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On Your MARC

W5MRC

The Newsleer of the McKinney Amateur Radio Club,

President’s Message

MEETING PLACE

MARC holds its regular business

mee�ngs on the second Tuesday of

each month at 7pm. Mee�ngs are lo-

cated at:

Spring Creek Barbeque

1993 North Central Expressway

McKinney, TX

Exit US-75 at US-380 (University Drive),

travel west making a right into the

Target complex.

Once in the complex, Spring Creek can

be found to your right directly across

from the Target Building.

MARC Mentoring Program

Are you looking for someone to answer Amateur

Radio related ques�ons or assist you with ge�ng

to that next license class? Contact the MARC

Mentor Program Coordinator to be matched up

with a volunteer Mentor who will work with you.

Send an Email to [email protected] for

more informa�on, to start ge�ng answers, or if

YOU would like to become a Mentor!

Next Mee�ng: Rebecca & Patrick Smith

(KG5ITR), Junior Division

Honorable Mention recipients

from the Dallas Regional Sci-

ence and Engineering Fair,

will share their project on

OCFD Antennas with us.

What would the June meeting

be without a Field Day presen-

tation? Mike – N5MAJ and

Sid – K5DKW will be provid-

ing the latest updates for

MARC Field Day 2018.

Did you make an appearance at the Smiles Charity Event? If

not…. well, it was HOT! Thanks to all who could take some time

out of their Memorial Day weekend to generously assist with this

noteworthy and worthwhile event. I think we all had a great time!

Also, let’s not forget about the MARC/ARRL 50th anniversary

Special Event Station operation which occurred May 5th and 6th.

We have thus far logged 66 QSOs from U.S. and Canada via

phone and the FT-8 digital mode. If anyone has additional QSOs,

please get them to me and I will upload them to the W5MRC QRZ

logbook.

And the W5OWL station at the Heard Museum is now operational

on 70 centimeters, 2, 10, 15 and 20 meters. During May we had

several antenna parties, culminating with the removal, repair and

reinstallation of the HF tri-band antenna. We still need some ad-

ditional work, but we are very happy with the results at this time.

Thanks to Dave KS5SK for coordinating these activities and

thanks to all who volunteered their time and resources to help.

Now let’s get ready for June: Ham-Com and Field Day! Ham-

Com is returning to Plano and the MARC Field Day event will

have a new location. And again, we welcome and need volun-

teers. Please follow Sign-Up Genius links in this newsletter.

73, Bill N5YZ President MARC Email: [email protected]

43 #06 June, 2018


Distribution and Submission Information

MARC is an IRS 501c(3) nonprofit organization; On Your MARC the official MARC newsletter, is published monthly by the McKinney Amateur Radio Club, Inc.. The full electronic version is Emailed to subscribing members and to selected non-member individuals, organi-zations and participants in the Newsletter Exchange Program. A digest version is sent as first class mail to members who request postal deliv-ery. The Full version is archived on the MARC website and is availa-ble to all. Those who wish to continue receiving the digest version may access the full version once it has been archived.

ALL current members including those who are part of family member-ships may receive the Emailed version. To switch versions send an Email [email protected] and include the following infor-mation: Member Name, Call Sign, Email address and version desired.

Non-copyrighted articles contained herein may be reproduced by other organizations, provided they are accredited to On Your MARC. The original source should be contacted for use permission when noted “Taken From” or if a Copyright is present.

Readers wishing to submit an item for publication should send it to: [email protected]

or

Editor, On Your MARC P.O. Box 267

McKinney, TX 75069

Submissions may be sent at any time. The Editor reserves the right to determine suitability for inclusion in the newsletter.

In This Issue

Supporting Roles

ARRL Awards Manager: ………… . Mike Baker, W8CM

Club FCC License Trustee: ………… Brian Belcher, WA5M

Club Librarian:…………….………. Ron Carlson, WW2CBI .

