What is AMRC?
The Alford Memorial Radio Club (AMRC) is Atlanta's premier Amateur Radio club. The AMRC is
an ARRL Special Service Club that provides many communication and educational services to
the entire Atlanta community.
We also provide emergency support with the DeKalb County ARES group and offer CaVEc sponsored
Amateur Radio licensing test sessions.
The club's flagship repeater, 146.760, was the first 2M repeater in the Atlanta area and is
positioned on top of Stone Mountain, Atlanta's famous landmark. The AMRC also sponsors two
other W4BOC analog FM repeaters operating on the frequencies of 145.450, 224.760 at Exchange
Park in East Atlanta. A Motorola DMR repeater is also located on top of Stone Mountain,
operating on 441.8125+, color code 1. A Yaesu DR-2X System Fusion repeater on 444.250+, PL 131.8
in AMS mode is now in place at the Exchange Park site.
Our club hosts Field Day the 4th full weekend in June and also the largest Hamfest in Georgia
on the first full weekend in November every year. The Hamfest is known as the Stone Mountain
Hamfest and is held at the Lawrenceville, GA Fairgrounds on Sugarloaf Parkway.
Club Meetings-Special Important Notice
The Alford Memorial Radio Club monthly meeting for Thursday May 9, 2024, will be via ZOOM ONLY at 7:00 PM Due to a scheduling conflict with Church activities. This month's program will be: Portable Power From QRO to QRP by Greg Mann, WC4Y.
Please see our Groups.IO site and calendar for more info on the monthly meetings as well as the Zoom meeting link.Some of our recent meeting's programs:
4/11/2024 '3-D Printing 101' by Steve Garrison, N4TTY
3/14/2024 'Using chatGPT from OpenAI to play the role of a Ham Elmer' by Wardell Castles, N4YWH
2/8/2024 'The Birth, Death, and (Hopefully) the Resurrection of an Original Altair 8800' by Steve Garrison, N4TTY
Club Nets
We are looking for volunteers to be Net Control Stations for the club nets.
If you are interested in helping out, each net has a NCS sign-up sheet.
Sunday Evening Club Net
NCS Sign-up Sheet: I volunteer
When: every Sunday
Time: 7pm
Repeater: W4BOC 146.760- MHz (pl 107.2)
Preamble: View Preamble
You may also checkin via Echolink to W4BOC-R. Our club uses NetLogger during the net.
Turnip Truck Net
NCS Sign-up Sheet: I volunteer
When: every Saturday
Time: 10pm
Repeater: W4BOC 146.760- MHz (pl 107.2)
Preamble: View Preamble
You may also checkin via Echolink to W4BOC-R. Our club uses NetLogger during the net.
The Brown Bag Lunch Bunch Net
Net Control: Tom, WA4GIM
When: 1-2 days per week (Mon-Fri)
Time: noon - 1pm
Repeater: W4BOC 146.760- MHz (pl 107.2)
Club Elmers
Amateur radio (HAM Radio) has a long history of service and mentoring others. Those that
choose to help would-be hams learn more about amateur are known as "Elmers".
Here are a few of the AMRC Elmers.
Thomas Fuller, KE4QCM - Dekalb/Georgia ARES, net control operations, VHF/HF packet radio, robust packet radio (RPR), Pactor 1, Amtor, VARA/VARAC, AREDN, DSTAR, DMR, Fusion, weak signal/digital modes, Winlink, FLDigi, DRATS, DXing, Contesting, hardware TNC, Kenwood hybrid radios, 6 meters, APRS
Richard Dervan, N1RBD - portable ops (POTA/SOTA) and CW
Greg Mann, WC4Y - Parks on the Air (POTA), portable ops, Yaesu System Fusion, D-Star, SSB contesting, stealth antennas, end fed half wave antennas, Wolf River Coil antennas, APRS
Contact Us
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Mailing Address
Alford Memorial Radio Club
P.O. Box 1282
Stone Mountain, GA 30086-1282
2024 Club Officers
President - Steve Garrison, N4TTY
Vice President - Larry McLendon, KU4RE
Treasurer - Barry Kanne, W4TGA
Secretary - Ernie Johnston, Jr., WB4LVA
Committee Chairpersons
Trustee - Greg Mann, WC4Y
Repeater Manager - Barry Kanne, W4TGA
Club Counsel - Jim Penland, N4RAR
Club Counsel - Ruth Primm, KJ4SUL
Membership Chair - Douglas Hooper, KQ4DWZ
Hamfest Chair - Steve Garrison, N4TTY
Public Information Officer - Steve Vogel, W4PSV
Field Day Chair - Richard Dervan, N1RBD
Special Events Chair - Richard Dervan, N1RBD
TOTR Newsletter Editor - Mike Smith, KK4KHS
VE Team Chair - Frank Haynes, KV4SP
Net Coordinator - Thomas Fuller, KE4QCM
Webmaster - Thomas Fuller, KE4QCM
Dekalb ARES EC - James Penland, N4RAR