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  • ABOUT US
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    • JARSFEST 2026 Registration / Signup
    • TABLE LAYOUT AND ASSIGNMENTS
  • EVENTS
  • MEDIA
  • LINKS
  • MEMBERSHIP

Amateur Radio Fellowship At Its Best!

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Welcome to JARS!

Established in September 1975, the Johnston Amateur Radio Society (JARS) is proud to celebrate 50 years of community and technical excellence. 

JARS operates primarily through the 147.270 MHz repeater, centrally located on the WRAL/WRDC TV tower in Auburn, NC. The repeater is owned and maintained by the Auburn Repeater Corporation, an entity comprised of dedicated JARS members.

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Springhill Outfitters

773 Seafood House Rd, Selma, NC 27527

While visiting Jarsfest stop and visit our friends at Springhill Outfitters for a 10% Discount on all Apparel and Footwear.  Tell them we sent you.  

Nightly Rag Chew Nets  

Join us for our nightly Rag Chew Nets.  Nets are held every night at 8:30 pm.  Tune in on the 147.270 Repeater.  It has a + offset and no tone is needed.    It is always a lot of laughs and we sometimes select topics to talk about as well.  It's a great way to get to know the local Hams and make new friends.  Everyone is welcome to join.  And we have a great group of Net Controllers.  If you are out of the repeater coverage area you can still get in via Echolink.  Just type jars in the search bar in your Echolink and it will take you to our repeater link. 

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Monthly club meeting

Come and join us for our monthly club meetings.  We meet every 3rd Thursday of each month.  It's a great time of fun and fellowship and we also cover a little club business.  Including Ham related programs and presentations. Everyone is welcome.  You don't have to be a member to attend. 

Meeting officially starts at 7:00 pm but most arrive at 6:00pm to order food and fellowship before the meeting.

Our Current Meeting location:  

Mulligans Arcade & Tavern          176 Bratton Drive, Garner NC

 

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