Mentor Coordinator:………………… Claude Canterbury, KE6EJG

[email protected]

Net Manager: ………………………… Kyle Ackerman, KC5VEW

Public Information Officer: ………. Lynda Tuma, KF5JUO [email protected]

QSL Manager: ………………………. Claude Canterbury, KE6EJG

Repeater Control Operators:………. Brian Belcher, WA5M

Mike Baker, W8CM

Dave Piekarski, K5EEN

VE Team Leader:……………………. Stephen Reinen, N8BP [email protected]

Webmaster: …………………………… Michael Griego, N5GNU

[email protected]

Web Administrator: ………………… Mike Jarvis, N5MAJ Youth Coordinator: …………………. Dam McKinley, W5FRT

[email protected]

President: …………………… Bill Vining, N5YZ

[email protected]

Vice President: …………… Robert DiGioia, N5SP

[email protected]

Secretary: …………………… Lisa Barnes, KG5OBK

[email protected]

Treasurer: ……………………Dave Piekarski, N5EEN

[email protected]

Newsletter Editor:………… Bob DeVance, K5CRX

[email protected]

Director-at-Large:………… Andy Barnes, W5KZJ

[email protected]

Repeater Trustee: ………… Ron Carlson, WW2CBI [email protected]

Communications Director: Bob DeVance, K5CRX

[email protected]

CREDITS & KUDOS

“The fine print about where we stole it from” The editor expresses appreciation to such sources as the ARRL Letter, QST, and CQ and their associated websites and clubs. Unless noted, the information is in the public domain and not unique to any source. Please respect the copyrights of the authors where noted. Third party sources should be contacted prior to re-use when noted “taken from”.

MARC Officers and Supporting Roles

2018 MARC OFFICERS

Meeting Presentations: If you or someone you know would like to present a topic at one of our meetings, or if you have questions about a past presentation, please contact our presenta-tion coordinator at [email protected]

Join Us!: The club is open to all, especially those who want to be or are involved in Amateur Radio. Please contact the club secretary at [email protected] or by post at the above ad-dress for more information or access an application on our web-site http://mckinneyarc.org/.

THE FEATURES:

ARRL Field Day Poster ……….…….……5

HAM Cartoons…………………..………..10

HamCom 2018………………………….....7

MARC Field Day 2018…………………....6

MARC Field Day Trivia…………………..11

Smiles Charity Report……………………..7

THE REGULARS:

Board Meeting Minutes…………………….4

Buy, Sell, Trade, Give Away..……………..10

From the Editor……………………………..8

General Meeting Minutes…………………..3

Local Repeaters and Digipeaters…………...12

MARC Net Control Schedule……...……….10

President's Message………………………...1

VE License Testing Locations……………...12


Minutes of the General

Mee�ng

Minutes of the General Meeting May 8, 2018 Bill-N5YZ called the meeting to order at 7 PM

and led the membership in the Pledge of Alle-

giance. Introductions went around the room,

there were 28 members and 2 visitors present.

Bill –N5YZ gave a brief presentation regarding

Charlotte Arnold -KC5TA going silent key on

April 17, 2018. Charlotte was the wife of

Marvin Arnold -K5MRA. She was a past secre-

tary of MARC and a Volunteer Examiner for

testing candidates for amateur radio license.

NEW LICENSEES/CALL SIGNS: there

were no new licensees or call signs reported

Bill –N5YZ reported there were 5 people who

received their Technician license, 2 who re-

ceived their General license and 2 who re-

ceived their Extra license at the last VE test

session at the Heard Museum.

SECRETARY’S REPORT: Bill -N5YZ re-

ported that the Minutes of the April 10, 2018

General Meeting had been published in the

May Newsletter, and requested a motion to ap-

prove the Minutes as published. Motion by Mi-

chael- K5MFP, second by Dave -K5COP. The

motion carried.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Bill N5YZ pre-

sented the Club’s Financial report as compiled

by our treasurer Dave –K5EEN.

