Dubose Middle School

Welcome to K4DMS - DuBose’s Amateur Radio Club!

“Knowledge for DuBose Middle School”

K4DMS is sponsored by Mrs. Alene Wilkins

DuBose is the only school in the tri-county area that has an amateur radio club.  K4DMS is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.  Our motto is “Here we use amateur radio to communicate with others in our neighborhood and around the world”.  In 2004, DMS had an exclusive contact with the International Space Station.  The following school year, K4DMS was started.  Most of our radio equipment was obtained through an “Amateur Radio Relay League’s Big School Grant”.  The rest of our equipment has been donated by local hams, many of whom are members of the Charleston Amateur Radio Society (C.A.R.S.).  C.A.R.S. sponsors K4DMS and maintains a webpage on their site, www.wa4usn.org. 

K4DMS meets every Tuesday after school from 4-5:30 in room 303.  Our first meeting will be Tuesday, September 9, 2008.  During club meetings we will learn how to use our radio equipment to communicate by voice and computer, log contacts, complete qsl cards, practice for licensing tests and make many new friends in new places.  Last year three club members:  Michael Harris, KJ4AIH, Sarah Keene, KI4ZGQ and Billy Thompson, KJ4BNA, successfully got a Technician Class license. 

 

Each year we participate in the Fall and Spring ARRL National School Club Roundup.  The School Club Roundup is a competition between schools to see who can make the most contacts with other schools, other clubs and individuals around the US and the world.  We have participated for three years and have placed each year.  Contest results are published in the ARRL sponsored magazine, QST.  The Fall   School Club Roundup will occur October 20^th through October 23, 2008.  The Spring School Club Roundup will be from February 9^th through February 12, 2009.  During these weeks club members stay after school each day from 4-6:30 to compete. 

 

We have made contacts with many US states, all the Canadian Provinces and many foreign countries including Italy, England, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Portugal, Russia, Belgium, the Canary Island, the Azores, Jamaica, Netherlands, Panama, South Africa and Spain. 

 

If you are interested in K4DMS come to a meeting on Tuesdays from 4-5:30 in

room 303.