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2024 Winter Field Day - 01/27/2024

The Gaston Radio Club with the Gaston County Amateur Radio Society hosted Winter Field Day 2024 at Common Ground at the First United Methodist Church in Stanley located at 5481 Hickory Grove Rd. Field Day ran from 2pm Saturday January 27 to 2pm Sunday January 28.

We would like to thank everyone that helped with bring out trailers, the camper and setup

We want to thank the following operators for coming out and braving the cold, rain, and wind.
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  • W7CSA - Robert Wells
  • W4JFA - Bob Naylor
  • KL4Z - Kevin Pitts
  • WA4EIS Andy Sheppard
  • KQ4FFT - Alan Phillips
  • W4FAC - Fred Clemmer



Shotgun raffle - 01/06/2024

Gaston Radio Club is raffeling a Shotgun for $10 a ticket or 6 tickets for $50



Fundraising Cookout - 11/04/2023

Gaston Radio Club is having a fundraising Cookout at our November Meeting at 2pm



2023 Shelby Hamfest - 09/04/2023

Gaston Radio Club will have a table at the Hamfest. Stop by and see us.



13 Colonies Event 2023 - 07/08/2023

Members of the Gaston Radio Club will be partipating in the 13 Colonies Event. K2J will be the station for North Carolina. Get on the HF bands and contact K2J



Summer Field Day 2023 - 06/25/2023

The Gaston Radio Club with GCARS had Summer Field Day 2023 at Common Ground at the First United Methodost Church in Stanley located at 5481 Hickory Grove Rd. Field Day ran from 2pm Saturday June 25 to 5pm Sunday June 26. We began setup at 2pm Friday.
The Gaston Radio Club would like to thank everyone who partcipated. The operators and those who supported them.

We want to thank the following operators.
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  • W7CSA - Robert Wells
  • WX4DAT - Danny Nolen
  • K4JIP - Cliff Black
  • KK4JOW - Diane
  • W4JFA - Bob Naylor
  • KL4Z - Kevin Pitts
  • W4WXL - Dalton Scism
  • K4VAV - Robert Zeman
  • KC4OBB - Don Grant
  • KQ4JFB - Brandon Sammons
  • KQ4CXG - Michael Hibberd

Gaston Radio Club wants to put out a special thanks to W4CQX - Donna Naylor for making the shirts for everyone.
We want to thank KM4DSQ - Ronald Leonhardt that cooked for us and his wife for making the Chili.
We would also want to thank our many support staff. These individuals help setup, breakdown, and kept the coolers full of ice.

  • WA4EIS Andy Sheppard
  • KQ4FFT - Alan Phillips
  • W4FAC - Fred Clemmer
  • N4ATJ - Tony Jones

It was great to see the members of the Gaston Radio Club and GCARS come together and have the most sucessful Field Day ever.



Gaston Radio Club is participating in the Carolina CQ Meet and Eat

- 05/06/2023

11:00 am to 3:00 pm Dallas Park Shelter #2 - 1303 Dallas Cherryville Hwy, Dallas, NC 28034



April 2023 Meeting - 04/01/2023

We are having a Cookout. Be sure to join us for our April Meeting. We will be demonstrating HF operations for any new hams. We will also be demonstrating Parks on the Air.



2023 Winter Field Day - 01/28/2023

The Gaston Radio Club with the Gaston County Amateur Radio Society hosted Winter Field Day 2023 at Common Ground at the First United Methodist Church in Stanley located at 5481 Hickory Grove Rd. Field Day ran from 2pm Saturday January 28 to 2pm Sunday January 29. Setup ran from 2pm Friday January 27th untill dark.

