Iowa City Amateur Radio Club

Affiliated with the ARRL

A nonprofit corporation registered in the State of Iowa

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Welcome

to the Iowa City Amateur Radio Club (ICARC) home page, your Internet World Wide Web link for Amateur Radio in Iowa City and Johnson County, Iowa.

For complete information about the club, please click on the "About ICARC" topic in the menu bar above. This page contains a great deal of information about the club, including membership requirements, a membership roster, club officers, a brief history, club incorporation documents and by-laws, and details on a wide range of club activities.

You may contact ICARC by E-Mail
or by "snail mail" at: ICARC, PO Box 4, Iowa City, IA 52244-0004.

(Note: To use the email link above (or email links anywhere on this site), you must have JavaScript enabled in your browser.)

ICARC meetings are normally held on the second Wednesday of every month at 7:30 PM, at the Grant Wood Area Education Agency building, 200 Holiday Road, in Coralville. For current meeting information, please see the "Upcoming Events" section, below. Visitors are most welcome.

Interested in becoming a member? Please see the "Membership" section on the "About ICARC" page for details and a membership application form.

News & Features

University of Iowa Amateur Radio Club Net

The University of Iowa Amateur Radio Club will be conductiong a net at 8:00 PM Mondays on the WØJV repeater (

Share a Radio

The Share a Radio program allows hams without HF stations to team up with hams who do have HF stations to get some air time. The visiting ham would use their own callsign, logging and operate under their privileges. If you would like to visit another hams station, contact one of the hams listed on the Share a Radio page for dates and times that their station is available

May 2013 Meeting

The May meeting of the Iowa City Amateur Radio Club will be held on Wednesday, May 8th at the Grant Wood Area Education Agency, 200 Holiday Road in Coralville. Be sure to watch this web page for updates.

The doors will open at 7:00 PM; the formal meeting begins at 7:30 PM.

Program: Working Digital DX
- We will have a presentation on working DX on digital modes. We'll cover the techniques of working split frequencies and dealing with pile-ups.

Note: Before the meeting, we usually have an informal get-together for dinner at the Arby's Restaurant, 801 1st Avenue in Coralville. Please feel free to join us there between 6:00 and 6:15 PM.

VE Session

A licensing test session will be conducted from 10:00 AM to 1 PM on Saturday June 8th. The location will be the Coralville Public Library Meeting Room A
The library is at 1401 5th Street on Coralville.

We will conduct tests for all license classes. More information can be found on our licensing page.

June 2013 Meeting

The June meeting of the Iowa City Amateur Radio Club will be held on Wednesday, June 12th at the Grant Wood Area Education Agency, 200 Holiday Road in Coralville. Be sure to watch this web page for updates.

The doors will open at 7:00 PM; the formal meeting begins at 7:30 PM.

Program: Field Day Preparation
- We will be going over plans for this year's Field Day.

ARRL Field Day 2013

CW key

On June 22-23, ICARC will participate in Field Day at Iowa City's City Park, Shelter #11 for the purpose of having an enjoyable and educational weekend. Contest rules will be followed and contacts logged but results are a secondary consideration. We will operate on 10, 15, 20, 40, and 80 meters.

American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure

Area amateur Radio operators will be providing communications support for this event on June 29th. The website for this event is here. David KØLUM will be coordinating. If you would like to help, please cont act him.

Click on the icon to the left to visit www.emergency-radio.org for more information about Amateur Radio's emergency capabilities. The emergency-radio.org web site is provided by the ARRL.

Real-Time Propagation Information

Solar X-Ray Flux:
Geomagnetic Field:

Click to visit GOES X-ray Flux
(5 minute data)

Click to visit 3-day Estimated
Planetary Kp-index Monitor

For weekly propagation bulletins, please visit the ARRL's W1AW Propagation Bulletins web page. A new bulletin is posted every Friday. Also, N6RT's excellent Propagation page is a great resource.

What's New ?

April 11, 2012:
- Added meeting announcements for UIARC, build session and ICARC.
- Added upcoming VE session and updated repeater listing.
March 30, 2012:
- Added meeting announcement for UIARC.
March 24, 2012:
- Updated meeting announcement. Added UIARC net.
Feburary 7, 2012:

Updated meeting announcement

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Last updated April 11, 2013 by ACØXY