Mississippi Section

VE Testing - Fulton Area
2025-04-19 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Old Fulton Grammar School, 603 S. Cummings St., Fulton, MS, 38843, United States
The Northeast Mississippi Radio Amateurs, Inc will be holding a testing session on April 9th, 2025 at 9am at the Old Fulton Grammar School located at 603 S. Cummings St. in Fulton, MS, in the NEMRA clubroom. Look for the red testing sign for the entrance to the old schoolhouse (south side).
There is NO FEE for the testing; please bring at least 2 types of ID; one needs to be a state-issued photo ID, a copy of your current license, and any CSCE’s not reflected in your current license (example: you took the general test yesterday, passed, and want to take extra today, and the general upgrade has not been processed and posted yet).
As of Jan 1, 2021, Laurel VEC will no longer accept social security numbers; FRN only. The SS# entry has been removed from the application process and the session report. YOU MUST HAVE AN FRN OR A VALID CALL SIGN OR YOU CANNOT TEST.
ALL TEST SESSIONS WILL REQUIRE AN RSVP, OR THE SESSION WILL CANCEL DAY BEFORE. THE COST OF FUEL AND TIME LOST BY THE VOLUNTEERS ON A NO-SHOW SESSION HAS CAUSED THIS CHANGE. WALK INS ARE STILL WELCOME IF WE HAVE A SESSION OPENED FOR SOMEONE WHO RSVP’D.
Please contact Bobby at w1law@yahoo.com or John at k5fy.usa@gmail.com for more information or notification that you intend to test that day.

Mississippi Parks On The Air
2025-04-12 08:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago)
As of this writing, there at least 133 reference entities in the POTA database. Not all of them are parks. Only those with “Park” in the name will be used for MSPOTA.
There are twenty-one (21) State Parks in Mississippi, and we need to have most, if not all, of those 21 state parks activated by as many amateur radio operators as possible on the day of the event. This will entail the efforts and cooperation of multiple Mississippi clubs.
Except where noted in this document, POTA rules will apply. See https://pota.app/ for more details. All MSPOTA activators will operate as if they were activating a State Park for POTA. Co-activating is allowed. When activators mail their adi file to the certificate coordinator, please include the co-activators call signs, if applicable.
As in POTA the guidelines, all rules and regulations of the MS State Parks, will be followed. Fees need to be paid where they are required. If you use Pavilions then those need to be reserved and paid for.
Kudos go to the Jackson County Amateur Radio club, and the Area 51 Radio group for their fine cooperation, in making this happen for our State. Special thanks to all the Activators for the State Parks from whatever club or organization they come from, and of course, without all the hunters, this would not be an event!

VE Testing Dec 2024 - Flowood/Jackson
2024-12-01 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Red Cross, 9 River Bend, Flowood, MS, 39232, United States
The Jackson Amateur Radio Club is finally able to resume license testing sessions. The Red Cross has reopened their facility at 9 River Bend Pl in Flowood, MS to us. The schedule for the rest of this year is:
6 October 2024 at 1:30pm.
1 December 2024 at 1:30pm.
Contact Jim, AE5SK at ak5j@arrl.net for more info.

VE Testing Oct 2024 - Flowood/Jackson
2024-10-06 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Red Cross, 9 River Bend, Flowood, MS, 39232, United States

Corinth MS Hamfest 2024
2024-04-27 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Crossroads Arena – Corinth, 2800 South Harper Road, Corinth, MS, United States

Intro to Ham Radio
2024-03-02 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Rebecca Baine Rigby Library, 994 Madison Avenue, Madison, MS, 39110, United States
The Jackson Amateur Radio Club (msham.org) wants to show you that Ham
Radio is far different than you might think. “Hams” save lives, talk
to astronauts, some are famous, and all make friends everywhere.
You are invited to attend a presentation about Ham Radio at the Madison
Public Library.
March 2, 2024
10am – Noon
Rebecca Baine Rigby Library – Madison MS
994 Madison Avenue
Madison, MS 39110
Bring along as many potential Hams as possible.

Storm Spotter Class - Brandon
2024-02-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Rankin County Tornado Shelter, 651 Marquette Road, Brandon, MS, United States
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has declared the week of Feb 11-17 as
“Spring Severe Weather Preparedness Week”, and the Central Mississippi
Amateur Radio Association is preparing with
a Storm Spotter Class presented by the National Weather Service from
Jackson, MS. The class will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at
the Rankin County Tornado Shelter, 651 Marquette Road in Brandon and is
open to the public. Be ready for the severe weather by attending this
class and learning about the storms that come our way in the spring,
summer and fall.
7pm, 651 Marquette Road in Brandon on Tuesday, February 13th sponsored
by the Central Mississippi Amateur Radio Association. You do not have
to be a ham radio operator to attend this class but you are welcome to
become one.

