Category: General

Congratulations to Larry Keene, W5LWK, from Midland for winning the MARC Icom IC-705 raffle! The drawing was held on June 12 at the tailgate swapmeet. You can view the raffle drawing below on YouTube.

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From Andrew, N5RGH… Good evening, all. As many of you are already aware, B John McDaniel (KE5PL) and I have been in the process of building a new regional linked radio system that we have decided to call PermNet. Before the ice storms, we had the following sites online; Midland,…

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The Midland Amateur Radio Club is having a tailgate swap meet on Saturday, June 12, at the clubhouse located next to Christensen Stadium on Loop 250. The swap meet will begin at 8:00 am. If you need a table the club owns a few 6′ plastic tables which will be…

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The VE testing normally scheduled on the 2nd Saturday of the month will be postponed from February 13, 2021, to February 20, 2021 due to the inclement weather. VE testing will be at 8:30 am at the MARC clubhouse on the 20th.

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JANUARY 21, 2021 / DR.TONY PHILLIPS Jan. 21, 2021: You’ve heard of a “perfect storm.” But what about a perfect solar storm? A new study just published in the research journal Space Weather considers what might happen if a worst-case coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth. Spoiler alert: You might need a backup generator.

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