Every year the JARS group sponsors a hamfest. JARSFEST is held on the third Sunday in November in Benson, NC. Most meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month currently at Grandson’s Buffett in Smithfield, NC.
Special meetings are held three times a year away from our regular meeting location. The special meetings are announced on our Rag-Chew net and on this website. In May we schedule a JARS Presidential Picnic..
The JARS members have supported the Amateur Radio Emergency Services by volunteering their services in almost every disaster that has hit the State of North Carolina since 1975. Feel free to review our constitution and bylaws.
Rather directly or indirectly involved in the actual disaster JARS members have donated time and use of their personal equipment to the community by providing badly needed communications between the affected areas and Emergency Operations Center. The diversity of their members allows them to operate from the home, car or the area of need.
2025-2026 Officers & Officials
| Office Held | Callsign / Name | Email Address |
| President | KM4TC / Van Lee | |
| Vice President | KN4WJL / Travis Russell | |
| Secretary | KJ4QNX / Colleen Futrell | |
| Treasurer | NE4Y / Kenn Kubacki | |
| Net Manager | KJ4QNW / Stephen Fowler | |
| Memberships | N4AED / Richard Futrell | |
| News Letter Editor / Public Information Officer | KJ4QNX / Colleen Futrell | |
| Parliamentarian | W4IBR / Herb Campbell | |
| Member at Large | KO4MSN / Randall Edge | |
| Member at Large | ||
| 2017 Ham of the Year | KE4VNX / Dianne Young | |
| 2018 Ham of the Year | KM4TC / Van Lee | |
| 2019 Ham of the Year | KD4MC / Mike Callam | |
| 2020 Ham of the Year | KJ4TUC / Scott Wilkinson | |
| 2021 Ham of the Year | N4AED / Richard Futrell | |
| 2022 Ham of the Year | KO4MSN / Randall Edge | |
| News Letter Editor | KD4MC / Mike Callam | |
| ARRL Liasion | N4MQU / Mark Gibson | |
| Past Presidents | N4AED / Richard Futrell KJ4TUC / Scott Wilkinson KD4MC / Mike Callam N4MQU / Mark Gibson KK4KFG / Aaron Thomas KS4TI / Doug Williams K4NGJ / Byron King (SK) | |
| AK4H 147.270 Repeater Trustee | K4ITL / Danny Hampton | |
| JARS.Net WEBMASTER | N4AED / Richard Futrell |