On Saturday morning, August 8, 2026, Mark, William, Logan, Michael, Vik, Jim, Rick, Bob, Bryan, (Dick H. visited), and Darrell (Johnny couldn’t be with us) all enjoyed a great POTA activation at the sceneic overlook of Morrow Mountain State Park. The views from Morrow Mountain were splendid! After we had a great lunch at Five Points Public House in Albamarle where waitress Becky and her colleagues served us some delicious food.

POTA Activation 7/15/26 at the Blue Ridge Parkway Overlook – Photos On Wednesday July 15, 2026, Rowan ARS members Bob T. and Rick N., along with fellow Amateur friends of theirs, enjoyed a great POTA outing at the Blue Ridge Parkway overlook. Rick shared some of the photos from the event. Most notably, Bob was able to use and learn his new-to-him ICOM IC-7300 rig that he purchased at the Firecracker Hamfest the previous weekend. Bob had recently earned his General license. From what we hear, Bob’s been really taking of his new HF capabilities!

Annual Firecracker Hamfest - Buy, sell, and trade amateur radio equipment at the Salisbury Civic Center

Between Friday 6/26 and wrapping up on Sunday 6/28/26, under Mark K’s leadership, we had a fantastic field day. We made contacts, we grew friendships, and grew stronger in unity as a club. Needless to say, we’re looking forward to the 2027 Field Day event! The Salisbury Post wrote a feature article and visited the event: Ham it up: Rowan radio society joins nat’l event by Janet Briggs Stations a UHF/VHF station brought by Ralph an HF station brought by Aaron SSB Phone 2 HF stations brought by Mark 1 FT8/WSJT-X digital station 1 CW station a club HF station for Get On The Air Event Photos

Slides from the FT8 presentation given at the April 2026 RARS meeting