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  • August 2008 (PDF only)

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  • July 2008 (PDF only)
    • Field Day
    • Guest Columnist - Jane Sloan
    • ARES Report
    • Hang em High
    • Publix Wx Radios
    • VE Team
    • Test Mnemonics
    • June General Meeting Minutes
    • July 2008 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • The DX Corner
    • Here 'N There
    • Static Crashes
    • The Last Word

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  • June 2008 (PDF only)
    • Field Day
    • Guest Columnist - Ed Amsbury
    • VE Team Report
    • ARES Report
    • Hang em High
    • VP Letter
    • DX Corner
    • June 2008 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • May General Meeting Minutes
    • MARS Operation
    • Here 'N There
    • K4EAC Problem Resolved
    • Static Crashes
    • Want Ads
    • The Last Word

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  • May 2008 (PDF only)
    • Hamfest Report
    • North FL Bucks National Trend
    • Hang Em High!
    • VE Team Report
    • May 2008 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • April General Meeting Minutes
    • DX Corner
    • ARES Report
    • Static Crashes
    • Want Ads
    • More Photos
    • Editor’s Note

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  • April 2008 (PDF only)
    • NWS Trains Dozens at Skywarn Storm Spotter Class
    • VP Letter
    • DX Corner
    • VEC Team Report
    • April 2008 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • March General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Notes

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  • March 2008 (PDF only)
    • Hamfest is Here!
    • VP Letter
    • Static Crashes
    • DX Corner
    • “Blowin’ in the Wind” Award
    • VEC Team Report
    • March 2008 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • February General Meeting Minutes
    • Editor’s Notes

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  • Feburary 2008 (PDF only)
    • GARS Donated Equipment Auction
    • Upcoming SKYWARN classes
    • Hamfest news
    • VP Letter
    • DX Corner
    • VEC Team Report
    • Feburary 2008 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • January General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Here N There
    • Editor’s Notes

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  • January 2008 (PDF only)
    • You might be a ham if..
    • VP Letter
    • VEC Team Report
    • January 2008 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • November General Meeting Minutes
    • December General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Here N There
    • Suggested BPL Response to Your Representive
    • Editor’s Notes

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  • December 2007 (PDF only)
    • And the New Officers ARE?
    • Vice-President's Letter
    • ARES/Races Report
    • Annual GARS Picnic Enjoyed by All
    • VE Team Report
    • December Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • November General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Education Report
    • Editor’s Note

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  • November 2007 (PDF only)
    • Elections
    • No Excuses.. Just DO IT!
    • KD4FER SK
    • ARES/Races Report
    • Hollingsworth Retiring?????
    • November Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • October General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Here N There
    • Editor’s Notes

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  • October 2007 (PDF only)
    • 50th Jam On Air This Month
    • Vice-President's Letter
    • ARES/Races Report
    • JOTA Operating Suggestions
    • VE Team Report
    • October Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • September General Meeting Minutes
    • Nominating Committee Report
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • September 2007 (PDF only)
    • President's Letter
    • Vice-President's Letter
    • ARES Coordination's Letter
    • Up Coming Tech Class
    • VE Team Report
    • September Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • August General Meeting Minutes
    • Letter's & Statements from ARRL Candidates
    • Editor’s Note

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  • August 2007 (PDF only)
    • Does Morse Code Help Memory?
    • Vice-President's Letter
    • Hamfest Winners
    • DX via PSK
    • VE Team Report
    • August Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • July General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • July 2007 (PDF only)
    • Field Day - All Day
    • Food Committee Report
    • VE Team Report
    • July Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • June General Meeting Minutes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • June 2007 (PDF only)
    • Get the Field Day Bug
    • Special Publix Relation Ops
    • Notes From ARES
    • VE Team Report
    • June Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • May General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Ready for SDR
    • Editor’s Note

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  • April/May 2007 (text only)
    • Another Hamfest in the Books
    • April Vice-Presidents Letter
    • April Presidents Letter
    • Public Alert Radios - A Public Service Idea
    • April & May VE Team Report
    • Perusing the Pubs
    • Having a “Herbert” Day
    • Static Crashes
    • April General Meeting Minutes
    • May General Meeting Minutes
    • April Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • May Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • March 2007 (PDF only)
    • Presidents Letter
    • Vice-Presidents Letter
    • VE Team Report
    • March Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • Feburary General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • Feburary 2007 (PDF only)
    • Code Free Updates Begin Feb. 23
    • Report From TWO Vice-Pres
    • Report of the Hamfest Chair
    • VE Team Report
    • February Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • January General Meeting Minutes
    • Hamfest is coming
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • January 2007 (PDF only)
    • Ham of The Year
    • President's Letter
    • Up Coming Hamfest
    • This & That
    • VE Team Report
    • January Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • December General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Classfied Ads
    • Editor’s Note

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  • December 2006 (PDF only)
    • GARS Party!
    • End of An Era
    • How Did the HOGS Do?
    • Tech Topics
    • VE Team Report
    • December Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • Classfied Ads
    • November General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • November 2006 (PDF only)
    • President's Letter
    • John Warne, K4KAM SK
    • Public Service Report
    • Rules & Tech
    • VE Team Report
    • November Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • October General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Classfied Ads
    • Editor’s Note

