Southwest Ms Amateur Radio Club

Welcome to the Southwest Mississippi Amateur Radio Club homepage. Providing an online source of information to Amateur Radio interests and general public needs. We participate in the statewide SKYWARN network which is based from the National Weather Service in Jackson, MS and Slidell, LA. The SMARC also participates in the Amateur Radio Emergency Service and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services. In this, we help provide emergency assistance to local authorities, hospitals, and relay general traffic. The SMARC also participates in Field Day, bike races, festivals, emergency tests, and where ever the public desires our assistance.

Walthall County Dairy Festival -- Event was held June 7 -- 1400 - 2000Z at 14.270 and 7.270 in Tylertown, MS.... We worked about 130 QSO's in 31 states & Provinces and one DX from Chile. We are sending out QSL Cards as they are received. A copy of the QSL being is sent is shown Below. Thanks everyone for making the event a Success!

QSL Card: W5WQ, Homer Richardson, 1545 Friendship Lane NW, Brookhaven, MS 39601

Next meeting will be June 12 in Brookhaven at the Western Sizzlin at 7 p.m.

Next VE Testing Session will be at Field Day on June 28, 2 p.m. at Brookhaven Recreation Dept. (689 Hiway 51) in Brookhaven... Bring identification and any previously earned licensing certificates and join us for Field Day while you are there.

The last VE Test session held Saturday, March 29, at the library in Brookhaven resulted in a new Extra, General and Technician license.... Congratulations!

SWMS ARC Picnic will be held on November 1, 2 p.m. at WB5ASP's - put it on your calendar.

Upcoming Southwest MS ARC Events:

Walthall County Dairy Festival -- Event was held June 7 -- 1400 - 2000Z at 14.270 and 7.270

Jun 7, 1400Z-2000Z, Tylertown, MS. Southwest Mississippi ARC, W5WQ, Celebration of Dairy Industry in Walthall County. 14.270 7.270. QSL. Homer Richardson, 1545 Friendship Lane NW, Brookhaven, MS 39601. w5wq.net

Bob - k5dwi & Steve - KD5WYM George- n5vyw Jeffery - N5ZNT

Crunch time-- how are we going to handle the pileup! Pressure is off--- time to relax!

Pictures from previous years ...Please join us in celebrating the Dairy Industry in June 2009

Special Event - Brookhaven 150th Anniversary at Ole Brook Festival

Sept 20, 2008 -- 1400Z-2100Z, Brookhaven, MS. Southwest Mississippi ARC, W5WQ, Ole Brook Festival, Celebrating the 150^th Anniversary of the City of Brookhaven. 14.270 7.270. QSL. Homer Richardson, 1545 Friendship Lane NW, Brookhaven, MS 39601. w5wq.net

New hardline installed on water tower in Brookhaven. That is Jeffrey on "top" of things!

Please note: 146.85/25 on the air in Brookhaven while repairs are being made. Test it out and let us know what kind of range and signal improvement you hear!

SWMS ARC 2007 Picnic and Brookhaven Testing Session

The site for the 2007 Field Day on June 23 & 24 was at the Ethel Vance Park in Liberty, MS. Here are a few pictures from the Event. Thanks to all that pitched in to make another successful W5WQ Field Day. Results in the December issue of QST.... Great job.

2007 FD Results for W5WQ - Total 488 QSO's with 400 bonus points for 1380 total points.

How are you hearing the W5WQ repeater?? Let Jeffery, N5ZNT know of your experience and let him know of any ideas you have to make it better for our area.

New Repeater, W5WQ, in Brookhaven, MS. 146.85/146.25 - no tone. Antenna is atop the Industrial Park Water Tank.

Installed on November 20, 2006. New hardline was installed on January 5, 2008 and new antenna installed on February 9, 2008. Try it when in the Brookhaven Area. Picture shows the repeater setup and ready for the world. Let us know how it sounds and what distances you were able to reach it. Thanks to the cooperation with the City of Brookhaven, we have a repeater that should help fill the gap around northern Lincoln County area.

Mississippi-Louisiana Club / ARES Net: Thursday nights, or whenever needed, at 1930 hrs CST on the -146.850MHz repeater, CTCSS 103.5Hz. is deactivated during net time. The net is not called on the 2nd Thursday of every month due to club meeting.

Mississippi - Louisiana SKYWARN Linking Net: Last Sunday of the month, or whenever needed, at 2030 hrs CST on the -146.850MHz repeater, CTCSS 103.5Hz is deactivated during net time. Information on check-ins is directed to the Jackson -146.940 repeater during the 2045 hr statewide linking net. There is no need to check into the Jackson linking net if you already checked into the -146.850 net.

Miscellaneous

Get ready for a new era in amateur radio. The FCC has made a ruling that code will not be required for any license level. If you have any questions about becoming a licensed amateur radio operator, please give a call at 601-532-6528 or come to our monthly meeting and meet some of the hams in the southwest Mississippi area.

If you have any questions about this website, please contact Homer, WB5ASP at richardsonhomer@bellsouth.net

Southwest Mississippi ARC / W5WQ
1545 Friendship Ln NW, Brookhaven, MS 39601