This is a reminder for the SwapFest Coordinating Meeting which will be held Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 7:00pm in Wesley Hall room 806, at Coker United Methodist Church. Coker is located at 231 E. N

Does anyone have the current copy of the ARRL Repeater Directory. Mine is 2004. If you have a 2006 version, would you please look at the 145.39 and 442.075 repeaters in San Antonio and tell me what ca

Pat Knight, AD5BR, writes that, "Kids' Day is Sunday, January 7, from noon until 6 PM our time (1800 - 2400 Zulu). I wish we could come up with a site to get some kids on the air." And she's right. Do

APRS: Automatic Position Reporting System Presented by Jim Mastrogiovanni, KK5RZ San Antonio Radio Club December 14, 2006 KCOMM 7:30 PM Jim, KK5RZ, will give a presentation on APRS at the December SAR

Paul Guido's Radio Teacher Project was mentioned very positively in the Youth section of the ARRL website. Read it here, about one half way down the page: http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2006/11/10/

As mentioned earlier, the FCC sent a Press Release that the code requirement will be eliminated as a requirement for all Amateur Radio licensing. This will be enacted around the end of January 2007. F

Read it here: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC- 269012A1.pdf They also refused the ARRL's petition to reconsider the 3600 to 3635 KHz portion of 75 meters. David

David, Thanks! Now, is SSB phone...the same as voice? I have never seen a radio and phone used together so this concept confuses me. In His service, Schuylar Crist 73 de KE5VIP IT/Media Director, Sout

Most of discussion I have had regarding the new licensing regulations, dropping the Morse Code requirement, have been positive not only for those who will now move forward in upgrading but also from t

Red Cross has opened shelters in San Antonio and has requested Ham Radio Support. Shane, NS5D, already on scene of first shelter. Terri KC5BJI calling to line up hams to work shifts. Charlie KC5NKK ha

This is a non-repeating message sent as a reminder about events happening in 2007 for the San Antonio or Central Texas area. I apologize in advance to those who got this twice due to being subscribed

Swapfest 2007 at Little Joe's Country Gold The Swapfest will be Saturday, January 13, 2007. Swapfest hours are 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. We will be at the same location as last year, Little Joe's Country Go

Forwarded to the San Antonio Radio Club The General Class study-group will meet from 18:45 - 19:45 each Tuesday evening in classroom 201 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 11 Saint Luke's Lane, near the

The San Antonio Radio Club's January meeting will be a setup meeting for the SwapFest. It will be this Thursday at 7:00PM at Little Joe's Country Gold, 7405 Old Pearsall Road. Here is a map: http://ma

J.C. Smith, N5RXS, was elected to the position of San Antonio Radio Club Vice President at the November election. J.C. was already serving as a Director for the Club and has resigned from that directo

The San Antonio Radio Club SwapFest is this Saturday and we need workers for two hour shifts to work the door and generally assist N5RXS with the operation of the event. By volunteering for a two hour

In memory of our dear friend Fred Bonavita, K5QLF (SK), who so enjoyed this breakfast, we'll again enjoy our annual QRP Breakfast & Show-and-Tell before the San Antonio Swapfest opens. Please join me

Well, I hope the San Antonio QRPers got together and had the QRP Breakfast & Show-and-Tell. I doubt very seriously that any from Austin made it down there. I started south on I-35 at 5 AM this morning

What a great time in spite of the weather. Great people won great prizes and the details will posted on the website. I put a few pictures in the Photos section of the W5SC Yahoo Group in a folder name

I was saddened to learn that Floyd Gordon's son, Guy, passed away this evening in a local hospital. Guy lived with Floyd and his family and had been battling leukemia for many months. Floyd's contact