Beginning Balance: $15,261.35

+ Revenue : $ 138.00

- Expenses : $ .83

= Ending Balance : $15,398.52

CLUB NETS: Bill N5YZ reviewed our Club

nets:

General Information Net: Every Sunday at

8:00PM – W5MRC repeater, 146.740 MHz,

offset -0.600 MHz, tone 110.9 Hz

Ladies Net: Every Monday at 8:00PM –

W5MRC repeater, 146.740 MHz, offset -0.600

MHz, tone 110.9 Hz

Simplex Net: Every Monday at 8:30PM –

146.540 MHz. No offset or tone required.

BUSINESS:

Bill –N5YZ reported that at the MARC/ARRL

50th Anniversary Commemorative Special

Event on May 5 and 6, 2018, Dan –W5FRT

made 41 contacts and there were 70 total con-

tacts at Bonnie Wenk Park.

Bill –N5YZ reported that the next Board Meet-

ing will be May 19,2018 at Creekwood United

Methodist Church, 261 Country Club Road,

Allen TX at 8 AM.

Bob – K5CRX provided an update regarding

our participation in HAM-COM on June -10,

2018, in Plano TX. There are several opportu-

nities for members to participate in this year

including Talk In, the consignment tables,

hosting our MARC display table and working

the parking lot tailgate party on Friday after-

noon and Sunday morning.

Andy –W5KZJ introduced Laura Lakey from

the Smiles Charity event. Laura gave a brief

presentation about the history of the event and

the assistance that MARC gives every year at

the event. This will be the fifth year that

MARC will be assisting with communication

and traffic control at the event.

Sid –K5DKW provided an update on Field Day

2018. He reported that a site has been secured

on Highway 5 between Plateau Dr and Enter-

prise Dr. He passed around a sign up sheet for

volunteers for the event. We will have 3 sta-

tions this year, one CW and two phone. Dave

(Continued on page 8)


Minutes of the Board

Mee�ng

NOTICE

The next MARC Board meeting will be held on June 16, 2018

at Creekwood United Methodist Church

261 Country Club Road

Allen, TX 75002

Visitors are always welcome!

Minutes of the Board of Directors Meet-ing 5/19/18

ATTENDEES: Bill Vining - N5YZ, Robert

DiGioia – N5SP, Dave Piekarski – K5EEN,

Bob DeVance – K5CRX, Andy Barnes W5KZJ,

Ron Carlson – WW2CBI, Lisa Barnes –

KG5OBK

GUESTS: Mike – N5MAJ, Sid – K5DKW

Bill– N5YZ called the meeting to order at 8:00

AM and Bob –K5CRX opened with prayer.

SECRETARY’S REPORT: Lisa - KG5OBK

reported that the minutes of the April Board

Meeting had been published in the April

Newsletter, and made a motion to approve the

minutes as published. Second by Andy –

W5KZJ. Motion carried.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Dave – K5EEN,

provided the Club’s Financial Report.

Beginning Balance: $ 15,398.52

+ Total Revenue : $ 80.00

- Total Expenses : $ 0.00

= Ending Balance : $ 15,478.52

MARC AND ARRL CELEBRATION- Bill-

N5YZ reported that there were approximately

80 contacts made during the Special Event.

He reported that the conditions were not good

at Bonnie Wenk Park. They did talk to a lot of

people at the park about ham radio.

HEARD MUSEUM UPDATE- Bill –N5YZ,

reported that they are rebuilding the station.

Ron –WW2CBI reported that he is going to

put the 6 meter antenna in storage. He report-

ed that they will be having one more work day

today to continue the repair/ rebuilding. He

reported that he tightened the tower bolts. All

agreed that our communication with the

Heard has improved a great deal.

FIELD DAY CHAIR AND COMMITTEE-

Sid K5DKW provided an update regarding

planning for Field Day 2018 to be held on

June 23 and 24, 2018. He reports 4 people

have signed up to donate supplies and several

people have signed up to either make contacts

or log already. Robert –N5SP moved that we

approve $250 starting budget for Field Day to

get started with purchases for the event, se-

conded by Ron –WW2CBI. Motion carried.

Full budget will be presented at next club

meeting for club approval.

HAMCLUBONLINE.COM- Dave- K5EEN

provided an update regarding our use of this

application. He is uploading the membership

roster and has been working out some issues

with the application, making manual adjust-

ments for some tracking, data entry. Using

the application will give us the ability to send

out emails regarding memberships, dues, spe-

cial events, newsletters and many other func-

tions to help in data management for our club.