We want to thank everyone that assisted in setup on Friday and Saturday. Our Field Day was successful this year. Everything went smoothly We had more operators than we had in the past and everything went as scheduled. The food was great thanks to KM4DSQ Ronald Leonhardt. Our score was 4387. The N3FJP software does not record the multipilers. Click here to see the Stats for this year

We want to thank the following operators.
  • W7CSA - Robert Wells
  • KE4RCO - Kevin Pitts
  • W4JFA - Bob Naylor
  • WA4EIS - Andy Sheppard
  • KC4OBB - Don Grant
  • K4VAV - Robert Zeaman
  • KO4ZEL - Robert Combs
  • W4FAC - Fred Clemmer



November Meeting - 11/12/2022

Be sure to join us for our November Meeting. We will be demonstrating HF operations for any new hams. We will also be demonstrating Parks on the Air. After the meeting we will be serving Hot Dogs.



2022 Shelby Hamfest - 09/03/2022

The Gaston Radio Club and the Gaston Regional Skywarn were present at the 2022 Shelby Hamfest. The club raffled a Yaesu FT-200. The winner was Kevin Pitts of Iron Station North Carolina.

We would like to thatk the following club members that helped at the Gaston Radio Club Booth.
  • Robert W7CSA
  • Fred W4FAC
  • Ronald KN4DSQ
  • Danny WX4DAT
  • Jamie KO4DZI
  • Les N4AGE
  • Lynn N4CET
  • Larry KC4ZTL



Summer Field Day 2022 - 06/26/2022

The Gaston Radio Club had Summer Field Day 2022 at Common Ground at the First United Methodost Church in Stanley located at 5481 Hickory Grove Rd. Field Day went from 2pm Saturday June 25 to 5pm Sunday June 26. We want to thank everyone that participated. Click here to view Stats



Test Session Cancelled - 05/07/2022

Test Session for Saturday May 7 has been cancelled due to issue with the FCC ULS System



Al Conklin visits Gaston Regiona Skywarn - 04/05/2022

Al Conklin head Metorologist from WBTV visits Gaston Regional Skywarn at Zion Baptist Church on Tuesday April 5th at 11am.



Winter Field Day 2022 - 01/29/2022

The members of Gaston Radio Club participated in Field Day from home this year due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Click here to view Stats



Shelby Hamfest - 09/03/2021

Come by and visit us at the Shelby Hamfest. We will have two tables setup and will have items to raffle. Anyone wishing to sell items at our table please contact Tony Jones N4ATJ at n4atj@twc.com.



Meeting Cancelled - 08/14/2021

Due to spike in Covid-19 cases this meeting has been cancelled



Summer Field Day - 06/26/2021

The Gaston Radio Club had Summer Field Day 2021 at Common Ground at the First United Methodost Church in Stanley located at 5481 Hickory Grove Rd. Field Day ran from 2pm Saturday June 26 to 5pm Sunday June 27. We began setup at 10am Friday.
We want to thank everyone that came out and helped with setup, tear down, and operated. We had a successful field day and are looking forward to next year. Click here to view Stats



Winter Field Day 2021 - 01/30/2021

Winter Field Day 2021 was cancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic



Oscars 103rd Birthday - 09/25/2020

Oscars birthday had to be a drive by this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was estimated that about 45 people attened. The party was between 13:00 and 14:00 on 25 September 2020.



Summer Field Day 2020 - 06/28/2020

Summer Field Day 2020 was cancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic



Winter Field Day - 01/25/2020

The Gaston Radio Club will be had Winter Field Day 2020 at the Common Ground at the First United Methodist Church in Stanley NC.



Scouts on the Air Jamboree 2019 - 10/19/2019

The following members helped with the Scouts Jamboree on the Air at Commom Ground in Stanlry, North Carolina.

  • Tony Jones N4ATJ
  • Fred Clemmer W4FAC
  • Brian Taylor N4WBT
  • David Coviello N1DDC
  • Gary Holland KN4RAB
  • Craig Khan KN4EHZ
  • Michael Burke N8LVR

Craig KN4EHZ set up a HF and 2 meter rig, Michael N8LVR set up a HF rig, and David N1DDC set up a computer for digital contacts.

We used the special event call sign of N1C

The scouts had 24 QSO's that included three countries, USA, Germany, and Slovenia. We also had two foxhunts just for the Scouts and Scoutmasters.

