetings are open to all and everyone interested in amateur radio is welcome to attend. You can find an aerial map of the location and current meeting/testing dates further down this page. Clicking on the map will take you to Google maps where you can calculate directions from your location.
Need to send us something in snail mail? Our address is....
Getting your license
We previously offered free classes for those that wished to obtain their ham radio license or for currently licensed hams that are looking to upgrade. We had a successful Technician class in 2017 but it seems that most people, in this busy time and with covid around every corner, prefer to self study now. Getting your amateur license does not require a training class but for some, it helps understand the information that you need to know to not only pass the tests, but to be a successful amateur radio operator.. Many people have tested for their license with only self study of the manual and sometimes coupled with one of the several websites that offer online practice test sessions. You can find some of these practice test websites in our Amateur Links Page. There is a link for that page in our "Links of Interest" section above.
RCARC has our own VE team to administer license exams and we are offering exam sessions on the first Saturday of just about every month at First Free Will Baptist Church in Springfield. Test sessions are at 1pm but you might want to get there a few minutes early to get your paperwork done. The VE team is usually there around 12:30 to set up. Check the RCARC VE Team link above for much more information about the testing and upcoming testing dates scheduled for 2023. Please note that the FCC is now requiring you to file for and obtain your FRN number PRIOR to attending your first test session. Links and instructions for this can be found on our RCARC VE Team page.
CQ....CQ....CQ....We
are seeking you to become the newest member
of the Robertson County ARC.
Membership information for the club can be found by clicking here
Join us on our weekly net Tuesday nights immediately following the ARES net on the 147.345 N4RCA repeater (PL 114.8)
The ARES net starts at 7pm and the RCARC club net usually starts around 7:20 to 7:30ish
If you are a club member interested in calling the net please contact
Randy White KJ4TFU - Net Manager at kj4tfu@robertsoncountyarc.org
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site is constantly under
construction....please check back often.
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Robertson County Amateur Radio Club was founded in June of 2011 by a small group of dedicated amateurs to provide an organization that amateur (ham) radio operators in and around Robertson County can gather to share ideas, mentor other hams to advance in the hobby and to assist non-hams interested in becoming an amateur radio operator. Even though the club is now 10+ years old, we are still working hard to make this a viable communications resource to the people of the surrounding area. Please bear with us while we continue to work through this process.
While we are based in Robertson County Tennessee, just North of Nashville, we support all counties in Northern Middle Tennessee and in South Central Kentucky and invite any licensed amateur radio operator in these areas to join our group and help us to grow.
Club meetings are held at 7:00pm on the first Thursday night of each month at the First Free Will Baptist Church, 811 16th Ave. East in Springfield, TN. Enter the building from the back door, lower level. The meetings are open to all and everyone interested in amateur radio is welcome to attend. You can find an aerial map of the location and current meeting/testing dates further down this page. Clicking on the map will take you to Google maps where you can calculate directions from your location.
Need to send us something in snail mail? Our address is....
Robertson
County Amateur Radio Club
PO Box 233
Springfield, TN 37172-0233
PO Box 233
Springfield, TN 37172-0233
**Announcements**
Our weekly net is on Tuesday nights, immediatly following the Robertson County / Cheatham County
ARES net which meets at 7pm on the 147.345 N4RCA repeater in Cross Plains. The ARES net is usually concluded by about 7:20pm.
RCARC is now an approved 501(c)3 tax exempt public charity by the IRS. Any donations to the club are tax exempt on your Federal Income Tax.
We would like to thank the Robertson County Senior Center for their hospitality in providing us a meeting and testing location as the club was getting started and later NorthCrest Hospital up until hey had to limit access due to Covid-19 restrictions.
See below for map of the church location where meetings and VE Testing sessions are currently held.
Click on the map to go to Google Maps to calculate directions if needed.
