Oak Forest Amateur Radio Club - KE5TRB
Houston, Texas

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NOTICE: The OFARC July meeting will be July 27th, at 9:00 am, at the American Red Cross building.
Our next meeting is scheduled for July 27th.  We'll meet face-to-face at American Red Cross.  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.

If you are subscribed, general announcements to club members and fellow subscribers can be directed to the OFARC reflector here.


Announcements

  • We had a very successful Field Day operating from the American Red Cross EMCOM radio room using the ECHO Society call sign W5ECO, commemorating their 50th anniversary.  Some photos from the event can be found here!
  • The minutes from our April and May meetings recorded by Ken (KW5KEN) can be found at the 'Meetings' tab at the top of this page.
  • We are still looking for volunteer net control operators to host one or more of our Tuesday night 2m nets.  The script prominately posted at the 'Downloads' tab above will guide you along with little effort.
  • 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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