In the future we will be working with the Scouts on their merit badges.



N1O Ham of the Centery Event Sep 20 thru Sep. 29 - 09/29/2019

Members of the Gaston Radio Club conducted a special event statio celebration the 102nd birthday of Oscar Norris, W4OXH. There were over two thousand contact that were made.



Shelby Hamfest - 08/30/2019

The Gaston Radio Club was present at the Shelby Hamfest. The club raffled two radios, a Yaesu FT-65, and a Boafeng UIV5R III.



13 Colonies Event 2019 - 07/01/2019

Members of the Gaston Radio Club were involved with the 13 Colonies Event this year. The members were Robert E. Wells Jr W7CSA, Tony Jones N4ATJ, Gary Whitt W5GDW, Gary Hollond KN4RAB, Dalton Scism W4WXL.



Summer Field Day 2019 - 06/22/2019

Thank you all for joining the Gaston Radio Club for our 4th annual field day event. We had a great turnout of volunteers and visitors from the surrounding area. We would like to extend a special thank you to Chef Sebastian Wells and the owner, Kevin and Denise Jonas of Nellie's Southern Kitchen in Belmont for donating the food for our event. We would also like to thank First United Methodist Church of Stanley for allowing us to use their facitity Common Ground. Thank you again for your continued support. We look forward to see you again next year.



Winter Field Day 2019 - 01/26/2019

Thank you all for joining the Gaston Radio Club for our first Winter Field Day event. This event was a hudge success. We had around 35 people show up for our first Winter Field Day We had a great turnout of volunteers and visitors from the surrounding area. We would like to extend a special thank you to Zion Baptist Church for allowing us to use their property Thank you again for your continued support. We look forward to see you again next year.



13 Colonies Event 2018 - 07/01/2018

Two members of our club, Robert E Wells Jr W7CSA and Tony Jones N4ATJ, participated in the annual 13 Colonies Special Event. North Carolina was able to accumulate more contacts than any of the other 13 Colonies.



Summer Field Day 2018 - 06/30/2018

Thank you all for joining the Gaston Radio Club for our 3nd annual field day event. We had a great turnout of volunteers and visitors from the surrounding area. We would like to extend a special thank you to Chef Sebastian Wells and the owner, Kevin and Denise Jonas of Nellie's Southern Kitchen in Belmont for donating the food for our event. We would also like to thank Zion Baptist Church for their support and allowing us to use their property to host our field day. Thank you again for your continued support. We look forward to see you again next year.



Eclipse 2017 - 08/22/2017

Members of the Gaston Radio Club traveled to Lexington South Carolina on August 21, 2017. We would like tto thank the uncle of Robert Wells W7CSA Danny Williams and his daughter Laura for the use of their property on Lake Murry to operate special event station N4S



Summer Field Day 2017 - 06/24/2017

Thank you all for joining the Gaston Radio Club for our 2nd annual field day event. We had a great turnout of volunteers and visitors from the surrounding area. We would like to extend a special thank you to Hound's Drive-In of Kings Mountain for being so welcoming and allowing us to establish our command center onsite. We at GRC would also like to thank our sponsors Tony's Ice-cream, Ole Carolina BBQ, Black's BBQ, Harris Teeter and Choice USA Beverage for helping make field day possible for us. Thank you again for your continued support. We look forward to see you again next year.



Summer Field Day 2016 - 06/25/2016

Thank you all for joining the Gaston Radio Club for our 2nd annual field day event. We had a great turnout of volunteers and visitors from the surrounding area. We would like to extend a special thank you to Hound's Drive-In of Kings Mountain for being so welcoming and allowing us to establish our command center onsite. We at GRC would also like to thank our sponsors Tony's Ice-cream, Ole Carolina BBQ, Black's BBQ, Harris Teeter and Choice USA Beverage for helping make field day possible for us. Thank you again for your continued support. We look forward to see you again next year.