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  • October 2006 (PDF only)
    • FCC and the Ominibus Bill
    • Hamfest is coming - Mark your Calendars!
    • Alachua Country ARES Report
    • North Florida Section Changes in Emergency & Service Nets
    • VE Team Report
    • October Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • September General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Need New Equipment? Try the ARRL Auction!
    • Editor’s Note

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  • September 2006 (PDF only)
    • Antenna Blacksmith
    • Vice-Presidents Letter
    • Tips from the Field
    • VE Team Report
    • September Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • August General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • August 2006 (PDF only)
    • 2006 Field Day
    • Vice-Presidents Letter
    • FCC News
    • ARES
    • Podcasting Morse Code Practice
    • Call Sign Couples
    • VE Team Report
    • August Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • July General Meeting Minutes
    • Field Day Photos
    • Editor’s Note

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  • July 2006 (PDF only)
    • Satellites R-Us
    • Vice-Presidents Letter
    • VE Team Report
    • July Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • June General Meeting Minutes
    • Classifieds
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • June 2006 (PDF only)
    • GARS goes to Dayton
    • Vice-Presidents Letter
    • Software-Defined Radio
    • Upcoming Hamfest
    • VE Team Report
    • June Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • May General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • May 2006 (PDF only)
    • 2006 Hamfest Wrap
    • Vice-Presidents Letter
    • Antenna Blacksmith
    • Cube-Sat Moving Foward
    • VE Team Report
    • Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • General Meeting Minutes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • April 2006 (PDF only)
    • It's Hamfest Time!
    • Vice-Presidents Letter
    • From the ARES/RACES Coordinator
    • Bit's & Pieces
    • VE Team Report
    • Executive Board Minutes
    • General Meeting Minutes
    • Statement From Section Manager Candidates
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • March 2006 (PDF only)
    • 2006 Hamfest is Coming!
    • Vice-Presidents Letter - Lots of Spring Activities
    • ARES/RACES Letter
    • Work the Birds
    • VE Team Report
    • Minutes of the March Executive Board Meeting
    • Minutes of the Feburary GARS Meeting
    • Classifieds
    • Static Crashes
    • My Free TNC for Packet Radio
    • FCC Clarifies Vanity Call Procedure
    • Editor’s Note

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  • Feburary 2006 (PDF only)
    • Bill Wells Award
    • Vice-Presidents Letter Operating on the Sly
    • Amateur Radio News
    • VE Team Report
    • Minutes of the Feburary Executive Board Meeting
    • Minutes of the September GARS Meeting
    • Static Crashes
    • Letter from the Garsmouth Assistant Editor
    • Classified Listings
    • Hams to the Rescue
    • Editor’s Note

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  • November - December 2005 & January 2006 (PDF only)
    • Another Great Year Begins
    • From the President
    • Antenna Blacksmith
    • From ARES Corrdinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting
    • Static Crashes
    • Minutes of the General GARS Meetings
    • From the VE
    • Editor’s Note

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  • October 2005 (PDF only)
    • President's Letter
    • Gainesville Hams Respond to Katrina!
    • Letter from the Emergency Coordinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • Minutes of the October Executive Board Meeting
    • Static Crashes
    • Minutes of the September GARS Meeting
    • To Early to Call Hurricane Season Over
    • Editor’s Note

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  • September 2005 (PDF only)
    • President's Letter
    • FCC Sets Deadline for Morse Code Comments
    • Letter from the Emergency Coordinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • Minutes of the September Executive Board Meeting
    • Static Crashes
    • Minutes of the August GARS Meeting
    • Hurricane Net Activates for Rita
    • Editor’s Note

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  • August 2005 (PDF only)
    • Come to the August Meeting!
    • Element 3 Class is Coming
    • Boat Anchors Can Be Great Fun
    • Letter from the Emergency Coordinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • Minutes of the August Executive Board Meeting
    • Minutes of the July GARS Meeting
    • Editor’s Note

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  • July 2005 (PDF only)
    • Field Day Sucess!
    • Hurrican Nets Activate
    • Letter from the Emergency Coordinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • June E-Board Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • May General Meeting Minutes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • June 2005 (PDF only)
    • President's Letter
    • From ARES Coordinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • June E-Board Minutes
    • A Note From A Young Ham
    • May General Meeting Minutes
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • May 2005 (PDF only)
    • The Party’s Over...for This Year
    • May Program—GARC History
    • It was a Very Good Time
    • Letter from the Emergency Coordinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • From the Volunteer Examining Team
    • Minutes of the May Executive Board Meeting
    • 1950s Hamfest Boat Anchors Aweigh, My Friends
    • Morse Code Class Planned for June
    • Minutes of the April GARS Meeting
    • Rowland Medler, W4ANN, SK
    • Static Crashes
    • A Great Hamfest Banquet!
    • Special Event Station Scores Big
    • Editor’s Note

