Oak Forest Amateur Radio Club - KE5TRB
Houston, Texas

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NOTICE: The OFARC May meeting will be May 28th, at 9:00 am, at TranStar.
The next OAK FOREST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB meeting will be held on May 28th, 2022.  We'll meet face-to-face in the TranStar conference room and on Zoom.  A Zoom invitation will be sent out to members 2 or 3 days before in the usual way.  If you can, make plans to have breakfast before the meeting at The Toasted Yolk (Heights location), 4601 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007 at 7:30AM.  Don't forget to catch up on annual club dues, if you've not done so already.  You can send checks or cash to the club mailing address (see the Club Membership link above) or pay up at your next face-to-face meeting.


Announcements

  • Our last meeting was held on April 23rd face-to-face and on Zoom as planned.  Ralph (KE5HDF) hosted the meeting along with ~12 others in attendance plus 3 on the zoom conference.  The primary topic of our the meeting was firming up plans for FieldDay. It was decided to setup remote at the Brazos Bend State park and to reserve two pavilians at a cost of $50 for an overnight stay.  More information can be found on the "Events" page.  Those who are not setting up Friday night may meet at Transtar for the monthly meeting before heading out.  Stephen presented a videos from his road trip west and a very informative video by Rohde and Swartz on VSWR. here.  A youTube recording of the April 23rd meeting can be found here.
  • Contact Mark if you are interested in License exam testing.  Also, see the "Exam Sessions" link above for more information.
  • If you have a photo of your ham shack or favorite operating location, please send it on and I'll post them for all our members see... and comment!!  Please include your callsign in the photo.  Images submitted so far can be found here!
  • If you'd like to be added to our email reflector and share in the dialog between club members and local area hams, send me a request.

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