SMILES CHARITY EVENT- Andy -W5KZJ

updated us on status of volunteers for the

event on May 27, 2018, and that our station

will be set up behind Legacy Bank. Bill –

N5YZ has created a Sign Up Genius for volun-

teers to review positions available and sign up

to work at the event. Andy -W5KZJ will be go-

ing to the Plano Ham Club meeting to talk

(Continued on page 9)



Field Day is right around the corner!

If you already signed up to help with Field Day

at last month’s Club meeting, thank you. For

those who have not had the opportunity, watch

for Signup Genius emails coming soon. We still

need help with setup/take down, picking up/

dropping off tables and chairs, and moving the

towers and antennae to the site, to name a few.

Activities for this year include GOTA, Boy Scout

Radio Merit Badge class, a fox hunt, VE testing,

and HF operation on CW, Phone, and FT8!

Dinner will be provided (Pizza) at 6 pm.

Here are the details:

What - Field Day 2018!

When - June 23-24

Location - 200 Plateau Dr, McKinney , TX75069

Operating time – 1 pm Sat – 1 pm Sun

Setup time at the location - 7:30 am Sat

Take down time – 1 pm Sun

Interested in Operating/Logging? Please use the

Signup Genius link below: https://

www.signupgenius.com/

go/5080d4ca5ac2aaaf58-2018

Please contact Mike Jarvis ([email protected])

or Sid Gibson ([email protected]) with any

questions.

From Past Field Days


Ham Com—June 8-10, 2018

Ham Com is back to Plano in 2018! Hours of op-

eration this year:

Friday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Saturday: 8:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday: 8:00am – 2:00pm

MARC will be handling Talk-In and some tail

gate parking collections again this year.

Ham Com is looking for volunteers for security

and badge sticker distribution. Stickers will re-

place the badges and lanyards of previous years.

Volunteer sign-up to help Ham Com with the

event is open now at the their web site:

hamcom.org. Registration is also active on the

web site along with vendor and presenter infor-

mation.

MARC will have its two traditional consignment

tables for members’ for sale items. We will need

some volunteers to man the tables. If you have

ham items you would like to sell, please consid-

er placing on our consignment tables. The club

receives ten percent of the sales price for items

sold.

Sign-up link for talk-in operator:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C054CAFAE2FA6F58-hamcom

Smiles Charity

We have completed another year supporting the

Smiles Charity and our local veterans. With the

proceeds collected Sunday May 27, 2018 they are

building a mortgage free home for one veteran

and a sound proof room for another one. It has

been my pleasure to work with Laura Lakey and

her team in supporting this event.

I would like to thank the following for giving their

time, supporting MARC and the Smiles Charity:

Tonya Vining, Lisa-KG5OBK, Bill-N5YZ, Paul-

KG5NKW, Rod-K5NKD, Bob-K5CRX, Sid-

K5DKW, Nate-KG5WGB, Kenneth-KF5TXL, Josh

-KG5PTT, Dan-W5FRT, Jimmy-KE5PEQ, and

Eric-AI9O.

Be sure to volunteer to help out with Ham-Com

talk in and Field Day coming in the next couple of

weeks. SignUpGenius sign-up sheets are coming

soon.

Andy, W5KZJ

Smiles Charity Flyover


From the Editor –K5EEN also talked about this being an op-

portunity for experience with an HF station,

learning how to put up and tear down towers

and beams.

Bob -K5CRX provided an update regarding the

status of the MOU with the City of McKinney.

After the MOU was rewritten the city adopted

almost all of our suggestions. The City of

McKinney will be supplying the electricity, our

insurance has been updated. We should have

access to the sites soon. There is a new anten-

na to put up and repairs to be made at Custer

and Virginia.

Ron –WW2CBI gave a presentation on the

Yaesu Fusion Digital and FM Repeater oppor-

tunity for purchase for our club. There was a

question and answer session after his presen-

tation. The link for the presentation will be

available on groups.io.

50/50 drawing- Bob K5CRX won the 50/50

drawing of $44.00 and donated his half,

$22.00 back to the club.

