MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Time flies when you are having fun!  This year has flown by and the holiday season is upon us.

I want to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year!  May God’s blessing be upon you!

I hope each of you has enjoyed ham radio as much as I have this past year.  Although I haven’t gotten to meet and visit with as many of my fellow hams as I would have liked to, I did meet some wonderful folks who are enjoying our hobby and passing it on to the next generation.  I visited several clubs over Field Day and I enjoyed visiting the folks and I really enjoyed the fellowship this activity brings.

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.

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.