West Georgia Amateur Radio Society

About WGARS

The West Georgia Amateur Radio Society serves Carroll, Haralson, Douglas, Heard, and Paulding Counties, but welcome members from anywhere.

WGARS, through the generosity of Tim Jones, operates on a standard FM repeater on 146.640mhz with a negative offset and a 131.8hz sub-audible tone.

We have a D-Star repeater operating on 145.400 with a negative offset.  Its call sign is KN4PLO, and operates on Module A (often 2 meters is on "C", but will be "A" in our case).

We also operate a 440mhz repeater on 444.075^+131.8.

The WGARS holds monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. Click for details.

The club may be reached by emailing the club at , contact the officers of the club directly via our contact portal, or by postal mail: POB 102, Bowdon Junction, GA 30109.

WGARS holds monthly testing sessions. Click HERE for more information.

The club hosts a weekly net on 146.640 repeater on Monday nights at 8:00pm. All amateur radio operators are welcome to participate.

The Carroll County ARES group conducts a weekly net on Thursdays at 8:00pm. All amateur radio operators we welcome to participate.

WGARS Nets

The WGARS hosts a weekly Monday night net at 8:00pm on the 146.640mhz repeater with a negative offset and a 131.8hz sub-audible tone.  All amateur radio operators are invited and encouraged to participate. The net encourages stations checking in to share everything from an interesting bit of knowledge to how their week has gone.

A Monthly HF exercise precedes the Monday net on the fourth Monday of each month. Stations attempt to make local contact on the HF bands, starting on 28.425mhz at 7:30PM on the fourth Monday of the month.  If the band is not open stations will move to 7.258 at 7:45PM.

Although not a WGARS net, WGARS supports the local ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) net, which takes place at 8:00PM on Thursdays on the same repeater. This is a more formal net with a training session and round-table discussion. This net is also open to all amateur radio operators.

Resource: Our Repeaters / About Us
Resource: Net Log - View recent net participation.
Resource: WGARS List of area nets     Suggest or Update a Net
Resource: WGARS Net Script        
Resource: Carroll ARES Net Script
Resource: Carroll ARES Severe Weather Protocol       
Resource: Sign Up For Net Control!
Net Manager: Chris Thompson, KB4NWJ - Contact Chris This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Lee Studdard - KI4QLV

  It is with great regret we mourn the loss of KI4QLV, Lee Studdard, who passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2017.

  For those that did not know it, Lee Studdard (KI4QLV) passed away Sunday.  Visitation will be at the Almon Chapel in Carrollton on December 6th (Wednesday) from 10AM-11AM.  The funeral service will be on the same day at 11:00AM.

   Lee is known among most of us as that voice calling nets on the Carrollton repeater, usually with the assistance of KK4CTV (Charles).  Although blind, Lee did his best to participate as much as possible, even being net control for actual weather nets and simulated emergency tests.  As recently as last year he participated in a fox hunt, being one of two foxes we set out, during a downed aircraft simulation!

   Lee was a resident at Brookdale Living for the past 8 years in Carrollton, Georgia and an active member of the For the People’s Blind Community, as well as amateur radio, and was a member of Carrollton First Baptist Church.

   Lee was predeceased by his mother Eleanor Acree Studdard and his father, James L. (Jimmy) Studdard, Sr., both of Atlanta, Georgia.

   He is survived by several cousins living in Conyers, Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia and Orlando, Florida.

March 25, 2023 Foxhunt