Welcome to the South Lyon Area Amateur Radio Club!

Whether you’re a seasoned amateur radio operator or just getting started, SLAARC is here to help you connect, explore, and join a thriving community of radio enthusiasts.

Connect with fellow operators and expand your radio knowledge.
Explore new skills, technologies, and on-air activities
Join us for meetings, events, and hands-on learning.

We welcome all experience levels and encourage you to check out our events, repeater information, and membership opportunities. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out—our community is always happy to help!
We are always looking for interesting presentations at our monthly meeting. For additional information on how to volunteer to present, please contact the Club President.


Club News

  • SLAARC Lifetime Membership Grants 2025
    For Immediate Release: On July 13, 2025 the South Lyon Amateur Radio Club recognized and awarded two members of the club the Certificate of Lifetime Membership. The certificate presented to both members represents an exceptional dedication and significant contribution to the club over each individuals extended tenure with the Amateur Radio hobby and South Lyon club as an organization. Chris Anderson – K8VJ – Club License Trustee, Club Historical Resource, Former Club VE Coordinator, VE…

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  • July Technical Program
    The July Technical Program will be on June 8, 2025, at 6:30pm At our July Technical Meeting, Dennis (KT8X) will take us on a journey to Bouvet Island—considered the most remote island on Earth and one of the rarest DXCC entities. Located in the South Atlantic Ocean, Bouvet ranked #2 on the DXCC Most Wanted List before the 2023 expedition and still holds the #11 spot today. Dennis is part of the team heading there…

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  • July 2025 Calendar of Club Events
    Happy Independence Day to you and your family! We’re a few days behind as the vacation wraps up, but we have an exciting July Calendar of Club Events to bring you this month. I’d like to take a moment to personally thank Mark Torigian who collaborated with our club this month to bring a special joint POTA Support Your Parks Event. We hope to have an excellent showing, so please see the details below! Special…

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Monthly Events and Activities

VE Testing 4th Saturday of each month at the Witch’s Hat Depot

See details about testing

Monthly siren test (March- November)

1pm on the first Saturday of each month. Great way to get into ham radio.


Weekly Events and Activities

  • Weekly in person breakfast at Lucas of South Lyon. Every Saturday at 8:30am
  • Weekly zoom breakfast at 8:00am on zoom, see details
  • Weekly Net on the 147.040 repeater and 454050 Allstar node Sundays at 8:00pm

Other events will be listed on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/slaarc/events


2025 Club Officers

PresidentEric Stoddart K8ERS
Vice PresidentJames Mills K8JKU
SecretaryJerry Grimes K8GNG
TreasurerLouis Kolenc N8LEK
Member at LargeMike Sharpe W8XH

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