The WCARC Field Day Results, Topic for our July 2nd Meeting
Just
a reminder, this month's program is a Field Day recap...
With our Field Day Chairman, Dick W5TA, out of town Tom N5TW
is putting together a recap... He needs copies of
your photos!
WCARC Field Day 2009 Field Day Chairman: Dick, W5TA CW Station Captain: Don, N6RV SSB Station Captain: Jim, NQ5L GOTA Station Captain: Dallas, KD4HNX VHF/UHF Station Captain: George, K5TYN Chuck Wagon Chef: Dan, KB5TWO
For your own copy of all the rules and Field Day forms here is the master file from the ARRL web site... Plus you can download and print your very own copy of the ARRL Ham Band Chart.
The Austin and Williamson County Amateur Radio Clubs are hosting FREE Ham Classes. Check out the FREE Amateur Radio Classes website for details.
For
those that haven't
been to our new meeting site, check the Meeting
Info link on the left.
Talk-in will be on
146.640, (Minus offset
PL=162.2 Hz).
TXVHFFM Society Web Site - Updated Repeater Search
The Repeater Search now let's you search for all the repeaters in a given County. Give it a test drive at: http://www.txvhffm.com/repeater/
Local Swapfest
Austin Summerfest - August 7th and 8th - Friday 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Saturday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Note the NEw Locations just South of the Ben White intersection...
WCARC and WC-ARES are Accepting Your
Donations
Did
you know that WCARC and WC-ARES can take your old gear and turn it into
funds? Kees, K5BCQ, has a great track record of taking
donated
equipment and selling it on eBay for top dollar and all proceeds go to
either WCARC or ARES, whichever you prefer. These funds keep
our
membership dues down, and give us ready cash for special events.
If you have anything to donate please contact Kees, K5BCQ.
He can even come by and pick it up.
New
US Amatur Radio Band Plan - Updated 23 Feb 2007
Here
is the newest US Amateur Radio Band Plan. This
band plan took effect on the 23rd of February, 2008 so print
one
out an put
it net to your radio. (Note, both this new one and the old
one
can be found on the ARRL web
site.
The
online Wiki repeater database John, KE5RS, created has grown and now
has it's own URL: http://www.wikipeater.com. This database
lets
you search, sort, and edit the database on-line.
WCARC History - Help
ID the Charter Members
WCARC History - Help ID
the Charter Members
Mark, NA6M, has scanned most,
if not all,
of the old newsletters he received at the WCARC Swap Fest.
They are posted with the
other Newsletters.
Mark also has scanned in some pictures of the Charter WCARC
meeting. Take a
look and let us know if you can help figure out who they are.
