The Midland Amateur Radio Club is hosting a tailgate swap meet on Saturday, October 22, 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 an Icom IC-705 Transceiver. 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 $20 each. A maximum of 150 tickets will be sold. There may be a few tickets available for purchase at the swap meet but if you’re interested it’s strongly suggested you purchase your tickets online. Past raffles have sold out!

You may purchase your raffle tickets below.

Icom IC-705 Raffle Ticket

Only 150 tickets will be sold!

Price: $20.00

Click for complete terms and conditions of the raffle.

The Midland Amateur Radio Club will be located on the National Weather Service Campus on the east side of the Midland International Air and Space Port.

National Weather Service
Midland/Odessa
2500 Challenger Dr.
Midland, TX 79706-2606

We will be operating from 1:00 pm CDT Saturday June 25, 2022, until 1:00 pm CDT Sunday June 26, 2022.

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The Public is Welcome to come see Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) in action

Members of the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) will conduct an HF skills exercise from Monday night, May 2 through Saturday, May 7, 2022 to practice interoperability with the amateur radio community.

For more information visit http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-amateurs-to-participate-in-mars-interoperability-exercise-in-may

The ARRL Youth Licensing Grant Program, in effect since April 19, 2022, will cover the one-time $35 application fee for new amateur radio license candidates younger than 18 years old for tests administered under the ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) program.

For more information please visit http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-youth-licensing-grant-program