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Hello fellow hams, I am the committee chairman for the ARCPC/Parker County RACES application committee. Our County Fire Marshal Sean Hughes has provided us with some guidelines and updates for training requirements for Parker County RACES. These details are listed below: · A BACKGROUND CHECK IS REQUIRED. · FCC Technician License tenure of greater than 1 year - required. General or above preferred. · Amateur Radio Club of Parker County (W5PC) membership - required. Provide membership card. · Current yearly SKYWARN basic training certificate - required. · Provide ICS/NIMS Certificates for IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, IS-800; required prerequisite. · YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND RACES ACTIVATIONS. · YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE WORKING AMATEUR RADIO EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF USING 2m and 70cm AMATEUR FREQUENCIES. If you are interested in participating in Parker County RACES, we would encourage you to submit copies of your ICS training certificates and your current Skywarn certificate for review, at an upcoming Amateur Radio Club of Parker County meeting, that occurs on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 1900 hours at the Parker County EOC. We look forward to seeing you there. 73 Thad Weikal KG5ATD 04-367 CLO

W5PC ARCPC Meeting When: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago View Event Description: W5PC meeting at Parker County EOC, 215 Trinity Street, Weatherford, TX

Reminder: W5PC ARCPC Meeting When: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago View Event Description: W5PC meeting at Parker County EOC, 215 Trinity Street, Weatherford, TX

The next ARC of Parker County club meeting is tomorrow night at 7:00 PM Tuesday April 8 at the Parker County EOC located at 215 Trinity St., Weatherford, TX. The Pre-Meeting dinner this month starts around 5:15-5:30 at Polo’s Mexican Café Restaurant located at 1213 Forth Worth Hwy, Weatherford, TX. Located just east of Mesquite Pit, on the same (north) side of Hwy 180. Tomorrow night (Tuesday April 1) at 8 PM is the 2M Vertical SSB Net 144.190 MHz. All are welcome to participate. Ft. Worth RACES is looking for more volunteers for the March of Dimes, Walk For Babies event on April 12. Contact Chuck K5IJD@... (for more information see Chuck’s email with more information below the NetLogger Check-In Table). 73, Bob – KG5SQJ ARC of Parker County Monday Night Net - 04/07/25 Callsign Name Remarks City Grid KG5NQS Warren Outlaw Net Control - Covered his garden with old sheets that did the job to protect it from the cold. Weatherford EM12cs KF5LXS Ron Epps No Traffic, just checking in. Weatherford EM11jo AI5OL Dan Pate Went to the Belton Expo, the drive down there was rough with bad drivers and lots of accidents. Fort Worth EM12hp KJ5IRQ Josh Ford Enjoys the Net. Mineral Wells EM02wt KJ5BDA Darrel Phelps No Traffic Weatherford EM12bv K5KMS Ken Stout Just checking in for the count. Aledo EM12er KC5ACX Donny Shield No Traffic Mineral Wells EM02wt KG5SQJ Bob Ballard Removed the plastic used to cover the vegetable garden to protect it from the freeze (30.6 F @ 10' AGL at 3:15 AM here). Aledo EM12ep KG5SQJ * QRP Labs QMX Model 5W CW Transceiver delivered. Need to get back into practicing CW after health issue stopped it for a year. W7CHE John Sanderson No Traffic Weatherford CN85pu K7JYZ Pam Sanderson No Traffic Weatherford CN85pu KF5VBL Jerry Jones No Traffic Graham EM03qb KJ5FDB Patrick Valdez Mobile tonight on an HT. Just wanted to check in for the count. SPRINGTOWN EM12dx N5PRS Paul R Stewart No Traffic Weatherford EM12ct KC6YIR Pat Malone No Traffic Weatherford DM14kg KI5HXK Keith Frost No Traffic FORT WORTH EM12ho

Reminder: w5pc net When: Monday, April 7, 2025 8:00pm to 9:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago View Event Description: w5pc net. 8pm 147.04 pl 110.9 repeat net is tues nite

