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Congratulations to Harold McMullen KE5WCQ for upgrading to general, to Bryan Loper KG5VDK and 16-year-old Jake Stegall KG5VDL for passing their technician! Special thanks to all the VEs who volunteered with the test sessions.
Danny Richard KG5ESG was appointed the new ARES Emergency Coordinator for Cass and Morris County on June 21. Danny got to work on implementing a county emergency communications plan for the counties. Jim Collom N5YU donated a dedicated ARES repeater that provides wide coverage for both counties.
November marks the final formal club meeting each year for the RACC. The 2017 officers were elected, and the 2016 RACC Christmas Party plans were finalized to be held at the Champions Bible Church on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 6:30pm.
An unusual band opening on 2 meters allowed for FM contacts to be made on simplex and repeaters further than two hundred miles away late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning (16-17 November 2016).
The ARRL sent a mass email soliciting member support and action to encourage elected representatives to vote in favor of the Amateur Radio Parity Act. The league has made it easy by pre-loading a form on a website where members can type in their information, and an email is sent to the appropriate representatives.
You can help, too! Go to: https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-us-senate-to-pass-amateur-radio-parity-act
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Welcome to the Radio Amateurs of Cass County website!
| CLUB MEETINGS: 3rd Saturday of the month at 9:00am. 8:30am sausage and pancake breakfast Hall-Miller Airport, Atlanta, Texas. |
Club Callsign: K5HCM 146.980MHz (-) 100Hz - RACC Local Repeater 145.310MHz (-) 100Hz - FREEDOM-LINK SYSTEM 443.300MHz (+) 100Hz - RACC UHF Repeater |
| *** You do not have to be a member or radio operator to attend! *** VE TESTING - We will offer amateur radio testing after each meeting if anyone is ready to test! Special testing sessions are available, if needed. |
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Freedom Link Group
The RACC is associated with the Freedom Link Group of repeaters.
The Freedom Link Group has full-time RF connected repeaters covering most of Northeast Texas, and extends into Southwest Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana. The Freedom Link Group Repeater system connects to the North Central Texas Connection Linked Repeater System on Sundays for "Spread Out Sunday" and on Wednesdays for "Wide Area Wednesday" that extends linked repeater coverage to well past West of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
Visit our Repeater Information page for a list of all repeaters in the Freedom Link Group and the North Central Texas Connection, as well as local stand-alone repeaters.
Jim Collom N5YU is the Freedom Link Group repeater administrator.
For more information, visit www.freedom-link.org or Freedom-Link Group on facebook
NOAA Weather Ready Ambassadors
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The RACC has been recognized as a Weather Ready Ambassador, part of the Weather Ready Nation(R) initiative by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This recognition is the result of the RACC participation in the Freedom Link Group weather/SKYWARN nets. Visit the Weather-Ready Nation Website for more information. |