Category: West Texas Section

Hello Everyone, Sorry I’ve been under the weather the past few weeks.  Unfortunately, I’m still not well, but I hope to recover soon! This week for the ARES/RACES portion of our meeting David will be discussing the April Section Exercise.  He will…

2023 will be celebrated by ARRL as “The Year of the Volunteer.” More information will be available throughout the year as the details are confirmed. However, the first adventure has been announced as a project called “Volunteers On The Air…

Folks, The next few days are going to  be very cold.  Please do Not take this Severe Cold weather lightly.Thankfully we will only see this severe cold for a few days. We must be prepared for it and use extreme…

Congratulations to Billy D. Roberts, W5NPR, recipient of the 2022 ARRL West Texas Section Special Service Award. Billy Roberts, W5NPR & Dale Durham, W5WI, Section Manager Special Service Award The Special Service Award was given to Billy during the West…

In our recent discussions questions were asked about a virtual SKYWARN Training session.  David, KF5WDJ our Section Emergency Coordinator made some inquiries with the Midland NWS office and found out that our Zoom group could attend their scheduled virtual Skywarn…

Field Day has been an annual event since 1933. It is Amateur Radio’s largest and most popular event. Due to everyone’s favorite virus, COVID, the Field Day Rules were changed for 2020 and 2021. The question is whether those new…

Attention HAMS that want to learn International Morse Code! We will have a class on January 31st, which is a Monday night, at the Southside Abilene Library located in the mall of Abilene at 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm. The…

The ARRL Foundation will start accepting applications for its 2022 scholarship program on November 1. The submission deadline is December 31. More than 100 scholarships ranging from $500 to $25,000 will be awarded in 2022. The 2022 scholarship year totals…

REMINDER      REMINDER       REMINDER       REMINDER       REMINDER Hello Everyone! We were initially planning on holding this ARES meeting with just ARES DEC’s. EC’s and ARES members.  Last evening we learned that many folks were…

Please notice that the Zoom link will be available for check in at 7 p.m. CDT for those folks who wish to participate in some Winlink training.  Our regular Zoom meeting starts at 8 p.m. See you there! 73, Dale…