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June 2022 Archive
June 30, 2022
The archive for this month’s club meeting is now available. You’ll find the meeting recording (when available), presentation slides, and any additional …
March 2022 Archive
March 31, 2022
A few of our past meeting archives seem to have gone QRT and are currently missing in action. If you happen to have a recording, slides, or any other materials …
February 2022 Archive
February 1, 2022
The archive for this month’s club meeting is now available. You’ll find the meeting recording (when available), presentation slides, and any additional …
January 2022 Archive
January 31, 2022
The archive for this month’s club meeting is now available. You’ll find the meeting recording (when available), presentation slides, and any additional …
December 2021 Archive
December 31, 2021
The archive for this month’s club meeting is now available. You’ll find the meeting recording (when available), presentation slides, and any additional …
November 2021 Archive
November 30, 2021
100th Anniversary of First Football Game Play-by-Play Broadcast
November 24, 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the first play by play broadcast in the United States. It was Texas A&M vs the University of …
October 2021 Archive
October 30, 2021
Remote HAM License Testing
October 6, 2021
Thanks to Evan Novak for supplying this information. nn The Las Vegas (Nevada) HamTest group has created procedures to allow Ham License remote testing. For …
September 2021 Archive
September 30, 2021
August 2021 Archive
August 31, 2021
July 2021 Archive
July 31, 2021
The archive for this month’s club meeting is now available. You’ll find the meeting recording (when available), presentation slides, and any additional …
Field Day 2021 Results
July 6, 2021
The 2021 American Radio Relay League (ARRL) annual Field Day was held June 26-June 27, involving several hours of setup on Saturday, 24 hours of operating and …
June 2021 Archive
June 30, 2021
The archive for this month’s club meeting is now available. You’ll find the meeting recording (when available), presentation slides, and any additional …
WCARC Tail-Gate SwapFest On May 29 in Pflugerville
May 12, 2021
The Williamson County Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) have arranged to use a parking lot in a medical complex in Pflugerville to conduct a tailgate Ham swap-fest on …
Wall Street Journal: Die-hard ham-radio operators brave storms, sharks, brutal temperatures to set up temporary transmitting stations
May 7, 2021
DX-pedition to Bouvet Island planned.
FCC Auto-Registration Feature for Exam Applicants to be Discontinued
April 28, 2021
Auto-registration in the FCC Commission Registration System (CORES) amateur radio exam for candidates using a Social Security number will be discontinued on May …
Sea-Pac Virtual Ham Convention in early June
April 25, 2021
A virtual Ham Convention is being held June 5 & 6, 2020 in conjunction with a QSO Party. Billed as the Pacific Northwest’s Largest Ham Convention. Full …
What I Learned About Back-up Generators
April 1, 2021
My amateur radio interest has always revolved around emergency communications. As such, I invested in back-up power generation. During the February Winter …
A Cautionary Tale for New Hams about Handheld Transceivers (HT)
March 6, 2021
It is important that amateur radio operators be aware of spurious radio signals that can potentially interfere with other radios. It is especially important …