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  • April 2005 (PDF only)
    • Our Hamfest is Coming!
    • Vice President’s Report
    • Letter from the Emergency Coordinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • SkyWarn Activities
    • From the Volunteer Examining Team
    • Minutes of the April Executive Board Meeting
    • I Never Shook His Hand
    • Minutes of the March GARS Meeting
    • W4YTC Named SouthCARS Top Mobile Operator
    • Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • March 2005 (PDF only)
    • Reaching The Next Generation of Hams
    • March Program—Super Communications
    • Our Hamfest is Coming!
    • Know Code? Or No Code?
    • Letter from the Emergency Coordinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • From the Volunteer Examining Team
    • Minutes of the March Executive Board Meeting
    • New 8-Week Technician Class Begins
    • Minutes of the February GARS Meeting
    • It’s Christmas Time, Again
    • Static Crashes
    • More Static Crashes
    • Editor’s Note

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  • February 2005 (PDF only)
    • Gainesville Hamfest Ad Goes National
    • February Program—RC Aerial Photography
    • Our Hamfest is Coming!
    • From the President
    • Letter from the Emergency Coordinator
    • From the RACES Officer
    • From the Volunteer Examining Team
    • Minutes of the February Executive Board Meeting
    • Minutes of the January GARS Meeting
    • Editor’s Note

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  • January 2005 (PDF only)
    • GARS’ Newest Ham of the Year
    • January Program—Public Safety Comms
    • Our Hamfest is Coming!
    • From the President
    • Letter from the Emergency Coordinator
    • The Blueberry Syrup Award
    • From the Volunteer Examining Team
    • Pictures of a Holiday Party
    • Minutes of the January Executive Board Meeting
    • GARS Ham of the Year Roll of Honor
    • Hamfests for 2005
    • Long-time Emergency Coordinator Honored
    • Editor’s Note

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  • December 2004   (PDF Only)
    • November GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • November GARS Meeting Minutes
    • QLF
    • December VE Report
    • 2004 VE Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
    • ARES® Report
    • October and November QCWA Meeting Minutes
    • A Ham’s Night Before Christmas
    • New Guy on the Block
    • Field Day 2004 Totals
    • 2005 Hamfest & Computer Show
    • KI4HUQ Gainesville's Newest Tech
    • ARES Announcement
    • Ron Meder, W4MSH, Retires as EC
    • A Fond Passing of the Pen (or Keyboard)

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  • November 2004  (PDF format)
    • October GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • October GARS Meeting Minutes
    • QLF
    • November 2004 VE Report – It Was a Doosie!

  • October 2004  (PDF format)
    • September GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • September GARS Meeting Minutes
    • QLF
    • Election of Officers and Board Members
    • GARS Picnic
    • Emergency Communications
    • QCWA
    • Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne

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  • September 2004  (PDF format)
    • August GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • August GARS Meeting Minutes
    • QLF
    • GARS Members to the Rescue
    • GARS Picnic
    • December Banquet
    • Thursday Night Technician License Course Underway
    • Need an Antenna?
    • Hurricane Charley
    • Bradford County Amateur Radio
    • Disaster Preparedness Exercise

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  • August 2004  (PDF format)
    • July GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • July GARS Meeting Minutes
    • QLF
    • August VE Report
    • Lighthouse DXpeditions
    • FCC No Longer Issuing Certain 2x3-format Vanity Call Signs
    • Albert Nance, W4IBH, SK
    • Amateur Radio Technology to the Rescue
    • AMSAT-UK Announces New Amateur Satellite Project
    • Wanted: New GARS Mouth Editor
    • Emergency Exercise

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  • July 2004   (PDF format)
    • June GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • June GARS Meeting Minutes
    • QLF
    • APRS Digi Down! Kantronics TNC Needed!
    • Field Day Flashbacks
    • Get Ready 2004
    • 2004 Field Day Report
    • Part Deaux June VE Report
    • July VE Report
    • Florida Repeater Council Appointment
    • GARS Repeater
    • Levy County Testing

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    • June 2004   (PDF format)
      • May GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
      • May GARS Meeting Minutes
      • QLF
      • May QCWA Meeting Minutes
      • ARES Donation
      • Morse Code Practice
      • Ham Radio Auction
      • Severe Weather Spotter Training Class
      • State Warning Point Communications
      • Dan Spencer, W4DFC, SK
      • “Get Ready 2004” Date Changed
      • June VE Report
      • FIELD DAY!

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      • May 2004   (PDF format)
        • April GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
        • April GARS Meeting Minutes
        • QLF
        • Hamfest VE Report
        • April QCWA Meeting Minutes
        • Omission
        • Levy County VE Exam
        • FIELD DAY 2004
        • RACES and ARES
        • GARS “Poorman’s” Hamfest & Computer Show
        • Over the Breakfast Table

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        • April 2004   (PDF format)
          • March GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
          • March GARS Meeting Minutes
          • Update Your Information
          • QLF
          • April 2004 VE Report
          • March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon
          • Two New ARES Nets
          • Get Ready 2004!
          • GARS “Poorman’s” HamFest & Computer Show
          • Do You Have a Leaf Blower?

