WCARC - Williamson County Amateur Radio Club

Taylor, TX Repeater ON-THE-AIR, 145.45 pl 162.2---- WCARC Club Repeater 146.64 162.2 pl----

WCARC
Williamson County Amateur Radio Club
Serving Williamson and the Surrounding Counties in the Heart of Texas

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Event Listings

Field Day 2012 June 23rd & 24th

Next up for the Club is our annual Field Day event. Set-up for the event will be on Friday June 22nd and the operating event will officially occur on June 23-24, location again this year at NQ5L's place West of Georgetown. Field Day Captain for 2012 is Gene Howard, K5QXR.

Amateur Radio Cruise Special
There will be a 7 day amateur radio-friendly cruise out of Galveston starting February 10, 2013, on Carnival Cruise lines newest ship. Contact mypinmoneytravel@yahoo.com for more information or call (832)656-0731.

Williamson County Repeaters

Georgetown, TX 146.64, pl tone 162.2
Taylor, TX 145.45, pl tone 162.2

N5TT Callsign

The WCARC club call is now N5TT, replacing the former vanity call of WC5T.

N5TT was the original extra-class call of Bob Petrosky, a founding member of WCARC in 1978 and the very first President of the WCARC. Bob was an active member of the club for many many years, regularly attending club meetings and events even when he became wheelchair bound. Bob continued to communicate and interact with various club members by frequently using the club repeater and monitoring it's daily usage. Bob was very proud of being an amatuer operator and even prouder that the club honored him by using his call for every field day event and as the callsign for the club repeater. It is because of Bob and his family that the club was able to acquire the call after Bob became a silent key.

We of the WCARC Amatuer Radio Club gratefully and proudly continue to honor Bob and his legacy, keeping N5TT as the now and forever official club callsign and repeater ID.

With prior club approval; WCARC members may use the call for special events and contests. K5PI used the former WC5T call very successfully achieving WPX certificates for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 . Click on the WC5T call above to review the certificates..

WCARC PHOTO ALBUMS

PLEASE CONTRIBUTE ANY AND ALL WCARC EVENT PHOTOS!

Please send any of your WCARC photos to the club reflector so we can share them with the rest of the club. Just send an email with your photos attached to WCARC@yahoogroups.com, or go to the FILE directory on the refector and follow the easy directions to upload files and upload your photos.

2011 FIELD DAY PHOTOS
Click HERE to access the photo album of Field Day set up pictures from Ken, K7MAL.
Click HERE to access the photo album of Field Day set up pictures from Al, KE5OIZ.

Click HERE to review all of Tom, N5TW pictures from the Field Day Event.

WCARC PHOTO ALBUM

WCARC Monthly Meeting Information

WCARC meetings occur on the 1st Thursday of every month.
Check the Meeting Info link on the left for a map to the meeting location.
Radio Talk-in occurs on 146.640, (Minus offset PL=162.2 Hz). Visitors are always welcome.

Amateur Radio Classes - FREE!

FREE Ham Classes

Interested in becoming an Amateur Radio Operator or interested in upgrading your current FCC license? The Austin and Williamson County Amateur Radio Clubs host many FREE Ham Classes. Check out the FREE Amateur Radio Classes website for more information and details.

WCARC and WC-ARES Accept Donations

The WCARC and WC-ARES Clubs are always looking for ways to increase club funds. Please consider donating any of your old radios and other Amateur radio items to the club. Kees Talen, K5BCQ, has a great track record of converting donated equipment into club funding dollars for use by WCARC or WC-ARES. These funds keep our membership dues down, and provide extra cash for special events and projects.

If you have anything to donate please contact Kees, K5BCQ. He can even come by and pick it up.

USA Amateur Radio Band Plan

Here is the newest US Amateur Radio Band Plan. This band plan took effect on the 23rd of February, 2008 so print one out an put it net to your radio. (Note, both this new one and the old one can be found on the ARRL web site.

US Amateur Radio Band Plan (in color, 208Kb)