New member application: Ed –K5EDG

General. Dave –W5COP made motion to ac-

cept him as a member, Michael- K5MFP se-

conded the motion. Motion carried to accept

him as a member of MARC.

Door prizes: John –KD0VGO won a Baofang

radio and Dave -W5COP won the “unknown”

door prize.

ADJOURNMENT: Andy –W5KZJ made a

motion to adjourn, second by Wayne –

KF5VZD. The motion carried and the meeting

adjourned at 8:10 PM.

Lisa Barnes KG5OBK, secretary

(Continued from page 3)

I hope you enjoy this issue of “On Your

MARC”. As always, we need your articles and

input to create a great newsletter.

We really need your articles and bio infor-

mation for the “Meet the Members” articles.

There’s always interest in knowing a little bit

more about our members.

To make it easier for you to submit your bio,

just answer the questions in the questionnaire

below and send it to newslet-

[email protected]. I’ll convert your infor-

mation into an article and include it in the next

issue of “On Your MARC”.

Keep reading!! And keep submitting articles

and ideas!!

Bob, K5CRX, Editor

Help for “Meet the Members” Articles

To help you submit your “Meet the Members”

article, just fill in the following questionnaire

and send it to [email protected].

Name:

Call sign:

Operator Class:

Where did you grow up?

When were you first licensed as a HAM?

Where did you take your exam(s)?

What interested you most about HAM radio?

What is your favorite part of HAM radio (local

communications, “rag-chewing”, DX chasing,

emergency communications, special events,

public service, etc.)?

What types of HAM operating do you like

(local thru the repeater, digital operations, HF

rag-chewing, HF contesting, award qualifica-

tion, etc.?

What are your goals for your future in HAM

radio?


about the event and to recruit more volunteers

to help at the event. Bob –K5CRX will be send-

ing out an email blast to MARC members to pro-

vide instructions for signing up to volunteer at

the event.

HAM COM- Bob- K5CRX asked Andy –W5KJZ

to announce at the Plano Ham Club Meeting

that volunteers are needed to work the Talk In

for the event. We will be using the McKinney

and Plano repeaters for the Talk In. Volunteers

are also needed for the consignment tables.

Those wishing to sell items can either bring

them to the tables or drop them off at Bob’s

house prior to HAM-COM. The parking tailgate

party was also discussed and Bob –K5CRX dis-

cussed his concern that the cost for the parking

tailgate party is $15 per day this year and that

with Friday and Sunday only being half days,

people may not want to participate for the full

$15 cost. He advised that Brian –WA5M is go-

ing to talk to organizers about us possibly only

charging $8 for the days we are manning the

parking tailgate party. Andy –W5KZJ volun-

teered to bring in the CSU and Bob –K5CRX will

be checking to see what time we can bring it in

to park.

REPEATER- Bob- K5CRX reports that he sent

an email to Paul Sparkman on 5/9/18 respond-

ing to their agreement amendments but has not

heard back from him yet. He states he also asked

about adding the backup repeater to the agree-

ment. He states he will contact Mr. Sparkman

again in early June if he does not hear back from

him before then.

YAESU FUSION STATUS- Ron WW2CBI

talked about the presentation at last club meet-

ing regarding possible purchase of the Yaesu Fu-

sion repeater. He states he needs the coordi-

nates of the Aledo repeater. He received some

info that it may physically be located at

Lakeside, 60.5 miles from the McKinney repeat-

(Continued from page 4) er. He is also doing a revised architecture for the

repeater to support UHF. Voting on purchase

will be on the agenda for the June MARC gen-

eral club meeting. Bob- K5CRX discussed men-

tioning the upcoming vote on the Sunday night

net during club announcements. Ron –

WW2CBI will make the announcement.

MEMBER APPLICATION- Robert- K5SP will

assist Lisa -KG5OBK with updating the member-

ship application to include an option to receive

text messages via cell phone regarding upcoming

events and special announcements.

JUNE MARC GENERAL MEETING PRE-

SENTERS- Bill- N5YZ announced that the

Junior Division Honorable Mention recipient

from the Dallas Regional Science and Engineer-

ing Fair that was held in February will be mak-

ing a presentation at the meeting. Mike –

N5MAJ and Sid – K5DKW will be making a

presentation about Field Day.

