<posted by JSCARC member, Joe Gibson K5KUA> On Monday, February 9 about 7:45AM, I loaded up my truck, entered Big Boggy NWRs location into my truck’s GPS, and headed out. About a mile down the road, I realized that I forgot to get water and left my coffee siting on the counter. Moving on, I … Read more…

Our club was featured in the March 2026 issue of QST, as a “Club Spotlight” on page 13.   Here’s a copy of the page in QST  <here> The published feature is a much condensed version of our larger submission based on questions posed to us.  Here’s our unedited (more detailed) submission about our club

Winter Field Day 2026 David KB5PGY was a one-man-band activating W5RRR at the shack while the rest of us were busy hunkering down for the surprise Houston freeze warning that hit our area. Held on Saturday, January 24th, David operated on digital in support of WFD.  Note:  the shack was not available for operations on … Read more…

OVERVIEW This is my 8th Rover outing.   You’d think I should be pretty good at this by now, eh?  NOPE.  After each event, I quietly sit down, reflect, and write down all the failures or weaknesses in a  lessons learned document.  This document never shrinks, as there’s always something that needs fixing-  even after 3 years of doing this event.   … Read more…

<Posted by our remote JSCARC member, Dan KG5PVP, operating from his QTH in Montana.> I had a great WFD in NW Montana. I was able to easily make 65 contacts located across the country.  I hit 21 states, surprisingly, many of which were located in the mid-west.  I worked 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters … Read more…

As part of ARRL’s “year of the clubs”, we were contacted to be a candidate club for feature an upcoming QST. One of their requests was to provide a photo of our club members.  I didn’t have one and was not likely to get one in time of their deadline, especially during the busy holiday … Read more…

As an active participant of NASA On the Air (NOTA), W5RRR got on the air on Dec 6, 2025 to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission. Once again, hams were treated with our VIP operator, Milt Heflin K5KRM, who famously was onboard the USS Ticonderosa to retrieve the crew and capsule during … Read more…

Lake Livingstone State Park US-3028 Sheldon Lake State Park US-3056 Brazos Bend State Park US-2992 San Jacinto State Park US-3511 by Jayant KG5LJZ This web page is about a fascinating two weekends that we had in November 2025 where we decided to activate a series of parks on the air using digital modes and some … Read more…

Hey Dave & all, A few more pics and details.   In addition to activating Brazos Bend State Park on Saturday, Nov 1st, over the past 3 days, I activated 4 parks; Palmetto State Park (US-3045), Lockhart State Park (US-3033), Bastrop State Park (US-2986), and Buescher State Park (US-2993).     My wife and I departed … Read more…

This past Friday and Saturday, Oct 31 and Nov,  2  POTA activations by successfully deployed by Dan KG5PVP, John AB5SS and David KB5PGY. Dan, our roving member who lives mostly in Troy, Montana but part-time in Houston, successfully activated from US 4505 at the Kootenai National Forest, Montana on Friday. Dan KG5PVP (@ Kootenai National … Read more…