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: "William Newman, WL9N" <wl9n@...> Date: 4/4/25 14:58 (GMT-06:00) To: Wl9n <wl9n@...> Subject: Fwd: VE Exam Sessions in May at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth -------- Original Message --------Subject:VE Exam Sessions in May at the Omni Hotel in Fort WorthDate:2025-04-04 14:50From:bill@...: William Newman DRO 4 <WL9N@...> VE Exam sessions for any interested applicant will be offered in May at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth. These sessions are being offered at the same time as the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Conference that will be held in the Fort Worth Convention Center. The Omni Hotel is located across the street from the convention center. TDEM leadership has been very focused on encouraging the TDEM employees to get their amateur radio licenses. These sessions will offer those attending the conference and anyone else that may not be attending the conference the opportunity to take the exam for their first license or for upgrading to a higher level. Again, these sessions are open to anyone and are not limited to conference attendees. Please help promote these sessions by publicizing the following information in your newsletters, on any radio nets, to your personal networks, and to clubs that you may be affiliated with. VE conducted Amateur Radio License Exam opportunity When: May 28th, 29th, and 30th Where: Fort Worth Omni Hotel Ballrooms 6 and 7 on the following schedule Schedule: Each day Morning: 0900 to 1100 Ballroom 7 Afternoon: 1400 to 1600 Ballroom 6 The exams will be conducted using paper exam material only Technician, General, and Extra class exams will be offered Standard fee of $15 will apply, CASH only Your assistance in publicizing this opportunity is greatly appreciated. For those that have been searching for an exam session, this three-day schedule may provide that opportunity. Thank you for your assistance and support Bill Swan K5MWC Regional RACES Officer for Texas Region 2

Callsign Name Remarks City State KG5BZW Net Control Weatherford TX W1QR Mark McKernan No Traffic Weatherford TX W5GDS Gary D Sheets No Traffic Mineral Wells TX W5KSB Sonny Seale No Traffic Weatherford TX KG5SQJ Bob Ballard looking at weather/veg. garden doing pretty good but hoping for no hail/attempt get cloth from home depo for protection Aledo TX KG5SQJ* attempting to set up radials for HV-4E for sale KG5NQS Warren Outlaw No Traffic Weatherford TX KC5SLQ Daryl Pate looking at satellites/may have lost 1 or 2 but we're getting a few more/waiting for amateur radio to turn on Fort Worth TX KJ5FZE Billy Hodgson No Traffic Brock TX KD5BPO Brennon Spikes No Traffic Weatherford TX KF5VBL Jerry Jones storms are building to the Southwest coming your way Graham TX KG5BZW* Pre-Meeting dinner is at Polo's. 1213 Fort Worth Hwy. (said there were 11 check ins but forgot Bob's line was doubled) Jay Cox KG5BZW

