Welcome To Polk County NC

Providing emergency communications throughout
Polk County, North Carolina in times of any disaster.

Visit our club's solar powered repeater
KF4JVI - 145.330

The Thermal Belt Two Meter Net
is held on each Monday starting at 7:30pm,
All area Hams are invited to join in.

The KF4JVI Repeater is an open repeater.
The frequency is 145.330 with a minus offset.

The KF4JVI Repeater is totally solar powered.
We have been fully on Solar Power since Oct 1998.
Please check out the pictures on the link above.

Atlanta Area APRS Home Page
Using Amateur Radio Communications to assist in tracking storm chasers doing their job tracking the storms and other sever weather.

Western North Carolina Amateur Radio Club.
Home to the WESTCARS Ham Radio Fest at the Fair Grounds ~ Last Saturday of August Near Asheville NC.

Call Sign Lookup
By name or call sign USA ONLY

SGC's SG-2020
SGC makers of the smallest QRP allmode all band HF rig. Check out the Model

Elecraft HF QRP all mode Kit
Want to build a HF All mode Kit - then you must check this one out. As good as the SG-2020 but you put it together and you can then fix it yourself!

Lake View Antenna Company
Makers of Mobile and Base Antennas

The Wireman
The BEST supplier of antenna and parts out there!

NC Amateur Radio Club Links
State of NC Club Links plus more info. on other activities as maintained by the TAR RIVER ARC.

WWW.QSL.NET
Go to QSL.net and do a web page!

The Hendersonville Area Club

Spartanburg Amateur Radio Club

AC6V's Mega Links Ham pages

Gray Line and Current Time

Large Selection of Links to check out.

HAM Swap / For sale / Trade Page

On the Short Wave Bands

HF Radio.Org for all of your HF Needs

How About a little 6 Meters?

Join the SKY WARN SPOTTER SYSTEM

Anyone may be a spotter, you do not have to be a Amateur Radio Operator to be one. All that is required is to find out where you have to go to take the class given by the fine folks from the Greenville / Spartanburg National Weather Service and then join in on all of the actions as it happens! Please feel free to contact us for information on the next class.

All hams are welcome to attend our meetings.
Feel free to bring friends as well as encourage other would be hams
to attend the meetings to learn more about this fantastic hobby.

Our Meetings

The Thermal Belt Amateur Radio Club holds a luncheon meeting on the Last Wednesday of the month at the United Methodist Church in Columbus, NC.

Lunch starts at 11:45am .

Presentation / Meeting will start at 12:30 pm

Lunch and meeting is
usually over by 1:30 p.m.

The TBARC participates in the Assaults on Mt. Mitchell and and the Assault on Marion bicycle tours which takes place normally near the first of the month of June each year ~ Per the Park Services scheduling. TBARC provide emergency radio communications while the riders are riding through Polk County. However, the Spartanburg Amateur Radio Club provides the remainder of the HAMS require for this event. If you would like additional information on the Assaults - follow the link to The Assaults.

You may listen on your scanner to the event on one of these frequencies: 145.330, 147.285, 145.190 and 147.240 MHz. The first two frequencies are used from Spartanburg to Bills Creek Road at US-74 in Rutherford County. This includes all of Polk County. The second is the Mt. Mitchell repeater and it is active all day and well into the evening controlling and relaying traffic concerning this very large event. The last is a simplex motorcycle to motorcycle frequency, and is low power so you would have to be near the motorcycle to hear them.

The TBARC also participates and helps sponsor the Fabulous 4th of July Metric Century Bicycle Tour here in Polk County, NC . This event takes place on the actual day of the 4th of July each year regardless of the weather. We provide all of the emergency radio communications for this event. If you would like additional information on the Fabulous 4th Bicycle event - follow the link The Fabulous 4th. You will be able to monitor this event on your scanner on either of two frequencies: 145.330 or 147.285.

Motorcycle Riders - If you wish to ride as escort for either of these event

Please contact Robin KV4AL for additional information. Ham radios optional.