Stones River Amateur Radio Club

t’s one of the BIGGEST weeks in the weather world: SWAW 2026. Severe Weather Awareness Week and WarriorWX is playing a part! All week we will be sharing important PSAs with our campus community and on Saturday, February 21^st, we attend SWAD (Severe Weather Awareness Day) with NWS Nashville at Trevecca University. Please make plans to attend SWAD 2026 at Trevecca with your family! Bring them all – the more the merrier. Event information and registration (all free) is found at https://www.weather.gov/ohx/swad.

The schedule for SKYWARN training has been released

Link Below to sign up

SKYWARN Training

SKYWARN TRAINING

The National Weather Service is offering timely Skywarn Spotter Training, available to you on your home computer.   All of us should periodically get updated on the Skywarn program and this is a fun way to do it, with a real-time presenter on Zoom (or equivalent) and the opportunity to ask questions.   You can register for that class at this OHS

Skywarn Spotter Training website.

Volunteers needed for this bike ride through the country side September 12-13 2026

sign up at the link below

Sign up Bike to Jack & Back

Through a partnership with GigaParts, this program is designed to lower the barrier to entry into amateur radio by providing new hams with a high quality radio for only $17.99 (plus tax and shipping). Effective February 28, 2025, new hams will be entitled to a 70% discount on the Explorer QRZ-1 VHF/UHF handheld transceiver, as well as a variety of accessories. 

The eligible ham must have a QRZ user account and be able to log in and apply for the program. Certain types of identification, including a photo ID, will be required. This information is not shared or exchanged with any party and is used only to validate eligibility under this program. 

This program is available exclusively to USA licensed amateur radio operators who obtained their first license from the FCC within the last 6 months. The Jumpstart program may be changed or terminated without notice based on availability and corporate sponsors

SWAD) will be held on February 21, 2026, at Trevecca University in Nashville. Stones River will once again have a booth at the event, and we’re looking for volunteers to help staff it. Please let me know if you’re interested in assisting.

For more information about SWAD, please visit SWAD

Since 1863 only 3,511 men and 1 woman have been awarded The Medal of Honor.

Today there are only 60 living Medal of Honor Recipients.

he average American has a 0.000018% chance of meeting a Medal of Honor Recipient in person.
Everyone who attends HamCation 2026 will have the honor to meet a living Medal of Honor recipient!
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
A LIVING MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT
WILL BE ATTENDING HAMCATION AND HE
HAS PASSED THE EXAM TO BECOME
A LICENSED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR AND
WILL MAKE HIS FIRST HAM RADIO
CONTACT AT HAMCATION 2026!

https://ham.community

This site has links to several Ham related things

On the road simplex

What they are about is getting a movement to use 146.50 simplex while traveling all throughout North America