Treaty City Amateur Radio Association

10/21/2026

This past Saturday, the TCARA hosted a gathering in the Greenville City Park. We had two shortwave staions on the air, and made a few contacts. A light lunch was provided, as well as lots of fellowship. Several local hams attended, as well as friends from Randolph, Jay, and Mercer Counties.

We also had supplies to make Slim Jim type antennas. Jonathan recently received his license, and became a third generation ham operator. It was a lot of fun helping him build a working antenna that will help extend the range of his portable radio.

Thank you to everyone that helped with this event, whether you provided food, equipment, helped set up and tear down, or just came to visit. Things came together, and made the afternoon a success! We'll have to discuss another gathering for spring!

10/17/2026

Thank you to everyone that showed up to our POTA event. Contacts were made, conversations were good, friends were made, food was ate. I call that a successful event.

We had members from surrounding clubs stop by and participate and join in on conversation and food. The weather turned out nicer than they were talking and the indoor shelter was a nice feature.

Looking forward to our next club event. Stay tuned for further information.

Again thank you to everyone who showed up helped out.
~Tyler, W8OUG

10/12/2026

10/01/2026

As hard as it is to believe, today is the first day of October! It's also meeting day for the TCARA. We'll meet this evening at 7:30pm, at Spirit Medical Transport (Rt 49 and Eidson Rd) in Greenville.

We'll have updates on the repeater, as well as discussion on a possible fox hunt, and operating in the city park this month. Anyone interested in ham radio is welcome to join us!

08/18/2026

Our neighbors with the Randolph County Amateur Radio Club will host a guest speaker at their next meeting. Ed Fong will be joining to discuss his various j-pole antennas. This will take place on Tuesday, Septemeber 1 at 7:00pm. More info on the poster below.

07/24/2026

If you're a licensed ham operator and will be in town for tomorrow's Annie Oakley Parade, we'll be helping along the route. We'll have hams along the route to help observe for any issues along the way.

We'll meet at the Greenville Fire Department at 8:30am to organize, and assign operator locations. The parade will kick off at 10:00am. Our operations will be on the 146.790 repeater (94.8 Hz tone).

Thanks for volunteering!

07/10/2026

All Hams on deck,
We need every available operator for the Annie Oakley Days Parade.

When: Saturday July 25th
Where : Meet at the Greenville firehouse on west Main St just off the circle
Time: Start to gather at 8:30am should be done shortly after 12pm
prepare for the weather of the day.

This is a big event that covers a lot of ground, your help is always appreciated

Thanks,

Jeff Yantis
KD8KIR

06/29/2026

TCARA Field Day 2026

06/29/2026

On Saturday, June 27, The TCARA hosted a gathering for ARRL Field Day at Ivester Park, in Arcanum, Ohio. The Field Day event is held each year to promote building portable stations, and learning about our radio equipment. These type of portable stations could be used in an emergency or disaster situation, when other type of communication aren't working.

We had 3 HF (shortwave) stations on the air, as well as a VHF radio. Field Day operates like other radio contests, in that you can compete for the most contacts, best score, etc. Our group focused on building our portable stations, and comradery. Good company, radios, and snacks made for a fun afternoon!

We also had some scouts visit, and see some of what we do with different modes of communication, using voice modes, as well as a digital station with a computer processing the radio traffic.

We're definitely looking forward to next year's Field Day, as well as our next activities!