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The Kent Amateur Radio Society (KARS, Inc.) was founded by the following
members: Jim Bortner, WA3UJE; Jeff Hamm, WA6LHQ; Bill Clark, N3DOU; Charlie
Tiemeyer SK, W3RMD; Ray Zimmerman, KA3HJG; Lou Grahamer,KA3KTF; Jack Dilley SK,
KA2BYY; and Cal Coursey, N3QA.
The first meetings were held at the Kent County Court House in Chestertown ,
Maryland with the first meeting taking place on Wednesday, March 5, 1986 . The
club was organized to provide emergency communications for Kent County,
Maryland; public service communications for the community; and to provide
training and testing for people interested in obtaining an amateur radio
license.
Today the KARS club station is located in Chestertown, MD. at the Kent County
Emergency Management Agency Office. It is affiliated with the ARRL, amateur
radio's National organization.
The station is comprised of a Kenwood TS-930 HF Rig, a Kenwood TM-V7A 2M/440,
VHF/UHF Rig and an APRSİ station using an Alinco DR135 Transceiver with a built
in Terminal Node Controller (TNC) running WinAPRSİ.
The club's members regularly participate in "on" and "off"
the air communications activities, maintaining a high level of emergency
preparedness.
Former Presidents have been: Jim Bortner, WA3UJE; Bill Clark, N3DOU; Jeff Hamm,
WA6LHQ/3; Rod Hemminger SK,W3YEA; Chris Singleton, KE3MC; Cindy Hamm, N3TF; and
Rick Councell, AA3TQ.
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