TARA Membership

Application: TARA-Membership-Application

  DOWNLOAD OUR INFORMATION SHEET HERE (pdf)

Please return the Membership Application to the club treasurer Danette Key along with the dues of $35.  If enrolling a spouse, please return a separate application for her/him. No dues are required for a spouse.  Dues may also be mailed to the P.O. Box noted at the bottom of this page.

Club Officers for 2026

Elected Positions:
President                                Pat McDonald – KD6PZB
Vice President                     Stephen Hersey – K7OFG
Secretary                                 James Blackshire – KK7LFL
Treasurer                                Curtis Arndt – KK7JAL
Trustee                                     Todd Longfellow – N7TWL
Trustee                                     Bob Mell – KJ7ZTF
 
Appointed Positions:
Webmaster                                          Forrest (Woody) Phillips – KJ7YYI
Repeater Trustee                              Bruce Johnson – N7DDT
 
Our Groups.IO Page is : https://groups.io/g/TARA-n7tar
 

Our Mailing address is: P.O. Box 765, Payson, AZ  85547-0765

Meetings are held at 9:00 am on the second Saturday of the month. NEW LOCATION: We meet at Payson High School located at 301 S Mc Lane Rd, Payson, AZ 85541. The meetings are held in a lecture room located off the Longhorn Drive entrance. This class room has an exterior entrance and is situated at the North East corner of the main school building.

This image shows the location of the new meeting room. Access is from the Longhorn Drive entrance. Plenty of parking is next to athletic fields. Handicap parking is available through the fence next to the building.  Click on the picture to see a large, clear image.

 

Some History

A review of Historical Documents dates TARA back to 1976 when it was called the Payson Amateur Radio Club. The name changed to Tonto Amateur Radio Club in 1996.  More historical highlights can be found here: https://n7tar.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-06-11_TARA-Docs-Inv-Highlights.pdf

TARA is a proud supporter of Science In Motion!

 

Header picture of the Mogollon Rim courtesy of Cliff De Magri (SK), KO6ZW – Your gentle soul is greatly missed.