Category: West Texas Section

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…

Another very busy week with the usual therapy, doctor appointments, etc.  I’m hoping things will slow down.  I was supposed to be gone for this week’s Zoom meeting and next week on my annual fall trout fishing trip.  Unfortunately, my son-in-law…

A tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico has a predicted strong possibility of impacting somewhere along the Texas – Louisiana coast, unless it turns from its currently predicted path. The current Red Cross update appears at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWcas1uNaV8 If you…

Based on United States Geological Survey (USGS) data, at 12:29 UTC today, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti at a location 12 km NE of Saint-Louis du Sud and 33 km ENE of Les Cayes, Haiti. More precisely, the originating…

Attention HAMS that want to learn International Morse Code! We will have a class on August 23rd, which is a Monday night, at the Abilene Mall Library at 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The class will meet every Monday night…

Dear Emergency Management Partners, The City of Abilene will be hosting NIMS ICS 300 and ICS 400 training, October 26-29, 2021.  The classes will be held in the City’s EOC in the basement of City Hall, 555 Walnut, Abilene, TX…

W5ES is hosting a Zoom presentation by Dr. Bob Heil on sound and improving your station performance on August 27th at 7:00PM MST. Bob volunteered to talk with us after chatting with Joel, N6TOC so be sure to tune in!…

ARRL and the American Red Cross (ARC) have renewed their long-standing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for another 5 years. The MOU spells out how ARRL and the American Red Cross will work cooperatively during a disaster response. “We are pleased…

The FCC is requiring all ham radio operators to do an RF exposure test by May 3, 2021 to ensure we comply with the radiation limits.  In years past much of our equipment was exempt.  This year we are required…

We have all read too many tragic stories of folks in the Ham community that have been seriously injured or killed climbing towers. It is our strong belief that even one accident is too many. There are some basic questions…