(clicking the map will take you away from our site unless you right click and open in another tab or window)
Our meetings are open to all...hams, non-hams, members and non-members. Come visit with us Thursday night, October 3rd at 7pm.
Each meeting includes a program geared around amateur radio or one of the many aspects of the hobby.
Whatever it is.... it will, as always, be interesting to the amateur operators in attendance.
Looking to obtain your amateur radio license or upgrade your current license class?
Our next scheduled VE Testing Session is on Saturday, October 5th at 1pm at the First Free Will Baptist Church. See map above for location and directions.
Good News for those wishing to test.... starting in January 2024, our VE team is once again offer testing sessions EVERY month.
The schecule has been updated on our VE testing page with all upcoming test dates for 2024
For additional testing information please click the "RCARC VE Team" link below.
Our weekly net is on Tuesday nights, immediatly following the Robertson County / Cheatham County
ARES net which meets at 7pm on the 147.345 N4RCA repeater in Cross Plains. The ARES net is usually concluded by about 7:20pm.
RCARC is now an approved 501(c)3 tax exempt public charity by the IRS. Any donations to the club are tax exempt on your Federal Income Tax.
We would like to thank the Robertson County Senior Center for their hospitality in providing us a meeting and testing location as the club was getting started and later NorthCrest Hospital up until hey had to limit access due to Covid-19 restrictions.
See below for map of the church location where meetings and VE Testing sessions are currently held.
Click on the map to go to Google Maps to calculate directions if needed.
(clicking the map will take you away from our site unless you right click and open in another tab or window)
Our meetings are open to all...hams, non-hams, members and non-members. Come visit with us Thursday night, October 3rd at 7pm.
Each meeting includes a program geared around amateur radio or one of the many aspects of the hobby.
Whatever it is.... it will, as always, be interesting to the amateur operators in attendance.
Looking to obtain your amateur radio license or upgrade your current license class?
Our next scheduled VE Testing Session is on Saturday, October 5th at 1pm at the First Free Will Baptist Church. See map above for location and directions.
Good News for those wishing to test.... starting in January 2024, our VE team is once again offer testing sessions EVERY month.
The schecule has been updated on our VE testing page with all upcoming test dates for 2024
For additional testing information please click the "RCARC VE Team" link below.
Links
of
Interest
Getting your license
We previously offered free classes for those that wished to obtain their ham radio license or for currently licensed hams that are looking to upgrade. We had a successful Technician class in 2017 but it seems that most people, in this busy time and with covid around every corner, prefer to self study now. Getting your amateur license does not require a training class but for some, it helps understand the information that you need to know to not only pass the tests, but to be a successful amateur radio operator.. Many people have tested for their license with only self study of the manual and sometimes coupled with one of the several websites that offer online practice test sessions. You can find some of these practice test websites in our Amateur Links Page. There is a link for that page in our "Links of Interest" section above.
RCARC has our own VE team to administer license exams and we are offering exam sessions on the first Saturday of just about every month at First Free Will Baptist Church in Springfield. Test sessions are at 1pm but you might want to get there a few minutes early to get your paperwork done. The VE team is usually there around 12:30 to set up. Check the RCARC VE Team link above for much more information about the testing and upcoming testing dates scheduled for 2023. Please note that the FCC is now requiring you to file for and obtain your FRN number PRIOR to attending your first test session. Links and instructions for this can be found on our RCARC VE Team page.
CQ....CQ....CQ....We
are seeking you to become the newest member
of the Robertson County ARC. Membership information for the club can be found by clicking here
Join us on our weekly net Tuesday nights immediately following the ARES net on the 147.345 N4RCA repeater (PL 114.8)
The ARES net starts at 7pm and the RCARC club net usually starts around 7:20 to 7:30ish
If you are a club member interested in calling the net please contact
Randy White KJ4TFU - Net Manager at kj4tfu@robertsoncountyarc.org
This
site is constantly under
construction....please check back often.If you have comments or suggestions, please e-mail us!
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Since September 17, 2011
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