Amateur radio club sets April 2016 meeting schedule
Community news
Thursday, March 24, 2016 — The Bardstown area Kentucky Amateur Radio Society (KARS) will hold its 2016 meetings at 7 p.m. on the second Monday and fourth Wednesday of each month at Nelson County EMS Station 1 at the intersection of Buchanan Blvd. and Atkinson Hill Ave. in 
Bardstown.
April’s meetings are scheduled for Monday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 27. Topics at these meetings shall include Red Cross cooperation, progress on the planned 25 June joint shelter activation exercise with the Red Cross and a Fox Hunt demonstration on Wednesday, 27 April.
All amateur radio operators and anyone interested in learning about amateur radio is encouraged to attend KARS meetings.
KARS conducts a general interest net on the Bardstown 2m repeater (frequency: 145.470, PL 151.4) each Sunday evening at 9pm local time. The KARS Weather Training Net is conducted on Wednesday evening at 8:30pm local time on the same repeater. Licensed amateurs are encouraged to call in to either or both nets.
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