SWR English Edition June 2026

Some of you heard me enthusiastically describe the “QMX+” transceiver recently on one of our Wednesday evening radio nets. I’m excited about this rig for many reasons and wanted to…

This is more really cool stuff from the estate of K8NWB. We are still unpacking many boxes of his stored equipment and are finding great items that we want to…

TLARC’ers.Thanks everyone for stepping up. As a reminder, we are all human and sometimes we can’t get to the net. If you’re listening to the net and the NCS doesn’t…

We have LOTS of items listed here … check them all out! The seller is listed for each and we can put you in contact. 73, Webmaster George (n2apb_at_verizon.net) (BTW,…

TLARC’s 2025 Christmas Dinner was held on Saturday Dec 6th at the Cook ‘n Craft Academy.  We had some 35 club members & significant others join us as Christina & Rob…

The FCC just handed us a new gift, and we’re keeping the one we already had, too. Keep in mind, this is my(*) interpretation of the following FCC Report and…

This is the place to go to in order to find detail on almost every OPERATING EVENT throughout the year. Just click on the links to find the event’s RULES.

Choice Rankings from our previous in-person meetings. Check out the top 5 or 6 to see what might be a good workshop project to do as a group! (I’m personally…

FD 2025 on June 28th was a success for TLARC. We set up our Command Post at the Tellico Village Volunteer Fire Station, the same place where we have our…

Mike Foley (K4MJF) tells us …Just a friendly reminder that the SMARC Technician Class Study class starts Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 7 pm! The online class will be held…

From Juan Lopez (AC6ZM), TLARC President …I highly encourage each of you to take two minutes to fill out this form and submit a letter to our elected congressional members…

From Chuck, N4CSF …If you or anyone you know is interested, here is the information for an upcoming, free, live General Class Licensing course on Zoom.  Please feel free to…

This presentation is all about going Mobile for state QSO parties. It was presented at Contest University at Dayton this year. It is worth watching! 73, Juan AC6ZM CLICK HERE…

by Juan AC6ZM, TLARC President … The most recent MRA results are listed below. The goal is 100% accuracy. If you are not listed in the table or discover an…

We Are Losing This Service – YouTube

by Ben Poff, KN4VIF …. This YouTube video describes an important Bill going before Congress that basically precludes restrictions imposed by HOAs on Amateur Radio antennas. The video host also…

TLARC President Juan Lopez AC6ZM presented his vision for 2025 of “Radio-Active” at the January meeting of about 25 members gathered at the firehall in Tellico Village. See his presentation…

District 5 (East TN) SKYWARN:146.940 (118.8) Sevierville (WB4GBI)As weather dictates Alternates:146.625 (118.8) Top of the World/Blount Co (WB4GBI) 146.850 (118.8) Sevierville (WB4GBI) 147.360 (No tone) Lafollette (KA4OAK) Below is a…

Please welcome , and thank, the new TLARC Leadership team we have for this year! …

by Jeff N4POD … a wonderland adorned with twinkling lights, festive flavors, activities and more all wrapped with small-town charm.  There was something for everyone!  And when the sun went…

Instead of having Field Day be a typical “race for the numbers” effort that only die-hard contesters enjoy, we made the decision early on to have this year’s Field Day…

George N2APB and Cecil Clontz (a technology guru in TLARC) have been collaborating on another really cool project for our radio benches. It’s a colorful light that indicates when we…

On Tuesday Oct 1st, TLARC we had an OUTDOOR CLUB SOCIAL at the Tugaloo Beach Pavilion in Tellico Village!  The venue was on Tugaloo Drive, just off Tellico Parkway (TN…

Our EFHW Workshop went pretty well on April 13th!  We all got our toroid transformers wound and the plastic enclosures successfully drilled before time ran out.  See the attached photos.…

(Excerpted, in part, from an article by Mark Haverstock, K8MSH) Amateur Radio always seems to have a strange affinity for acronyms. Here’s a new one to add to the alphabet…

Our APRIL 17th meeting meeting was held at a pavilion at the Lenoir City Park with about 20 members in attendance. It was a cool and drizzly evening, yet we…

After being underground for several years somewhere in Loudon County, the TLARC Field Nuts have surfaced and again are radio active! Formed circa 2018 by a small band of renegade…

The Tellico Lake Amateur Radio Club, in conjunction with Loudon County ARES and Monroe County ARES, held the 2023 Field Day operation at the EOC in Loudon, TN.

05/12/2023 Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced The Amateur Radio Communications Improvement Act (H.R. 3241) on May 11, 2023, to require that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) eliminate the obsolete HF digital symbol…

04/28/2023 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comments about changing the secondary allocation available to radio amateurs on 60 meters. The FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)…

The Monroe County Amateur Radio Emergency Service is happy to report a good turnout to the Skywarn Training session presented by meteorologist and Senior Forecaster Jeremy Buckles, WX4JLB, from the…

What a beautiful fall day for the 2022 POTA-PALOOZA, which was held at K-0034 Look Rock Picnic are up on Foothills Parkway just outside of Maryville, Tennessee. I was told…