The Iowa City Amateur Radio Club

Welcome to the Iowa City Amateur Radio Club home page, your Internet World Wide Web link for Amateur Radio in Iowa City and Johnson County. For more information about the Iowa City Amateur Radio Club, or to become a member, follow this link to the ICARC's club page. You may contact the ICARC by or by "snail mail" at: ICARC, P. O. Box 4, Iowa City, IA 52244. Monthly meetings of the ICARC are normally held on the second Wednesday of the month, at 7:30 PM local time, at the Grant Wood Area Education Agency building, 200 Holiday Road, in Coralville. Visitors are most welcome .

Watch this space for special announcements:

June 22-23, 2002
Scott's Church Corner
Iowa City, IA

We will again be using the Solar power trailer to operate our communications from 100% solar power this year.

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Check our QRP Interest Page! For the QRP operator , here's a list of useful resources. Thank to Adam Kanis, AK0P, for locating these links.

RF Saftey Calculator--Beginning on January 1, 1998, all radio amateurs must make a routine check for compliance with the new RF Safety regulations. Follow this to find a web-based calculating program to help you make these checks.

Need to know the time? Check out our Naval Observatory Clock Page (moved to new location to speed loading of our home page).

Need to know the latest on severe weather? The area is updated each morning and gives a heads up for severe weather. Alternate link in case of failure is: National Weather Service Office in Davenport, Iowa. . Additional useful links: for and for . Note: the previous two links may be tied up due to heavy network traffic when an event is in progress. Another useful link: . If you're interested in the Storm Prediction Centers projections, follow this link:

is a fascinating hobby that permits a licensed Radio Amateur, or as often referred to, , to communicate with other Radio Amateurs in the United States and the world using a variety of modes of radio communication. These can include voice , Morse code , digital or packet radio , television , and satellites through out the radio spectrum, from . Click here to find an document describing Amateur Radio in more detail. All Radio Amateurs in the United States are licensed by the and are regulated by Part 97 of the Communications Act of 1934 .

Currently, there are ten Amateur Radio Clubs or organizations in the Iowa City Area. Follow these links to learn more about them.

Area Amateur Radio Clubs and Special Interest Groups:

Iowa City Amateur Radio Club -- Your amateur radio home in Iowa City

Johnson County HAMRAD -- Emergency communications arm of the ICARC

-- On the University of Iowa campus

-- Located in Cedar Rapids

--Located in Cedar Rapids

Collins Amateur Radio Club -- Located in Cedar Rapids--Collins employees only

-- Located in Muscatine, Iowa -- Co-partner for Southeast Iowa Hamfest

Eastern Iowa DX Association -- Area DX Club

TCP/IP Users Group -- NOS and JNOS Packet Radio --Ampr.org or digital modes

Accessible Repeaters in the Iowa City Area

The ICARC DX Page

The ICARC QRP Interest Page

Additional Resources and Interest Areas

Last update 05/05/2002 by ICARC /

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