Club News / Announcements

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W5QX Turns 100! Club Birthday Party October 15th

All are invited to the SAARC 100th Birthday Celebration & Swap Meet! Events will be located at the SAARC Clubhouse, near Mathis Field/San Angelo Regional Airport. The Clubhouse address is:5513 Stewart LnSan Angelo, TX 76904 Please email us at contact@W5QX.org if you have any questions. See you Saturday! Schedule of Events 9:00am – 12:00pm: Tailgate…

Earliest Newspaper Article in San Angelo covering the local Radio Amateurs, January 1922

Link to view larger: 08 Jan 1922, Sun San Angelo Evening Standard (San Angelo, Texas) Newspapers.com Note the names Carl Brinegar, Loran Laughlin, and Joe Goulden. All were later to become active members of the club when it formed later that year. The club still uses the amateur call sign W5QX which it inherited from…

June 14th, 1922 – The first amateur radio club meeting in San Angelo

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107893724/san-angelo-evening-standard/ 15 Jun 1922, Thu San Angelo Evening Standard (San Angelo, Texas) Newspapers.com 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the San Angelo Amateur Radio Club. The club has engaged in a century of community service, STEM education, emergency preparedness, and disaster response. Founded in 1922, members from all walks of life have…

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License Testing Session: Saturday, June 25th, 2022, 1 PM at the Clubhouse

The next SAARC-affiliated testing session will be Saturday, June 25th, 2022, at the San Angelo Amateur Radio Club Clubhouse (5513 Stewart Lane, San Angelo, Texas, 76904). If you have questions regarding a testing session, please reach out to our local VE team leader, Andrew Barth, at 325-450-3965 or by email at barthdm@gmail.com. For the official published…

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2022 Field Day, 6/25/22 1:00pm @ COSA EOC

Come join us for ARRL Field Day at 1:00 pm on June 25th! Our 2022 activities will take place at the City of San Angelo Emergency Operations Center (8485 Hangar Rd, San Angelo, TX 76904). Pictures from our 2021 Field Day festivities are at the end of this post. Public Welcome – Come Learn about…

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June 2022 License Prep Class & Test Session

SAARC Announces License Prep Class & Testing Session, June 23rd-25th, 2022. The San Angelo Amateur radio club will hold a license prep class on the following dates at the SAARC Clubhouse (5513 Stewart Ln, San Angelo, TX 76904): Thursday, June 23rd (6 PM-9 PM)Friday, June 24th (6 PM-9 PM)Saturday, June 25th (9 AM-12 PM) The…