In order to update the Constitution and Bylaws of the Midland Amateur Radio Club, President Marc Russell appointed a three-member committee to review and recommend changes.  As provided by Article IX of the Constitution, the committee presented its proposed changes at the regular monthly meeting of the Club held on April 13, 2026.  By a majority vote, the changes were approved for submission to the membership of the Club for approval or rejection.

A ballot will be sent out soon to all current MARC members. Click the link below to review the proposed changes which are highlighted in yellow.

You may view the current Constitution and Bylaws at https://w5qgg.org/wp/constitution-bylaws/

The raffle drawing this year was interesting, to say the least. Below is the first drawing.

Since David Overton, W5JDO, won the K4 raffle drawing last year he graciously declined and told us to draw again.

The name on the ticket was Dave Puckett, W5ODP, but the call on the ticket was N5ZSO, Ray Williams. This caused a bit of confusion but it turns out Dave had bought the ticket for Ray, so Ray was the lucky winner of the Elecraft K4 raffle. Congratulations to Ray Williams, N5ZSO, from San Angelo, TX!

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!