JARS - Johnson Amateur Radio Service

Latest News From JARS

JARS Makes a Showing at Field Day

Dec 1st, 2008

We are proud to announce that JARS placed 1st in NTX, 3rd in West Gulf Division and 26th in the nation at the 2008 Field Day. Great job everyone!

Linking to the County

Jul 16th, 2008

We are pleased to announce that JARS 70cm repeater at 443.775 is being linked with the KY5O repeater in Cleburne in cooperation with the Johnson County Wide Area Repeater Association. These 2 repeaters when linked, provide 95% or better coverage of Johnson County, TX.

JARS gets a plug on the Practical Amateur Radio Podcast

Jul 6th, 2008

We are honored to have received a mention on Jerry Taylor's (KD0BIK) podcast from July 6th. Thanks for the publicity, and keep up the great work Jerry. You can listen to the podcast by clicking the link on our Media Page, or visit Jerry's Website by clicking on our Links Page.

JARS supports ECARC at the Tour d' Italy Bike Rally

Jun 21st, 2008

JARS members Andrew Podner (N5AMP) and Josh Berry (AE5FN) spent the day providing the communications link for two of the rider support, or SAG, vehicles at the 23rd annual Tour d' Italy bike rally in Italy, TX. This mission was in support of our neighbors at the Ellis County Amateur Radio Club (www.wd5ddh.org) and was a excellent opportunity for training and learning about complex communications scenarios. We would like to thank our friends at ECARC for having us as part of the event.

New Callsign for JARS

Jun 6th, 2008

JARS has changed its callsign from KE5TSI to WA5JRS.


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