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One Day Tech Class July 11th at Westwood Baptist Church

PACARC will be sponsoring a One-Day Technician Class at the Westwood Baptist Church on Bassett Road, July 11th 2009 from 8am until 4pm and then a VE session immediately afterwards. All material required to pass the Technician Class Amateur Radio license will be covered in the class. We strongly suggest that students pre-study the material before coming as it assures an easier assimilation of the lessons covered. Visit our "Licensing" Tab on the left to get the material and links to practice tests. Those interested should email the club at pacarc@gmail.com

EmComm / Red Cross NET

The EmComm / Red Cross East Texas Net exists to establish a connection between counties in East Texas and to create communication opportunities for use during times of disaster.

The directed net is open to all Ham Operators. All calls are made to the Net Control station. During the Net, and at the direction of the net control operator, Hams may seek help with relevant Ham radio problems, share an experience or make announcements. All Hams are invited to check in.

The Net is held on the second Saturday of each month at 3.835 MHz.

Canoe Race August 1st, Pacarc Members to Participate

The East Texas River Runners will host the annual Neches River Wilderness
Canoe Race on August 1st. Participants in several race classes will begin
the course just below the dam at Lake Palestine at 0800 hrs and continue
downstream 23 miles to the US Hwy 79 bridge. There are two access points to
the river between the start and the finish where spectators can watch the
event. Checkpoint #1 is located at the Cuney Bridge crossing. Checkpoint
#2 is at the Carey Lake Road crossing. Rest stops with food, water and
medical personnel as well as emergency communications are located at these
checkpoints. Ham radio operators have customarily manned portable stations
at the start line, both checkpoints and at the finish line. Ham radio
operators who participate will receive complimentary T-shirts, hamburgers
and watermelon.

2009 K0S Strange Antenna Challenge

Members of PACARC participated in the 2009 K0S Strange Antenna Challenge over Memorial Day weekend. This years strange antenna was two 35 foot scissor lifts from Wes Killion Construction in a dipole configuration. A memorable contact was the Indy 500 special event station on 20m More information on the Annual Challenge can be found at the K0S Website

2009 ARRL Field Day

Field Day was the weekend of June 27 – 28, at Tom Wardell's place north of Palestine Breakfast burritos were served on Saturday morning around 8:00 and then we sat up the Field Day equipment Hamburgers were served later Saturday evening around 5:00 PM. Pictures of the event are here. If you have some pictures we can put on the website please let WB4WXD know.

VE Sessions

PACARC sponsors VE Session on a regular basis. If you need one, contact us.