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          • March 2004   (PDF format)
            • Hamfest Report
            • Feburary GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
            • Feburary GARS Meeting Minutes
            • QLF
            • 146.82 Repeater Repaired
            • March VE Report
            • GARS CW Class in Planning Stage
            • Timing is everything
            • February QCWA Meeting Minutes
            • Dues are Due
            • Interested in CW?
            • Membership ID Cards
            • Are You Getting the GARS Mouth?

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            • February 2004   (PDF format)
              • Intent to Modify By-laws
              • January GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
              • January GARS Meeting Minutes
              • QLF
              • February VE Report
              • New GARS Mouth Deadline Date
              • GARS Breakfast
              • Girls Rule
              • Community Programs
              • January QCWA Meeting Minutes
              • Dues are Due
              • Bill Tygart, KO4KI, SK

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              • January 2004   (PDF format)
                • December GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                • December GARS Meeting Minutes
                • December VE Report
                • January VE Report
                • Bob Smith, KG4JXT, SK
                • The Night Before a Ham’s Christmas
                • President’s Message
                • Dues are Due
                • 2003 Ham of the Year (Nick Koenigstein, K4NIK)
                • Editor's Note: Thanks For All The Help
                Correction: The Saturday breakfast is still at Shoney's, not Perkins as stated.

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                • December 2003   (PDF format)
                  • November GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                  • November GARS Meeting Minutes
                  • President's message
                  • Bill Wells, K4RDP, SK
                  • General Class offered in January
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                  • November 2003   (PDF format)
                    • Live AC-EMWIN Over The Web
                    • ARRL Seeks Opinions on Club Gazette
                    • November VE report
                    • Homecoming Parade
                    • October GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                    • October GARS Meeting Minutes
                    • November President’s Message
                    • Membership Rosters
                    • Membership Renewals
                    • KF4EHP Repeater Has Been Improved
                    • October VE Report

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                    • October 2003   (PDF format)
                      • Homecoming Parade
                      • September GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                      • September GARS Meeting Minutes
                      • October President’s Message
                      • Levy County VE Notice
                      • GARS Annual Pic-I-Nic
                      • Membership Rosters
                      • Membership Renewals
                      • September VE Report
                      • S.C.A.R.S. Tailgate/Luncheon

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                      • September 2003   (PDF format)
                        • Please attend this meeting as it will decide the fate of the GARS Hamfest!
                        • September President’s Message
                        • SKYWARN Newsletter
                        • August GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                        • August GARS Meeting Minutes
                        • Lightning In Florida
                        • In Southeast, Ground Rods May Not Protect Homes Against Lightning
                        • September VE Report
                        • The Most Outstanding Member
                        • Gator Amateur Radio Club - UF Homecoming Parade

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                        • August 2003   (PDF format)
                          • July VE Report
                          • August VE Report
                          • ARRL Becomes an Affiliate Program of Citizen Corps
                          • ARRL Membership
                          • July GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                          • July GARS Meeting Minutes
                          • Your Input Needed
                          • August President's Message
                          • New Technician Class
                          • Thank You de NW4C
                          • 60-Meter Band
                          • Levy County Licensing Exam
                          • Net participation

