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Tag: Tower

CARS Tower Restoration – Phase 1

September 26, 2020August 22, 2021 Van Rowe

CARS Tower Restoration – Phase 1 CARS Monthly Shack Day Last Saturday, September 19th 2020, we started our long awaited tower rebuild project. Here is a video of what we accomplished so far.

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Man rescued from atop ham radio antenna

March 21, 2018 Admin

An 80-year-old Edgartown man was rescued Monday morning by the Edgartown Fire Department from a ham radio tower in his yard. William Welch, an electrician and avid amateur radio operator, got his sneaker caught atop a 20-foot-tall backyard antenna after he scaled the structure to secure it ahead of the Read More …

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Repeaters

June 12, 2017 Admin

Hopefully, it won’t be too much longer before the 146.820 and 444.000 repeaters are back on the air.  The city has received quote from the tower company and are just waiting for the purchase order to be completed.  Keep fingers crossed. 

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Aluma Tower is hard at work re-inventing itself in Vero Beach

January 6, 2016 Admin

Every day Aluma Tower Company manufactures portable aluminum towers, shipping them across the country and around the world. This multi-million dollar manufacturing business has been located in the center of Vero Beach on Old Dixie Highway for the past 40 years. Yet chances are you’ve never heard of it. You Read More …

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Our club shack is open for members and visitors during Club & Board of Directors Meetings as well as Shack Day (the 3rd Saturday of the month). You can visit us at:

116 Reservation Rd
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  • Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club
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