The Dallas Amateur Radio Club station W5FC, participated in the ARRL Field Day 2026 event the last weekend in June 2026. Station W5FC 3A NTX was on the air for all 24 hours with a bonus UHF/VHF station. All modes were used SSB/Phone, CW and Digital. See below for some of the results.
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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Astrophysics Pioneers” & Constellation “Lupus the Wolf”
Net Control: Billye KF5PDS
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: Back to the Future (1985) In person!
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “NASA’s Efforts to Save the Swift Space Telescope” & “Bootes the Shepherd” and “Corona Borealis the Northern Crown”
Net Control: Virginia NV5F
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Upstream Color” (2013)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “We Fix Anything: Saving Skylab” (Part 2)” & Constellation “Libra the Scales”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Labyrinth” (1986)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do” & Constellation “Libra the Scales”
Net Control: Bill N5BB
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: The Truman Show (1998)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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The Dallas Amateur Radio Club will be hosting ARRL Field Day 2026 back at the Johnston Outpost YMCA, 3325 Valley View Ln., Farmers Branch, TX .
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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Once in a Blue Moon” & Constellation “Virgo the Maiden”
Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: I.S.S. (2023)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “3 Remote Observatories” & Constellation “Virgo the Maiden”
Net Control: Billye (KF5PDS)
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “War of the Worlds” (2005)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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Discussion Topic of the Evening.
Remote observatories for the public are automated, computer-controlled telescope facilities that users can access via the internet. They allow stargazers and astrophotographers to capture images of the cosmos or gather scientific data remotely, entirely bypassing the need to travel to dark, remote locations.
Three Remote Observatories
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Remembering Skylab’s Hair-Raising Ride to Space (Part 1)” & Constellations “Coma Berenices, Bernice’s Hair” and “Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Heavy Metal 2000” (2000)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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