The next PARK general meeting is this coming Monday, June18th at 7:00 pm at the First Methodist Church of Plano, 3160 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX. As usual, VE testing will be conducted before the meeting at 6:00 pm. Our guest speaker this month will be Michael Riedel KE5VCT, with a presentation on Field Day. This will be our final…
Category: Training
HamCom Booth Volunteer Sign-Up
Hi everyone! Please consider volunteering to sit at the Plano Amateur Radio Klub’s booth at HamCom for an hour or a half. It will be a great opportunity to meet with other hams from around the area who are attending the convention as well as help promote interest in the club and ham radio in…
PARK General Meeting
The next PARK general meeting is this coming Monday, May 20th at 7:00 pm at the First Methodist Church of Plano, 3160 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX. As usual, VE testing will be conducted before the meeting at 6:00 pm. Our guest speaker this month will be Kip Moravec, AE5IB, with a presentation on the design and construction of HF…
Field Day Digital Configuration and Training
We will using this time to configure and test the digital stations we will be using at Field Day. We will also be providing some training on the programs we will be using, digipan and MRTTY. Setup and Configuration will be from 9:00 am – 10:30 am. Demonstration and training will be from 10:30 am…
2018 Walk to Cure Arthritis
Please join me again this year in support the 2018 Walk to Cure Arthritis. The event is May 19th in the morning. Since there move to Plano last year, the participation is growing and they continue to need our support. We will need approximately 12 hams to support this event. The potential assignments are listed…
Technician License Amateur Radio Class May 19th-20th
Save This Date: HAM RADIO CLASS The Plano Amateur Radio Club will be presenting a Technician level amateur radio class on May 19th and 20th, 2018. The class will be held at the Allen Central Fire Station training center, which is located at 310 Century Parkway, in Allen TX.. As always the class is free, the EXAM…
WinLink Training Class
NTX ARES ARES Winlink Class Date: Saturday, April 7, 2018 Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Location: Lucas Fire Station, Lucas Texas Who Can Attend: Any Licensed Amateur Radio Operator Join us for WinLink Training Class for Amateur Radio Operators. During this class you will learn the skills needed to set WinLink up on your…
PARK Field Day Antenna Build
We will be meeting at the Russell Creek Park Pavilion to start the antenna build and test process and discuss antenna placement and type. The meeting will start at 1:30 pm. We should finish by 3:00 pm. We will start with building the 80m/10m dipole. We will need to ultimately build three of these. Thanks,…
PARK General Meeting February 19th 7:00 pm
The PARK meeting will be held on Monday February 19th. The location at the First Methodist Church of Plano. It is located at 3160 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano,TX. We will be meeting in the large reception area. Our speaker at the P.A.R.K. meeting will be Tim K5TCJ. He will be presenting “FT8 – The Greatest Thing since sliced bread…
Upcoming K5PRK Events
There are a number of upcoming events you might want to put on your calendars: 17 February – Water Tower Climb 28 April – 2018 Mentorfest 5 – 6 May – MS Round Up Ride 19 May – Walk to Cure Arthritis 8 – 10 – June Hamcom 16 June – Collin Classic 23 –…