John did a great job serving as net Control for tonight’s Net. He logged 23 Check-Ins this evening in 16 minutes! The next ARC of Parker County club meeting is 7:00 PM Tuesday April 8 at the Parker County EOC located at 215 Trinity St., Weatherford, TX. The Pre-Meeting dinner this month starts around 5:15-5:30 at Polo’s Mexican Café Restaurant located at 1213 Forth Worth Hwy, Weatherford, TX. Located just east of Mesquite Pit, on the same (north) side of Hwy 180. Tomorrow night (Tuesday April 1) at 8 PM is the 2M Vertical SSB Net 144.190 MHz. All are welcome to participate. Belton Ham Expo is this coming Saturday April 5 in Belton. Ft. Worth RACES is looking for more volunteers for the March of Dimes, Walk For Babies event on April 12. Contact Chuck K5IJD@... (for more information see Chuck’s email with more information below the NetLogger Check-In Table). 73, Bob – KG5SQJ ARC of Parker County Monday Night Net - 03/31/25 Callsign Name Remarks City Grid W7CHE John Sanderson Net Control - Weatherford CN85pu W5KD Will Teague Director - no Traffic but hasn't been on the Net in a while. Weatherford EM12ds KI5NXR Tiffanie Van Ausdoll Trustee/Newsletter Editor - No Traffic Aledo EM12ep KC5ACX Donny Shield No Traffic Mineral Wells EM02wt KJ5IRQ Josh Ford No Traffic Mineral Wells EM02wt KI5UXF Gary Cox No Traffic Alvord EM13di KI5HXK Keith Frost No Traffic FORT WORTH EM12ho KJ5ECH Stephen R Custer Sr No Traffic Denton EM13ke K5DVZ Andy Mutzig No Traffic Weatherford EM12dr KF5VBL Jerry Jones No Traffic Graham EM03qb KG5BZW Jay Cox Vice President/Webmaster - No Traffic Weatherford EM12ds KG5NQS Warren Outlaw No Traffic Weatherford EM12cs KD5KTQ Wendell Holden Weather coming in late tomorrow and more early Wednesday morning. Could be on the severe side. Weatherford EM12cs K5MSZ Matt Zavadsky No Traffic Weatherford EM12ht KJ5BDA Darrel Phelps No Traffic Weatherford EM12bv AI5OL Dan Pate Belton Ham Expo is this coming Saturday in Belton. Ft. Worth RACES is looking for more volunteers for the March of Dimes, Walk Fort Worth EM12hp AI5OL * For Babies on April 12. Contact Chuck K5IJD@... KG5SQJ Bob Ballard Net Logger - Vegetable garden coming along nicely. Configuring ground radials for CushCraft HV-4E Vertical HF Antenna. Aledo EM12ep KG5PBP Tom Keifer Tomorrow night at 8 PM is the 2M Vertical SSB Net 144.190 MHz. All are welcome to participate. Weatherford EM12cs KC5SLQ Daryl Pate Director - Didn't have much radio time over the weekend. Has a bird nest on top of his coax. Fort Worth EM12fu KC6YIR Patrick J Malone No Traffic Weatherford DM14kg WB5VQQ Doug May No Traffic Weatherford EM12bs KB5EW Brian Gissiner No Traffic Weatherford EM12cs KD5BPO Brennon Spikes No Traffic Weatherford EM12bs KF5VSP Mike Figiel Late Check-In. Mike just wanted to Check in for the count to stay active with his old stomping grounds"." Weatherford EM12cr March of Dimes, Walk For Babies information - From: Chuck Inmon <announcements-fort-worth-races@...> Date: March 31, 2025 at 12:02:02 PM CDT To: Richard Slusher <reslusher@...> Subject: [Fort Worth RACES Announcements] March for Babies - April 12th - Panther Island Reply-To: Chuck Inmon <k5ijd@...> ? The March for Babies is almost here and we need 12 more Public Safety Radio Operators! Program Name Opportunity Name No. of Shifts No. of Slots Slots Filled Open Slots Fill Rate Public/Private No. of Views Qualifications Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) March of Dimes - March for Babies [Edit] [View] 1 30 13 17 43% Public 78 We need 25 operators to do this safely. So please sign up! If you can't make Galaxy work text me or email me and I will get you on the list. Chuck 480-363-7487 K5 IJD@...

Reminder: w5pc net When: Monday, March 31, 2025 8:00pm to 9:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago View Event Description: w5pc net. 8pm 147.04 pl 110.9 repeat net is tues nite

Callsign Remarks Name City KG5BZW Net Control Jay Cox Weatherford K5KMS No traffic Ken Stout Aledo KG5NQS No traffic Warren Outlaw Weatherford KJ5IRQ not much, beautiful day today Joshua W Ford Mineral Wells KB5EW No traffic Brian W Gissiner Weatherford KG5SQJ DX Engineering finally sent their 'jet lube' that minimizes oxidation between and cables/Cushcraft hv4e coming together Bob Ballard Aledo conductive grease loaded with copper dust/seals the aluminum from the air/can also be put on nuts/bolts/screws to prevent galling/do not put on hands or clothes/use nitrile gloves Notes: 01:16 KG5SQJ-BOB: Did you mention the meeting on April 8. Pre-Meeting dinner is at Polo's. 01:18 KG5SQJ-BOB: 1213 Fort Worth Hwy. 01:18 KG5SQJ-BOB: Weatherford. Jay Cox KG5BZW

