Now open! Radio Pioneers of San Angelo exhibit at ASU’s Mayer Museum
2501 W. Avenue N, San Angelo, Texas, 76904Open Tuesday through Friday 10am to 5pm – Admission to Museum is free of charge
Club News / Announcements
2024 Field Day Activities, June 22nd
All are invited to the club’s Field Day activities this weekend. As we have for last several years, we will be operating W5SJT callsign at the Emergency Operations Center. Field Day begins at 1:00pm Saturday. Our usual Potluck Supper is at 5:00pm. All are welcome, including the public, so if you have friends or family…
Lithium Ion Safety Presentation Links
Below we have attached the videos presented in our June meeting over lithium ion safety.
FCC Amateur License Test 1pm Sat. 6/22/2024
Optional Study/Prep sessions on Friday June 21st 6p-9p, and Saturday June 22 9a-12p The next FCC Amateur license testing session in San Angelo will be held on Sat., June 22nd at 1pm, for Technician, General, and Extra licenses. $15 exam fee as required by the ARRL. Location: SAARC Clubhouse, 5513 Stewart Lane, Near the Airport. What…
Opening Reception: Radio pioneers exhibit at the ASU Mayer Museum
The opening reception house for the exhibit is Thursday March 21st between 17:00 and 18:30. We can’t wait to see you there! The address for the Mayer Museum is: 2501 W Ave N, San Angelo, TX 76904
Winter Field Day at the EOC
We will be hosting Winter Field Day at the EOC starting this Saturday (Sat Jan 27.) The event begins at 13:00 CST (1PM) and runs until 21:00 CST (9PM.) Winter Field Day will then pick back up at 09:00 CST (9AM) on the following Sunday and end at 13:00 CST (1PM.) We will have a…
New LoRa Meshtastic Repeater at the Clubhouse
A new antenna/radio was added to the W5QX clubhouse tower last Thursday, utilizing LoRa technology and Meshtastic you can send text messages to other people or channels over 915mhz using Meshtastic “nodes” powered by solar, completely separated from the grid and other infrastructure. Meshtastic radios connect to an app on your phone using BLE or…
We can help you program a radio you already own.
If you already own a radio and have not programmed it yet, you can bring your radio to a club meeting, and we will program amateur radio frequencies, SKYWARN, weather, and local emergency frequencies worth monitoring for free! We can even recommend a first radio if you don’t own one. Please email [email protected] with the…
LoRa Presentation Files
The attached file is from the presentation on LoRa mesh networking presented at the club meeting on 01/11/2024.