News

Christmas Party/Brunch Dec. 14

Don't forget the potluck Christmas party and brunch on December 14 at 9AM at the Storm Shelter. Everyone should bring a dish to share. Please contact Laura McDonald to let her know what you are bringing. The Ham of the Year will be announced and the raffle drawing will be held at the party.

2024-11-17

January Meeting Changed to 25th

The Storm Shelter will be in use for official purposes on January 11, our normal meeting date. We will meet instead on January 25 at the estate of Dave Godfrey NY5A at 243 Koonce Rd, Trinity, TX. Since that is Winter Field Day, members (and visitors) should bring their radios and antennas if they wish to operate. Operating starts at 10AM. The GPS coordinates of the Godfrey estate are 30.942467, -95.440758.

2024-11-17

No June Meeting!!!

The Storm Shelter is in use by FEMA.

2024-06-04

May 11 Meeting Cancelled

The Walker county storm shelter is currently being used to house people affected by the flood and may or may not be available for our use Saturday. Due to this uncertainty and the possibility of even more rain, we will not be having our normal monthly meeting. Thanks and have a great day- Laura

2024-05-08

New May 11 Testing Location

Because the Storm Shelter is being used for flood refugees, the VEC testing session will be moved. Tyson Eppink, our testing coordinator, will be offering license testing at the Huntsville airport Saturday from 10-12. The addressis 1000 Airport Drive. For info call ‭(936) 635-2590‬.

2024-05-08

New Winlink (RMS) Stations

We now have two Winlink stations as follows: Winlink VHF Packet - 145.03 W5HVL-10 Winlink VARA FM - 446.15 W5HVL-11

2024-03-23

Allen Wins AR-15 Raffle

The AR-15 offered in the WCARG raffle was won by Helen Allen of Huntsville. Happy shooiing to Helen!

2024-03-13

New Winlink Stations

On October 16, 2023 we installed the two RMS stations at the tower site that is utilized by the WCARG club. The two stations were as follows: • VHF 145.030 MHz. configured for WIN- LINK VHF PACKET under the station des- ignation of KM5VC-10. • UHF 446.150 MHz. configured for WIN- LINK VARA FM under the station designa- tion of KM5VC-11.

2023-10-26

New Officers Elected

The following new officers wee elected for 2014-5: - President: Clenard Hightower KC5IYA - Vice President: Russ Cooper NR5US - Secretary: Laura McDonald WW7OO - Treasurer: Stepen Farlow KJ5YN

2023-10-26

November Meeting Date Changed to 11-18

The November meeting of WCARG has been delayed a week due to an event at the Storm Shelter. The new meeting date is November 18 at 9 AM at the Walker County Storm Shelter.

2023-10-26

Generator Winner -- Dustin Cotton

The winner of the generator this year was Dustin Cotton.

2022-12-10

FRN Required for Ham Exams

You are required to provide an FRN (FCC Registration Number) when you take an amateur radio examination. Social Security numbers will not longer be accepted. If you ugrading, you alrready have an FRN. If you are a new licensee, you need to obtain a new FRN. See the FCC page below for instructions. https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/support/universal-licensing-system-uls-resources/getting-fcc-registration-number-frn

2021-05-10