ARRL Field Day

ARRL Field Day will be this weekend on June 28-29. Jerry (N5SGM) has graciously taken the organizer role to ensure we have a successful Field Day. The schedule for this weekend is:

Day

Start

End

Saturday June 28

12:00pm

8:00pm

Sunday June 29

8:00am

4:00pm

The public is invited to attend during daylight hours. There will be information tables about ham radio, its relevance in today's connected world, how to get started in ham radio, and even a station where ANYBODY can get on the air.

KARS would like to recognize the following organizations for supporting our ARRL Field Day:

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ARRL International Digital Contest

The ARRL International Digital Contest was held June 7-8. The team had a blast over the 30 hours and managed to rack up what we think is going to be an impressive score. Not all clubs report to HamDash, but comapared to those that do we smoked the competition! The QSOs were so hot, Mark (WM3R) overheated the USB board on his radio early on. Impressive since he was running QRP!

Unofficial Points Results:
Total: 14,948 points / 1,382 QSOs
By team member:

5116/447 - N5TER - Tom
3928/398 - KE5GL - Mark R.
3794/351 - W1BBT - Jesse
2069/190 - W6TIR - Jim
41/ 6 - WM3R - Mark C.

Next Meeting: August 7, 2025 @ 7:00pm

Our next meeting will be on August 7, 2025 at the Boerne Library. Check out our meetings page for more details.

Are you a newly licensed ham or want to become one? Join us at our monthly meeting for tips and tricks on everything from antennas, radio usage, digital modes and technical presentations.

DX Corner

Several members of KARS are members or working on becoming members of the DX-100 club (Confirmed QSO with over 100 countries) There are several DX expeditions that setup temporarily in remote locations in order to obtain QSOs with sometimes uninhabited islands or other locations that normally have no radio operators. Below is a calendar of of planned expeditions from DX News.

Contest Calendar

Listed here are links to contests that are currently in progress or will start within the next 7 days. These links are provided via an RSS Feed from the WA7BNM Contest Calendar. KARS is participating in contests that are in bold with blue backgroud.

Contest Name

Dates

Public Events

KARS members have a history of providing assistance to Kendall County EMS, Boerne Police and Kendall County Sheriff's Office along with other organizations local to Kendall County.

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Social Media

Join us on Groups.io for conversation about all ham radio topics.

We also post events and updates on our Facebook page

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KARS 2m Net

Every Tuesday at 7:00pm the KB5TX 146.640mhz repeater hosts the Kendall County 2 Meter Net. All amateur radio operators are invited to join in net activities.

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ARRL Testing

We have 18 Volunteer Examiners capable of testing for technician all the way to extra class. Check out our testing schedule for new licenses and upgrades.

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