JULY MARC GENERAL MEETING PRE-

SENTER- Greg Evans from ARES will be our

presenter at the July MARC meeting

NEW BUSINESS- Bill –N5YZ advised that the

Go Kits have not been used since Oktoberfest.

There was discussion about changing out the 30

lb. power supply with switching power supplies

to make it easier to transport, reducing the

weight of the unit. There was also discussion

about changing the size of the case. Bob –

K5CRX will create a newsletter article about

having the Go Kits available for members to use.

Ron -WW2CBI discussed working on a repeater

inventory list, comparing what we actually have

compared to what is on the list. Dave K5EEN

has an inventory list and will get it to Ron.

ADJOURNMENT- Bob –K5CRX made a mo-

tion to adjourn and it was seconded by Andy-

W5KZJ . Motion carried and meeting ad-

journed at 9:05 AM.


Buy, Sell, Trade, Give

Away

Have items to buy, sell, trade, or give away in the

radio/computer world? MARC members may post

these items here by e-mailing a brief descrip�on

of their items and contact informa�on to news-

le/[email protected].

MARC also hosts a monthly Sidewalk Sale where

many more great deals can be found! The Side-

walk Sale is held on the last Weekend of each

month in the Southwest parking lot of Collin Col-

lege’s McKinney Campus located at the corner of

US 380 (University) and Community.

Please be sure to post when your items have been

sold!

If you are unable to make your scheduled date and time, please contact your backup operator and also Kyle (972-979-7095, [email protected]), as soon as pos-sible. Please be aware if your week falls on the week marked “MARC ARES”. The MARC Repeat-er is scheduled for the ARES Net at 9:00 PM.

McKinney Amateur Radio Club (MARC)

Sunday Night Net Control Operator Schedule


MARC Field Day Trivia for Years 2002 through 2010 With thanks to Dave, K5EEN


REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN HELP OTHERS IN AN EMERGENCY. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COLLIN COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE

PLEASE VISIT THEIR WEB-SITE: HTTP://WWW.COLLINARES.NET (Note: site not currently functional.)

MARC operates open repeaters on 146.740 and 443.200 MHz EchoLink is provided on 146.740 by connecting through W5MRC-R. Regular/frequent users of the repeater are encouraged to join the club and be an active part of the local Ham community, as well as helping to support the repeaters continued operation.

The MARC information net is held every Sun-day at 8:00PM CT, on 146.740 MHz.

Collin County ARES holds a training net on the third Sunday of each month at 9:00 PM CT on 146.740 MHz.

The MARC Ladies net is held the first and third Monday at 8:00PM CT, on 146.740 MHz.

MARC E-Mail Reflector—groups.io MARC maintains a chat group on groups.io to facilitate club communication between meetings and newsletters. Sign up for this ser-

vice by visiting https://groups.io/g/McKinneyARC. Your application will be approved quickly.

The purposes of the MARC email reflector are: 1) Facilitate the timely distribution of MARC information and news to club mem-

bers. 2) Allow for the sharing of amateur radio related topics among club members. 3) Provide a forum for the discussion of ama-

teur related information among club members. 4) Act as a marketplace for the buying and selling of amateur radio and computer

equipment and services. Club members should utilize good judgment with regard to topics or content that are posted on the MARC

reflector. To that end it is recommended that political and religious topics or content be avoided unless directly related to amateur

radio. In addition, personal attacks in any form will not be tolerated.

VE SESSIONS ARRL EXAMS $15

McKinney testing is held at the Heard Natural Museum, 1 Nature Place, in McKinney, on the first Sunday of each month except

holiday weekends. Starting time is 2:30pm and ends no later than 4:45pm (they close at 5:00pm). For more information check our

website at www.mckinneyve.org or contact Stephen Reinen, N8BP at (214) 937-9982 or by email at [email protected].

Richardson testing is held on the third Thursday of each month at St. Barnabas Church, located at 1220 West Beltline Rd. Sessions

start at 7 PM. Walk-Ins are ok. For more information, contact Bill Owens, AD5EW at (972) 380-2859 or [email protected].

