I’m getting progressively better at this new adventure of ham radio- VHF/UHF Contest Rovering My QSO count is still extremely low, but I’m gaining tons of experience with still a long way to go.  This is *hard* with makes it fun. For the January VHF contest (Jan 20-21, 2024), I couldn’t travel far out enough … Read more…

  Soapbox comments from our JSCARC members who participated in this year’s Winter Field Day.  Overall, this was fun, and another example of a ham radio event used to promote the importance of emergency preparedness.  Good job all.   KB5PGY I operated from W5RRR this afternoon as 3I STX using JS8.   AB5SS I operated … Read more…

Ken K5RG just returned from a trip to Egypt with Camille.  We all wished he had taken a radio for SU1CAMEL/K5RG mobile ops. John AB5SS showed us a portable POTA battery box he built on consignment for KG5LJZ.  He also brought 4 72AH flatpacks for a super battery pack build in-work.  KB5PGY examines one of … Read more…

Post by AB5SS Jan 21, 2024 Editor’s Note:  In November, the club voted to replace our aging TS-2000 VHF/UHF radio with a new IC-9700.  Our treasurer Ken K5RG quickly procured the radio and delivered it to the shack in November while it awaited AB5SS’ installation efforts   …I had some time this afternoon so I … Read more…

Author: Jayant KG5LJZ Saturday December 16, 2023 It was a cold dreary day when I got the call from John AB5SS that POTA was on. It had rained the previous night and the ground was wet. I quickly got up and headed to Park K-3511 San Jacinto Monument State Park. John had set up an … Read more…

Since our daughter couldn’t come home for Thanksgiving, my wife and I decided to travel up to Denton for a few days to see her.  Not to pass up an opportunity to go foxhunting, I packed my FT-818, stock antenna, 70-dB step attenuator, Arrow antenna (70cm elements only) and a Handi-Finder to search for “Freddy … Read more…

Sheldon Lake State Park is only 33 minutes from JSC. It’s a beautiful park with plenty of mini-camp sites to spread out multiple ops on the same band. The park entrance is FREE For our last JSCARC POTA outing for 2023, Sheldon Lake was a perfect outing with weather that would have made all the … Read more…

Four of the JSC Student Interns from this semester attended a Fox Hunt (or T-Hunt) this past Sunday, November 19, held by Jeff AB4ME.  Jeff hid 2  Bynoics  MicroFox 15mW transmitters (146.565 and 146.430 Mhz) for the students to find using direction finding navigation.  The venue was the open Gilruth field area by the shack.  … Read more…

Tanner W9TWJ and John AB5SS, teamed up again this year to reclaim the ARRL SSB Sweepstakes Award for the Southwest Division.  With Covid and babies (congrats Tanner) under control, the W5RRR shack would once again host a this SSB contest on Nov 18-19- essentially a grueling 24 hour activity conducted within the timeframe of Saturday … Read more…

South East Texas Amateur radio Club (SETAC) Thanks to David KG5URA, a SETAC flyer was sent to us, advertising a Saturday (Nov 11) Fox Hunt (and POTA) at the San Jacinto Monument. After just completing an NJ1Z modified Doppler Handi-Finder, I decided to test drive it at this advertised event. What a great group of … Read more…