Another outstanding Winter Field Day is in the books. The weather was decent and the food was delicious! Thanks to KC3MVS and his XYL for planning and preparing the food. Also, a special thanks to the American Legion Post #300, who allowed us to set up on their site.
Hope to see you at the next Field Day, which is June 24th, 2023.
AARO would like to take the time to THANK the American Legion Post #300, 3290 Grosenbacher Rd, San Antonio, TX 78245 for the use of their facility. The staff at POST #300 are the “BEST”. Some are going to become HAMs some day soon. Thank you, Thank you, Thank You.
Also want to thank Chris KI5MJZ Field Day Chairman, Shane NS5D Field Day Co-chair for an awesome time. Thank you Kelly WB5MZT for the soldering class. Thank you Steve KE5WYV, Freddie (the dogs name) and all of those that attended this year’s Field Day events. Looking forward to Winter Field Day, already.
-vr AARO Keith Hicks
All members and prospective members please attend. Family members are welcome. Please bring a dish or dishes to share.
The Texas QSO party, sponsored by the Northwest Amateur Radio Society, a full-service ARRL recognized club in Northwest Houston, Texas, is scheduled on the last full weekend in September. We do this each year to encourage contacts between Texas amateur radio operators and amateur radio operators throughout the world.
One of the planning goals each year is to have operators in each of the 254 counties in Texas. This is the best – and in fact it may be the only – opportunity to make contact with operators in some Texas counties.
Texas mobile stations that change counties are considered to be a new station and may be worked again for QSO and multiplier credit. Texas mobile stations operating on a 2, 3, or 4 county lines may be counted as 2, 3, or 4 QSOs and multipliers. Separate log entries must be entered for each county/QSO by both Texas and Non Texas stations. County lines, whether water or land are defined as per County Hunter rules. A multiplier counts once, regardless of the number of bands or modes it is worked on.
Join Icom for the biggest D-STAR QSO Party. Communicate through as many D-STAR repeaters as possible, all around the world. Operators who submit an approved log will be eligible to win an IC-R30, among other great prizes! Find out how you can be one of our 16 lucky winners!
The goal of the D-STAR QSO PARTY is to communicate through as many D-STAR repeaters as possible throughout the world. All operators who submit an approved log will be eligible for the prize draw. Winners will be randomly selected to each win a prize. The more D-STAR QSO’s you make, the more chances you have to win. Please refer to the entry multipliers below.
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If you contact 25 amateurs and 15 foreign countries, you will get total four (4) points.
FREE Spaghetti Dinner, Coffee, Soda’s and water
VE Testing Session
Swap meet
Technical Training to make yourself more effective in VHF/UHF DXing, No matter your VHF/UHF Interesting a more efficient station is just more fun!!
Raffle: FT 920 with DeskMicrophone – Dual VFO 100 Watt HF/6 meter
Yaesu VX5 HT
The class is on the 11th and 18th at the Mays Family YMCA at the corner of Potranco and 151. The exact address is 8765 Hwy. 151 Access Rd. The class is from ( am to 5 pm both days. There will be testing on the 18th. We will be using the NEW Gordon West Technician Manual 2018 to 2022 edition. Test fee is $15.00. Students must purchase their own book. The class is free. Contact David Finell, N7LRY to reserve a seat.
