The 70th annual St. Patrick’s Day Hamfest and ARRL West Texas Section convention will be held March 21, 2026. In conjunction with the hamfest MARC will also raffle an Elecraft K4 transceiver.
For more information about the hamfest and raffle please visit https://hamfest.w5qgg.org.
The annual MARC Christmas Party will be at Dos Compadres Mexican Restaurant, 2200 W. Wadley Ave Ste 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 on Monday, December 8th. Dutch treat and spouses welcome.
We will bring the slate of nominations from the nominating committee before the group and other candidates will be accepted from the floor. As it stands the slate is as follows: President – Jim Hunnicutt, Vice-President – Fred Bates, Treasurer – George Robertson, Secretary – George Robertson, Directors – Marcus Cheko, Alan Sewell, and Roger Rose.
We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to John McKee, NT5EE, on winning the raffle for the RigExpert STICK-PRO antenna analyzer at the Midland tailgate swapmeet! Enjoy the analyzer John!
The Midland Amateur Radio Club is hosting a tailgate swap meet on Saturday, October 18, at the clubhouse located next to Christensen Stadium on Loop 250. The swap meet will begin at 8:30 am. If you need a table the club owns a few 6′ plastic tables which will be available at no charge on a first come first serve basis.
MARC is also raffling off a RigExpert STICK-PRO Antenna Analyzer. The drawing will be held at the swap meet at 11:00 am. Raffle tickets are available for purchase online NOW! The raffle tickets are $10 each. A maximum of 100 tickets will be sold. Fifteen raffle tickets are being held for purchase at the swap meet on Saturday morning but if you’re interested it’s strongly suggested you purchase your tickets online.
You may purchase your raffle tickets below. The last day to purchase tickets online is October 17 at 6:00 pm CDT.
Congratulations to David Overton, W5JDO, on winning the Elecraft K4 raffle!
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