JSCARC Winter Field Day 2025

The 2024 JSC Winter Field Day at the JSCARC shack was a fun effort by: Bekah KD5TDP John AB5SS Paul KJ5JIO David KB5PGY Jayant KG5LJZ Dave W5OC Since the Winter Field Day (and the big one in June) is not a contest competition, this was just a good exercise in ham preparedness.  Hence, we had … Read more…

“How not to do it”- Dave’s Jan 2025 VHF Rover

My Jan 2025 VHF Contest Outing—Another lesson “How NOT to do it…” Background My previous September 2024 VHF rover contest outing was excellent. At that time, I successfully traveled up the Texas midriff while operating continuously on 6m and 2m FT8 while in motion.  At 14 different stops within different grids, I activated SSB, CW, … Read more…

KG5URA Go-Boxes

David, KG5URA, is at it again! He’s built a new Go-Box for his QRP IC-705 and Hardrock-50 amp. Checkout the nice setup including mounts, battery, tuner, and connectors.  Note: the interesting looking small yellow box mounted on the upper inside lid is a GL-MT300N-V2 mini wireless router. He’s also rebuilt a Go-Box for his IC-7300, … Read more…

W5RRR and JSCARC recent activity

It’s been another active few weeks for W5RRR and the JSCARC members: Friday 11/15-16George @ George (Ranch) – Frontier Days AD5CQ hosts a booth to demonstrate History of CW at the George Ranch Texican Market Days.(Photo from last year’s event)   Sunday 11/17ARRL Sweepstakes SSB Tanner W9TWJ and Bekah KD5TDP participated in the ARRL SS … Read more…

KB5PGY Texas ARES Net Manager

For many of us who didn’t know- since September 5, 2022, Mr. David Fanelli, KB5PGY, was appointed the position of 3873 Texas ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) Net Manager. David replaced Mr. Mark Mireles AD5CA who has served this position since October 2016. Both gentlemen also serve as a net control in the monthly rotation. … Read more…

Dave’s Oct 2024 POTA/SOTA adventure in WTexas

If you enjoy the outdoors and enjoy this crazy radio hobby, Summits On The Air (SOTA) is for you.  It’s like POTA on steriods and it brings out the further enjoyment of getting great exercise and tests your skills with lower power operations.  After all, who want to lug up heavy equipment and batteries up … Read more…

The JSCARC 3PP (3 Park POTA) #2

Success!  The JSCARC successfully completed our second 3PP this year.  This was our first route towards the south- activating Galveston Island State Park, the Justin Hurst Wildlife Management Area, and the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge. It’s hard to plan an all-day club event due to everyone’s busy schedules and the fickleness of which Texas weather … Read more…