KC3ARC

Kent County Amateur Radio Club

The Club is affiliated with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)

Club Nets: Wednesday at 7:00 PM on 146.910

ARES Net – Saturday 9:00 AM on 146.910

All Licensed amateurs are welcome to participate in either or both nets.

Club Repeaters:
146.910   (-) 77hz pl Camden (Main club repeater until further notice)

146.970  (-) 77hz pl Dover (Online, but may have some QRM during your contact)
444.550 (+) 77hz pl Felton (Not operational at this time. Check back occasionally, a different repeater and location upcoming .)

Local Area Repeaters (not affiliated with KC3ARC)

147.300  (+) 77 hz pl N3YMS
442.450 (+) 127.3 hz pl Harrington

449.775  (-) 114.8 hz pl W3HZW Felton

Who is a Ham Radio Operator?

An amateur radio operator is an individual who typically uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other similar individuals, on radio frequencies assigned to the amateur radio service by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States and the International Telecommunication Union worldwide

K-Ind

K-Index –  indices from observatories around the globe updated every three hours.

 

0 and 1 represent quiet magnetic conditions equal good HF band conditions, subject to a sufficient level of solar flux.
2 and 4 indicate unsettled or even active magnetic conditions, reflected in a degradation of HF conditions.
5 represents a minor storm.
6 larger storms.
79 represents a very major storm that would result in a blackout of HF communications.

A-Ind

A-Index – Daily Average of Magnetic Activity

0  to 3   Represent quiet magnetic conditions, thus good HF band conditions.
4   Quiet to unsettled
7   Unsettled
15    Active – active magnetic conditions, reflected in a degradation of HF conditions. 
27   Active – active magnetic conditions, reflected in a degradation of HF conditions. 
48  Minor storm
80  Major storm
132    Severe storm
208   Very major storm – blackout of HF communications
400   Very major storm – blackout of HF communications

SFI

Solar Flux Index (SFI) measures the sun’s radio emissions at a wavelength of 10.7 cm (2800 MHz).

 

70 – Not Good

80 – Good

90 – Better

100+ – Best

Nominations for the 2025 Club Officers remains open and will close at the upcoming club meeting on November 12, 2024.

Monthly Club Meetings

Meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month at 7pm.

Meetings are held in the conference room of the

Kent County Emergency Operations Center.
911 Public Safety Blvd. Dover, DE.

 

     Drive up to within about 1 or 2 feet of the gate, it will automatically open. No code or access is needed for the gate.
     After passing through the gate make an immediate left and park there.

     The door you will see is our access door into the building.  The door is locked, but during meeting nights someone is close by to open it. Our meeting room is straight in when you past through the doors.

ARES Meeting

Meetings are held at 7 PM on the last Monday

 of the month in the conference room of the

Kent County Emergency Operations Center.

911 Public Safety Blvd. Dover, DE.

 

(The Club Radio Room will be open 2 hours
before each meeting for Club members
to use the UHF/VHF/HF radios located there)

Check the Calendar of Events for the next Meeting date.

KC3ARC NETS

Day

Time

Frequency

Offset Frequency

Offset / Mode / CTCSS

Net Name

Download Script

Wednesday

7pm Eastern

 146.910

600 kHz

(-) / Tone / 77.0 Hz

Wednesday Night Net

Saturday

9am Eastern

146.910

600 kHz

(-) / Tone / 77.0 Hz

ARES Net

Wednesday Evening Net Control
 
    1st     Tim (KC3OO)
    2nd    Larry (K3LT)
    3rd     Larry (K3LT)
    4th     Paul L (KC3TIR)
    5th     Jim M. (KC3BTV)
Saturday Morning Net Control
 
    1st      Larry (K3LT)
    2nd    Blue (W1BLU)
    3rd    Tom (N3ARX)
    4th    Jim M. (KC3BTV)
    5th    Jim M. (KC3BTV) (Volunteers welcome!)
 

As of 6/11/2024 the main club repeater is now the 146.910 repeater.  

Please use this repeater for Club and emergency nets.

Same Offset frequency, offset, mode and CTCSS

Check back here for updates and/or changes.

Delmarva Emergency Net
  • 3.905 MHz 6:30pm Sundays

Net Control: Tim KC3OO, Jim KC3BTV, Spence NS3F (Sussex Co), Hunter W3CZ

Delaware Traffic Net
  • 3.905 MHz 6:30pm Monday thru Saturday
DMR Net on the 8802 talkgroup
Monday’s at 8 PM on the N3YMS repeater system. A part of the Interstate DMR system.

Net control is Danny N3WCB.

Saturday Evening Rag Chew (open topics, anything you would like to discuss)

 Saturday’s at 8pm on the Mount Joy repeater, 443.200

 

 Net hosts: Willie KC3RPU, or Russell KC3RP

Contact, information, or webpage questions: info@kc3arc.org

 
    *** New Constitution and Bylaws where approved at the 3/8/2022 Club meeting ***
 
    *** An announcement was made at the KC3ARC Club meeting on 08/09/2022 that the Club was officially recognized as a 501(c)(3) entity. ***
 
          The new Constitution and Bylaws are on the About Us page.