Hi all.
I have completed the migration between the old CARC website and this one.
The new one is based on a WordPress blog engine, which allows all of you to reply to messages, subscribe to receive new messages, automatically receive notifications of calendar events, and so much more!
Try it. You’ll like it. I swear 🙂
The meeting was called to order at 7:02 PM.
A motion was made and voted on for Erik K5WW to be the club’s QSL manager.
No other business was conducted by the club and the meeting was adjourned 7:25 PM.
Congratulations to James Buckner KF5MSD and Francisco Marines KF5MSE for passing the Technician Class exam on Saturday, September 10!
After the June 2012 meeting Wayne KC5FXS upgraded his Novice license to a Technician license. Congratulations, Wayne; you must have really enjoyed being a Novice for so many years!!
The CARC received its very first QSL card recently, for a QSO made in the NAQP in August! W7CAR was generous enough to send a return SASE and got the very first CARC QSL card in return!
A design for more KS5TX cards is in the pipeline – stay tuned!
Hello all,
You may see the CARC website alternating between two completely different looks every now and then.
No, you’re not going crazy: I am changing the website, and it’s going to get a whole new look!
Stay tuned,
Erik
The Texas QSO party took place on September 29 and 30. Jason KF5EJX, Richard N5YPJ and Erik K5WW participated from the club station.
We logged a whopping (!) 104 QSOs, good for 14,560 points. More operators wanted for next year! 🙂
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM.
The club voted in favor of the design for the club’s new QSL card.
No other business was conducted by the club and the meeting was adjourned at 7:21 PM.
The meeting was called to order at 7:08 PM.
No business was conducted by the club and the meeting was adjourned at 7:41 PM.
And then we went home.
Several club members participated in the SSB edition of the North American QSO Party on August 18. Jason KF5EJX and Jim AB5JK set up two G5RV wire antennas the night before, including lots of yellow caution tape! If that wasn’t enough Jason pulled out his BBQ pit and cooked for the crowd – it was like Field Day all over again. Initially we had some problems getting both computers to stay connected to the wireless internet; but things got a whole lot better towards night time (after a whole lot of experimenting.)
At the end of the day everyone was pretty tired, but satisfied. We made 118 QSOs on 4 bands, good for a score of 6,608. We only managed to log one foreign country, Canada; but we did get 4 of their provinces. And we got 34 US states, not bad with only 118 QSOs! So it’s safe to say that all the hardware was working; unfortunately our good old sun was not cooperating by throwing that solar disturbance at us. Better luck next time!
Here are some pictures of the event, made by Jason. Of course he forgot to take one of himself…
Mary KU5Z, Richard N5YPJ and Erik K5WW.
Mary KU5Z, Hubert KC5MCE and Erik K5WW.
Jason’s truck and BBQ pit. Just to say that the food was good!
The full-size G5RV antenna that Jason KF5EJX and Jim AB5JK installed for the contest.
Jim AB5JK having a bite.
And, thanks to Mary KU5Z, we did get a picture of Jason after all! He’s on the left. With his back to the camera. Now that’s just rude!