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                            • July 2003   (PDF format)
                              • Field Day: 2003 Gainesville Style
                              • June GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • June GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • July President’s Message
                              • GARS and the Hurricane Awareness Demo
                              • Keystone Heights Repeater Up Again
                              • June VE Report
                              • Special Thanks
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                            • June 2003   (PDF format)
                              • Ham Exams for 2003
                              • May 2003 VE Report
                              • Membership Information Needed
                              • KF4EHP Repeater Tower Damaged
                              • Field Day! Field Day!
                              • May GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • May GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • June President’s Message
                              • GARS Repeater Operations
                              • Florida DXPedition Requests Assistance
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                            • May 2003   (PDF format)
                              • GARS Repeater Operations
                              • EMWIN Progress Report
                              • April GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • April GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • May President’s Message
                              • New Technician Classes Proposed
                              • Carl Stoufer, KA4NNS, Silent Key
                              • Hamfest 2003 VE Report
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                            • April 2003   (PDF format)
                              • Florida QSO Party 2003
                              • Protect Your Privacy
                              • March VE Report
                              • FCC Proposes to Hike Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee
                              • March GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • March GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • New Membership Application
                              • April LCARES License Exam
                              • Antenna Needed
                              • Last Month’s Quiz
                              • GARS Poor Man’s Hamfest
                              • General Information about the Hamfest
                              • April 2003 President’s Message
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                            • March 2003   (PDF format)
                              • CAT Manual
                              • Update: George Barnes, KB4HCK
                              • Free Stuff
                              • Donation Needed
                              • Poor Man's Hamfest 26 April 2003
                              • February GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • February GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • March President's Message
                              • Quiz
                              • March VE Reports
                              • Membership Roster Updates
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                            • February 2003   (PDF format)
                              • January GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • January GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • Dues are Due
                              • Presentation to Santa Fe Community College
                              • Digital Scanners
                              • February President's Message
                              • Levy County Exam
                              • January VE Report
                              • February VE Report
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                            • January 2003   (PDF format)
                              • December GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • January President's Message
                              • The Ham's Night Before Christmas
                              • December VE Report
                              • Poet Laureate’s Corner
                              • Tom Moffett, Sr., W4BVG, SK
                              • Lenny Hendler, K2AQM, SK
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                            • December 2002   (PDF format)
                              • November GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • November GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • An Editorial Thank You
                              • Ham Radio Scholarships
                              • Element 3 Class Starts January 9th
                              • December President's Message
                              • General Class Course Scheduled
                              • ARRS VEC Examination Fee Increased
                              • Classified Ads
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                            • November 2002   (PDF format)
                              • October GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • October GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • Chef's Position Available
                              • Field Day Results
                              • New Technicians
                              • October VE Report
                              • November VE Report
                              • Presidents Message
                              • Santa's Train
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                            • October 2002   (PDF format)
                              • September GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • September GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • Satellite Users Group
                              • October President's Message
                              • Lightweight Base Station
                              • Santa's Train
                              • Kids on the Run
                              • GARS Information Booklet
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                            • September 2002   (PDF format)
                              • August GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • August GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • Kids on the Run Foot Race - 29 September 2002
                              • Hometown Hamfest and Computer Show - 12 October 2002
                              • MOU with NFRMC FAQ
                              • September President's Message
                              • Candidates Needed for Elections
                              • September VE Report
                              • MOU Committee
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                            • (PDF format)
                              • July GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • July GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • VE Testing Schedule
                              • July VE Report
                              • August VE Report
                              • Technician Course Planned for Fall
                              • August President’s Message
                              • July QCWA Minutes
                              • GARS Picnic!
                              • Life Members of GARS
                              • Telephone Scam
                              • Helpful Hint for Ø
                              • Field Day 2002 Continued
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                            • July 2002   (PDF format)
                              • GARS June Meeting Minutes
                              • GARS Executive Board June Meeting Minutes
                              • President's Message
                              • Field Day 2002 Review
                              • Field Day 2002 Web Site
                              • The Word Detective
                              • My International Space Station Contact
                              • Public Relation Committee
                              • QCWA June Meeting Minutes
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                            • June 2002   (PDF format)
                              • President's Message
                              • May GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • May GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • June VE Report
                              • New Extra Class Exam Questions
                              • GARS Membership List
                              • Satellite Committee Meeting
                              • May QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • GARS 2002 Programs - June, July, November
                              • Public Relations Committee Report
                              • Tech License - Going It Alone
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                            • May 2002
                              • Not Available

