Joplin Amateur Radio Club

Welcome to the website of the Joplin Amateur Radio Club. We are located in Joplin, MO and operate under callsign WØIN. We are a 501-c4 public service organization and an ARRL affiliated club.

The officers for 2021 are:

President: Jim Scott, WB0IYC
Vice President: John Frederick, N8GOU
Secretary: John Patrick N0FIM
Treasurer: Carolyn Hinze, KE0KUQ

If you would like to find out more about the club, contact us, or look around the site (use the menus at the top) and drop in to any of our meetings or nets. If you are not yet a licensed ham, let us know if you are interested in taking a class to get your license. VE Testing is also available in the area. All amateur radio enthusiasts are welcome at our events, member and non-member alike.

We have a discussion group / listserv on groups.io, as well as a Facebook page and group.

The club also sells antenna launcher kits which are put together by club members right here in Joplin, MO, USA and can be shipped anywhere. These are great for putting up antennas either in your yard, or at a Field Day site!

Scroll down to read recent news, or check out the archive of posts, or photos.

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News

147.210 Repeater Moving / Downtime - The 147.210 W0IN repeater will be shut down this Saturday, January 12 so the equipment can be removed from the current site. The JOPLIN APRS Digipeater will also be off the air as it is located at the same site on the same antenna. We anticipate it being off the air for 2-4 weeks as […]
January Meeting Location Change - Meeting location for the January business meeting on Tuesday the 8th will be at the church across the street from the building we normally meet. Located on Pearl between 5th and 6th streets. Enter on west side.
7/24 Meeting Location Change - From Jeff about the meeting location for tomorrow, July 24 – we will still meet at 7p but will be across the street: Due to a scheduling issue, the meeting Tuesday will be moved to the 1st Presbyterian Church -John Knox hall. If you have ever been to be 1st Tuesday lunch, it is that […]
May Project: Fox Hunt - This Tuesday we will be having a Fox Hunt during our meeting at 7p. Bring your Tape Measure Yagi or any other antenna you want to try out for finding the fox! If you need help adding a connector on the antenna we made a couple months ago, let us know and plan on coming […]
190 Repeater Status - There was some confusion on the current settings on the 190 repeater, so I wanted to clarify how it is set up currently. The 145.190 repeater is a Yaesu DR-1X System Fusion repeater, and is currently set to AUTO on both the RX and TX sides. This means that it will accept both C4FM and […]
2018 Missouri QSO Party - The Missouri QSO Party is coming up next weekend (April 7-8), here’s some information about the event: We don’t have a planned club event, but if you plan to operate in the field, feel free to post and invite others! http://www.w0ma.org/index.php/missouri-qso-party is the official website where you can find the full rules and log […]