Welcome to NOARS Country

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Once upon a time, before television was mass media and inter-net connections were heard of, radio was the means of primary emergency communications and listening entertainment for those who had the capability of receiving and making the transmissions was a classified art itself. There are a few theories about who made the first transmissions as well as who's could go the farthest, along this time the Radio Amateur hobby was born, those signals were sent using a continuous wave oscillating sound and by controlling the duration of the sound with a hand held switch the signals could be transmitted as a code representing each letter of the alphabet. This switch called a code key is something the Amateur Radio hobbyists have used for years, the method of coding most prominent is called Morse Code, it is still used today and shares importance with other digital and phone or voice signals. The Amateur Radio operator uses these and other modes to communicate with other stations to transfer information in areas where commercial power and normal communication modes have become inoperative, these operators use whatever means they have to start-up and perform emergency communications in and out of these areas. Candidates who become Amateur Radio operators must demonstrate detailed knowledge of both operating procedures and electrical safety before the F.C.C. will grant the station license, this achievement has been made by ladies, children and men, there are many methods of upgrading license classification making it a hobby that can grow on you and is recognized around the world. Broadcast radio and television, telephones, copy and fax imaging, digital paging, cellular telephone and satellite communications were created and tested by individuals with a keen interest in electronics and many are Amateur Radio operators.

K8KRG

Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society

Thirty-five plus Years of Amateur Radio

Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society amateur radio club is one of the oldest radio clubs in the Great Lakes area, having been formed in 1958 or 1959, officially in 1963. Our membership comes primarily from the Northern Ohio area(click here for map). Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society has been an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) affiliated radio club since January 1972, ; we provide public service, education and furtherance of the art of amateur radio hobby.

Meetings:
The Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society meets on the third Monday at 7:30 pm at Gargus Catering Hall (click to see inside hall), 1969 N. Ridge Rd, Lorain, Ohio, 1/2 mile west from Ohio Rt. 57 (N. Ridge is the continuation of Rt. 254)[click here for map]. In August we gather for a picnic instead of a business meeting, this gives everyone a chance to meet the voices heard on-the-air and share in culinary talents. December brings a banquet in place of a business meeting, this catered banquet is normally held the first Saturday in December allowing time for awards, prizes, and fun for all.

Club Activities:
Public Service as listed below, Contesting (HF SSB, CW, RTTY, VHF/UHF all modes), FM Repeaters, DX Alert spots on 145.150 repeater, Packet Radio, HF and VHF operating, DXing, Satellite operating, Technical programs at meetings, Ham Radio Computing.

We have been donated radio equipment for use by NOARS members in the club station aboard the U.S.S. Cod; we have ham television equipment at that station console in addition to CW, SSB and FM modes on many bands. In 1981 our 145.150 FM voice repeater was built and has operating one of only five B.A.R.T. DX Alert systems to announce DX spots in the United States, this type unit was added to N.O.A.A. weather radio systems in 1997.
We have annual dues at a very fair cost of $10.00 US.

2003 Officers:

President: Ted Shook, W8TAS
Vice president: Clark Beckman, N8PZD
Secretary: DeeDee Ohman KA8VTS
Treasurer: Tom Porter, W8KYZ
License Trustee for K8KRG: Mike Willimen, W8EU

STANDING COMMITTEES:

A.R.R.L. / VE: Tom Porter W8KYZ
DXAC Member: Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW
BANQUET: Gary Gargus N8DIU
Property Manager: Ned Jones WD8CSP
U.S.S. COD: Ted Jones KA8WMX, Don Winner WD8RZG

Hamfest contact:
N.O.A.R.S. Hamfest
P. O. Box 432
Elyria, OH 44036-0432

Famous Members:
A.R.R.L. Volunteer Counsel, Robert Winston, W2THU
A.R.R.L. Official Bulletin Station, Tedd Migliotta, KB8NW
A.R.R.L. Great Lakes Technical Director, Dr. John Faken, KB8MU
Lorain County Emergency Co-ordinator, William Price, N8FRA
Former Assistant Great Lakes Division Directors, Mike Bokulich, K8US, Harry Frietchen, K8HF, Weldon Sanger, W8LV
Former Section Manager, Jeffrey Maass, K8ND
Former VHF/UHF Advisor, David Smith, W8YZ
Former Northern Ohio Burning River Traffic net manager, WA8HED, Wilbur Wilson
each have come from our membership.

Public Service:
NOARS members volunteer emergency communication assistance to the Lorain County Special Olympics held in Elyria, Ohio in May.
In August bicyclists race through Lorain County towards Sandusky in "Pedal to the Point" which originates in Cleveland, Ohio traveling through 4 Ohio counties to benefit Multiple Sclerosis.
For many years NOARS headed up emergency communications to the famous Wooly Bear Festival in Vermillion, Ohio.
We have unattended automatic battery back-up to our Elyria repeater at WEOL AM radio site, offering continuous support for the Lorain County Red Cross and Skywarn emergency communications including telephony auto-patch.

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Newsletter Page
Application page
Hamfest page
USS Cod page
Field Day Page
Officers / Contacts page
December Banquet page
Weekly Nets page
Links to other pages

Many of our members are active with these affiliations, their discussions before and after our meetings help to fuse the Amateur Radio fraternity together.

Thanks for visiting our site, if you have questions or comments about this site e-mail me - Virden "Clark" Beckman N8PZD at
and I will try my best to answer quickly, this site was created with my "free hand" at -html- code, and Java-Script.
Enjoy... 73 de N8PZD