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2016 marked the 3rd year that I attended the Cowtown Hamfest, the 2nd year as a vendor. Three years ago, it was still held at the old Lockheed Martin facility. Since then it has been at the Forest Hill Civic and Convention Center. The website for the hamfest is found at this link. The convention center […] Read more »
Last weekend, March 7, was the annual Irving Hamfest in Irving Texas. I always enjoy this show because it is local and draws local hams to it. It is good to see everyone whom I usually only talk with over the air. There are only a small number of Hamfests that are inside of the […] Read more »
For a while now, especially since I opened a brick-and-mortar store in the area, I’ve been trying to keep a list of New and Upgrade Ham Radio classes for licensing. The Technician classes are for those folks who want to get their first license. The General classes are for people who have already passed the […] Read more »
Soon, hopefully within the next week, one of the NETARC UHF repeaters will be converted to a new DMR repeater in Mid Cities, for the DFW area. This repeater is a Motorola XPR repeater that has been running in Analog mode for some time on 443.875MHz. I don’t have lots of details, but it was […] Read more »
The Hurst Amateur Radio Club will be begin offering a new time from 8am to 9am on Saturday mornings for those hams that want to continue to expand their knowledge on different topics. This is in addition to the 9am to noon GROUP time that we’ve had for years for projects and mentoring. Come for the knowledge, stay for […] Read more »
Entry level free class to help you get your amateur radio license. Class starts Feb 22, 2014 8:30am, ends Mar 1, 2014. Details at the WC5C Ham Radio Training Page This is an entry-level, beginner class. This class prepares the student for the FCC Technician Class Amateur Radio license. Emergency Responders, Boy Scouts, Retirees, School Kids, Adults are […] Read more »
Previously I had posted about repeaters in DFW that everyone should know. To narrow that down a bit, I wanted to write a post about the repeaters that I most frequent, that are nearest to me, and that everyone should have programmed into the radio, if you live-in, work-in, or ever drive through Mid Cities, […] Read more »
Today marks the end of the Technician Class at the Hurst ARC, and 15 potential new operators are at the final moment of truth in this photo. We had people coming from all over the metroplex to attend the class, and from all ages. Two of our testers in this photo are under the age […] Read more »
If you head over to Repeater Book and look for repeaters located within the DFW area, you will find hundreds of them. Some of the listings are out-dated, but most of them are still accurate. There are more 440 repeaters than 2-meter repeaters, mostly because our band allocation on 440MHz is 30MHz (420-450) while the […] Read more »
After taking your test to obtain the Technician Class Ham Radio license, it will take few days for your information to reach the FCC database, and for your callsign to be granted. You can check the status of this at the FCC Universal Licensing System Database. This is a newer feature that enables you to […] Read more »
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