May Club Meeting and VE Test Session – Wilson Amateur Radio Club
Our next monthly VE Test Session will be this Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 4:30 PM with our club meeting to follow at 6:00 PM. Both will be held in the WEMA Training room located at 110 Oak St., Lebanon, TN 37087.
Our next monthly VE Test Session will be this Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 4:30 PM with our club meeting to follow at 6:00 PM. Both will be held in the WEMA Training room located at 110 Oak St., Lebanon, TN 37087.
The “Links” page is now back online after being down while we scrubbed it for bad, broken, or outdated links. All links that were incorrect have been updated and links to sites/pages no longer available have been removed. All links on the page are now listed only one time under the category that is most applicable to the product or organization type. If you find bad or incorrect link that was missed, please let us know by sending an e-mail to admin@wilsonarc.org.
To log in to the Wilson ARC Membership system for the first time, click on the “HamClubOnline” button on the right hand side of any page on wilsonarc.org or go to the HamClubOnline.com web site and simply enter your email address and click “Forgot Password.”
The system will then e-mail you a link to reset your password. Once you create a password you will then be able to log in using that password and either your Call Sign (HamClubOnline.com home page only) or your e-mail address. Once you set your password you can then log in to the system.
After logging in, you will need to click on “Wilson ARC” to go to the club menu.
The club menu has several items of interest available to the member:
“Manage Your Club Profile” is where you can update your roster information, view your membership history (2021 to present), and transaction history (dues payments and credits), and your skills list. Your address cannot be changed as this is pulled directly from the FCC ULS database.
With the move of the web site to a new host, some changes to how the pages are organized and how visitors interact with the site and each other on the site. We no longer allow comments to our posts on the site as these tended to easily get off-topic. Instead we are implementing a “Forums” page for this type of interaction. This will help keep the individual pages looking cleaner and keep the comments and conversations more on topic.
The forum is in it’s early stages and currently has two “Forums” that can be posted in right now. The first one is “The Elmer’s Corner.” An “Elmer” is what hams call their mentors in the hobby. The Elmer’s Corner is where you can post questions about amateur radio to get help with something they might be having trouble understanding or just can’t seem to find a clear answer on. It is divided into four categories: Not Yet Licensed, Technician, General, and Amateur Extra. The second forum is “The Trading Post” and is for posting amateur radio gear and accessories that you either want to sell or are looking to buy used. This replaces the old “Swap” page and is organized into categories for the different types of equipment you may have or want. A Q&A forum called “Wilson ARC Q&A” will be the next forum tome online and will be for asking questions about the club, it’s meetings, activities, nets, etc. If there is/are any other forum(s) that you would like to see added, please send an e-mail to admin@wilsonarc.org with your request and we’ll try to accommodate your request.
Anyone who was a member of the Wilson ARC in 2021 may renew their memberships online using a debit or credit card. All you have to do is click on the “Renew Membership” button on the right. You will then be taken to the HamClubOnline.com Payment system page. Enter your call Sign and press submit. You will then be taken to your renewal page. All you should have to do here is click where it says to click to renew your existing membership. On the next page, verify your information and membership type is correct then click “Submit.” You will then be taken to a secure page where you can enter your card information to pay your dues. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, JCB, and Diner’s Club. If you have any problems renewing your membership online, please send an e-mail to me at n4maw@arrl.net.
If you would like to pay be cash or check you can do so at one of our club meetings or mail a check to:
Wilson ARC
c/o Michael Wright, N4MAW
302 Chrissa Lane
Lebanon, TN 37087
Please make your checks payable to “Wilson ARC” & note “2022 Dues” on the memo line.
The January meeting of the Wilson ARC will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2022 in the training room of the Wilson Emergency Management Agency located at 110 Oak ST, Lebanon, TN 37087. The training room is in the building directly across the street from WEMA Headquarters.
Did you recently receive an e-mail from “Wilson ARC Memberships” with an address ending with “@hamclubonline.com”? It is a legitimate e-mail from the club that went out to everyone we have on our active roster for 2021. We are now using hamclubonline.com to help manage and streamline the membership tracking, roster creation, and club communications with our members. If you have any questions about the new system or had joined in 2021 but did not get a welcome e-mail, please e-mail Michael Wright, N4MAW at membership@wilsonarc.org.
Membership renewal notices will be e-mailed on or about 12/28/2021 to everyone we have on the roster as an active member. If you wish to renew your membership and pay with a credit/debit card, you can simply click on the link in the e-mail and you will be taken to a secure checkout page to enter your card information and pay your dues. You will receive a confirmation receipt by e-mail.