                            • April 2002   (PDF format)
                              • March GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • Some Basic Antenna Facts
                              • President's Message
                              • Volunteers Needed for Hamfest 27 April 2002!
                              • February QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • March QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • March GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • A Second Chance for Basic Skywarn Spotter Training
                              • Free Handheld Transceiver
                              • 2002 March of Dimes Report
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                            • March 2002   (PDF format)
                              • February GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • February GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • President's Message
                              • March SEDAN Update
                              • March VE Report
                              • Volunteers Needed for Hamfest!
                              • Alachua County SKYWARN
                              • Hamfest 2002 Planning Meeting Minutes
                              • CQ Field Day
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                            • February 2002   (PDF format)
                              • January GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • January GARS Executive Board Meeting Minutes
                              • Dues are Due!
                              • President's Message
                              • Special Notice to GARS Members about Hamfest!
                              • General Information About Hamfest
                              • January VE Report
                              • VE Report: Five for February
                              • January QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • College Scholarships Available for Radio Amateurs
                              • Announcements
                              • Hamfest 2002 Planning Meeting Minutes
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                            • January 2002   (PDF format)
                              • November QCWA Minutes
                              • December GARS Meeting
                              • Most Outstanding Members (aka Ham of the Year)
                              • President's Message
                              • GARS Mouth Printed Version
                              • New Site for Digipeater
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                            • December 2001
                              • December meeting @ Copper Monkey
                              • VE Numbers for 2001
                              • December 2001 VE Report
                              • WUFT Pledge Drive
                              • The Meeting That Almost Wasn't (GARS Meeting Minutes)
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                            • November2001
                              • Hamfest 2002 Planning Meeting
                              • QCWA Minutes
                              • An Addition to Testing (Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course)
                              • October GARS Executive Board Minutes
                              • October GARS Minutes
                              • CW Is Out There Somewhere
                              • Sharing Spectrum With Other Services
                              • Pledge Drive for Channel 5 WUFT
                              • Make Your Holiday Plans Now
                              • 2002 GARS Mouth
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                            • October 2001   (PDF format)
                              • September E-Board Minutes
                              • September GARS Minutes
                              • September QCWA Minutes
                              • Repeater News
                              • The ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course Level II
                              • Kids on the Run
                              • From Sonny’s Shack
                              • Repeater Council Needs Input
                              • Nominations for 2002
                              • Tone Access Required October 7, 2001
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                            • September 2001   (PDF format)
                              • August GARS Minutes
                              • August E-Board Minutes
                              • Kids on the Run Foot Race
                              • Horse Farm 100 Bicycle Race
                              • The Jacksonville Poor Man's Hamfest
                              • Starke Hamfest
                              • Ocala/Marion County Hamfest
                              • WUFT Pledge Drive
                              • What Have You Done Lately?
                              • Repeater News
                              • Packet Needed for Shelters
                              • Repeater Council Needs Input
                              • August QCWA Minutes
                              • Jack Spencer, WA4UFO, SK
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                            • August 2001   (PDF format)
                              • July GARS Minutes
                              • GARS E-Board Minutes 7/11/01
                              • July QCWA Minutes
                              • Say, Did you hear about….?
                              • Field Day 2001
                              • Personnel Wanted
                              • Field Day Lost and Found
                              • Need Some Coax?
                              • Gainesville Hamfest (should we have one?)
                              • Hard Copy GARS Mouth
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                            • July 2001   (PDF format)
                              • Swivel Clip
                              • Foot and Mouth
                              • QRM Department
                              • ARRL-Affiliated Club Database
                              • May GARS Executive Board Minutes
                              • June GARS Executive Board Minutes
                              • ARRL Offers Classroom Emergency Communications Course
                              • QCWA Moments
                              • June QCWA Minutes
                              • Mentors Needed
                              • June GARS Minutes
                              • The New 146.820 Repeater
                              • CQ Field Day
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                            • June 2001   (PDF format)
                              • May GARS Minutes
                              • A Tutorial on Tone, Part 4
                              • Cub Scouts Need Assistance
                              • "Where is This Repeater Located?"
                              • Mobile Radio Installation Problems?
                              • Kachina 505 DSP To Be Discontinued
                              • Ellis “Tom” Tompkins, SK
                              • Everyone Welcome at Field Day 2001
                              • May’s Trivia Questions
                              • Hamfest Crew
                              • ARES Does Orlando
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                            • May 2001   (PDF format)
                              • April GARS Minutes
                              • The Hurricane Expo Special Event
                              • April QCWA Minutes
                              • Hams and Old Time Radio
                              • GARS Executive Board Meeting
                              • Trivia
                              • April Hamfest Tests A 'Courtly' Affair
                              • Hamfest 2001
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                            • April 2001   (PDF format)
                              • March GARS Minutes
                              • Florida QSO Party
                              • Technical Column Postponed
                              • GEORGE THURSTON III, W4MLE, SK
                              • QCWA Minutes
                              • Thank You
                              • GARS Executive Board Minutes
                              • April Activities
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                            • March 2001   (PDF format)
                              • GARS February Minutes
                              • QCWA Minutes
                              • A Tutorial on Tone, Part 3
                              • Ham Exam Prep over the Internet
                              • GARS February Executive Board Minutes
                              • QCWA News
                              • March 2001 VE Report
                              • Courtesy
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                            • Feburary 2001   (PDF format)
                              • Let’s Do It For George
                              • January GARS Minutes
                              • QCWA Minutes
                              • The President's Column
                              • O.L. Joiner, WA4YPY, Silent Key
                              • January 2001 VE Report
                              • February 2001 VE Report
                              • 2000: A Very Busy Year
                              • A Tutorial on Tone, Part 2
                              • Hurricane Expo and GARS
                              • Bird Listening, Anyone?
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                            • January 2001   (PDF format)
                              • December Minutes
