MERRY CHRISTMAS!  and  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Fellow Hams of the West Texas Section:

As we rapidly approach Christmas 2018 and New Years 2019, I would like to wish you and your family a Very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year.  I would also like to thank you for your continued efforts to be prepared to help your community as an Amateur Radio Operator.  Your attention to maintaining your home station’s radios, antennas, power supplies, etc., the mobile equipment in your vehicles and the portable equipment in your Go Boxes is admirable.  It shows a concern for your families, neighbors, communities and fellow man.

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Here is a very interesting video of a recent presentation Tim Duffy, K3LR, gave at the RSGB 2018 Convention.  Tim shows the antennas and equipment used at his multi-multi station in western PA.

The MARC Christmas Party has been scheduled for December 10^th.  We will meet at Cattle Baron’s for fellowship and a meal starting at 7:00 pm.  As has been the norm for the last couple of years, meals are Dutch Treat.  We look forward to seeing everyone there.  Please RSVP to Justin Kennedy at kennedy101@gmail.com.

We are moving the date of the November Meeting to the 5^th from the 12^th.  The clubhouse will open at 7:00 pm with a short business meeting and then the program.  The move is due to a conflict with the Veterans Day Holiday and government rules that don’t allow meteorologists to give outside presentations on Federal Holidays. 

Our speaker will be Mr Mark Strobin and this will be his swan song presentation for the club.  Mark is retiring at the end of December and relocating to the mountains outside of Albuquerque, NM.  Please plan on attending.

The new Midland Amateur Radio Club website has been completely updated using WordPress.  Our old website used Joomla.  It was several versions behind and the theme that was being used was not compatible with the lastest Joomla version.

Our new website is mobile friendly so check it out on your cell phone!

If you find any bad links or other problems please let N5NA know.