The next club meeting is 7:00 PM Tuesday April 8 at the Parker County EOC located at 215 Trinity St., Weatherford, TX. The Pre-Meeting dinner this month starts around 5:15-5:30 at Polo’s Restaurant located at 1213 Forth Worth Hwy, Weatherford, TX. Located just east of Mesquite Pit, on the same (north) side of Hwy 180. Thanks go to Wendell (KD5KTQ) for reporting WHERE the Pre-Meeting dinner was going to be (I couldn’t remember!) and thanks go to Darrell (KJ5BDA) for providing the address and location details. 73, Bob – KG5SQJ ARC of Parker County Monday Night Net - 03/24/25 Callsign Name Remarks City Grid KG5SQJ Bob Ballard NC/NL - Assisted NetLogger during Sunday night's Texas RACES 75M HF Practice Net. NVIS Propagation was terrible with constant Aledo EM12ep KG5SQJ * static crashes from lightning. Logging difficult! Finally got TS-2000 radio's Terminal Node Controller (TNC) to work WinLink FM. KI5HXK Keith Frost Long day at work and winding down now. FORT WORTH EM12ho KG5NQS Warren Outlaw No Traffic Weatherford EM12cs K7JYZ Pam Sanderson No Traffic Weatherford CN85pu K5DVZ Andy Mutzig No Traffic Weatherford EM12dr KC5ACX Donny Shield No Traffic Mineral Wells EM02wt KD5KTQ Wendell Holden Rain perhaps in a few days perhaps Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. Maybe up to an inch worth. Weatherford EM12cs KD5KTQ * Wendell answered Net Control's question regarding where the Pre-Meeting Dinner was scheduled; Polo's Restaurant. Thanks Wendell! KI5VQG Phil Carson No Traffic Aledo EM12eq KD5BPO Brennon Spikes No Traffic Weatherford EM12bs KJ5BDA Darrel Phelps Still building his project and did drywall today. Looking forward to rain but not on Thursday; helping someone move. Weatherford EM12bv KJ5BDA * Darrell provided details regarding Polo's Restaurant location; 1213 Fort Worth Hwy. in Weatherford. Thanks Darrel! W7CHE John Sanderson No Traffic Weatherford CN85pu KC6YIR Pat Malone Working on setting up his Shack without any holes in the walls or windows. Weatherford DM14kg KI5NXR Tiffanie Van Ausdoll Trustee/Newsletter Editor - No Traffic Aledo EM12ep AI5OL Dan Pate Worked the Mansfield Pickle Parade on Saturday with no incidents. Best Maid pickle factory is in Mansfield. Big event; 20k folks! Fort Worth KC5SLQ Daryl Pate Director - Daryl asked to be called on later for his traffic. Net Control tried three more times but got no further response. Fort Worth EM12fu KI5SFP Bronson Moss Camping tonight on his way home to Louisianna from New Mexico. Bataan Memorial March (35 lb. rucksack or without) at White Sand MONROE EM32xo KI5EMT Carroll Pruitt Located two miles west of Briar. Asked about the club; sent an email but got no response. NC advised regarding the next mtg. Azle EM12iv KJ5IRQ Josh Ford Great to hear everyone on the Net. Mineral Wells EM02wt

Many have asked, and yes, I AM late in getting this out to you all, my sincere apologies! Your help is GREATLY needed for the MS150 Bicycle Tour May 3 & 4! SIGNUPS are live thanks to KD5UMO ! He has been gracious enough to also update his site, where you can find all of the detail that we have to date! With our route south of DFW, we really need you veterans to help us out, as well as hams that are south of the metroplex! First-timers, we LOVE you! MS150 DFW Amateur Radio (This link will take you to the details for 2025, including our signup link) Please sign up for the 开云体育 site to be able to ask questions and for time sensitive communications. But remember, most everything you need will be found on the website above. 73’ James Marple KB5ZDG MS150 Communication Chair j.marple@...

Reminder: w5pc net When: Monday, March 24, 2025 8:00pm to 9:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago View Event Description: w5pc net. 8pm 147.04 pl 110.9 repeat net is tues nite

Callsign Name Remarks City State KG5BZW Jay Cox Net Control Weatherford TX KI5NXR Tiffanie Van Ausdoll Not alot, beautiful day, windy though, no gardening, supposed to be cooler tomorrow Aledo TX KJ5IRQ Joshua W Ford Enjoying the sky! but Cell phone ringing so ... Mineral Wells TX KG5NQS Warren Outlaw Just wanted to check in, glad to hear you! Weatherford TX WB5VQQ Douglas E May (came in after the net, just wanted to add to the log) Weatherford TX Jay F. Cox email: kg5bzw@...

Reminder: take your test!----ham radio license When: Monday, March 17, 2025 View Event Description: whataburger weatherford---I20& hwy 51 6:30pm to ? Nov & Dec no testing

Reminder: cqwa lunch When: Saturday, March 15, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago Where: springcreek bbq. lake worth. quarter century wireless club--net tues 730pm 146.84rpt View Event Description:

W5PC ARCPC Meeting When: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago View Event Description: W5PC meeting at Parker County EOC, 215 Trinity Street, Weatherford, TX

Reminder: W5PC ARCPC Meeting When: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm (UTC-05:00) America/Chicago View Event Description: W5PC meeting at Parker County EOC, 215 Trinity Street, Weatherford, TX