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Beth Lasater REGISTRATION CLOSES TONIGHT If you have not signed up to volunteer for the 2020 Houston Marathon Weekend of Events, this is your last chance! Volunteer registration will be closing TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m. We don’t want to run this race without HOU, so register now and join Race Crew! See 2020 Houston Marathon Ham Recruitment for … Read more…
The Houston Marathon is quickly approaching, with the We Are Houston Fun Run on Saturday, January 18 and the Chevron Houston Marathon Sunday, January 19. I encourage all hams to volunteer to support these events. The need is real. To fully staff ham effort requires about 150 hams. The last three years between 101 – … Read more…
The 2019 JSCARC Holiday Dinner will be on Thursday, December 12th, 2019, 6:30pm at Mamacitas Patio.
Certificates are now available to download from the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary celebration.
If you’ve ever been to an Arizona/Phoenix area hamfest you’ve likely seen Patrick Stoddard (WD9EWK) running the AMSAT booth and performing demonstrations as satellites pass over. If you’ve ever chased grids on or casually worked satellites there’s a high probability you’ve had a QSO with Patrick. Patrick routinely activates grids wherever his travels take him … Read more…
On Sunday, February 24th, Jerry Steward (N5FWB) invited Intermediate School student Gunnar Wye-Rodney (KG5YUW) and his father Bill over to the W5RRR shack. Jerry heard Gunnar, who already has a Technician license and is presently working on his General, and another student, Paul Bailey (KG5YUT), talking about electronics on the 146.86 repeater. Jerry was not … Read more…
On Friday, January 4th, scheduled maintenance was performed on our satellite antennas. The last maintenance was performed around 10 years ago so there were several goals during this work: inspect the 2m and 70cm antennas, inspect and seal the crossboom, install a new 23cm antenna and run a new feed of heliax, replace jumpers with flex … Read more…
Working a rare callsign, special event station, country, or grid square is always an exciting time when you’re able to officially make the QSO and put it in your log. But being the station handing out that rare contact is a whole another level of excitement – and for me another level of being nervous too. … Read more…
The 2018 JSCARC Holiday Dinner will be on Tuesday, December 11th, 2018, at Franca’s Real Italian Restaurant. Franca’s Famous Trio Plate (prix-fixe) Chicken Parmigiana, Lasagna and Penne Alfredo – Salad, Garlic Bread, Iced Tea/Water (cash bar is always open) – $24.00 includes tax and gratuity (pay at event, individual bills) – Optional deserts such as … Read more…
Read about a Satellite DXpedition to EL18/EL28 and EL19.
