Club News / Announcements
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Video: City of San Angelo Mayoral Proclamation in Honor of 100th Anniversary of San Angelo Amateur Radio Club
In case the embedded video does not appear, here is the link to the youtube video. https://youtu.be/NvLW_hMIO6g?t=158
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Club Officers, Members-at-Large, and Appointed Positions: Listed by Year Since 2000
This listing is certainly not complete. But has been compiled with best efforts, from wesbsite archives, newspaper articles, and first hand sources. Send an email to contact@w5qx.org if you have information to add to this historical record 2025President Dave Puckett W5ODPVP Dave Mulvey K5DCMSecretary Amy Briley KB5AMYTreasurer Matthew Morris K5ICRMember-at-Large for Grants/Fundraising, Mike Dominy KD5URWMembers-at-Large…
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SAARC Honored with 2022 Best of San Angelo Award
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Angelo Amateur Radio Club Receives 2022 Best of San Angelo Award San Angelo Award Program Honors the Achievement SAN ANGELO October 13, 2022 — San Angelo Amateur Radio Club has been selected for the 2022 Best of San Angelo Award in the Non-Profit Organization category by the San Angelo…
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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…
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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…
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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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DMR Repeater Activity in San Angelo
Did you know there is a Texas Statewide DMR Net carried on a local repeater in San Angelo on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM? Where: 444.125 MHz Output, 449.125 MHz Input (KC5EZZ) Color Code 1, Timeslot 2, Talkgroup 3148 (Texas Statewide) There is also a local DMR talkgroup on the same repeater: 444.125 MHz Output,…
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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…