The CRES amateur radio club was established in 1962 by hams working at the Western Electric manufacturing facility on East Broad St in Columbus. Today it serves the greater central Ohio ham community. Its goals include stimulating interest in amateur radio, the exchange of technical information, emergency readiness, and social activities for the membership and their families. As a club we sponsor the W8ZPF repeater, host a Volunteer Examiner team, participate in ham-related events such as Field Day, and conduct bi-monthly meetings which consist of a short business meeting followed by a topical presentation of interest to clubmembers. Visitors (licensed or not) are always welcome, as are new club members.
- Every Monday, 1:30 PM - Club Mid-day net on W8ZPF/R, 146.67-, 131.8 CTCSS
- Thu Feb 15 - General meeting and program, A conversation with Bob Heil, K9EID; New Albany Branch of the Columbus Public Library, 6:00 PM: gather to eat and socialize (brown bag your own food); 6:45 PM: short meeting, followed by presentation
- Thu Apr 26 - General meeting and program, "The Journey to an Antenna Analyzer" by Al Mecozzi, WA8LBZ; New Albany Branch of the Columbus Public Library; 6:00 PM: gather to eat and socialize (brown bag your own food); 6:45 PM: short meeting, followed by presentation
- Thu Jun 21 - General meeting and program, "A tour of our Members Ham Shacks" by Tom Foy, N4HAI; Reynoldsburg Branch of the Columbus Public Library; 6:00 PM: gather to eat and socialize (brown bag your own food); 6:45 PM: short meeting, followed by presentation
- Thu Aug 23 - General meeting and program, topic to be announced; New Albany Branch of the Columbus Public Library; 6:00 PM: gather to eat and socialize (brown bag your own food); 6:45 PM: short meeting, followed by presentation
- Membership Application (PDF)
- Dues Information
- Meet the members of your CRES-ARC Executive Committee
- Past CRES-ARC Officeholders
- VE exam FAQ for aspiring and upgrading hams
- Our CRES-ARC Constitution (PDF)
- The CRES-ARC Photo Gallery
- Our Silent Keys
- Presentation materials from CRES-ARC technical talks
- CRES-ARC Meeting Minutes
- Our ARRL affiliation info
- CRES-ARC Members-Only Area (password protected)
(The Members and Friends Pictorial Directory has been moved to the Members-Only area of the website.)
Ham Radio is all about communications. Our primary means of keeping in contact with one another within the Club is our W8ZPF Repeater, 146.07/146.67 Mhz (with 131.8 Hz CTCSS). The repeater is located at I-270 and Broad St (SR 16) on the east side of Columbus with a remote receiver site in northwest Fairfield County. W8ZPF/R provides good coverage throughout most of Franklin, and much of Fairfield and Licking, Counties. If you have a rig that cannot send subaudible tones, you can override the repeater's CTCSS decoder temporarily by touch-toning 219. Feel free to give a call on W8ZPF/R at any time.
The CRES-ARC also maintains two internet email lists -- a discussion group and an email announcement list. What's the difference? The announcement list is a low volume list intended to announce our meetings and activities as well as get the word out about other items of interest to all club members. The discussion group is a potentially higher volume Yahoo Groups forum that can either be viewed online or followed through emails. On the discussion group the topics are more dynamic, going where ever its members choose to take them.
- The announcement list is maintained by the Treasurer. Drop us an email if you desire to have your email address added, removed, or changed, or if you have a question.
- If you are a club member and would like to join the CRES_ARC discussion group on Yahoo, just enter your email address below and click "GO" to get started:
- Finally, as a courtesy, for those club members who would like to provide contact information for other members of the CRES-ARC, we publish a members-only web page. If you are a member in good standing, you may request the access credentials from a club officer. Please email the Internet Manager if you would like to make your email address, phone number, or mugshot, available to other club members on the members-only part of the website.
- Contest Info: Field Day Ohio QSO Party OSPOTA TP QSO Party CQ-WE
- National Online Resources: ARRL QRZ EHam QSL QTH mods.dk Bell Ringers
- Local Sister Organization Websites: ATCO COARES CCRA COOKEN CORC OARC LFCARC NARA
- A Short History of the Columbus Works Location and the CRES-ARC
- A Map of the Hams who live in your (or any) Grid Square
- Amateur Radio HF Phone Nets Heard in Ohio
- CRES-ARC Field Day 2004 article from Southeast Messenger.
- Tusco ARC Hamfest, Strasburg, 8AM (6AM to set up), Sun 28 Jan 2018
- Mansfield Mid-Winter Hamfest, Richland County Fairgrounds, 7AM, Sun 18 Feb 2018
- Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society Winter Hamfest, 500 South Abbe Rd, Elyria, OH, 8:30AM - 1PM, Sun, 4 Mar 2018
- Toledo Hamfest, Owens Community College SHAC, 30335 Oregon Rd, Perrysburg, OH, 8AM - 2PM, Sun 18 Mar 2018
- Athens Ohio Hamfest, Athens Community Center, 8AM - 1PM, Sun 30 Apr 2017
- The 2019 Hamvention, New location: Greene County Fair & Exposition Center, Fri-Sun 17-19 May 2019
- BreezeShooters Hamfest, Big Butler Fairgrounds, Prospect PA, 8AM - 3PM, Sun 02 Jun 2018
- Van Wert ARC Hamfest, Van Wert County Fairgrounds, 8AM, Sun 22 July 2018
- The Columbus Hamfest, New Location: Aladdin Shrine Center, Grove City, 8AM - 2PM, Sat 5 Aug 2017
- The Findlay Hamfest, Hancock County Fairgrounds, 8AM, Sun 11 Sep 2016
- Cleveland Hamfest, Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, 8AM - 2PM, Sun 24 Sep 2017