POTA Campout - Gautier
2023-11-17 - 2023-11-19 | Shepard State Park, 1034 Graveline Rd, Gautier, MS, 39553, United States

CMSARA November Meeting
2023-11-14 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Rankin County Extension, 601 Marquette Drive, Brandon, MS, United States
Next Central Mississippi ARA (CMSARA) meeting will be on November 14th at 7pm, 601 Marquette Drive and the program will be presented by Eugene, N5CMA on White
lightening…which should be interesting knowing Eugene….

VE Test Session - Jackson
2023-11-11 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Crossroads of Life Church Gym, 6775 S. Siwell Road, Byram, MS, 39272, United States
VE TEST SESSION SaturdayNovember 11th, 2023
Central MS Amateur Radio Association.
Date: Saturday November 11th, 2023
Time: 1pm
All License class tests will be available.
Contact: Brian P. Alexander (601) 741-0873 Text preferred
Email: QSO.W5SSJ@GMAIL.COM
Location: Crossroads of Life Church Gym
6775 S. Siwell Road, Byram, MS. 39272
Please RSVP by text or email!!

VE Test Session - Meridian
2023-11-11 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Lauderdale Emergency Management Assoc, 2525 14th Street, Meridian, MS, 39301, United States
The Meridian Amateur Radio Club (MARC) is hosting a ARRL testing session
this Saturday, November 11, 2023 at the Lauderdale County LEMA office at
10:00AM. The LEMA office is located at 2525 14th Street in Meridian, Ms
39301. Point of contact is Eldon Richardson, W4IOS. Talk in frequency is
146.520. Phone number: (601)227-6690. Email:
eldon.richardson79@gmail.com
Walk-ins are welcome! Testing all classes of Amateur Radio!

Air Force MARS (AFMARS) 75th Anniversary Event
2023-11-05 00:00 - 2023-11-11 23:30 UTC | On-Air
AFMARS is celebrating its 75th anniversary by reaching out to the
Amateur Radio community for a special event. The event will kick-off on
November 5 at 0000 Zulu and end on November 11 at 2359 Zulu.
Representative stations located in each of the ten geographical AFMARS
Communications Wings will be on-the-air calling CQ and identifying
themselves as special event station callsigns. In addition, K4AF, the
MARS station located at the Pentagon, will be on the air as a part of
this event!
This event will take place on all HF bands (except 60m) using common
modes, including SSB, CW, and digital. The technician part of the 10m
band WILL be active for this event. Participants should monitor
frequencies and respond to QSO calls. Stations that receive an
acknowledgment and authentication code will be registered in the
official log.
Upon completion of the event, those stations that have been officially
logged in all ten Communication Wings will receive a QSL document.
Stations that make contact with the Pentagon MARS station will receive a
second QSL document. Details on how to get a certificate can be found
on the AFMARS official website (https://www.mars.af.mil) and the QRZ
event call sign page (https://www.qrz.com/lookup).
Contact KD5SBP for additional info.

Brashears Stand (Natchez Trace Pkwy) POTA Activation
2023-10-21 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Ham operators and non-operators, please come join CMSARA at Brashears
Stand on the Natchez Trace Parkway for our 3rd Saturday Ham Radio
portable setup. Brashears Stand is located northeast of Jackson, MS on
the Natchez Trace Parkway, at mile marker 104.5 {approximately 5 miles
east of I-55 interchange}. Brashears Stand is well shaded and has a
fairly large circle drive with large trees on the inside and outside of
the circle. Plenty room for several antennas. This location also
qualifies for POTA activations using Natchez Trace Park number K-0642.
Bring your portable Ham Radio setup including batteries, radios, tuners,
antennas, etc. that you can use to set up your portable operations
station or just show up, and we will get you on the air via HF/VHF/UHF.
You can bring a chair or plan on using the picnic table. There are NO
bathroom facilities at the site. Be aware there may be other activities
going on in the park so respect their space. Invite them over to play
Ham Radio with us.
The purpose of this outing is to have fun, fellowship with others, and
make contacts. Looking forward to seeing y’all at Brashears Stand
October 21, 2023, at approximately 9 AM. I will probably be there early
so come early if you want. In the event of bad weather, we will
reschedule to another weekend.

Scratching Post QSO Party
2023-10-07 06:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Lucedale City Park, Lucedale, MS, 39452, United States
