Olive Branch Amateur Radio Club
Helping to make our community "Radio Active" since 1998.
Calendar of Events
Recurring Events
FCC License Testing
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FCC License Testing |
lunteer Examiners (VEs) are US licensed Radio Amateurs holding a General Class license or higher, who offer their time to administer the FCC licensing exams through a FCC authorized Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) organization. The ARRL VEC is the largest VEC organization in the US. A team of three or more ARRL VEs are able to test candidates applying for a new license or upgrading an existing license
The club makes testing times and examiners available every month on the 3rd Tuesday of the month just before our regular scheduled Club Meeting.
Contact: w5har.com license testing or click here:
Dates: 2000-01-01 to 0000-00-00
Time: 18:00:00 to 19:00:00
Location: Fairhaven Fire Station
Address: Center Hill Rd Olive Branch, MS
URL: https://https://www.w5obm.com/aboutus_meetings.php
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Monthly Club Meeting
Club Meeting Times
Meeting
Every Month on the third (3rd) Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm
License Testing
Every Month on the third (3rd) Tuesday at 6:00 pm.
Please contact us for any questions by email by clicking here.
Dates: 2020-01-01 to 2050-12-31
Time: 19:00:00 to 20:00:00
Location: Fairhaven Fire Station
Address: Center Hill Rd Olive Branch, MS
URL: https://w5obm.com/aboutus_meetings.php
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2025 Winter Field Day
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2025Winter Field Day |
Dates: January 25 and 26, 2025
Saturday and Sunday
Times: TBD
Location: TBD
Dates: 2025-01-25 to 2025-01-26
Time: 00:00:00 to 00:00:00
Location: TBD
Address: TBD
URL: https://winterfieldday.org/
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Huntsville Al. Hamfest
Huntsville Hamfest
Hamfest Hours:
We will be open to the public Sat, 9:00–4:30 PM and Sun, 9:00–3:00 PM
Move-in hours for dealers and flea market are
Fri, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM and Sat, 7:00–8:30 AM
Grand Prize drawing:
Saturday @ 4:00 PM (need not be present to win)
Main Prize drawing:
Sunday @ 2:00 PM (must be present to win)
Admission::
$15, ages 12 and under free.
Dates: 2025-08-16 to 2025-08-17
Time: 09:30:00 to 15:30:00
Location: Von Braun Center South Hall
Address: 700 Monroe St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801
URL: https://hamfest.org
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New Website Updates!
Several changes have been added to the W5OBM.com website. A new capability to view uploaded videos of the Club's monthly meeting is not available. Check out the About Us menu item and then click on Meeeting Videos. You will be presented with the most recent Club Meeting videos. The list of past videow will continue to grow as time passes with new videos uploaded each month. Additionally, we now provide newsfeeds from the ARRL. Check out the main page on the OBARC site under the third column section with the ARRL Logo. At the bottom is a link to a new page with ARRL newsfeeds that you cn read by clicking on the newsfeed card. Enjoy this new feature!
FCC Fees for Applications & Changes
The FCC has recently approved new license fees for Amateur Radio and GMRS. According to the FCC (pending final approvals), Amateur Radio Application fees will now cost $35. This same fee will apply to new licenses, renewal licenses, and vanity call signs. No date has been announced for these fees to begin, but it is expected to become effective in June of 2021.
| FCC Request | Charge |
|---|---|
| New License | $35.00 |
| Special temporary authority | $35.00 |
| Rule Waiver | $35.00 |
| License Renewal | $35.00 |
| Vanity Call Sign (Amateur Radio Service) |
$35.00 |
Become an ARRL member
ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio in the US. Founded in 1914 as The American Radio Relay League, ARRL is a noncommercial organization of radio amateurs. The 156,000 ARRL members are many of the active radio amateurs in the nation and has a proud history of achievement. ARRL focuses on five pillars: Public Service, Advocacy, Education, Technology, and Membership.
The Olive Branch Amateur Radio Club is an ARRL affiliated club and we encourage our members to join the ARRL to support the efforts of Amateur Radio and to continue to lobby for frequency allocations and the rights of our Amateur Radio operators. Please, consider becoming a member of the ARRL today!
New Website Updates!. It'll blow your mind.
We welcome the new launch of our updated website designed and engineered by Josh Harris (KI5JFX) and Bobby Stroud (KD5BS). The focus is to provide more informative information to existing users, to invite in new users, and help advance the education of members new and old! The site will provide enhanced contact forms, a membership application form and information about our Weekly Nets and Local Repeaters in the Area. We will provide links to interesting information to HAM operators and with some luck provide a location for New HAMS to get some of the basic start-up information they need to dive into their newly chosen hobby. More to come on this...
Field Day 2024. Plan to participate!
Field Day is ham radio's open house. 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. Field Day is always a fun time to drag out the gear and operate away from the comfort of the Shack. This year, Field day will be on the fourth weekend in June, the 25th and 26th 2021 from 1pm on Saturdya to 1pm on Sunday. This is 24 hours of racking up the contacts across all bands and modes. You can participate on CW, SSB.FM and operate some Digital modes. Points are earned by the type of contact. Extra point awards are given for Digital modes and for operating outside of the normal street power we normally enjoy. Solar power, generator power and battery power all enjoy a multiplier for point awards. This 24-hour event requires coverage of all hours and is important to points accumulation. Set aside these dates and be prepared to help provide the round the clock coverage for this event.
Interested in Emergency Services? How to get involved.
There are a number of organizations that can help provide the organization and training necessary to assist the community and Emergency Service Responders in a time of need. Consider joining one of the many groups in the Memphis Metro area including ARES/RACES, MedMERS SKYWARN and others. Send us a note via our Contact Us form if you need additional information...