                              • HELP!
                              • December 2000 VE Report
                              • QSL Price Increase
                              • What is a Repeater?
                              • New FCC System Yields Fast License Grants
                              • How Do You Want Your GARS Mouth?
                              • Local DX Cluster
                              • Trivia Question
                              • Built Any Kits Lately?
                              • Executive Board Meeting
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                            • December 2000  (PDF format)
                              • November Minutes
                              • Presidential QRV
                              • Quiz Answers
                              • QCWA News
                              • VE Report
                              • Want to try Surface Mount Technology?
                              • Need a Country?
                              • New Morse Code Standards
                              • Interest in Ham Radio Increases Locally
                              • QCWA Minutes
                              • ARRL VEC ANTICIPATES $10 TEST FEE FOR 2001
                              • January Meeting Site Resolved
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                            • November 2000  (PDF format)
                              • October Minutes
                              • QCWA Minutes
                              • Book Review
                              • All-Ham Crew is ISS-Bound
                              • CHANGES, CHALLENGES LOOM AS 2000-2001 CONTEST SEASON NEARS
                              • Towers and PRB-1
                              • Your Comments are Requested
                              • November 2000 VE Report
                              • N4UAU Project is QEX Cover Article
                              • COMMENTS ON THE ARES MEETING AT THE TALLAHASSEE EOC
                              • NWS/ARRL Special Event updates
                              • ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communication Course
                              • Is This QST South
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                            • October 2000  (PDF format)
                              • GARS September Minutes
                              • QCWA September Minutes
                              • Ham Exam Report
                              • Ham Class Graduates Six
                              • RACES Report
                              • Ham Radios in Space
                              • Bishop Demo Text
                              • Hams Assist at Race
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                            • September 2000  (PDF format)
                              • VE Report
                              • Future Amateur Radio Exams
                              • DXpedition on the Cheap
                              • Change in Daytona Hamfest
                              • ARRL Volunteers Find, Fix “The Ditter”
                              • MOBILE ANTENNA MOUNTS
                              • Interesting Antennas
                              • Hospital program teaches kids to operate Amateur Radio
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                            • August 2000  (PDF format)
                              • July GARS Minutes
                              • A Question of Cookies
                              • Let’s Promote Ham Radio
                              • Materials List For Amateur Radio in the Schools
                              • Activities
                              • Communicators Needed For Foot Race
                              • QST Error
                              • 19th annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference
                              • Gainesville Ham Exam Schedule September – December 2000
                              • August 2000 VE Report
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                            • July 2000   (PDF format)
                              • GARS June Minutes
                              • June QCWA Minutes
                              • CQ Field Day…W4SH
                              • Proposed Change in By-laws
                              • COMMENTS ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
                              • The Green Witch and Zulu Time
                              • Free Shirts, Anyone?
                              • New Repeater?
                              • WANTED: EXAMPLES OF PORTABLE BASE STATIONS
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                            • June 2000  (PDF format)
                              • May GARS Minutes
                              • Helping Amateur Radio Grow
                              • Operating Simplex Communications Under Emergency Conditions
                              • Field Day
                              • May QCWA Meeting
                              • So You Don’t Have Your New Ticket Yet?
                              • Club Special!
                              • June VE Report
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                            • May 2000  (PDF format)
                              • What's Ham Radio?
                              • April QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • April GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • Thanks
                              • "Frequency" Movie
                              • Uniform Shirts
                              • UF Disaster Plan
                              • GARC Tower Trailer
                              • Balloon Launch?
                              • Record Numbers Test-Upgrade in Gainesville
                              • Restructuring … A Commentary
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                            • April 2000  (PDF format)
                              • RACES Report
                              • Upgrade Session at April 19th GARS Meeting
                              • March GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • April VE Report
                              • Century Club Net
                              • March QCWA Meeting Minutes
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                            • March 2000  (PDF format)
                              • Device Drivers
                              • On-line Amateur Radio Practice Tests
                              • Revised Question Pools Now Available
                              • February GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • February QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • FCC Gives Morse Element Credit to Novices Whose Licenses Have Expired
                              • March of Dimes Support Needed
                              • Hams needed for Expo
                              • March VE Report
                              • Team Wins Russell Award
                              • Innovation Needed for School Projects
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                            • February 2000  (PDF format)
                              • Large Turnout for January Ham Exams
                              • Licensed Before 1976?
                              • January GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • Pre-1987 Technician Ticket
                              • Lessons Learned in Ham Radio
                              • GARS Ham Rescued Alive From Pile-Up
                              • January QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • How do I send QSLs to a DX station?
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                            • January 2000   (PDF format)
                              • Silent Key
                              • QCWA Meeting Features Leon Couch
                              • Ham Radio Foils New Year Grinch
                              • GARS Holds January Hamfest
                              • December QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • December GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • New License 2000
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                            • December 1999   (PDF format)
                              • November VE Report
                              • Ham Exams slow in 1999
                              • November GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • November QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • North Florida DX Association
                              • Thanksgiving Surprise
                              • FCC Test Fees for 2000
                              • Novice RoundUp
                              • Magnets, Crystals and People
                              • W4SH Top Florida 5A Entry in Field Day 1999
                              • For KLM Antenna Users
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                            • November 1999  (PDF format)
                              • November GARS Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
                              • October GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • Bill on Sabbatical
                              • Low Buck Antennas
                              • Antenna Installers Needed
                              • Elections!
                              • October QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • Starke Hamfest
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                            • October 1999   (PDF format)
                              • Collector's Edition 2000 ARRL Handbook in Hardcover
                              • QRZ announces On-line Practice Exams
                              • Free logger
                              • Elections Coming Up
