Haocheng, Carol Ann, and I went to the Rabun County Fire Station #19 for the first Rabun Amateur Radio Club meeting since several versions of the club years prior.
The club is being organized by David Gottschalk, N4TS, and the first meeting had a healthy attendance of both new and veteran ham radio operators. Including the baby there were 14 people in attendance.
There is a ton of knowledge and dedication to both Amateur Radio and Search and Rescue among this group. We can't wait to watch all of the big plans this club has unfold.
I am hoping to install one of these on my Jeep Wrangler in the near future.
Ah, the honeymoon stage.
Then come the kids.
Black Rock is a great place to listen to the radio. I bring mine every time. I modified the VHF Motorola XTS5000 with a new red face plate. Since they didn't have the discreet colors I usually prefer, I went the opposite extreme. I don't even know if bright cherry red was an original color for this radio. Between that and the earlier make-out photo, I am reminded of that eighties song "Midnight Blue"
Talking on the 2m and 900MHz Black Rock repeaters is easy when you're only a few hundred feet away from them. I enjoyed QSOs with Heath, Clayton, and David from this location using P25 and FM.
A lovely meal of tortilla wraps. So good.
The fog started to dissipate just before we drove back to Athens. We never made it to Sarah's Creek since it was later in the day, but we always look for reasons to go to Rabun - one of our favorite places.
