Category Archives: CARC

After 2 and a half years of Field Days, a few (small) contests and a little over 1,300 QSOs in the log we finally received our first big award: the ARRL’s Worked All States award! More awards to come! Like the … Continue reading →

Jason KF5EJX, Jason N5YPJ and Jason K5WW were active in the North American QSO Party (SSB) this weekend. They all used the club call, KS5TX; and made 210 QSOs: That is almost twice as much as last year, when there were four … Continue reading →

If you happen to be in the neighborhood then please stop by the club shack, accross from the hospital, and join the crew in the SSB NAQP this weekend!

Santa Claus is early this year! He delivered a HUGE power generator a few days ago: 15 KW of clean, diesel-generated backup power! Notice that we painted it ourselves: And it purs like a newborn kitten! 🙂 It got parked … Continue reading →

No, we didn’t win a million bucks. Not even a hundred. We’re not going to Hollywood to accept it either… But we did get our first award for participation in the 2012 Alessandro Volta RTTY contest! Now don’t say “only … Continue reading →

So here they are, in all their glory: those 50 confirmed states. If any of these callsigns look familiar to you then go ahead and pat yourself on the back! Well done, everyone!

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM; because a few of the VIPs were a bit late. Attending: Mary KU5Z, Cici AA5EK, Jim AB5JK, David W5DUH, Richard N5YPJ,  Cathrine Tull, Jason KF5EJX and Erik K5WW. Minutes of the June … Continue reading →

We participated in the North American QSO Party – RTTY edition on July 20 and 21.  The NAQPs are short (10 or 12 hours) contests, organized by the National Contest Journal, that come in 3 flavors: SSB, phone, and RTTY. … Continue reading →

The CARC’s July 2013 meeting will be on Tuesday the 23rd. You’re invited!

Glad you asked! Simply – and politely – put: we old men got our butts kicked by the young ladies!! That must have been a well-planned move; by trying to put us all to sleep with Cici’s tasty cake, brownies, and chocolate … Continue reading →