                              • Thank You (re. Hurricane Floyd)
                              • Balloting Favors New West Central Florida Section
                              • UALR Call Sign Server Goes Dark
                              • RACES Report
                              • Amateur Radio Fraud Scheme
                              • September GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • September QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • Hendlers Celebrate 50th Anniversary
                              • Silent Key
                              • ARES Technical Report (Notes on Surplus Batteries for Transceiver Use)
                              • ARES Operations Report (Notes for Communicators during Shelter Operations)
                              • Bill's Board (The Case of the "Porpoising" C-130)
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                            • September 1999  (PDF format)
                              • Help Needed!
                              • Changes to the Bylaws
                              • RACES Report
                              • August GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • August QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • The Horse Farm Hundred Bicycle Event
                              • SKYWARN for People with Disabilities
                              • Monterey Boat Fire of 30 August 1999
                              • Why We Dislike Packet Clusters
                              • No word yet on restructuring
                              • BILL'S BOARD
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                            • August 1999  (PDF format)
                              • RACES Report
                              • More CW History
                              • GARS By-laws Reviewed
                              • Surface Mount Technology
                              • June QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • July QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • Hamfest Date Changed to January
                              • July GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • Technical Writers Needed
                              • BILL'S BOARD
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                            • July 1999  (PDF format)
                              • RACES Report
                              • June GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • The Saga of the Crank-up Tower
                              • No Question Pool Changes--Yet
                              • N4EC Builds Indoor 20 Meter Beam
                              • ….and on Field Day
                              • GARS Repeater
                              • More SunRayce 1999
                              • Field Day 1999
                              • SunRayce 1999
                              • Bill's Board (Klystrons, Magnetrons, and Gunn Diodes)
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                            • June 1999   (PDF format)
                              • Effective June 20th, Rag-chew Net Moves to 8:30
                              • Are You Ready for Field Day?
                              • May GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • You Say You Can’t Learn the Morse Code?
                              • Interesting DX, Anyone?
                              • APRS Equipment Needed
                              • Who Are You Gonna Call?
                              • W1AW Code Practice on the Web
                              • Alachua County SKYWARN Class Schedule
                              • How to Handle an Emergency
                              • Computer Operators Wanted
                              • Repeater Manners
                              • Make that Dot Net
                              • Antique Wireless Association is On Line
                              • Communications and Common Sense
                              • QRP is Fun!
                              • Bill's Board (A Summary of the Many Types of Diodes)
                              • Lev’s New Address
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                            • May 1999  (PDF format)
                              • April GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • April QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • Alachua County Skywarn Class Held
                              • FCC Drops Amateur Radio Enforcement Line
                              • 1999 Field Day Brings Rule Change, New Pin
                              • VE Report - Three Successful in April Test Session
                              • Who Did You Call?
                              • 1999 Hamfest A Success
                              • More Ham Radio in the Cinema
                              • Vanity call sign application fee to rise slightly
                              • GARS Member Earns QST Award
                              • FCC Says No to Expanding Special Event Call Sign Program
                              • FCC Says Reciprocal Permits Now “Paperless”
                              • New VHF category added
                              • Cure Found For “Couch Potato” Disorder
                              • ARE YOU READY FOR FIELD DAY?
                              • ICOM America, Inc. to Split Into U.S. and Canadian Entities
                              • Bill's Board (Scrs, Triacs & Switching Power Supplies)
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                            • April 1999   (PDF format)
                              • Public Service
                              • February 99 VE Report
                              • From the Florida Repeater Council website
                              • Who Are You Gonna Call?
                              • March QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • Help Needed with Tracking Interference
                              • Why Radio Amateurs are Called "HAMS"?
                              • Is This A Trend?
                              • Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
                              • March GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • BILL'S BOARD
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                            • March 1999   (PDF format)
                              • Entomology, Anyone?
                              • QCW What?
                              • February QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • Two Students Win Russell Award
                              • Check out the "New" QEX
                              • Why are Hams called “Hams”?
                              • Who Are You Gonna Call?
                              • Burundi (9U) Contacts Disallowed
                              • ADI Sponsors Ham Radio Testing Site
                              • Solar Images
                              • PSK31 GETS RAVES
                              • ARES/RACES Report
                              • Changes at Agrelo
                              • K6STI Goes Out of Software Business
                              • February GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • BILL'S BOARD
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                            • February 1999   (PDF format)
                              • January GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • January QCWA Meeting Minutes
                              • FCC Warns Alleged Major Amateur Offenders
                              • FCC Official Meets Hams On Their Own Turf
                              • Déjà Vu?
                              • fcc issues 5-mhz experimental license to arrl
                              • league files "restructuring" reply comments
                              • ham class to begin in march
                              • Bill’s Board (Transistors)
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                            • January 1999   (PDF format)
                              • December GARS Meeting (aka The Night of Restaurant Hell -- webmaster)
                              • December QCWA Meeting
                              • Thank You
                              • Help Needed
                              • March of Dimes Need Communicators
                              • Alien Hunters, Hams Join Forces
                              • FCC enforcement honcho done "taking names"
                              • ARRL Seeks 1998 Instructor of the Year Nominees
                              • W1AW has new operating schedule
                              • alpha/power buys RFconcepts
                              • fifteen days of virtual fame!
                              • Rogue Radio Rajah Rearranges Ragchew
                              • Input Wanted
                              • Who You Gonna Call?
                              • Autopatch To Return With Access Code
                              • Annual Roster Revision
                              • Bill’s Board (Solid State Devices)
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                            • December 1998 (PDF format)
                              • November GARS Meeting Minutes
                              • CW Sweepstakes ’98
                              • Who you Gonna Call?
                              • Drake Ends Factory Service For Older Gear
                              • Hiram BBS, on-line service accounts terminated
                              • General’s Corner
                              • VP5DX: 1998 STYLE
                              • How to Get the ARRL Letter
                              • Hamfest 1999
                              • Riding to the Hounds
                              • Columnists Needed
                              • Bill’s Board (The AC Mode of the VOM (Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter))
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