Olive Branch Amateur Radio Club

09/14/2025

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08/13/2025

40 Meter FT8 is reaching into most of Europe tonight.

01/25/2025

We’re setup at Olive Branch City Park for Winter Field Day! Come by and say hi!

07/17/2024

Can you identify what this circuit does? Post your answers in the comments below.

05/29/2024

Worked on the Craft Rd repeater this evening. Replaced an antenna and worked on the two meter folded dipole. Thanks to Stephen Shahan, Dennis Wofford, Bobby Stroud, and Brian Kusler.

11/21/2023

One thing I forgot to mention in the meeting notes for tonight is the next items up for grabs in our ongoing equipment raffle from the Laymon donation.

Tonight, we will be raffling off two pieces of ham radio accessories. Item number one is an Opek three position antenna switch. Item number two is an MFJ AutoTuner Extender. These will be offered at the same time, so one winning ticket will receive both pieces. Tickets are $5 each.

I look forward to seeing everyone tonight!

Dennis Wofford, K5OLV

11/20/2023

Hello all,
The Olive Branch Amateur Radio Club will be holding our monthly business meeting on Tuesday, 21 November, at 7pm. A testing session will be conducted preceding the meeting from 6 - 7pm. If you plan to test with us, please notify Wade Wingfield (KB5SSG) at [email protected].

The proposed agenda for this month's meeting is as follows:

1. Call to order
2. Governance
-October minutes review/acceptance (see attachment)
-Treasurer's Report/acceptance
3. Announcements
4. Committee reports
5. Old Business
-Winter Field Day update
-Christmas Party
6. New Business
-Nominations for officers for 2024 calendar year
=President
=Vice President
=Secretary
=Treasurer
-Vote to elect new officers (The vote will be conducted by written ballot in accordance with club by-laws.)

As a reminder, you must be a member of the club in good standing (dues paid for 2023) and you must be present to fill out a physical ballot, so those who attend the meeting via Zoom will not be able to participate in the voting process.

If you have any questions or would like to add an item to the agenda, please let me know. See Zoom credentials below to log in to the Zoom conference.

God bless and 73,
Dennis Wofford, K5OLV
Secretary, Olive Branch ARC

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10/23/2023

From K5FIT in Florence

A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio General Class Licensing course on
Zoom will begin on Thursday, Nov 2, and will run through Thursday,
January 11. The three-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM Eastern
Time. These are the classes that we have been holding for years
sponsored by the National Electronics Museum. Prerequisite is to have
or be studying for the Technician Class License. Please publicize this
with anyone you know that you think would be interested. Those wishing
to sign up should email Roland Anders, K3RA, at
[email protected].

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ARRL Mississippi Section
Section Manager: Malcolm P Keown, W5XX
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09/18/2023

Hello all,
The Olive Branch ARC will be conducting our monthly business meeting and testing session on Tuesday, 19 September, at the Fairhaven Fire Department fire station on Center Hill Rd. Testing will be offered beginning at 6pm and the business meeting at 7pm. The proposed agenda is as follows:

-Call to order: 7pm (Richard Shaw)
-Welcome to members and guests (Richard Shaw)
-Governance:
=Review/approve minutes of the July meeting (Richard Shaw)
=Treasurer's report (Richard Shaw)
-Repeater committee report (Bobby Stroud)
-Update on Day in the Park (Dennis Wofford/Bobby Stroud)
-Christmas Party
-Winter Field Day (Dennis Sayor)
-Presentation

Members may join the meeting via Zoom video conference using the credentials below.

If you have any questions or additions concerning the meeting or agenda, please let me know.

See you all on Tuesday!

Dennis Wofford, K5OLVSecretary, Olive Branch ARC

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08/28/2023

Free, Zoom Technician Licensing Course starting Sept 7

A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Technician Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, Sept 7, and will run through Thursday, October 19 (7 sessions). The three-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM Eastern Time. These are the classes that we have been holding for years sponsored by the National Electronics Museum. Please publicize this with anyone you know that you think would be interested. Those wishing to sign up should email me at [email protected]

07/14/2023

The weekly Tech and Information Net will be starting in 15 minutes. Join us on the 147.255+ (79.7) or 444.7+ (107.2) repeaters . We will be attempting to live stream video from the net control station on this page.