Category: West Texas Section

Good afternoon ARES and RACES members! This email contains some important information. There is a state level alerting exercise that will take place on April 2, 1000-1200 local. This is focused as a statewide test of public alerting systems (sirens,…

Charlie Troxel  N5CET will be offering Technician, General and Extra license classes via the Zoom platform. He has been teaching in-person classes at his local Library for three years, but is moving to the Zoom platform to allow those in…

The 70th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Hamfest and ARRL West Texas Section Convention will be held Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the MLK Community Center in Midland, TX. In addition to the regular hamfest prizes the Midland Amateur Radio Club is also raffling an…

Greetings! Linked below the Simulated Emergency Test for 2025. This exercise is scheduled for October 11, 2025. All the details and instructions are in the package. I invite you to participate, and you may share this with your friends in…

What follows is a Blog post from Rachael Ward, KI5JTB, on her site thedailyrae.com July 8, 2025 • Rae This blog post is going to be a little different today. I wanted to take a moment to tell you a story –…

September is National Preparedness Month, and ARRL is working to arm members with knowledge and resources to be resilient in the face of disaster. Amateur radio serves as a powerful tool and national resource before and When All Else Fails®, but being…

05/22/2025ARRL members in Utah have elected Brett Pruitt, K7BDP, of Hurricane, to continue as the ARRL Utah Section Manager, and his new term of office starts on July 1. Pruitt received 275 votes and Bob Craven, N7GTE, received 234 votes….

To help promote amateur radio science and technology, and to honor the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), ARRL is inviting radio clubs and schools to organize a Ham Radio Open House in April, built around World…

Dale Durham, W5WI, has announced that he is retiring from the position of Section Manager of the ARRL West Texas Section. Dale has served in this role since July 1st, 2017. He has also served as the Section Emergency Coordinator,…

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