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DARA Licensing

DARA Licensing   The Dayton Amateur Radio Association provides Free FCC license exams to all interested in Amateur Radio. Pre-registration is not necessary unless special assistance is required such as having a test read to you. Exam sessions for all classes of...

ydxa 2016

YDXA  Aug 2- 9 2016 The YDXA (Youth DX Adventure) team will be departing for Saba Island on 2 August and returning 9 August. The youth team will be using the call sign PJ6Y. They will be on all HF bands working SSB, CW and maybe RTTY. Look on DX summit for spotting...

DARA Repeaters

Sam, I understand what you have stated about the staying at home situations, that has us all searching for things to do on the Ham Bands, i.e. 2M, 220 Mhz, and UHF, for good conversations and things as operators to do. What I would recommend to you, and the rest of us...

November Meeting Starts Early

The monthly membership meeting at the Kettering Rec will be starting one half hour earlier at 7PM. The guest speaker is Carole Perry WB2GMP. Her work with youth groups has been nothing short of phenomenal. This is likely to be one of the best programs DARA has...