If you're looking for fun, fellowship, and education in amateur radio, here are just a few reasons to join the Delta Club--one of the nation's premier amateur radio clubs.

The Delta Amateur Radio Club proudly boasts the most advanced club owned repeater system in the Mid-South with FIVE VHF/UHF repeaters serving the area:

146.820: The flagship of the W4BS repeater system, features a state of the art ACC RC-850 repeater controller, autopatch, voice mailbox, digital voice recorder, etc. In late summer of 1999 the repeater was moved to a new home on the WPTY Television tower in Brunswick, TN which is just on the NE corner of the city of Memphis. The tower is 1200 ft. high but unfortunately our Sinclair antenna is only at the 500 foot mark. The repeater gives such good coverage that it is used as the primary repeater for the Mid-South Skywarn program.

224.420:  One of only a few 1.25 meter repeaters in the area, the W4BS 220 machine is located on top of the Methodist North Hospital courtesy of Methodist Hospitals.

443.200: Centrally located in the University of Memphis area, this repeater features the CAT 1000 repeater controller with voice response telemetry, and is one of the few 440mhz repeaters with autopatch capability in the area.

147.360: This repeater is used as a talk around repeater for Delta Club members as well as a back up for the 146.820 machine. Plans are to move this repeater to the same location as the 224.420 repeater above and they may be linked, either permanently or on demand, but as of this time, the "36" machine is on the air at a temporary location.

145.030: This repeater serves as the Mid-South's only packet repeater, enabling users to access the W4BS packet BBS. The Delta Club's BBS serves as the hub for most of the packet traffic through Memphis. The BBS features a callsign server as well as a mailbox for messages.

Delta Club meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at the Ellendale Church of Christ located at 7365 Highway 70 (Summer Ave.) The meetings begin at 7:00 PM with V.E. testing at 6:00 PM. Each meeting features an informative and educational program with time still left for fun and fellowship. Each month Delta Club publishes the SPARKS newsletter. This newsletter keeps members informed on the activities of the club and tells of future events and projects. Also featured are amateur hardware updates, product reviews and a monthly calendar featuring local amateur radio activities.

The Delta Club sponsors a nightly net at 8:00 PM on the 146.820 repeater. The "Delta Club Traffic and Information Net" passes NTS traffic as well as informational traffic to stations across the area. It's a great way for members to keep posted on the daily activities of our club. As a public service to the amateur radio community, the Delta Club runs "The Amateur Radio Newsline" Saturdays during the net. "Newsline" provides the latest, up to the minute news coverage concerning amateur radio. The 146.820 repeater is also the home of the Mid-South SKYWARN Emergency Net during severe weather, as well as weekly SKYWARN training nets Wednesdays at 9:00 PM. On Sunday nights immediately following the Traffic and Information net on 146.820 is the ARRL Friendship Award Net.

The Delta Club is committed to the advancement and growth of amateur radio. One of the ways we continue this commitment is by sponsoring ham radio classes several times a year. Some of the classes assist people in getting their ham radio licenses, while other classes help people who have already earned their license to upgrade.

Each year the Delta Club sponsors special events such as ham radio demonstrations, Field Day, picnics, Scouting Jamboree on the Air, etc. These events provide fun and build fellowship.

The Delta Club is the best amateur radio bargain around. For more information on how you can join in on the fun, contact a member on one of our four voice repeaters, or write to the following address:

DELTA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
P O BOX 750482
MEMPHIS TN 38175-0482

Updated 6/2000

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