August 9, 2025 General Meeting
The following is a video of the August 9, 2025 General Meeting of the Tonto Amateur Radio Association in Payson, Arizona. A link to the minutes will be added to this posting once they are available.
Continue reading →A Presentation about SWR by Todd, N7TWL
This presentation occurred on August 9, 2025 during the monthly meeting of the Tonto Amateur Radio Association in Payson, Arizona. Todd is an excellent presenter. And this is the accompanying document: https://n7tar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SWR.docx
Continue reading →TARA SwapFest October 2025
The new SwapFest flyer and an information page have been added to the site. The FLYER is here: https://n7tar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-08-05-TARA-Ham-Swapfest-flyer.pdf The Information Page is here: https://n7tar.org/swapfest/ and includes a link to the flyer. Please spread the word. Enter the raffle to win … Continue reading →
ADAW Hamfest Flyer UPDATED for July 2025
Attached is the Hamfest Flyer produced by ADAW for July 2025. Hamfest Flyers July 2025
Continue reading →2025 Tonto Amateur Radio Field Day
Radio Field Day – An Exercise in Portable Emergency Communications Where: Ponderosa Bible Church 1800 N Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ (South of Home Depot) When: Saturday, June 28, 2024 – 8 AM to Noon! Ham Radio Demo Get On The … Continue reading →
National Weather Service Fire Outlook for May, 2025
The May update to the 2025 Arizona Fire Season Outlook is attached. https://n7tar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fire-Season-Outlook_May2025.pdf Highlights: Above normal significant wildfire potential across southeast Arizona in May By June, above normal significant wildfire potential spreads across the majority of northern Arizona. In July, … Continue reading →
Updated Hamfest Flyers as of 4/25/2025
We just received the latest Hamfest flyers. Click this link to view the newest PDF: HamfestFlyers Rd
Continue reading →TARA SDR, POTA, Varac Presentations April 12, 2025
At the April 12, 2025 TARA meeting we were lucky to have 2 presentations on SDR and POTA by Steve (K7OFG), and an update on the latest version of VARAC by Rick (KJ7ROX).
Continue reading →Todd (N7TWL)’s EFHW Antenna Presentation from 8 March, 2025
Todd (N7TWL) did the monthly presentation at the General Membership Meeting on 3 March, 2025. This was an updated version of an earlier presentation he did on 10 June 2023. This presentation was the very first we attempted to capture … Continue reading →
Sending Text Messages by Radio
The following is from a Groups.io posting by Bruce – N7DDT What is SMS? Short Message Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile phones exchange short text messages, typically transmitted over cellular networks. … Continue reading →