Sherman testing is held on the first Thursday of each EVEN--numbered month (Feb, Apr, Jun, etc.) at the Grayson County College,

Center for Workplace Learning Seminar Room C, 6101 Grayson Drive, Denison TX 75020 at 7:00pm. For more information contact:

Moe Knight—[email protected] or at (903) 564-7115 Call first!

Garland testing is held on the fourth Thursday of each month and begins at 7:00pm. Location is : Freeman Heights Baptist Church,

1120 Garland Ave., Garland, TX 75040. Janet Crenshaw, WB9ZPH, at (972) 302-9992 for details or [email protected].

Plano testing is on the third Monday of each month at 6:00pm-. Testing sessions are located at 3160 East Spring Creek Parkway,

Plano, TX. If you have questions send e-mail to [email protected].

Carrollton testing sessions are sponsored by the Metrocrest Amateur Radio Society (MARS). Testing is held at the Carrollton Public

Library, 4420 Josey Lane, 75010. Please contact Allan Batteiger at (972) 672-0278. (See www.kb5a.org for details.)

Sachse, Wylie, Murphy testing sessions are sponsored by the Sachse ARA. Testing is held at 9:00am the second Saturday of the

month at the East Fork Masonic Lodge, 508 Parker Rd., Wylie, TX, 75098. For more information call (214) 500-3472.

St. Paul testing sessions are sponsored by the PARK. Testing is held at 9:00am the third Saturday of the month at the St. Paul City

Hall, 2505 Butcher's Block, St. Paul, TX, 75098. Please contact Kerry A. Weeks at (972) 442-1125.

Other testing session scan be located online at: www.dfwlist.org.

Local Repeaters—See http://www.mckinneyarc.org for additional repeaters.

Voice Dallas ARC (W5FC) 146.880 PL 110.9 Denton (W5NGU) 146.920 PL 110.9 Denton (W5NGU) 444.050 PL 110.9 Fannin Cty (K5FRC) 145.470 PL 88.5 Fannin Cty (K5FRC) 443.750 PL 100.0 Garland (K5QHD) 146.660 PL 110.9 Garland (K5QHD) 442.700 PL 110.9 Grayson Cty (K5GCC) 147.000 PL 100.0 Grayson Cty (K5GCC) 147.280 PL 107.2 Grayson Cty (K5GCC) 444.750 PL 100.0 McKny ARC (W5MRC) 146.740 PL 110.9 Melissa (W5MRC) 443.200 PL 100.0 NTXRA 145.350 PL 100.0 NTXRA IRLP 442.575 PL 127.3 Plano (K5PRK) 147.180 PL 107.2 Plano (K5PRK) 444.250 PL 79.7

Richardson (K5RWK) 147.120 PL 110.9 Rockwell (W5ROK) 441.875 PL 131.8 Rockwall (KK5PP) 441.525 PL 141.3 Rosston (WD5U) 145.490 PL 85.4 Van Alstyne (W5VAL) 443.800 PL 103.5 Wylie (W5GM) 442.100 PL 110.9 Digital Modes APRS National Freq 144.39 Simplex National Alt Freq 144.34 Simplex Winlink SW Collin Co 145.03 K5BAD-10 SW Collin Co 145.03 W5RAE-10 NE Collin Co 145.07 AE5IT-10 NW Collin Co 145.07 KD5CTQ-10 SE Collin Co 145.09 N5BYL-10 SE Collin Co 145.09 KI5FU-10

SE Collin Co 145.09 K5PRK-10 SE Collin Co 145.09 K5EEN-10 (Plano)* D-Star Voice 441.575 (+5) Voice 1295.00 (-20) Data 1255.00 *D-Star access is available through the WWW.K5PRK.Net website. W5NGU (Denton) D-Star Voice 147.450 (-1) Voice 442.925 (+5) Voice 1293.400 (-20) Data 1253.600 K5TIT (Dallas) D-Star Voice 147.360 (+0.6) Voice 442.000 (+5) Voice 1293.000 (-20)

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