The exact date of the club's first meeting is unknown as there are currently no known club records from those early days. Orlin Jenkins K0OJ suggested that the club formed in the late 70s or early 80s as a result of the 147.000 machine being put on the air. This machine was sponsored by OJ and it was originally at his residence at 2101 5th St in Greeley.
A few local hams helped OJ to acquire his first repeater. Some names that he remembered were Mike Wisch W0LG (formerly WB0LGC) and Andy Loomis NE5EN (formerly KE0UL). There were others as well. The repeater activitly helped to bring the local Greeley hams together and at some point they decieded to form the Weld Amateur Radio Society.
The 147.000/.060 repeater first shows up in the 1978 ARRL Repeater Directory as WR0APA. The FCC issued the prefix WR to early amateur repeaters. There is a page on radioqth.net that has some information on this topic. → https://www.radioqth.net/vanity/groupxcalls
There is a nice collection of old ARRL Repeater Directories at the Florida Amateur Spectrum Management Association. → FASMA Historical ARRL Repeater Directories
WARS is run solely by volunteers. The following are the members who gave their time and energy to keep the club running through the years. This list is incomplete as many members also served in other roles.
Elections were held on September 11, 2004.
Elections were held on July 9, 2005.
Elections were held on July 8 2006.
Elections were held on July 14, 2007.
Elections were held on July 12, 2008.
Elections were held on July 11, 2009.
* Rob Gentry KA0VNB moved from the area at the end of September 2009 and Willie Williams W5WIW assumed the role of president.
Dave Schultz W0EDW was elected to be Vice President at the January 10, 2010 meeting.
Current officers were elected by acclimation on July 10, 2010.
A motion to retain the current officers made and passed at the July 9, 2011 meeting.
Elections were held at the July 14, 2012 meeting.
A motion was made and passed to keep current officers in their positions at the July 13, 2013 meeting.
A motion was made and passed to keep the current officers in their positions at the July 12, 2014 meeting.
All current club officers and board members were retained in their positions at the July 11, 2015 meeting.
* Club President Willie Williams W5WIW passed away on July 31, 2015. Vice-President Dave Schultz W0EDW submitted his resignation at the August 8, 2015 meeting.
A special election was held at the September 12, 2015 meeting.
Joe Hawley KD0TYU was elected Club President.
Jon Anderson KD0VBO was elected to be the Vice-President.
Elections were held at the July 09, 2016 meeting.
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