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Clubs beyond the Tri-Cities

Regional Neighbors

Clubs and associations outside the day-to-day Tri-Cities list, grouped by region. This is a pointer page for operators traveling, monitoring rim-shot machines, or looking for VE sessions and nets a county or two over. It is not a claim of membership in any club listed here.

Local Tri-Cities, Hawkins, and border SW Virginia clubs stay on East Tennessee frequencies / clubs. This page does not repeat those entries. Confirm nets, tones, and meeting times with each club before you rely on them. Last checked October 2026.

See also: Regional Neighbor Repeaters for key wide-area frequencies outside the Tri-Cities list.

Southwest Virginia

Scott County ARS, ARA, and VASCAR are already on the Tri-Cities list, and Abingdon-area machines are on the East Tennessee frequencies page. These clubs are the next ring out (Galax / Hillsville, Marion / Smyth County for MEARS, New River Valley, Roanoke, Floyd).

  • Briarpatch Amateur Radio Club (W4BRC) - Galax / Hillsville, VA. Website. Tuesday 8 PM net on W4BRC 147.090 (and linked machines). Laurel VE sessions. Club repeater on Poplar Knob near Galax.
  • Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Society (MEARS) - Marion / Abingdon, VA. Website · ARRL. Third Thursday meetings alternating Marion and Abingdon. License testing.
  • New River Valley Amateur Radio Club (N4NRV) - Blacksburg, VA. Website. Fourth Monday meetings (skip June/December). Quarterly VE sessions. Field Day and Winter Field Day.
  • Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association (K4KDJ) - Blacksburg, VA. Campus page. Student club; campus organization listing.
  • Floyd Amateur Radio Society (W4FCV) - Floyd, VA. Website. Tuesday 8 PM on-air net on W4FCV 147.210. RACES affiliation noted on club site.
  • Roanoke Valley Amateur Radio Club (W4CA) - Roanoke, VA. Website. Meetings, VE sessions, and public service. Further west on I-81 than the Tri-Cities border counties.

Clinch Mountain and southern West Virginia

Clinch Valley and the Virginia counties north of Washington Co (Russell, Tazewell, Buchanan, Dickenson), plus southern West Virginia towns within about a three-hour drive of the Tri-Cities. Scott County ARS (K4GV on Clinch Mountain) stays on the Tri-Cities list and is not repeated here. Drive times below use the OSRM public driving router from Bristol, Kingsport, or Johnson City (closest origin noted).

  • Russell County Amateur Radio Club (WR4RC) - Lebanon / Honaker, VA (Clinch Valley). ARRL. First Thursday meetings in Honaker per ARRL listing. About 50 minutes from Bristol. The domain formerly listed for this club (rcarc.net) now serves a different club; use the ARRL page until a current club site is confirmed.
  • East River Amateur Radio Club (W8MOP) - Bluefield / Princeton, WV (Mercer County). Website · ARRL. First Monday meetings in Bluefield. Linked Bluefield and Princeton 2m machines; DMR and ARES/SKYWARN nets listed on the club site. About 2 hours from Bristol.
  • Black Diamond Amateur Radio Club (WV8BD) - Beckley, WV (Raleigh County). Website · ARRL. Second Tuesday meetings. Friday service net on the club repeater. About 2 hours 40 minutes from Bristol.

In range by drive time but without a verified public club website this pass: Welch (McDowell Co, about 2.5 hours from Bristol) and Williamson / Matewan (Mingo Co, about 2.5 hours from Kingsport). Confirm local activity on-air or via WV ARRL section listings before traveling.

Upstate South Carolina

No Upstate SC clubs are on the Tri-Cities list today.

  • Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Society (W4NYK) - Greenville, SC. Website. Nightly 9 PM net on Caesar Head 146.610. Monthly meetings and WCARS VEC testing at the Greenville Red Cross.
  • Spartanburg Amateur Radio Club (K4II) - Spartanburg, SC. Website. Tuesday clubhouse meetings; VE sessions; ARRL Special Service Club.
  • Anderson Radio Club (N4AW) - Anderson, SC. Website. Club repeaters and nightly net listed on club site (Sassafras Mountain 146.790 among others).

Knoxville to Chattanooga

Already on the Tri-Cities list: Sevier County Emergency Radio Service (SCERS / W1RFA); repeaters W4BBB (Chilhowee / Top of the World) and WB4GBI (Bluff Mtn, Sevierville); Sevier County ARES net. Those stay on the frequencies page. RACK is added here as a club entry even though its Chilhowee machine is already in the frequency tables.

  • Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville (RACK / W4BBB) - Knoxville, TN. Website. Multiple band repeaters; monthly meetings; VE sessions and June hamfest. Chilhowee 145.210 already appears on the Tri-Cities frequencies page.
  • Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club (K4PJ) - Oak Ridge, TN. Website. Second Monday meetings. W4SKH repeaters. ARRL affiliated.
  • Smoky Mountain Amateur Radio Club (W4OLB) - Maryville / Blount Co, TN. Website. Thursday 7 PM club net on W4OLB 146.655.
  • University of Tennessee Amateur Radio Club (AA4UT) - Knoxville, TN. Website. Campus club stations and training.
  • Chattanooga Amateur Radio Club (W4AM) - Chattanooga, TN. Website. First Thursday meetings; VE sessions; multi-county footprint.

Crossville to Cookeville (Cumberland Plateau / Upper Cumberland)

None of these clubs appear on the Tri-Cities list today.

  • Cumberland Plateau Amateur Radio Club (W8EYU) - Crossville, TN. Website. Second Tuesday meetings. Club nets on W8EYU repeaters; Tuesday ARES net listed on ARRL club page.
  • Upper Cumberland Neighborhood Amateur Radio Club (WN4RC) - Cookeville, TN. Website. Upper Cumberland area club meetings in Cookeville.
  • Cookeville Repeater Association - Cookeville, TN. Website. Laurel VEC exam sessions (schedule on site).

Eastern Kentucky - Black Mountain and Pine Mountain

Named for Black Mountain (Harlan County, Kentucky's highest peak) and the Pine Mountain ridge through Letcher County, where several clubs and high-site repeaters cluster. Not on the Tri-Cities list today.

  • Letcher County Amateur Radio Club (KM4AIL) - Whitesburg, KY. Website. Local repeater list includes Harlan and Pine Mountain area machines. Club meetings and hamfest dates on site.
  • Harlan County Amateur Radio Club - Harlan, KY. KY ARES D9 listing · kyham.info. Meetings at Harlan County Public Library (time varies by listing: Sunday afternoon). No dedicated club website found in this pass; verify before visiting.
  • Mountain Amateur Radio Club (WA4YZY) - Middlesboro / Bell County, KY. KY ARES D9 listing · kyham.info. District page notes operators in SE KY, SW VA, and East TN. Facebook linked from D9; confirm meeting time before attending.

High Country North Carolina

Watauga Amateur Radio Club (WA4J) and the Rich Mountain / Beech Mountain machines are already on the Tri-Cities list. Reception from the Tri-Cities is rim-shot only. These are the other verified High Country and adjacent mountain-county clubs.

  • Ashe County Amateur Radio Club (W4YSB) - West Jefferson, NC. Website. Second Thursday meetings. VE sessions. Club repeater 147.30 (talk-in noted on club site).
  • Mayland Amateur Radio Club (KK4MAR) - Spruce Pine / Bakersville, NC (Mitchell County, next to Avery County). Website. Second Thursday business meetings at Mayland Community College. VE testing by pre-registration. ARRL affiliated per club site.

Last checked: October 2026. Club sites and nets change. If a listing here is wrong, send an update the same way you would for the frequency page.

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